He returned the following school year and is entering his senior year. Basketball - Mater Dei Catholic High School - Breese, IL The Brentwood Lady Eagles are your 2023 CIF SS Girls 2A Baseketball Champions! 2005-2023 CBS Interactive. Rollinson has been a masterful CEO of Mater Deis collegiate-like football program. 1,201 with a 55-54 performance against De La Salle on Thursday at the Xavier Winter Showcase. He recognizes his role as ensuring freshmen understand the expectations and legacy of Mater Dei basketball, and he wants to continue the rich history and winning tradition at Mater Dei HONOR GLORY LOVE. 9 Bishop Gorman 72-53 at Hoophall West, High school girls basketball: Mater Dei tops dynasty rankings of best programs over past decade. His parents allowed him to be who he is along with supporting him in all the adventures that he wanted to do. Thats their first main goal. It is Servites home game and the final game of the regular season for both teams. Bartlett last season was the Monarchs fourth-leading scorer, at 9 points a game, and second-leading rebounder with 5 rebounds a game. After graduating from Mater Dei, Coach Lewis went on to play at USC and Pepperdine. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer), Mater Dei guard Owen Verna, right, goes after an inbound pass trailed by Christian Harris late in the fourth period in the CIF-SS Division 1 basketball championship in Anaheim on Saturday, February 25, 2023. We are a community built on Catholic fellowship and intellectual rigor, dedicated to developing our students' talents as they pursue their dreams of academic excellence, artistic distinction, athletic glory, and spiritual growth. People kind of just fade away. A 1991 graduate of Santa Margarita High School, Sean played four years of college basketball at Cal State Stanislaus. He has seven years on the schools varsity coaching staff as an ace defensive backfield coach and 16 years in the football program. Mater Dei will be challenged by the other teams in the. GoFan.co is the place to get advance tickets for CIF-SS playoff events. Under Goebel's guidance, Mater Dei won 12 state team wrestling championships and took the Class 2A state football title in 2000 and finished second in 1994, 2001, '11 and '14. Whitney coach Nick French, who also serves as the athletic director at the school has a different stance. He, his wife Samantha and their 13 year old son Ayden, reside in Tustin. Freshman Brannen Martinsen scored the final five points in that run. Mater Dei High School 900 N. Mater Dei Dr. (Google map, other maps) Breese, IL 62230 Phone: 618-526-7216 Fax: 618-526-8310 School . Benicio Curiel scores 15 points in Eagle Rocks 53-49 win over South Gate for the City Section Division II boys basketball title. Mater Dei Christmas Tournament (V) Home: December 28: tba: Mater Dei Christmas Tournament (V) Home: . In addition to their many Tournament and League championships, Coach Larkins is most proud of a 33 game winning streak his teams recently compiled. He attended Lindenwood University in Saint Charles, Missouri as a football and track scholarship athlete. Etiwanda could have cut the deficit to seven points. He then went on to play professional basketball in Europe for 10 years. Coach Roelen supported Coach Lee when he brought him to Mission Viejo in 2012 and made the transition from Trabuco Hills to Mission Viejo very smooth. Quinnipiac basketball coach Baker Dunleavy, Tom Pecora named coach He credits Prolific Prep for helping his get outside of his comfort zone and developing him into a Big Ten player. Josh Zumkehr named boys basketball coach at El Toro Mater Dei Prep NJ is closing: Greatest sports coaches in review His final stop was at Azusa Pacific University where he earned his Master of Science degree. pic.twitter.com/nfArrbldmP. Rialto 46, Buena Park 44: In 4AA, Rialto came back from a 12-point halftime deficit. , Athletic director changes: Gil Ramirez has left Tesoro, where he was athletic director, to become the athletic director at Capistrano Valley where he replaces Chad Addison; former Capistrano Valley football coach Ernie Bucher has replaced Ramirez as Tesoros A.D.; Marina boys basketball coach Nick Racklin now also is the A.D. there; Arlie Kearney is the A.D. at Sonora, replacing Rich Lodding who continues as the schools baseball coach; and Frank McCarroll retired as athletic director at La Habra and has been replaced by Paul Caffrey, the schools baseball coach. Coach Shu began his coaching career at Santa Margarita High School, under coach Jerry DeBusk. Outstanding job ladies coach Solomon! He noted that he was feeling good after having lost 53 pounds since January. 