Starting the high school football week in Orange County with notes, comments and observations …
1. Meet the new boss: For the first time since 1988, Mater Dei plays a game without Bruce Rollinson as its head coach.
After several years as a Mater Dei assistant coach Frank McManus makes his debut as the head coach Friday when the Monarchs play at Centennial of Corona. Mater Dei is No. 1 in MaxPrep.com’s national rankings. The Monarchs are No. 2 in the CalHiSports.com state rankings that have St. John Bosco at No. 1 and Centennial at No. 3.
2. Meet the new rules: One change is that offensive penalties behind the line of scrimmage will be marked from the line of scrimmage and not the point of the foul. For example, offensive holding on a pass play on which the hold occurs 3 yards behind the line of scrimmage, the 10-yard markoff is counted from the line of scrimmage and not the point of the foul.
Also, rules regarding a “defenseless receiver” now pertain to the defender on the pass play who is attempting to make a play on the ball.
3. A Case of experience. Rollinson was Orange County football’s longest tenured head coach last season, with 34 seasons. Now that distinction belongs to Foothill coach Doug Case. Case is in his 24th season at Foothill. Add his seven previous seasons at Rancho Alamitos and Case is at 31 seasons as a county football head coach.
As for longest current tenure at one school, that’s La Habra’s Frank Mazzotta, who is in his 26th season running Highlanders football. Mike Enright is in his 24th season as head coach at Rancho Alamitos, where Enright replaced Case.
4. First win of the season: Villa Park last week was the first Orange County team to start the season. The Spartans traveled to the Hawaiian island of Oahu and beat Baldwin of Honolulu 37-13.
Senior running back Carter Christie, a Crestview League offensive player of the year last season, rushed for 181 yards and two touchdowns.
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