Laguna Hills High School Golfing athlete, Carlye Cunningham, displays an exceptional work ethic on and off the field with a 4.30 GPA. Cunnigham’s classes include Honors Humanities, Anatomy, and Statistics, and is the class vice president, president of the school’s Best Buddies Club, and a member of the California Scholastic Federation. Cunningham is also active in the National Charity League.

The Best Buddies is a volunteer program designed to foster one-on-one relationships for people with intellectual and development disabilities. Trabuco Hills High School and the student volunteers are a great example of how volunteers can give back to their community. The Trabuco Hills football team is a great example of those efforts. For each home game the Mustangs take one …

Congratulations to Villa Park senior Garrett Corcoran for his outstanding effort at the 33rd annual Woodbridge/Estancia/Costa Mesa Classic. Corcoran finished the race with the fastest individual time of the meet among all county runners and placed third in his race. Corcoran, who had the lead early, finished in a time of 14:07.

Here’s a national story that is pretty cool. South Allegheny High (McKeesport, PA) senior Audra Lewis is not only the starting kicker on the football team, but she also performs as a majorette during halftime. Audra wears her majorette uniform under her football uniform, and does a quick-change to perform with the band, before doing another quick-change to suit back …

Santa Margarita softball standout Garland Cooper ’03 was recently inducted into Northwestern University’s elite Hall of Fame. Cooper, along with three other former Northwestern athletic standouts to receive this prestigious designation, were recognized during halftime of the Northwester-Purdue men’s basketball game. The Santa Margarita graduate currently resides in Chicago. Ryan Martin ’07 had a spectacular 2012 that was capped off …

11-Man Football National Records ALL-TIMESTATE CHAMPIONSHIPS All-Time 35 Sioux Falls Washington, SD (1905-76) 32 Little Rock Central, AR (1907-04) 27 Lawrence, KS (1945-95) 26 Butte, MT (1900-91) 25 Phoenix Union, AZ (1913-55) 24 Artesia, NM (1957-04) 23 Valdosta, GA (1940-98) 23 Massillon Washington, OH (1909-03) 23 Everett, MA (1896-2004) 21 Pine Bluff, AR (1915-95) Consecutive 14 Honolulu St. Louis, HI …

Congratulations to starting Quarterback, Travis Wilson (2012 San Clemente High School graduate) and the Utah Utes for the season opening win against in-state rival Utah State. Wilson showed his leadership and athletic ability in the 30 – 26 win. Wilson ended the night with 17 for 28 and 302 yards passing and 2 TDs. (174.9 rating).

Chase Strumpf hit 5 home runs in eight games for the U.S. under-15 team in the tournament. Strumpf, JSerra sophomore shortstop, recently appeared in Sports Illustrated “Faces in the Crowd” editorial. Strumpf has committed to UCLA to play ball.

prepvolleyball.com’s national rankings of 100 girls volleyball teams recently ranked Dana Hills #43 along with 3 other teams from Orange County – Orange Lutheran #62, Los Alimitos #65, and Redondo Union #1.

Santa Margarita Catholic High School and Coach Harry Welch are announcing his retirement at the completion of the 2013 season. Coach Welch, now in his fourth season at SMCHS and beginning his 25th season as a high school head coach, has been one of the most successful coaches in the history of high school football in Southern California with 3 …