Boo Commits; Kellie Leads; Romar Credits Joel's D

Boo Commits, Probably

"El Camino sophomore quarterback BOO JACKSON committed to Ohio University during his visit over the weekend. Jackson led El Camino to a California state championship last year as a freshman and took his team back to the SoCal playoffs this year. He had also been recruited by Memphis and Utah. His goal is to enroll at Ohio in March, in time for spring ball."

So wrote Kevin Lustgarten of JCFootball.com today.

Contacted by phone later in the day Boo left the door open slightly in case Washington State, or any other PAC-10 school, should make an offer by the end of the week.

But indeed, barring a last-minute offer, he is off to Athens, Ohio and the Mid-American Conference.

“It was snowing when I got there,” Jackson said about his visit to OU last weekend. “Their facilities are great—the weight room, the football field, the practice field. The university is set in the middle of the town so when they have a game everybody comes.”

Jackson said the Bobcats will be going to a spread formation next season and expect to pass more than run. “Coming from El Camino I’m a spread offense guy, so that’s a plus for me.” He will be competing with a junior who saw limited playing time in 2007.

His other suitors in varying degrees at various times included Boise State, San Jose State, Memphis, Utah, Utah State, Oregon, Oklahoma, Kansas, Washington and Washington State.

Washington State is still acting interested and Jackson would still like to play in the Pac-10.
“I can’t sign until tomorrow,” he said. “I think I’ll give them another couple of days.”

And if the Cougars don’t make an offer?

“I’m real happy. Finally I’m a Division I player. It’s been a long process.”

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Kellie George Dominates Early PC Votes

The opening of the Lompoc Locker Room “Peoples Choice” Awards Monday night was met by a collective yawn apparently, by everyone not a relative or friend of KELLIE GEORGE.

The Cabrillo girls golf promoter/organizer/fundraiser/all-league player and all-around dynamo received a landslide total of eight votes in the first 24 hours.

That does not sound like much, but consider this: no other candidate, in any of the four categories, received more than ONE!

Now we know how she brought CHS girls golf into existence—she has an ORGANIZATION.

Also receiving mention:
Male Athlete: Ryan Church, Danny Duffy, Miguel Ortiz
Female Athlete: Kathryn Nelson
Coach: Jim Allen, Roy Baca, Corey McIntyre
Team: Babe Ruth League Elks, Cabrillo girls water polo, Lompoc girls soccer

To vote just e-mail pressboxprod@verizon.net and give us the name of your fave. Voting closes Sunday night. The winners will be announced, and will be invited to be guests on the New Years Eve Lompoc Locker Room TV Show.

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Joel

JOEL SMITH sank a three and Portland State never got closer than 10 points Tuesday night in Seattle. Smith's Washington Huskies won easily 84-65. Smith continued in his starting guard role playing 18 minutes and contributing four assists as well as his trey.

And he played tough defense. Coach Lorenzo Romar addressed Smith's status in the starting lineup without mentioning him by name.

"I feel like we're making progress. With this lineup, there are some guys that aren't in the lineup who, if they could catch these guys defensively, would be in the lineup because they're better offensive players. At this point, since these guys give us the best defensive presentation, we're going to continue to go with them."

The Huskies play again on Saturday hosting CS Northridge.