Mission Viejo Gets Invitation

Mission Viejo has been invited to compete in the marquee game of the five-game Emerald City Kickoff Classic next September in Seattle, but the Diablos have not yet accepted. “We’re very close, but there are a couple of loose ends,” football Coach Bob Johnson said.

The Diablos’ opponent would not be Bellevue (Wash.), the team that ended Concord De La Salle’s national-record 151-game winning streak to open this season. Johnson said a different team from Washington would be Mission Viejo’s opponent. Bellevue is ranked No. 10 nationally by Student Sports, and Mission Viejo is No. 2. Another Washington team, Pasco, is No. 19 nationally. Three other Washington schools are ranked in the Student Sports West regional top 20: No. 13 Olympia Capital, No. 16 Puyallup and No. 20 Lacey Timberline.

Martin Henderson

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Zac Zimmerman, the top offensive linemen at Newhall Hart, has been lost for the rest of the season because of a torn anterior cruciate ligament.

Eric Sondheimer

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Volleyball

A tribute to Steve Lewis, the Lakewood girls’ coach and assistant boys’ coach, will be held at 7 p.m. on Nov. 1 in the school’s gym.

Lewis has been battling liver cancer for more than a year. Organizers are requesting a $1 donation at the door for the Lance Armstrong Foundation. Information: Jeff Eyanson at (562) 221-8499 or www.lbpolyvb.homestead.com/stevelewis.html.