John Sciarra

Chuck Benedict If you live in the La Canada-Flintridge area, your fellow residents include John Sciarra and John Sciarra. Two of them? Right. You can't tell them apart by their sports assignments. Each is listed as a quarterback. When this father and son are together, there is much to be said about football -- past, present and future. John Sciarra, upcoming senior QB on the St. Francis High School varsity, is a third namesake. First, there was patriarch John Joseph Sciarra.

College Update for MondaySt. Francis High graduate and Wagner College senior quarterback completes school-record 33 passes in 38-34 home setback.GLENDALE -- John Sciarra (St. Francis, 2001), senior quarterback, Wagner College football -- Another game, another record. Sciarra set another school record in Saturday's 38-34 loss to Central Connecticut State University at Wagner Stadium. He set a new benchmark with 33 completions, which came on 58 attempts, for 409 yards and four touchdowns.

Hamlet Nalbandyan FRIEDMAN FIELD -- Pressure is nothing new for St. Francis High quarterback John Sciarra. Greatness has been expected from the 17-year-old ever since he first threw a pigskin, since his father, John, was a standout UCLA quarterback who enjoyed a successful NFL career. So the expectations for this year's St. Francis squad will not be too overwhelming for the senior signal-caller, who has already given a verbal commitment to UCLA.

Hamlet Nalbandyan GLENDALE -- The speculations were always there, and St. Francis High quarterback John Sciarra finally made it official Thursday. Sciarra has verbally committed to play football for UCLA, the same school that his father, John, and current coach Jim Bonds played for. Bonds played for the Bruins from 1988 to 1991. Sciarra's father starred at UCLA through 1972-1976. He led the Bruins to the 1976 Rose Bowl victory. Both were quarterbacks.

Staff reports GLENDALE -- o7 Odds and ends from last week's local football action in the high school and college ranksf7 . Sometimes, the stats don't mean much: St. Francis High quarterback John Sciarra hasn't been putting up the numbers that gave him statewide and national recognition as a junior last year, but the UCLA-bound quarterback is getting the job done, and that's all St. Francis Coach Jim Bonds cares...

Peter Samore LANCASTER -- Though St. Francis High was in a freeze Friday evening, it wasn't chilled by the 35-degree temperature for long. The Golden Knight's opponent Antelope Valley High was also cold early on, as both teams were scoreless through the first quarter. Eventually, both football teams heated up, scoring touchdowns one after another in the see-saw battle. But St. Francis stayed hot through the game's finish, posting a 47-26 win in a CIF Southern Section Division III quarterfinal game on the road.

Jim Riggio ST. FRANCIS HIGH -- Ever since John Sciarra entered St. Francis High, he has had a label attached to him. Being the son of a former UCLA quarterback, Rose Bowl MVP and pro football player with the same first and surname, Sciarra's name certainly stands out to high school football fans looking to find and make predictions about the next great quarterback discovery. But Sciarra has pushed aside any distractions or comparisons that may have gotten in his way and he has used his father's guidance as advantage.

GLENDALE — The following are odds and ends from the local sports scene .   SCIARRA, MILTON YOUNGEST INDUCTEES In the midst of a thrilling St. Francis High-Notre Dame football game, five past Golden Knights standouts were paid homage with their inductions into the St. Francis High School Athletic Hall of Fame. The 2009 class consisted of Dr. Fritz Menninger (Class of 1967), Rob Duncanson (1973), JP Roberge (1990), Trae Milton (1997)

Erik Boal FRIEDMAN FIELD -- John Sciarra made Jim Bonds a proud man Friday night. In a performance reminiscent of his head coach's air raid at Hart High in the mid-1980's, Sciarra executed the Golden Knights' spread offense to perfection against Chaminade, throwing early, often and for a lot of yards at Friedman Field. The UCLA-bound senior had his 31-year-old mentor all smiles when he left the game early in the fourth quarter, having just thrown for a career-high 415 yards and three touchdowns in St. Francis' 45-22 Mission League victory.

Erik Boal GLENDALE -- o7 The following is an in-depth look at the St. Francis football team:f7 QUARTERBACK John Sciarra is more than familiar with the Indians' defensive scheme, having learned from his mistakes in the Golden Knights' playoff quarterfinal loss in 1998 to throw for 327 yards in last season's semifinal defeat. After a shaky few weeks during the middle of the season, Sciarra has once again proven why he is one of, if not the area's best quarterback during the past three weeks.

