McDonalds High School All Americans pose for a group photo before the start of the McDonalds High School All American Game. (Photo: Brian Spurlock-USA TODAY Sports)

The list of nominees for the McDonald’s All-American High School Games has been released.

The games are scheduled for March 30 at the United Center in Chicago. The girls game will be televised on ESPNU at 6:30 pm. ET, with the boys game to follow on ESPN.

In all, 755 players were nominated — 326 boys and 429 girls — from 48 states. California has the most boys nominees with 51 and Texas has the most among the girls with 91.

The McDonald’s All-American Teams have been honoring players since 1977 with the first game having been played in 1978 at the Spectrum.

You can see the full list here

The U.S. Army Player of the Year Award will be given out Friday night. Wide receiver Donnie Corley from Martin Luther King in Detroit is among the finalists.

Corley sits down with Campus Insiders’ Ray Crawford to talk about being a finalist for the award and catching a Hail Mary to help his team win the high school state championship.

Neshaminy boys basketball coach Jerry Devine chestbumped an official following a controversial charging call (Photo: YouTube)

The president and founder of the National Association of Sports Officials strongly condemned a Pennsylvania high school basketball coach who appeared to head butt an official, knocking him to the ground while protesting a controversial call late in a game Tuesday night.

Neshaminy (Langhorne, Pa.) coach Jerry Devine was placed on administrative leave Wednesday morning by the school district while it investigates the incident from Neshaminy’s loss to Pennsbury. Devine had not spoken publicly about the incident.

“You don’t get to do that because you’re unhappy with calls in a game you are getting ready to lose,” Barry Mano told USA TODAY High School Sports. “You don’t get to come out on the floor and charge an official. It’s not permitted.

“We’re not going to accept this behavior. That could have been the worst call in the world. I don’t care. That’s not the point. You don’t get to violate the private space of a referee and then turn around and blow him off by waving your arm. How dare you? And if you want to go to court and fight about it, we will be happy to do that.”

VIDEO: Philadelphia boys hoops coach chest bumps ref after charge call at end of game

The Middletown Township Police is investigating and the PIAA, the state’s athletic association, is monitoring the situation.

“I’ve seen the video. I don’t understand why there’s a debate about whether there was a head butt,” Mano said. “I don’t really care where he hit him, the head, the arm, the knee, the butt. Physical contact was made, and the coach was glad about it because he turned and blew him off with an arm wave.”

Mano said NASO will provide support for the official as needed.

“Hopefully, the referee is not injured in any substantial way,” Mano said. “He can bring an assault claim if he wants to bring an assault claim. If is he is a NASO, we will give him our support in a number of ways, including an attorney if he wants one.”

According to a vote by readers of USA TODAY High School Sports, America’s Best Football Program belongs to a town on the north shore of Oahu about 75 miles from Honolulu.

After a perfect 13-0 season in which it allowed an averaged of 4.1 points per game and won a Division I state championship, Kahuku was the fans’ choice in our latest “Best of Contest.”

Kahuku finished with 84,610 votes, followed by Cedar Hill (Texas) with 71,359 and Clairton in suburban Pittsburgh had 41,233.

“When you have contest like this, it unites the community in support of the school and the student-athletes and brings everyone together,” athletic director Gillian Yamagata said. “It’s all about the student-athletes. We’re super excited to have the support of our community, the  surrounding community and our alumni from all the United States.”

Kahuku will get a championship banner to hang in its gym along with a $1,000 prize. Cedar Park will receive $500 and a banner and Clairton will receive $250 and a banner.

A field of 175 public and private schools were divided into five geographic regions based on their standing in the Super 25 Regional Computer Rankings as of Nov. 30 with 35 schools per region. Teams that advanced from the regional round took part in the national finals.

Fans were asked to look beyond wins and losses and look at coaching, player development, facilities and support from the school and community.

“The funds will go directly back to the student athletes for equipment,” Yamagata said.

