PREP NOTES

By CHRIS FOSTER

Sept. 19, 1991 12 AM PT

Santa Ana Valley’s 28-0 football loss to Corona was not exactly the debut Coach Scott Strosnider was hoping to have.

“I got baptized Friday night. But instead of holy water, they used muddy water,” Strosnider said.

Chris Foster is a former sports writer for the Los Angeles Times who covered UCLA football and basketball, USC basketball, the Kings and the Ducks. He grew up in San Clemente, arriving long before Richard Nixon came to town. As a teen, he surfed, played football and basketball, and fell in love with sports journalism. Foster died Dec. 13, 2023.

PREP NOTES

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