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LA Times' coach of the year: Coley Candaele of Vista Murrieta

Vista Murrieta erases past disappointment, unseats perennial champ

All eyes on QB Stevens as Vista Murrieta opens season

Vista Murrieta uses strong defensive effort to beat Santiago

PROGRAM OF THE YEAR: Broncos tops in 2011

LA Times' coach of the year: Coley Candaele of Vista Murrieta Coley Candaele left the relaxing beach community of Carpinteria to start a new football program at Vista Murrieta nine years ago.

Everything came together this past season, when the Broncos won their first Inland Division championship and went 14-0 on the field. Candaele has been selected The Times' coach of the year.

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Vista Murrieta erases past disappointment, unseats perennial champ MURRIETA — Third time's a charm? Not exactly. Vista Murrieta quarterback Nick Stevens left nothing to chance Friday night. The Broncos' first-year starter scampered for a go-ahead touchdown with 26 seconds left, and their vaunted defense dialed up one last stop against top-seeded Corona Centennial as second-seeded Vista Murrieta hung on for a 35-28 victory in the CIF Southern Section Inland Division championship. "Unbelievable performance by our kids to battle back after they fell behind late," Vista Murrieta coach Coley Candaele said. "Our last drive, they executed almost perfectly. It's absolutely not the game I expected.

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All eyes on QB Stevens as Vista Murrieta opens season MURRIETA – Nick Stevens understands he'll have a number of eyes fixated on the No. 7 jersey he'll wear onto the field Friday night in Vista Murrieta's season opener. It's simple, really. The Broncos are coming off back-to-back Inland Division championship game appearances. They return a number of defensive stars, and Stevens is replacing a three-year starter at quarterback who's now at the University of Washington.

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Vista Murrieta uses strong defensive effort to beat Santiago MURRIETA --- After a disappointing defensive effort a week ago, Vista Murrieta coach Coley Candaele was all smiles about his defense this week. His Broncos smothered Corona Santiago 25-0 on Friday night in front of a packed crowd at Vista Murrieta High. "We were very disappointed in our effort on defense a week ago," Candaele said of last week's 31-28 victory over Etiwanda. "We weren't disappointed in how we played defense, but the effort and energy. Tonight I think we got back to Bronco defense." Vista Murrieta (2-0) forced three turnovers, got three sacks and stuffed every scoring opportunity Santiago (1-2) had. The Sharks had just 169 yards of offense.

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PROGRAM OF THE YEAR: Broncos tops in 2011 Vista Murrieta's boys track and field team served notice last July, ironically enough, in a non-CIF-sanctioned event. And most of the Broncos sports programs have been on a roll ever since. With a strong finish in track and field and outright Southwestern League championships in baseball, softball, boys track and field, football and girls volleyball, Vista Murrieta edged Murrieta Valley to win The Californian's All-Valley Program of the Year Award for 2011. Vista Murrieta, paced by a 257-point push from the track team on The Californian's point scale, placed first with 633 points. Murrieta Valley, which got a 154-point effort from its swimming teams, was second with 591 points.

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