The Red Raiders won the state title in the first year for coach by Vavae Tata, who was raised in Hawaii and had coaching experience at Vanderbilt, Stanford and UCLA. Coaching Kahuku football is among the premiere jobs in the state.

Oddly enough, the Red Raiders won the title with a 39-14 victory against Saint Louis, the school Tata attended as a player, and Tata faced off against his former high school coach.

“He has a lot of experience from the college level and he was able to translate that to the student-athletes,” Yamagata said. “We have great coaches here. They behaved like champions before we were even champions. They set the standard.

“Everybody wanted to support them because how great they had done and what they have achieved. People were excited to get involbed. We had an assembly for something unrelated and one of the basketball coaches made an announcement to support the student-athletes for football in the contest.”

Yamagata said she didn’t need to do anything to get the community involved. Word of mouth and social media had spread the news before she even had a chance.

“As an athletic director, when you see watch the community and alumni have so much support and the administration get involved, it’s just wonderful to see,” she said.

FINAL ROUND RESULTS:

Jackie Young (Photo: Michelle Pemberton/The Star)

Notre Dame signee Jackie Young became the fifth Indiana high school basketball player — boy or girl — to eclipse 3,000 career points on Wednesday night.

Young, a 5-11 guard from Princeton, Community, needed 19 points to cross the milestone entering the game against Vincennes Lincoln and hit the magic number in the third quarter. She finished with 39 points and now has 3,020.

She also moved closer to becoming the state’s all-time leading scorer for girls basketball. Only 2002 Wawasee graduate Shanna Zolman is ahead of her with 3,085 points.

When she ultimately passes Zolman, barring injury, the overall record is not far off.

Hoosiers legend Damon Bailey scored 3,134 for Bedford North Lawrence. Marion Pierce scored 3,019 for Lewisville in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Deshaun Thomas, who graduated from Fort Wayne Bishop Luers in 2010, posted 3,018 before going to Ohio State.

Young is ranked as the No. 3 player at her position and No. 11 player overall in the Class of 2016 by ESPNw’s HoopGurlz rankings.

“Most people have a first or second gear,” Princeton coach Charles Mair recently told the Indianapolis Star. “She’s one of the few who can kick it in a third — or even a fourth — gear. Once she takes over a game, I just sit there and I’m a fan.”

St. Mary’s (Stockton, Calif.) remains atop the Super 25 Computer rankings in girls basketball in the first rankings after the holiday tournaments.

California continues to dominate the top of the rankings with four of the top five spot. The outsider is Duncanville, Texas, which is No. 2. Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) is No. 3 followed by Miramonte (Orinda, Calif.) and Chaminade (West Hills, Calif.).

RELATED: Full Super 25 Computer rankings in girls basketball

Neumann-Goretti (Philadelphia), the defending Super 25 Expert champion, is No. 6

Konwaena (Kealakekua, Hawaii) is No. 7, followed by Blackman (Murfreesboro, Tenn.), Eastview (Apple Valley, Minn.) and North Shore (Houston).

The U.S. Army Player of the Year Award will be given out Friday night. Defensive tackle Derrick Brown from Lanier (Buford, Ga.) is among the finalists.

Brown sits down with Campus Insiders’ Ray Crawford to talk about being a finalist for the award, recruiting and more.

RELATED: Derrick Brown’s Army diary

The San Clemente Tritons hold up their trophy after defeating the College Park Falcons to win the National High School Baseball Invitational in 2015 (Photo: Rob Kinnan USA TODAY Sports)

Sixteen teams will have the chance to compete in the 2016 USA Baseball National High School Invitational (NHSI), USA Baseball announced Thursday in a news release.

The fifth annual tournament will take place March 23-26, with 2014 North Carolina AAA State Champions Topsail (Hampstead, N.C.) High School playing host. The field is set to feature the nation’s top prep baseball teams and individual talents, including 2012 and 2013 NHSI champion Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) and 2014 champion The First Academy (Orlando).

