Area Roundup: Hesperia Christian players claim all Agape League football awards

Hesperia Christian's Liam VanderWeide, Jared Bragg and Roderick Taylor each received top honors in the All-Agape League earlier this month.

VanderWeide was named the league’s Most Valuable Player, while fellow senior Jared Bragg took the Offensive Player of the Year honor.

VanderWeide helped the Patriots to the Agape League title, followed by the CIF-Southern Section 8-man Division crown.

In three league games, VanderWeide caught eight passes for 164 yards and five touchdowns. On defense, he recorded six tackles, including one for a loss with an interception.

Over the course of the season, he caught a team-best 11 touchdown passes and was the third-leading receiver with 27 catches for 384 yards.

Bragg returned to the team from injury, just in time for the title runs. In two league games, Bragg completed 17 passes for 377 yards and seven touchdowns. He also took six carries for 82 yards and three touchdowns.

Bragg ended his senior season with 1,075 passing yards, 459 rushing yards and 30 touchdowns, including 23 in the air.

Taylor was awarded the league’s Defensive Player of the Year after a stellar sophomore season. In three league games, Taylor recorded 18 tackles, including six for a loss, a sack and recovered a fumble. Taylor ended his season with 70 total tackles, including 26 for a loss, 11.5 sacks and recovered three fumbles.

Hesperia Christian, which also won the Sportsmanship Award, had three players named to the league’s First Team on offense, and two more on defense.

All-Agape League Football

MVP: Liam VanderWeide, Hesperia Christian

Offensive Player of the Year: Jared Bragg, Hesperia Christian

Defensive Player of the Year: Roderick Taylor, Hesperia Christian

Coach of the Year: George Neos, UCSA

Sportsmanship: Hesperia Christian

First Team

Offense: Preston Marshall (ACE); Arlan Koester, Ayden Ortega, Julian Villalon (Hesperia Christian); Brandon Boyce (PAL); Justin Contreras, Antonio Ortega (UCSA).

Defense: Josh Nyre (ACE); Kyle Day, Caleb Lewis (Hesperia Christian); Kevin Angeles, Isaiah Navarro (Lucerne Valley); Josiah Goodell, Kenny Luna (UCSA).

Second Team

Jacob Cummings, Jimmy Flores (ACE); Caleb Audet (Hesperia Christian); Xavier Murillo (Lucerne Valley); Jakim Boykins (PAL); Dustin Burton, Jonathan Contreras, Malachi Ortega (UCSA).

PREP BOYS SOCCER

Serrano 3, Victor Valley 0

At Phelan, Aaron Pratt, Anthony Potter and Henry Ramirez each scored goals to lift the Diamondbacks past the Jackrabbits on Friday.

Pratt put Serrano on the board with a direct kick, Potter headed in a corner kick from Hernandez, who later scored the third goal on a one-on-one with the keeper.

The Diamondbacks (5-6) are back in action Dec. 22 against Redlands and later the same day against Claremont.

Granite Hills 1, Oak Hills 0

At Oak Hills, the Cougars beat the Bulldogs on Thursday in a rematch from the CIF-Southern Section Division 5 quarterfinals last season.

Granite Hills came up on the short end in last season’s matchup as a snowy field led to the game being suspended for a day after a half of action. Oak Hills advanced to the semifinals with a 3-2 victory.

The Cougars pulled off the victory, as Zaine Rocca scored in the 76th minute. Rocca’s goal capped a four-pass sequence counter attack from the Cougars. Cesar Sainz picked up the assist on the goal.

Aden Gallegos recorded seven saves in goal for the Cougars, which picked up their first shutout of the season.

Both teams are back in action Monday. Granite Hills (2-4) takes on Arlington, while Oak Hills (4-3-1) hosts Hillcrest.

PREP GIRLS SOCCER

AAE 1, Hesperia 0

At Apple Valley, Bella Moreno recorded 12 saves in goal as the Knights blanked the Scorpions in nonleague action Friday.

Kylie Weber scored AAE’s goal in the 38th minute.

The Knights (10-1) is back in action Jan. 3 against Riverside Prep.

Granite Hills 2, Oak Hills 0

At Apple Valley, Samantha Grantham scored two goals to lead the Cougars past the Bulldogs on Thursday.

Marisah Nolan assisted on one of Grantham’s goals, and goalkeeper Angel Wright made five saves in goal.

For Oak Hills, Kendall Ness recorded two saves in goal.

COLLEGE WOMEN’S SOCCER

Oak Hills grad Nugent heading to Sam Houston State University

After spending four years at Prairie View A&M University, Oak Hills graduate Andrea Nugent will attend Sam Houston State University next year, where she will study for her Master’s degree with two seasons of eligibility left.

Over four seasons playing for the Panthers, she earned two Southwestern Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year awards.

As a freshman in 2019, Nugent started in 16 games, and earned the honor. She started in all 19 games during the 2021 season, scoring four goals with four assists.

Nugent appeared in just two games this season, and in those four seasons with the Panthers scored six total goals.

