Prep Notes: Ex-Grant football star Lang to play at Weber State
Grant football coach Mike Alberghini said Weber State is getting a special player in former Pacers’ all-purpose star Ference Lang.
The dynamic 5-foot-8, 165-pound Lang, who is playing for the North Team in Saturday’s 55th annual Optimist All-Star Game at American River College, was a late NCAA qualifier.
Alberghini said Lang is entering Weber State without a football scholarship but still could land one before the Wildcats’ Sept. 3 season opener at Wyoming.
“The kid can play Weber State got a steal,” Alberghini said. “A couple of big-named schools wanted him to gray-shirt (sit out a season before enrolling in college), a couple of others wanted him to walk on. But this is better for him. He doesn’t need to be sitting around.”
Alberghini said the speedy Lang is expected to contribute immediately as a cornerback. He also might return kicks and could see action at wide receiver.
Lang was arguably the Pacers’ most valuable player he earned Delta Valley Conference MVP honors on a star-studded Grant team that was ranked No. 1 in the state most of the year.
He scored 23 touchdowns and had seven interceptions during the regular season, but he missed the postseason (other than a few token plays) because of a lingering ankle injury.
Tough Titans Burbank captured the top-flight Gold Division boys basketball championship at the Sac Area Summer Showcase in Rocklin on Sunday, defeating Oak Ridge 67-49 in the championship game.
The Titans downed Del Oro 53-42 in the semifinals and Granite Bay 54-42 in the quarterfinals. Burbank went 4-0 in pool play.
Other division finals: Silver Clovis North 56, Natomas 54, overtime; Bronze Center 67, Colfax 34; Platinum Lincoln 59, Cosumnes Oaks 53; Brick Christian Brothers 69, Beyer-Modesto 59.
Burbank will be among the boys basketball teams entered in the fourth annual Sheldon-Trail Summer Jam today through Sunday at Monterey Trail, Sheldon and Valley high schools.
Defending champion Sheldon also is in the field, as is Sacred Heart Cathedral of San Francisco, which beat Sheldon on June 12 in the championship game of the Valley CRC Summer Challenge.
Other top area teams entered include Jesuit, Antelope, Oak Ridge, Woodcreek, Center and Granite Bay.
For more information on the tournament, go to, bb_tournament/public/ tournament.jsp?Org=TT8107
Woodcreek on target On Saturday in Stockton, the Woodcreek trapshooting team won the California Youth Shooting Sports Association varsity division championship for the third consecutive year.
The team, which has existed for seven years, has 55 members and competes as the Woodcreek Sportsmans’ Club.
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