6 more De La Salle senior athletes make fall college commitments
CONCORD, CA (Jan. 23, 2022) — Five members of the North Coast Section champion De La Salle High School football team and a Spartan NCS titlist water polo player made their college commitments official during December’s National Letter of Intent period.
All-everything, four-star football recruit Zeke Berry, who had a verbal commitment to Arizona for many months, switched to Big Ten champ Michigan. His highly touted three-star lineman teammate Brodie Tagaloa was injured in the first half to the season’s first game and never played another down but still landed a spot in the recruiting class for Big Ten foe Nebraska.
Their DLS teammates Damonie Perkins (Sacramento State), Tyler Henry (Sacramento State) and Bryant Meredith (Northern Arizona) and water polo standout Charlie Saunders (University of Southern California) also inked their NLI last month. They join seven classmates in the class of 2022 who already signed national letters of intent this school year.
Jay Bedecarré
Jay Bedecarré is a long-time resident and writer in Concord and Clayton. He began his newspaper writing career while still a senior at Mt. Diablo High School and he has been part of The Pioneer since its inception in 2003. Jay also operates Bay Area Festivals, presenting events around the San Francisco Bay Area including Bay Area KidFest annually in Downtown Concord.