Nugent graduated from Oak Hills in 2019 and helped the Bulldogs to the CIF-Southern Section Division 3 title.

Nugent scored just three goals her senior year for the Bulldogs, with seven assists, but was the defensive backbone for a team that allowed just 17 goals in 28 games, with 15 shutouts. Oak Hills only allowed three goals in a game once, and two goals in two games.

Once at SHSU, Nugent will play under head coach Sonia Curvelo, who previously coached at Prairie View A&M.

“I had an opportunity to coach her for three seasons,” Curvelo said in a statement. “She helped the program capture its first conference championship in program history and wants to continue that success here at Sam Houston while studying for her master’s.

“She knows what it takes to win championships. Her commitment to training and motivating her teammates is top level. She is a true leader and a player that you want on your team. Even though she is a defender on the field, she is very capable of scoring goals in any given game.”

PREP WRESTLING

Granite Hills 42, Silverado 39

At Apple Valley, the Cougars picked up a victory over the Hawks in Desert Sky League action Wednesday night.

Granite Hills got pinfall victories from Emma Seiler (106), Jack Hood (113), Alan Escobedo (120), Jayden Autry (138), Donavan Caldentey (152) and Scott Carroll (195).

Silverado got pinfall victories from James Gonzalez (126), Zuniga Nicolin (160) and Kaleb Gomez (182).

The Cougars are back in action against Adelanto on Jan. 4, followed by the 15th annual Adrian Amaral Memorial Tournament at Silverado.

• 106 — Seiler (GH) pinned Rocha (S)

• 113 — Hood (GH) pinned Mavrolas (S)

• 120 — Escobedo (GH) pinned Contreras (S)

• 126 — Gonzalez (S) pinned Soltero (GH)

• 132 — Nunez (GH) won by forfeit

• 138 — Autry (GH) pinned Perpuly (S)

• 145 — Suarez (S) dec. Arena (GH), 4-3

• 152 — Caldentey (GH) pinned Rodriguez (S)

• 160 — Nicolin (S) pinned Agusta (GH)

• 170 — Ramirez (S) won by forfeit

• 182 — Gomez (S) pinned Oster (GH)

• 195 — Carroll (GH) pinned Sanchez (S)

• 220 — West (S) won by forfeit

• 285 — Lozano (S) won by forfeit

Hesperia 59, Serrano 18

At Hesperia, the Scorpions improved to 2-0 in Mojave River League action with a dominant victory over the Diamondbacks on Wednesday night.

Hesperia got eight pinfall victories from Paulo Valdez (113), Emiliano Hernandez (120), Andrew Diaz (138), Matthias Valdez (145), Joseph Castro (152), Frankie Stevenson (170), Michael Salazar (195) and Anthony Ruiz (285).

Serrano’s Blake Chaffee won his match at 182 pounds by pinfall.

• 106 — Garcia (H) dec. Preciado (S)

• 113 — P. Valdez (H) pinned DeLeon (S)

• 120 — Hernandez (H) pinned Burton (S)

• 126 — Salgado (H) major dec. Canon (S)

• 132 — Guerrero (H) major dec. Vasquez (S)

• 138 — Diaz (H) pinned Tapia (S)

• 145 — M. Valdez (H) pinned Barron (S)

• 152 — Castro (H) pinned Aranda (S)

• 160 — Alphonso (S) pinned Zuniga (H)

• 170 — Stevenson (H) pinned Beaver (S)

• 182 — Chaffee (S) pinned Garcia (H)

• 195 — Salazar (H) pinned Navarro (S)

• 220 — DeLeon (S) won by forfeit

• 285 — Ruiz (H) pinned Villalobos (S)

Sultana 70, Burroughs 6

The Sultans cruised to victory over the Burros on Wednesday night and improved to 2-0 in Mojave River League action.

Sultana got pinfall victories from Michael Cutler (120), Ryan Collins (145), Jacob Gunn (152), Mark Sterbenz (160), Eduardo Cano-Lopez (182), Darren Cisneros (195) and Brayden Booth (285).

• 106 — Zuniga (S) won by forfeit

• 113 — Humphrey (S) tech. fall Kajiwara (B)

• 120 — Cutler (S) pinned Savini (B)

• 126 — Mesa (S) dec. Williams (B), 10-4

• 132 — Jablonski (S) tech. fall Houch (B)

• 138 — Villatoro (S) dec. Miller (B), 9-2

• 145 — Collins (S) pinned Fortney (B)

• 152 — Gunn (S) pinned Seymour (B)

• 160 — Sterbenz (S) pinned Honeywell (B)

• 170 — Green (B) pinned Burt (S)

• 182 — Cano-Lopez (S) pinned Lutu (B)

• 195 — Cisneros (S) pinned Hall (B)

• 220 — Firm (S) won by forfeit

• 285 — Booth (S) pinned Marshall (B)

Didn't see your team's scores in this roundup? All local varsity scores and results can be reported by email to Daily Press reporter Jose Quintero at JQuintero@VVDailyPress.com. You can also follow him on Twitter at @J0seQuintero to report any results throughout the season.

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