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RE: Class of 2026+ - Spiny_Norman - 08-17-2026
LA Times article on RB commit AJ McBean.
https://www.latimes.com/sports/highschool/story/2026-08-12/gardena-serra-highs-aj-mcbean-is-ready-to-run-over-competition
In case you are not able to read it, a few quotes.
Quote:Hidden from any spotlight and comfortable conducting his training and workouts anonymously while motivated by his own dreams and aspirations, AJ McBean has embraced the mindset every top athlete understands: Progress comes when no one else is watching.
“I’ve been working pretty much myself,” said the 5-foot-11, 210-pound running back who transferred from Mira Costa to Gardena Serra. “I’m self-made. I’ve been training on my own just grinding ... getting bigger, faster, stronger. I’ve seen the progress.”
All it takes to understand how he’s been turning himself into a freight train is seeing his time in the 100 meters on the track team in the spring. He started out running it in 10.61 seconds, his best opening mark in three years. Then came a 10.55.
Quote:Despite ankle injuries the last two seasons, McBean has shown how well he can run with a football when healthy. As a senior, he wants to take his skills to another level, using his size and improved speed to become an all-around back, whether running, blocking or catching passes. He committed to Stanford in June. There really is a fearless gene circulating through his blood.
“No sympathy,” he says of a defender looking into his eyes and discovering his power, size and strength. “My mindset going into any game is run through their face. If they’re coming at me, I have no remorse going through them. If I need to go to the outside and beat them with speed, I can do that and it shows with my track time.”
RE: Class of 2026+ - Spiny_Norman - 08-19-2026
(07-07-2026, 11:54 PM)BostonCard Wrote: We signed a kicker:
https://x.com/stanfordrivals/status/2074733639137714305?s=46
BC
LA Times article about Gabriel Goroyan.
https://www.latimes.com/sports/highschool/story/2026-08-19/westlake-high-kicker-gabriel-goroyan-is-ready-for-big-moments
An excerpt.
Quote:He is like most kickers — a former soccer player. He began in eighth grade when he was still playing soccer but beginning to like kicking.
At a camp, when he made a 54-yard field goal in a competition [in 8th grade], that’s the moment he realized, “I can do this.” “I started taking it more serious,” he said. “I was hungry for that No. 1 spot.”
He enters his senior season as No. 1 at his position in the Southland and committed to Stanford. The 5-foot-11, 180-pounder makes booming kickoffs, was 50 of 51 on PATs last season and made seven field goals. He also averaged 40.3 yards on punts. He kicks balls with his left foot, which requires long snappers to make an adjustment and change blocking schemes because most kickers use their right foot.
He’s never received a grade other than A on his report card at Westlake. His father is Armenian and his mother Bulgarian. He has an 8 handicap in golf and can drive a ball 300 yards from the tee, so if you need a ringer for a charity tournament, Goroyan will play the role.
Visitor - bbm233 - 08-31-2026
I heard that 4* Titus Huard was at Stanford this weekend. Junior QB at Valor Christian (CMac’s HS) outside of Denver. Son of Husky QB Brock Huard. Head coach is Mike Sanford who should be familiar to many Cardboarders.