“The National High School Invitational has established itself as the premier event on the high school baseball calendar, and we are thrilled to partner with the Town of Cary, the Greater Raleigh Sports Alliance, and our media partner, Baseball America, for the 2016 event,” said Paul Seiler, USA Baseball’s Executive Director/CEO. “The NHSI continues to draw elite high school programs and players from across the U.S. for a one-of-a-kind high school baseball experience.”

Florida leads the pack with four representatives. Joining The First Academy are Charles W. Flanagan High School (Pembroke Pines), North Broward Prep (Pompano Beach) and Trinity Christian Academy (Jacksonville).

California is the second-most represented state, sending Chaminade College Prep (Los Angeles) and Huntington Beach to join Mater Dei.

The following schools round out the field: Liberty Christian Academy (Lynchburg, Va.), Allatoona High School (Ackworth, Ga.), Houston High School (Germantown, Tenn.), Florence High School (Ala.), Poly Prep Country Day School (Brooklyn), Rocky Mountain High School (Fort Collins, Colo.), and Walton High School (Marietta, Ga.).

Dan Connor spent six seasons in the NFL. (Photo: Bob Donnan, USA TODAY Sports)

Dan Connor, who spent six years in the NFL with the Panthers, Cowboys and Giants, has been named the varsity football coach at Archbishop Carroll in suburban Philadelphia.

Connor is probably best known for setting a program-record 419 career tackles at Penn State after a star career at Strath Haven High in the Philadelphia area. According to The Philadelphia Inquirer, Connor had 451 tackles and 19 interceptions at Strath Haven on defense and ran for 4,556 yards and scored 77 touchdowns on offense.

Following his retirement from the NFL, Connor spent the last two years as the linebackers coach at Division II West Chester under longtime coach Bill Zwaan, who oddly enough is Carroll graduate.

“He’s a tireless worker, loves football,” Zwaan told The Inquirer. “He’s always trying to make himself a better coach.”

Quarterback prospect Brandon Peters from Avon (Ind.) is a U.S. Army Player of the Year Award finalist and will play in Saturday’s U.S. Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio.

The Michigan-bound Peters sits down with Campus Insiders’ Ray Crawford to talk about being a finalist for the award and what attracts him to Jim Harbaugh’s program.

American Heritage (Plantation, Fla.) has found its replacement for former coach Mike Rumph, who left the school earlier this week to return to his alma mater, the University of Miami (Fla.), as a cornerbacks coach.

The Patriots have promoted defensive coordinator Patrick Surtain, a former Miami Dolphins cornerback, to head coach, the school announced. The school’s student-run Twitter account also weighed.

The 11-year NFL veteran played seven seasons with the Dolphins and four with the Kansas City Chiefs. Surtain spent the last three seasons as Rumph’s defensive coordinator and was part of American Heritage’s back-to-back Florida state title teams in 2013-14.

Surtain will now be coaching his son, Patrick, Jr., a four-star Class of 2018 cornerback who has offers from the likes of Alabama, Auburn, Clemson, Duke and Florida.

“We felt very comfortable though with coach Surtain,”athletic director Karen Stearns told the Sun Sentinel. “The fit was great and he knows our school backwards and forwards. He knows our kids and they certainly know him … so when it came down to it, after looking at everything, we felt like he was the right guy.”

A high school softball All-American game is coming to ESPNU this summer.

Premier Girls Fastpitch, which organizes club events across the country as well as camps and clinics, announced that the PGF High School All-American Game is scheduled for July 29 in Irvine, Calif.  The game will feature 30 to 40 of the top players in an East vs. West format.

Players will be selected by a panel of experts with input also coming from USA TODAY High School Sports, the Gatorade Player of the Year selection committee, OnDeck Softball and FloSoftball.

