Santa Ana, CA, population 320,000> (home of Mater Dei) has a 1.5% Black population.

That's like NO Blacks in the entire damn city.

Mater Dei has a tremendous amount of blacks on their football team. 🏈🤠🏈

Santa Ana, CA, population 320,000> (home of Mater Dei) has a 1.5% Black population.

That's like NO Blacks in the entire damn city.

Mater Dei has a tremendous amount of blacks on their football team. 🏈🤠🏈

The school itself, Mater Dei is between 0.59% and 2.8% Black

That's like NO Blacks in the school.

How does Mater Dei pull off 15-20 D1s every year, Steeler01? What's that secret sauce. 🤠🏈🤠

I don't know what this means either, but there's plenty around Baton Rouge.

Like what?

You have to travel 80 miles to hit another city with a population of over 100k. Where are the transfers supposed to come from in places like that? Just like the Bakersfield area, there's rarely transfers in isolated places.

Like what?

You have to travel 80 miles to hit another city with a population of over 100k.

What's that got to do with anything? Oh yeah, not a damn thing. Is a town with 100,000 a special attraction or something

The Metro Baton Rouge area is fairly large, not huge - but large. It's not like Baton Rouge is stuck in the middle of a desert.

Be better, Steeler01

The Baton Rouge metropolitan area has an estimated population of approximately 888,699 as of 2025, reflecting growth from the 2020 Census figure of 870,569. Recent data indicates the metro area is experiencing a record-high population, supported by industrial growth and economic development in the Capital Region.

The Baton Rouge metropolitan area has an estimated population of approximately 888,699 as of 2025, reflecting growth from the 2020 Census figure of 870,569.

Lol at this post.

That encompasses places like Hammond,LA. which is 46 miles away.

Draw 46 miles away from Santa Ana.  That area would have millions.

Lol at this post.

That encompasses places like Hammond,LA. which is 46 miles away.

Draw 46 miles away from Santa Ana.  That area would have millions.

What's funny about that?

Mater Dei and Santa Ana are considered Metro Los Angeles....
Santa Ana is 42 miles from Los Angeles.

You are getting absolutely crushed here, just stop...take the loss!

What's funny about that?

Mater Dei and Santa Ana are considered Metro Los Angeles....
Santa Ana is 42 miles from Los Angeles.

You are getting absolutely crushed here, just stop...take the loss!

Nobody from Southern Cali would consider Santa Ana metro LA. The demographics are similar but that's where belonging to anything Los Angeles  would stop.

The only thing that really matters is Mater Dei is located in Santa Ana....... there's virtually no black people there. 🤠🏈🤠

Call it 1% Ana!

The only thing that really matters is Mater Dei is located in Santa Ana....... there's virtually no black people there. 🤠🏈🤠

Call it 1% Ana!

Mater Dei is a private school, like Catholic.

They're within a 12 mile radius to a much larger population than Catholic has at their disposal within a 46 mile radius.

Santa Ana is part of the Los Angeles metropolitan area primarily due to economic integration, urban sprawl, and official definitions from the U.S. Census Bureau that combine Los Angeles and Orange Counties. Though a distinct city in Orange County, its development is closely tied to Los Angeles via major infrastructure, including the Santa Ana Freeway (I-5), which connects it to LA.

Key reasons for its inclusion include:
Regional Economic Integration: Santa Ana and Orange County are considered a key part of the larger Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metropolitan statistical area, sharing labor markets and economic infrastructure.
Urban Sprawl and Growth: As the region developed, city boundaries effectively merged. Santa Ana grew rapidly, partly fueled by its early, historical rail connection to Los Angeles.
Official Definitions: The Census Bureau defines the "Greater Los Angeles" area as a five-county area (Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura, Riverside, and San Bernardino) due to commuting patterns and population density.
Historical Connection: Orange County was originally part of Los Angeles County before separating in 1889, ensuring long-term ties.

While Santa Ana has a distinct local identity as the seat of Orange County, it functions as a central suburb within the larger metropolitan economy.

Mater Dei is a private school, like Catholic.

They're within a 12 mile radius to a much larger population than Catholic has at their disposal within a 46 mile radius.

Catholic doesn't need anything at their disposal.  If they wanted to recruit football players they could just go down the street. What part of that don't you understand?

Are you not following along!

Catholic doesn't need anything at their disposal.  If they wanted to recruit football players they could just go down the street. What part of that don't you understand?

Are you not following along!

Nobody recruits, kids are aware of the top schools and parents send their kids to the best school available for whatever sport they're playing.

Give Catholic the Woodlawn kids.  They'll be crap just like Woodlawn is. 

Santa Ana is part of the Los Angeles metropolitan area primarily due to economic integration, urban sprawl, and official definitions from the U.S. Census Bureau that combine Los Angeles and Orange Counties. Though a distinct city in Orange County, its development is closely tied to Los Angeles via major infrastructure, including the Santa Ana Freeway (I-5), which connects it to LA.

Key reasons for its inclusion include:
Regional Economic Integration: Santa Ana and Orange County are considered a key part of the larger Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metropolitan statistical area, sharing labor markets and economic infrastructure.
Urban Sprawl and Growth: As the region developed, city boundaries effectively merged. Santa Ana grew rapidly, partly fueled by its early, historical rail connection to Los Angeles.
Official Definitions: The Census Bureau defines the "Greater Los Angeles" area as a five-county area (Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura, Riverside, and San Bernardino) due to commuting patterns and population density.
Historical Connection: Orange County was originally part of Los Angeles County before separating in 1889, ensuring long-term ties.

While Santa Ana has a distinct local identity as the seat of Orange County, it functions as a central suburb within the larger metropolitan economy.

I don't need wiki or anything else to tell me about Santa Ana.  To an outsider like yourself, you have no clue what you're talking about. 

I don't need wiki or anything else to tell me about Santa Ana.  To an outsider like yourself, you have no clue what you're talking about. 

Ok
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Just stop already with that nonsense!

If that's your way of saying Florida high schools are buying players I could probably believe that though.

Broke ass Carol City is racking up on transfers this year.

What's wrong with you people?

When some/many/most schools annually fill roster gaps with transfers, and some others don't, the others are at an obvious disadvantage. It's not really very hard to understand.

Carol City got all the transfers because they hired a highly respected OC named Toro Wallace from Chaminade to be head coach...at roughly the same time Northwestern had to run off Teddy Bridgewater and when Central has a relatively new and unproven head coach. And we live in a hive or tribal world full of people who follow trends and what is "in".