Jon Sanchez knew there was a chance that the hierarchy at San Diego State would re-shuffle this offseason.

But coach Brady Hoke's departure didn't matter to the Vista Murrieta defensive lineman. He'd made up his mind, and on Wednesday, Sanchez made his commitment to the Aztecs official alongside Broncos classmates and dozens of scholar-athletes participating in National Signing Day throughout the Valley.

"I was surprised (Hoke) left, but I was going there for the school," Sanchez said. "I wasn't going there for the coach, and I knew there was a chance he could leave. ...

"I was committed there. I wasn't going to leave."

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A DUAL-THREAT, BROWN HAS LED THE BRONCOS TO THEIR SECOND STRAIGHT TITLE GAME APPEARANCE

MURRIETA ---- Penny Brown can take a hit. The challenge most Friday nights is withstandingapostgame embrace with a 6-foot-3, 240-pound frame that carves opposing defenses.

Indeed, getting your arms around Vista Murrieta quarterback Derrick Brown is not an easy task.

"He's like a Rottweiler that thinks he's a Chihuahua," Penny, Derrick Brown's mother, said. " … He comes over to hug you and he almost rolls into you. You're overwhelmed by his size and his weight. He just smothers you.

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The Inland area's three championship football teams -- Corona Centennial, Elsinore and Colton -- were among the most lauded as the CIF-Southern Section unveiled its all-section teams Thursday afternoon.

Centennial swept the top honors in the Inland Division, with senior quarterback Michael Eubank chosen Offensive Player of the Year and senior safety Chris Gonzalez chosen Defensive Player of the Year. Matt Logan was selected the division's Coach of the Year.

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VISTA MURRIETA QB NAMES OFFENSIVE MVP, WHILE TEMECULA VALLEY LB TAKES DEFENSIVE MVP HONORS

Derrick Brown remembers his first encounter with Adam Pulsipher.

Both were big-bodied kids exchanging blows in the paint for their varsity basketball squads, both were sophomores and both were on the cusp of starring roles under the Friday night lights.

Two years later, both NCAA Division I prospects ---- Brown a quarterback at Vista Murrieta and Pulsipher a middle linebacker at Temecula Valley ---- realized their potential in banner 2010 seasons.

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