The organization said initial player lists for each area of the country are being compiled as a starting point. Athletes must be registered with PGF in order to be considered, the group said.

The PGF 18U National Championship, which will be televised by ESPN, is also scheduled for that day.

“We are very excited to bring to our National Championship stage the PGF High School All-American Game,” Dan Hay, president and CEO of PGF, said in a statement. “This has been a longtime goal of ours, which has resulted in numerous discussions over the years with the likes of Bill Conroy, PGF vice president of marketing, and Derek and Joann Allister of OnDeck Softball, who have been longtime proponents of this type of an event.”

Defensive tackle Derrick Brown from Lanier High (Buford, Ga.) was named the American Family Insurance Defensive Player of the Year on Friday night in San Antonio.

The sixth annual honor was presented at the U.S. Army All-American Bowl Awards Show, held each year on the night before the game.

Brown, who also was a finalist for the U.S. Army Player of the Year award, is ranked No. 8 overall by 247Sports and No. 13 in the ESPN 300. He also is ranked as the third-best defensive tackle prospect in the nation. He finished his high school career with 192 solo tackles and 33 sacks and averaged 7.7 tackles per game.

The selection committee said of Brown: “Brown is one of the most instinctual defensive tackles in high school football in recent years. He not only has good size and more than adequate speed, but he has a knack for reading routes, rarely bites on double moves and closes on the football quickly.”

RELATED: American Family Insurance ALL-USA Football Teams

Brown, who will announce his commitment on National Signing Day, is down to five schools: Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, Mississippi State and Tennessee. He has three official visits remaining.

The other finalists were:

• Kash Daniel, LB, Paintsville (Ky.)
• Brenden Ferns, LB, St. Clairsville (Ohio)
• Lavert Hill, DB, Martin Luther King (Detroit)
• Josh King, DL, Hinsdale South (Darien, Ill.)
• Dexter Lawrence, DL, Wake Forest (N.C.)

Lake Stevens (Wash.) quarterback Jacob Eason was named the U.S. Army Player of the Year on Friday night in San Antonio as part of the U.S. Army All-American Bowl Awards Show.

Eason, who starts classes Monday at Georgia, added the honor to the American Family Insurance ALL-USA Offensive Player of the Year and Gatorade National Player of the Year recognition he already has received.

The 6-5 quarterback completed his senior year with 3,585 yards and 43 passing touchdowns with a 70% completion rate and six interceptions. He added four touchdowns on the ground.

Eason is ranked as the No. 5 overall player in the nation by 247Sports.

“While every U.S. Army All-American player has shown excellence both on and off the field, one player has distinguished himself from the rest,” said Mark S. Davis, deputy assistant secretary of the Army for marketing. “This year, we would like to recognize Jacob for demonstrating character, leadership and athletic excellence. We congratulate Jacob on his achievements and selection as the 2016 U.S. Army Player of the Year.”

The other finalists were: wide receiver Donnie Corley (Detroit Martin Luther King), wide receiver Simi Fehoko (Brighton; Cottonwood Heights, Utah); defensive lineman Derrick Brown (Lanier; Buford, Ga.); quarterbac Shea Patterson (IMG Academy; Bradenton, Fla.); and quarterback Brandon Peters (Avon, Ind.).

Also awarded Friday:

