Football: Devin Lucien is legitimate top receiver

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Before heading off to the Southern Section track championships, I stopped by West Hills Chaminade to watch a seven-on-seven passing competition involving the host Eagles, Encino Crespi, Westlake Village Westlake and Atascadero, and let me say the best player I saw was Crespi receiver Devin Lucien.

He was catching big-time passes against Westlake, displaying powerful hands. Crespi quarterback Kenny Stenhouse, a basketball player, did a solid job. And Crespi has a 6-foot-2 sophomore-to-be in Tyler Foreman who’s going to be a safety to watch.

Chaminade’s best player is junior-to-be receiver Brendan McKinney, who’s 6-4 and the son of former Raiders player Otis McKinney. He can catch passes.

Westlake is as good offensively as expected, but I didn’t notice a whole lot of speed on defense, which could be a problem.

Crespi Coach Jon Mack was getting pretty energized when players didn’t perform up to his expectations. It’s still a little strange seeing the Sherman Oaks Notre Dame graduate in Crespi brown.

His 10-year-old son, Justin, said, ‘I like Notre Dame, but I like Crespi better.’

There’s how many days until the Crespi-Notre Dame game?

-- Eric Sondheimer