SOUTHEAST GLENDALE — The Glendale YMCA Quarterback Club, in its 67th year, meets Tuesday’s at the Elk’s Lodge. The following are odds and ends from the 11th meeting of the year .   COACHES RECALL LATEST “BELL” AFFAIR After hearing about the rivalry for years, Hoover High Coach Chris Long finally found out what it’s like to be on the winning side in the “Battle For...

GLENDALE — The following are odds and ends from the local sports scene .   SCIARRA, MILTON YOUNGEST INDUCTEES In the midst of a thrilling St. Francis High-Notre Dame football game, five past Golden Knights standouts were paid homage with their inductions into the St. Francis High School Athletic Hall of Fame. The 2009 class consisted of Dr. Fritz Menninger (Class of 1967), Rob Duncanson (1973), JP Roberge (1990), Trae Milton (1997)

GLENDALE ? When the Wagner College Seahawks open their 2006 football season tonight, they will do so, once again, with a Golden Knight calling the signals. Matt Abbey, a 2005 St. Francis High graduate, will take over the starting quarterback duties left vacant by the departure of John Sciarra, a 2001 St. Francis graduate who also happens to be Abbey's cousin. The 6-foot, 185-pound Abbey will lead the Seahawks offense against host La Salle University in Philadelphia at 4 p.m. PST. "I'm a little bit of both," said Abbey, a sophomore, when asked if he was nervous or excited about beginning his career as a starting college quarterback.

updateBehind stellar play of former Crescenta Valley High boys' basketball standout, Crimson is off to best start in eight years.GLENDALE -- The following is an update on local athletes competing at the collegiate level: Jim Goffredo (Crescenta Valley, 2003) junior guard, Harvard men's basketball -- The sharp-shooting Goffredo has gotten the Crimson off to a 5-1 start. In his first season as a starter, Goffredo has averaged a team-high 15.5 points per game, including a career-high 22 on Saturday night as Harvard fell at home to Central Connecticut State, 87-79.

College Update story.Former St. Francis quarterback leads Wagner College to come-from-behind conference win.GLENDALE -- John Sciarra (St. Francis, 2001), senior, Wagner College football -- Sciarra ended his college career on a winning note. He completed 19 of 39 passes for 297 yards and two touchdowns in Wagner's 23-21 Northeast Conference home victory against St. Francis of Pennsylvania on Saturday. The Seahawks finished their season 6-5 and 3-4 in conference for fifth place behind Central Connecticut State, Stony Brook, Monmouth and Albany.

College Update for MondaySt. Francis High graduate and Wagner College senior quarterback completes school-record 33 passes in 38-34 home setback.GLENDALE -- John Sciarra (St. Francis, 2001), senior quarterback, Wagner College football -- Another game, another record. Sciarra set another school record in Saturday's 38-34 loss to Central Connecticut State University at Wagner Stadium. He set a new benchmark with 33 completions, which came on 58 attempts, for 409 yards and four touchdowns.

One would be hard-pressed to imagine a better start to the 2005 college football season for former St. Francis standout John Sciarra. The 2001 Golden Knight graduate, now a senior starting quarterback for Wagner College in New York, has led the Seahawks to a 3-0 start, most recently leading them to a 52-25 win at St. Peter's on Sept. 15. He tossed a school-record five touchdowns in the game and for his efforts was named Northeast Conference Player of the Week for the second time this season.

John Sciarra (St. Francis, 2001), redshirt senior, Wagner College football -- Two weeks after being tabbed the Northeast Conference Offensive Player of the Week, Sciarra set a new school record with five touchdown passes in a 52-25 win against host Saint Peter's College on Thursday at Cochrane Stadium in Jersey City, N.J. Sciarra finished 22 of 32 for 298 yards, as the Seahawks improved to 3-0 for the second consecutive season....

Grant Gordon When John Sciarra arrived in Staten Island, N.Y., he brought with him the baggage of unfulfilled expectations. Three autumns had passed as a UCLA quarterback with nothing more to show than a smattering of unflattering stats and unrealized potential. Now, a year and a season removed from his arrival in New York and at Wagner College, the past is the past for Sciarra. He's focused on the path ahead, not the tribulations left behind.

Charles Rich John Sciarra (St. Francis, 2001), redshirt junior, Wagner College football -- After a stellar career at St. Francis and a forgettable one at UCLA, Sciarra moved across country to resurrect his career in Staten Island, N.Y. In 11 games this season, the quarterback completed 207 of 378 passes for 2,581 yards and 14 touchdowns. Sciarra also rushed for two touchdowns. Wagner (6-5, 3-4 in the Northeast Conference) had its season end Saturday with a 35-14 loss to the University of San Diego.