• Brown was named the Anthony Munoz Lineman of the Year, and presented the award by the Hall of Famer, and also was named the American Family Insurance Defensive Player of the Year.  Brown is one of the top defensive tackles in the nation and remains uncommitted.
• Matt Logan from Centennial High in Corona, Calif., was named the Coach of the Year. The award recognizes “exceptional coaching abilities and leadership skills as well as serving as a positive influence to the youth of America on and off the field.” Logan led his team to a 14-1 season, the No. 7 spot in the final Super 25 football rankings, a second consecutive Pac-5 title and a runner-up finish in state Open Division. He also was named the American Family Insurance ALL-USA Coach of the Year. The other finalists were Justin Alumbaugh (De La Salle; Concord, Calfi.), John Holecek (Loyola Academy; Wilmette, Ill.), Gary Joseph (Katy, Texas), Scott Lehnhoff (Byron P. Steele;, Cibolo, Texas), and Kenny Sanchez (Bishop Gorman, Las Vegas).
• Lavert Hill from Martin Luther King in Detroit was named the Lockeed Martin Air Defender of the Year, given to the top senior DB “who performs above and beyond the competition throughout the high school football season.” The award is the newest of the honors in the Army program. Past winners are Tarvarus McFadden, who went on to Florida State, in 2015 and Damon Webb, who went on to Ohio State in 2014.
• The Glenn Davis Award, given to the Army All-American who epitomize the Army’s high standard of excellence in community service, education and athletic distinction for the West team, went to Sewo Olonilua, a running back from Kingwood in Humble, Texas. He is a TCU commit.
• The Doc Blanchard Award, the related honor to the Davis award for a player from the East, went to Cameron Chambers, a wide receiver from Timber Creek (Sicklerville, N.J.). He is a Michigan State commit.
• The U.S. Army National Combine MVP went to D’Andre Swift, a junior running back from St. Joseph’s Prep in Philadelphia.

Band awards

• The American Family Insurance Marching Band Family of the Year was presented to Dr. Robert and Marilyn Miller-Gutierrez, parents of Army All-American Marching Band member Sophia Miller-Gutierrez of Mountain Ridge High School in Arizona. This honor recognizes an All-American family that has contributed substantially to the dream of becoming an All-American, according to a news release.
• The Calvin Titus Awards also were presented by the U.S. Army All-American Bowl Selection Committee and the National Association for Music Education to the two U.S. Army All-American Marching Band members who best epitomize the Army’s high standard of excellence during their high school careers. The winner from the East was Rebecca Spendley, a piccolo player from Arlington High in Lagrangeville, N.Y., and the winner from the West was Kayla Toy, a clarinet player from Los Alamitos High in California.
• Scott Ciesla, director of bands at Oswego (N.Y.) High School, was named the 2016 NAME National Band Director of the Year. Oswego is the lone school to produce at least one All-American Marching Band member in the history of the program, for a total of 14 in nine years. Ciesla has been director since 2010 at the school.

Wide receiver Dylan Crawford (6) shows off his University of Michigan hat after committing (Photo: Soobum Im, USA TODAY Sports)

Four-star wide receiver commit Dylan Crawford selected Michigan during the Army All-American Bowl broadcast on NBC on Saturday.

Crawford, from Rancho Santa Margarita Catholic in California, chose the Wolverines over Oregon, Miami and UCLA. Crawford is the No. 20 wide receiver by the 247Sports Composite rankings and No. 113 overall.

“I just felt it was the all-around best fit for me,” said Crawford, surrounded by family. “I feel like I can get a good networking base. I can go in there and compete right from the beginning, and you know Coach Harbaugh is going to get you right.”

Crawford described Harbaugh as “excited” when he informed him of his commitment. “He was fired up,” Crawford said.

“I’m just humbled and honored to make this decision,” Crawford said.

With his commitment, Michigan moves up to No. 2 in the 247Sports team rankings, jumping over Ohio State. LSU is No. 1.

At one point, the 6-1, 186-pound Crawford was seen to be leaning toward Oregon, although the Ducks already have a number of receiver commitments.

Crawford played at St. Francis (La Cañada Flintridge, Calif.) but transferred to Santa Margarita Catholic last summer because he wanted to graduate this fall to enroll early in college. That he got to play his senior season with one of the nation’s best quarterbacks in Stanford commit K.J. Costello was not an unintended consequence.

“I thought I adjusted pretty fast,” Crawford said. “Honestly, getting the chemistry down with K.J. was the first thing and we worked on that over the summer. It’s been an easy transition.”

