10 locals among South nominees

Nominees for the South All-Star football team, which will meet the

North in the annual Orange County charity contest scheduled July 16

at the Santa Ana Bowl, include 10 Newport-Mesa senior standouts.

Costa Mesa High senior running back Omar Ruiz, who rushed for

1,548 yards en route to being named Newport-Mesa Dream Team Offensive

Player of the Year, is among the locals vying to make the 35-player

Rebel roster, selected by Orange County sportswriters.

Other seniors nominated by Costa Mesa are center Luke Sapolu,

running back-linebacker Tavao “Junior” Epenesa, receiver-defensive

back Al Rodriguez and defensive back Luis Gonzalez.

Those seniors nominated by Newport Harbor include running

back-defensive back Matt Encinias, defensive lineman Mark Temple and

offensive tackle Nick Watkins.

Corona del Mar nominees are defensive back Mordy Ornguze and West

Point-bound offensive tackle Andy Lujan.

Coaches at Estancia High and Sage Hill School did not respond to

correspondence requesting nominees.

2004 SOUTH ALL-STAR FOOTBALL NOMINEES

ALISO NIGUEL -- Damian Shankle, Max Chesmore, Chris Mercer.

BRETHREN CHRISTIAN -- Denny Warden.

CAPISTRANO VALLEY -- Marcus Booknight, Dan Jones, Clinton Moran.

CENTURY -- Hebron Fangupo, Christian Ramirez, Ivan Ruiz.

CORONA DEL MAR -- Mordy Ornguze (6-1, 195) DB; Andy Lujan (6-3,

250) OL.

COSTA MESA -- Luke Sapolu (6-1, 260) OL-LB; Omar Ruiz (5-7, 175)

RB-DB; Tavao “Junior” Epenesa (6-2, 225) LB-RB; Al Rodriguez (6-0,

160) DB-WR; Luis Gonzalez (5-8, 170) DB-RB.

DANA HILLS -- Kellar Harrell, Collin Gibellino, Derrick Clark,

Brian Mason, Marco Villanueva.

EDISON -- Matt White, Nate Mitani, Donny Spreeman, Dominik

Bronowicki, Tua Fuga.

EL TORO -- John Vogelsang, Michael Devan, Tommy Peacock, Steve

Cirillo.

ESTANCIA -- None submitted.

FOOTHILL -- Casey Daniels, Brad Walker, Lyndon Liti, Brandon

Baricuatro, Alex Keyes.

FOUNTAIN VALLEY -- Leo Talavou, Kevin Gerard, Ryan Best, Kyle

Feiler.

HUNTINGTON BEACH -- Derek Escobedo.

IRVINE -- Tyler Dugan, Luke Tracy, Kamran Moussa-Zahab, Aaron

Moussa-Zahab, Mike McKee.

(5-8, 160) RB-WR.

LAGUNA BEACH -- Jake Wheeler, Brett O’Connor, Alex Wilson, Juan

Luna, Brandon Hooper.

LAGUNA HILLS -- Travis Bengard, Justin Walsh, Chris Lamkin, Saiosi

Makakaufaki.

LIBERTY CHRISTIAN -- Tim Fischer.

LOS AMIGOS -- Alex Toailoa, Edgar Islas, Anthony Mitagi, Maopu

Tuato, Joey Flaputa.

MARINA -- Matthew Brennan, Daniel Falkenstein.

MATER DEI -- Brandon Nicolas, Raymond Andong, Jason Bovard, Robert

Mier, Matt Paulino.

MISSION VIEJO -- Pat O’Neill, Logan Dose, Zach Clarke, Nick

Grothjan, Jamielle Gummer.

NEWPORT HARBOR -- Matt Encinias(5-9, 170) RB-DB; Mark Temple

(5-10, 225), DL-OL; Nick Watkins (6-3, 230) OT.

NORTHWOOD -- Matt Kazyak, Brad Rife, Erik Bosshart, Myles Horttor,

Max Nikolenko.

SADDLEBACK -- Ramiro Chavez, Michael Mataafa.

SADDLEBACK VALLEY CHRISTIAN -- Brian Harbin.

SAGE HILL -- None submitted.

SAN CLEMENTE -- Cheyne Verhagen, Steve Melton, Chris Wilson, Cole

Bergquist, Tyler Bish.

SANTA ANA -- Kareem Yhamel.

SANTA ANA VALLEY -- Mario Ceja, Tavita Tanielu, Paul Castandea,

Joevany Cueva.

SANTA MARGARITA -- Matt Rupp, Mark Restelli, Jack Mechan.

SANTIAGO -- Sione Penitane.

ST.MARGARET’S -- Hutch Parker.

TESORO -- Chris Filley, Jess Beets, Sharooz Darvish, Scotty

Scheper.

TRABUCO HILLS -- Matt McCormick, Nathan Codd, Derik Martinez.

TUSTIN -- James Bell, Andrew Prieto, Marquis Malcom, Jon Ioane,

Eric Lover.

UNIVERSITY -- Chad Smith, A.J. Moskus, Kendell Young, Robbie Chan,

Royce Huffaker.

WESTMINSTER -- Alfred Tua, Livingston Tautua, Nick Niko, Jasper

Smith, Alex DeGiacomo.

WOODBRIDGE -- Zack Sagay.