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He was an integral part of Gary McKnights first CIF Championship team and was also Team Captain. Williams scored 11 points in the fourth quarter and finished with a team-high 17 points and seven rebounds, while Jimmy Baker added 16 points for the Eagles. This is Coach Aaron Mobleys first year as an assistant varsity coach at Mater Dei. Eric Sondheimer is the prep sports columnist for the Los Angeles Times. Including his years coaching girls . Caroline Makauskas. Coach Lee was born and raised in Chicago Illinois, where he attended Oak Park & River Forest High Schools. . The area has plenty of basketball talent, but the 2.4 million people living in the metro area just arent enough for the best of the best. On defense, he emphasizes man defense and the responsibility that goes with playing that type of defense. Brown, who spent the first three seasons of his prep career at Woodcreek in Roseville, was ranked as one of the top recruits in the country and was a McDonalds All-American. Mater Dei coach Gary McKnight won his 1,200th career game, becoming the fourth boys high school basketball coach to reach that mark. Before coaching, Kamyron played for Coach McKnight and is a class of 2007 Mater Dei alumni. team to reach the championship semifinals. He was previously an assistant coach at Indiana Tech. It was very degrading, Etiwandas Jimmy Baker said. Mater Dei pulls out tight victory in Zurliene's debut as program's coach Unbelievable ending San Gabriel Academy wins 66-64. Zack Davidson putting in work for Mater Dei. Thats what happens when you have almost a half-million Instagram followers and 1.7 million on TikTok. Mater Deis lead reached double figures in the third quarter. I dont think its going to very easy coming off a big loss like this, Baker said of the short turnaround to prepare for the state playoffs. All rights reserved. After college, Coach Brown transitioned from student-athlete to teacher and coach where he spent 3 years at Villa Park HS and 43 years at Santa Ana College. City soccer champs. The Mater Dei coach looks up. 916-321-1280. The Eagles had one last ace up their sleeve, though, rattling Mater Dei late in the fourth quarter with a swarming full-court press. As the calendar flips to 2022, Mater Dei is 13-2 on the season. Eric-Paul is a lifelong resident of Riverside and graduated from Bethel Christian and Cal Baptist. Mater Dei was clutch from the free-throw line in the fourth quarter, sinking 15 of 18 attempts at the stripe, to put the final touches on the championship. On 2/28, the Evansville Mater Dei varsity basketball team won their neutral playoff game against Evansville Bosse (Evansville, IN) by a score of 58-57. Because those schools respect Los Angeles basketball so much they know they need to develop those relationships to get those kids., He added, If Jared (McCain) was up here doing what he was doing (in Los Angeles) would he be (ranked) top-15 in the nation? Lewis, a CIF Southern Section basketball player of the year on Coach Gary McKnight's first great Mater Dei teams in 1980s, was added to the Monarchs coaching staff this summer. Josh Zumkehr is the new boys basketball coach at El Toro High. The Monarchs, at heart, are best when theyre a little boring, a well-oiled machine of shooting and heady playmaking, with Martinsen stretching to the rim Mr. Fantastic-style and Barnett cutting backdoor. Mater Dei has its own, and the Mater Dei football program has its own sub-culture that McManus knows more than any outsider ever could. Except, with McKnights heart throbbing, he said, the referees altered the call. Tough and-one finish. Coach Beez was a student of the game. , Not all football-wrestling athletes are linemen or play on defense. The reason he left was simple: McCain wanted to raise his national profile. In his third year as an assistant JV coach at Mater Dei, Kamyron Brown brings his players knowledge of the game to the Monarchs staff. . They just know taking their talent elsewhere will raise their stock. Coach McKnight took over as Mater Dei Head Basketball Coach prior to the 1982-83 season. But with Mater Dei trying to hold a 10-point lead in the fourth quarter, Etiwanda fans came alive after senior Curtis Williams drove, absorbed contact from Barnett, and finished an and-one layup that couldve cut the Monarchs lead to seven. But the pandemic made it possible to attend Zoom classes at Jesuit while playing for Prolific Prep. Princess Cassell added 10 points and 10 rebounds. The players love his energy. After playing overseas, Gary decided it was time to keep himself around basketball. He was an All-Orange County Player of the Year, All-Angelus League MVP, and CIF Player of the Year. , Wrestling and football sort of go together, especially for offensive linemen and defensive players. A proud father of two future Monarchs, Jameson and Audrey, Coach Novak can be found at one of his childrens games or performances when he is not on campus. Etiwandas Christian Harris is at right. Coaches Gary McKnight of Mater Dei, Ed Azzam of Westchester returning Prep roundup: Mater Dei wins Division 1 boys' basketball title - Los Eric-Paul enjoys going to concerts and twice has worked as a photographer at the Coachella Valley Arts & Music Festival. Its been a wave the past six to eight years.. Joe Davidson. Whether right or wrong, it was such a vacuum of emotion, such a tide-changer, that longtime Etiwanda head coach David Kleckner was still barking at the referee as the seconds ticked down on a Mater Dei win. With a bunch of freshmen and sophomores on my team that are pretty inexperienced, Davidson said back in October, I have to show them what to do, what not to do.. Eric Sondheimer is the prep sports columnist for the Los Angeles Times. Mater Dei boys basketball lost a college prospect during the summer. Retired Crenshaw legend Willie West (right) finished with 16 LA City titles and 803 wins (1971-2007) pic.twitter.com/gCvKBXw93g. Mater Dei boys basketball coach Gary McKnight got his 1,230th win Wednesday when the Monarchs defeated Servite 82-56. 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Now in his tenth year as an assistant coach at Mater Dei, Coach Myrond Brown brings extensive experience to the Monarch staff.