Crawford was the first of five players announcing during the game.

West defensive lineman Ross Blacklock (90) shows off his Texas Christian University hat after committing (Photo: Soobum Im, USA TODAY Sports)

Ross Blacklock to TCU

Four-star defensive tackle Ross Blacklock remained in the state of Texas, selecting TCU.

A 6-4, 315-pounder from Elkins High School in Missouri City, Texas, Blacklock was considering TCU, Texas A&M and Houston. His cousin, Dallas Blacklock, is an assistant with the Cougars. He had an official visit scheduled for later this month to Alabama.

He selected the Horned Frogs despite not taking an official visit. That visit is scheduled for Jan. 22.

Blacklock will be the biggest defensive tackle on the roster as a true freshman, as it stands right now.

He made his announcement when his niece selected the TCU hat off the table and placed it on his head.

Blacklock is rated as the nation’s 278th best prospect and the No. 28 defensive tackle by the 247 Sports Composite. Earlier this week, it seemed unlikely that he was going to commit Saturday.

As we told you earlier this week, Blacklock is the son of former Harlem Globetrotter and current coach Jimmy Blacklock. “He’s come out with a great decision,” Jimmy Blacklock said.

Donnie Corley to Michigan State

Detroit Martin Luther King High four-star receiver/defensive back will remain in-state after committing to Michigan State.

Corley said he made the decision Thursday and will be in school in East Lansing on Tuesday after returning from the Army Bowl in San Antonio.

Corley, ranked as the No. 2 player in Michigan and No. 19 wide receiver in the nation, chose the Spartans over a final four that also included Michigan, Ohio State and Tennessee.

Along with his prowess as a receiver, Corley had nine interceptions as a defensive back.

“Coach (Mark) Dantonio always said that I’ll be able to be able to play both ways when I go up there,” Corley said.

Corley said he has been hearing from fellow recruits at the Army Bowl who advocate for their schools, but also said he benefitted from former King teammates Kyonta Sallworth and Tyriq Thompson, who are freshmen at Michigan State.

“They talked to me every day with the inside scoop that they might have,” Corley said. “It’ll be nice (to reunite with them).”

Corley is the fourth wide receiver ranked in the Top 50 to join Michigan State’s recruiting class.

Javon McKinley to Notre Dame

After more than 3,000 yards receiving in the last two years, Javon McKinley committed to Notre Dame. His final three also included Oregon and Washington.

A 6-foot-2, 203-pound receiver, McKinley was heavily recruited after a stellar career at Centennial (Corona, Calif.). He is rated as the 107th-best prospect in the nation and the 18th-best receiver.

“I think they offer the best for me, the combination of playing opportunities and one of the best hands down degrees across the nation,” he said.

McKinley intends to major in business or accounting.

“Just a great school, of course,” McKinley said. “Also an early opportunity in starting. They have tradition and they’ve done a lot of successful things in the past, especially this season. I think they have what it takes to get me to the next level.”

Isaac Nauta dons a Georgia hat after his commitment (Photo: Soobum Im, USA TODAY Sports)

Isaac Nauta to Georgia

The final commitment came from IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.) tight end Issac Nauta, the No. 1 player at the position in the nation. Nauta, a former Florida State commit, is from Buford, Ga., and wanted to return to his home state.

“Going down to IMG that was the thing that really made my realize how important it is for me to be home,” Nauta said. “I think coming up is going to be something really special at Georgia so I’m excited about it.”

Nauta picked the Bulldogs over Alabama and Michigan.

He also got the chance to play with future Georgia quarterback Jacob Eason during the week of the Army Bowl.

“He’ a great guy and a great quarterback,” Nauta said. “I’m excited to get working with him. We both have a bunch of areas to improve on so we’re excited to get going.”

Nauta’s commitment moves Georgia from No. 10 to No. 5 in the 247Sports team rankings and is a huge get for new Bulldogs coach Kirby Smart.

