Sports Shorts: Los Al's Brown Commits to Northwestern; Fattal Still Undecided

Los Alamitos  safety/running back Terrance Brown has committed to Northwestern, the senior told the Orange County Register Monday evening.

A strong and physical player, Brown (6-1, 195), who also boasts a grade-point average above 3.5, said Northwestern was the first school to offer him a scholarship. He had also expressed interest in Cal.

"I was speechless," he told reporter Dan Albano about the Wildcats' offer. "I've been talking to them the longest."

The Griffins, ranked No. 6 in the county by the Register, open their 2011 season on Friday against the Lancers of Norwalk High at Excelsior High in Norwalk. Kickoff is 7 p.m.

Fattal Still Undecided

Rachel Fattal, a senior on Los Alamitos' girls water polo team and the O.C. Register's player of the year in 2010, told the newspaper nearly two weeks ago that she is "not close" to making her college decision.

Fattal will play for the U.S. at the FINA World Junior Women's Water Polo Championships next month in Italy. Earlier this summer, she helped SOCAL win the 21-and-under division at the Junior Olympics in Irvine.

Fattal, who excels on both offense and defense, is one of the prized recruits in the country. The first day girls water polo players can sign NCAA national letters of intent is Nov. 9.

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