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1. Undefeated Wasco denied state playoff bowl game

   BY ZACH EWING Californian staff writer

   Sunday, Dec 02 2012 03:46 PM

   For the second straight year, the CIF has told a Kern County high school football team that undefeated wasn't good enough to play in a state playoff bowl game.

   Wasco, 13-0 and the Central Section Division IV champion, had hoped to hear its name called for the Division III CIF Southern California regional bowl game when the CIF’s section commissioners met Sunday morning in Los Angeles.

   But the Tigers were passed up in favor of San Diego-Madison (12-1), of the San Diego Section, and Monrovia (12-2), of the Southern Section. Monrovia will host Madison on Saturday night, with the winner facing the winner of the Northern Cal game between Kentfield-Marin Catholic and Sutter in the D-III state bowl championship Dec. 15 in Carson.

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2. Top football talent to clash in Arena Bowl at Rabobank

   The last high school hurrah for some pretty good football players comes tonight in Rabobank Arena for Arena Bowl XII. The Californian Player of the Year, Ridgeview's Kamari Cotton-Moya, and Defensive Player of the Year, Frontier's Augie...

3. Ridgeview's Cotton-Moya commits to Iowa St.

   Ridgeview senior Kamari Cotton-Moya, The Californian's Football Player of the Year, verbally committed Sunday morning to play for Iowa State, Wolf Pack coach Dennis Manning said. Cotton-Moya, who is listed as an "athlete" by most...

4. Nixon leaving Centennial to coach Liberty football

   Bryan Nixon has won nearly 90 games in 12 years at Centennial High, a winning percentage most coaches would pay for. He's beloved by Golden Hawks past and present and had no reason to leave the school. No reason, that is, until last...

5. NFL's Junior Seau had brain disease, researchers say

   When he ended his life last year by shooting himself in the chest, Junior Seau had a degenerative brain disease often linked with repeated blows to the head. Researchers from the National Institutes of Health said Thursday the former NFL...

6. Wasco denied state bowl game

   For the second straight year, the CIF has told a Kern County high school football team that undefeated wasn't good enough to play in a state playoff bowl game. Wasco, 13-0 and the Central Section Division IV champion, had hoped to hear its...
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   Sharp's late TDs lead Wasco past BCHS for D-IV title

   WASCO -- For three quarters, Bakersfield Christian gave undefeated Wasco all it could handle in Friday night's Central Section Division IV championship game. But the Tigers' constant pounding of the line of scrimmage wore down the Eagles'...
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   Cotton-Moya lifts Ridgeview to D-III crown

   Kamari Cotton-Moya and Ridgeview High weren't going to be denied this time. After coming oh-so-close a year ago, the Wolf Pack claimed its first-ever Central Section championship with a convincing 55-14 victory over visiting Dinuba in the...
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    Electric offense leads Rams to D-II title

    The ground-and-pound era at Garces High has officially, once and for all, come to an end. These are the new Garces Rams, the high-flying, confident bunch that isn't concerned with a bit of rain or championship pressure and kept the big...
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    High school football section titles on the line

    Sam Tobias Field will be full to the brim for tonight's Central Section Division II football championship between Sanger and host Garces, but it's the one missing fan that will drive Dominic Frasch. The Garces junior is one of many...
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    Ridgeview stuns Independence with amazing rally in final 20 seconds

    Ridgeview coach Dennis Manning took off his headset. Kamari Cotton-Moya, the Wolf Pack's star quarterback, sobbed quietly on the sideline. Hundreds of texts and tweets went out from Ridgeview, proclaiming an Independence victory. But, to...
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    Central's big-play TDs overwhelm Liberty

    FRESNO -- Liberty High has beaten quick teams this season, most notably Bakersfield High. But the Patriots were no match for Fresno-Central's quickness and athleticism Friday night. The fourth-seeded Grizzlies scored 28 second-half...

14. 4th-quarter touchdown lifts BCHS into title game

    TULARE -- Jake Thompson threw a 3-yard touchdown pass to Matt Smith midway through the fourth quarter as Bakersfield Christian upset Tulare-Mission Oak 7-0 on Friday in the semifinals of the Central Section Division IV playoffs. The Eagles...