“We’ve had a great relationship for a while,” Nauta said. “He wants to give me the ball. He said he wants to blow the doors off this thing.”

With Anthony Davis of the New Orleans Pelicans watching, Mississippi State signee Lamar Peters proved his Twitter handle — @Lamar4three — was appropriate.

Peters made 10 three-pointers in New Orleans Landry-Walker’s 67-61 win against University High in the Allstate Sugar Bowl National Prep Classic.

According to the The New Orleans Advocate, Peters finished with 32 points. His only non-three was a dunk in the first half. He was 10-for-18 from three.  Amazingly, according to the report, only one of his 10 threes hit the rim; the rest were all net.

When Amite (Amite City, La.) and Bogalusa play football next fall, the stands will be empty.

That was one part of a ruling issued by the Louisiana High School Athletic Association following a sportsmanship hearing into the fight between the schools’ football teams in the state playoffs, according to multiple reports.

The Amite team was banned from the remainder of the 2015 football playoffs for its role in a postgame brawl that immediately followed its 56-20 victory against Bogalusa in late November. The brawl was instigated by Bogalusa players, according to an account from the Hammond Daily Star and the video of the incident you can see here.

Bogalusa also will have to forfeit its first game of the 2016 football season because the incident happened in Bogalusa’s last game of the 2015 season.

According to the New Orleans Advocate, the monetary penalty will be higher because the schools also need to pay for the cost of the hearings.

The referee in the game, Danny Gunn,  also was reprimanded for failure to report.

West wide receiver Simi Fehoko (81) celebrates a touchdown with West quarterback Shea Patterson. (Photo: Associated Press)

Shea Patterson of IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.) was named the Most Valuable Player of Saturday’s Army All-American Bowl.

In accepting the trophy, he paid thanks to the soldiers, but he showed his support during the game after a touchdown, as seen in the video below.

He finished 6-for-10 passes for 90 yards and threw two touchdowns in the victory, including off a flea flicker early in the game.

Patterson, who has graduated from IMG, will begin classes in Ole Miss at two weeks.

RELATED: Patterson living out his dreams at Army Bowl

Four-star Miami (Fla.) recruit Tyler Byrd had a strong outing in the Army All-American Game.

That includes an interception, but the highlight play was a blocked extra point attempt after the kicker paused slightly. Byrd then was able to scoop up the ball alongside the pile and got the distance for a score.

Byrd from Naples, Fla., is a top 30 cornerback.

Here’s the interception:

UCLA coach Steve Alford had to enjoy what he saw when No. 1 Chino Hills faced Foothills Christian (El Cajon) in a showdown in Southern California on Saturday night.

Chino Hills survived a furious fourth-quarter rally for an 85-83 victory to improve to 14-0 and beat Foothills Christian for the second time this season.

What had to make Alford happy was that the stars for both teams are UCLA commits.

According to The Los Angeles Times, the Ball brothers — Lonzo, LiAngelo and LaMelo — combined for 63 points for Chino Hills. Senior T.J. Leaf scored 43 points for Foothills Christian. That’s 106 of the game’s 169 points by future Bruins.

Lonzo, a senior, had 25 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists. LiAngelo, a junior, finished with 21 and LaMelo, a  freshman, had 17 points.

Leaf was 20 for 24 for the field and also reached the 2,500-point mark for his career. He added 21 rebounds.

First to Westwood are Lonzo Ball and Leaf, who arrive on campus in the summer.

Leaf on Lonzo via The Los Angeles Times: “Lonzo does everything well … he’s a great passer and his defense is sometimes overlooked but he has really quick hands and you have to protect the ball at all times. He’s going to get his, you just have to limit what everyone else does. Next year is going to be a blast playing with him and Coach Alford is a great coach to play for.”

Lonzo on Leaf also via The Times: “It seemed like he scored 60 on us. He’s one of the best big men in the country and I can’t wait to play with him.”