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Fall high school football camps open Monday

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The Rancho Bernardo High football team had just over seven months to celebrate last year’s incredible CIF Division III-A state championship run. But starting on Monday the slate is wiped clean and it’s back to work for the Broncos and other high school football teams around San Diego County.

Monday marks the first official day high schools in the area are allowed to practice. Del Norte, Maranatha Christian, Poway and Rancho Bernardo will all hold practices. Players will go through four weeks of conditioning and drilling before the start of the regular season on August 26.

“It is super exciting,” said Broncos quarterback Mark Salazar, who recently committed to Fresno State. “We are just happy to get back on the field. Spring and summer ball are cool, but it is not the same without pads. Obviously, there is nothing like Friday night football.”

Rancho Bernardo is coming off its best season in school history, as it earned banners for capturing a CIF San Diego Section Division II title, a SoCal Regional championship and the state title. But the Broncos appear to be ready to put the history-making 13-2 season behind them.

“I think a lot of people are out of that mindset and are over last year,” Salazar said. “Coach (Tristan) McCoy got that in our heads early. He told is in January that this is a completely different team and that we have to get over last year.”

Rancho Bernardo, which will be in Division I this season, trained with the Navy Seals for a day last year during the preseason. This year the Broncos will head back to Camp Pendleton to train with the Marines for a day.

Poway finished at 6-6 last season, winning a first-round CIF San Diego Section Division I playoff game against El Capitan before falling to Point Loma in the quarterfinals. Del Norte, which will play its first season in the Palomar League, struggled to a 1-10 finish last year. Maranatha Christian opens fall camp on the heels of a 7-5 season. The Eagles will be led by first-year head coach Kyle Duggin, who assisted former coach Mike Cole.

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