Lemoore High's Nick Sierra became the second Fresno-area wrestler to sign a national letter of intent during the early signing period when he agreed to a scholarship offer from NCAA Division II Grand Canyon University in Phoenix.

Sierra, who placed sixth at the state tournament last season at 140 pounds, joins Clovis West's Zach Zimmer as early signees. Zimmer, fourth in the state at 112 pounds last season, is headed to nationally ranked Indiana of the Big Ten Conference.

Don't count Boise State out of the BCS picture just yet.

Losses by USC and Miami on Saturday probably helped the Broncos in their quest for an at-large berth in a BCS bowl, regardless of how impressive TCU looked in routing Utah. Looking over the pool of candidates, I can't see how Boise State gets left out -- provided the Broncos finish undefeated.

Including the national championship game, there are 10 BCS spots available. Six of them go to the champions of the six major conferences (SEC, Pac-10, Big Ten, Big 12, ACC and Big East); the other four are up for grabs.

Roosevelt is well on its way to retaining the Pig trophy and earning another week to practice with the pigskin.

Needing a win to be put into the Division II playoff bracket, according to the Central Section web site, Roosevelt has pulled out to a 14-0 halftime lead over host Fresno in the 81st "Little Big Game" and Battle for the Pig.

We're about 45 minutes away from kickoff for the 81th annual "Little Big Game," the Battle of the Pig between host Fresno and Roosevelt highs here at Ratcliffe Stadium, and the Warriors have a nice crowd despite the fact their team is 1-8 and playing out the string tonight.

Roosevelt's crowd is easily outnumbered at this point approximately 5-1 despite the fact the Rough Riders are playing tonight to earn a spot in the Central Section playoffs. According to the CIF Central Section web site, Roosevelt will be entered into the playoff bracket in Division IV only if it wins tonight.

Quarterback Tanner Mendonca and receiver Titus Grayson are wrapping up seasons and careers as accomplished as any in the pass-happy history of Mt. Whitney High, a school that has produced a former NFL receiver (Michael Young) and Canadian Football League quarterback (Robert Dougherty).

Heading into Friday's 55th annual Cowhide game against Visalia rival Redwood, Mendonca has set Pioneer season records with 221 completions, 2,821 yards and 27 touchdowns. He now has career school records in attempts (748), completions (426), yards (5,471) and touchdowns (57).

It was a relatively rough day at the Central Section championships for the Clovis West High girls golf team, which encountered much faster greens than the last time it played at Tulare Golf Course in August and much high scores than the last time it played competitively a week ago during the North Area championships at Madera Municipal Golf Course.

Yet the Golden Eagles still rolled to a fourth straight title, with their 404 strokes still 15 better than second-place Frontier.

This team is that good. Clovis West dominates even when shooting 26 more strokes collectively than a week earlier.

Powered by four four-year starters, Clovis West High shoots for its fourth consecutive Central Section girls team golf championship today at Tulare Golf Course.

Golden Eagles senior standout Asia Adell will be among the first threesome -- along with Redwood's Christina Trujillo and Stockdale's Abby Marina -- set to tee off at 10 a.m. The final grouping -- Yosemite's Mariana Moberly, Mission Oak's Breanna Haney and Frontier's Lexi Keeter -- tees off at 12:16 p.m.

Top-seeded Buchanan hosts defending Division I champion Stockdale as the team girls tennis playoffs resume today.

The Bears reached the semifinals with a 9-0 win over No. 9 Clovis. Fourth-seeded Stockdale advanced with an 8-1 win over No. 5 Liberty.

No. 2 Clovis West and No. 3 Bullard -- last season's runner-up -- meet in the other D-I semifinal.

Redwood is putting up a pretty good fight as it seeks to bring an end to cross-town rival El Diamante's 19-game winning streak in West Yosemite League games, trialing 13-7 at halftime.

The Rangers, in fact, took a 7-6 lead on Joaquin Murillo's 28-yard touchdown pass to K.C. Pearce with 5:59 remaining in the second quarter.

But the Miners, two-time defending WYL champions, went back ahead with 15 seconds left in the first half when Aaron Sing capped a six-play, 55-yard drive with a 4-yard touchdown run.

Redwood was the undisputed ruler of West Yosemite League football during the 1990s, winning the title seven times.

But the current decade hasn't been as kind to the Rangers, who's only WYL title during the 2000s came in 2004, the year after Sanger vacated the league and the season before Visalia's newest high school - El Diamante - fielded its first senior class.