Tuesday’s Bay Preps Report: Ladoucuer is national coach of the year, plus Freedom’s Daniels, Mixon recruiting news

In his final season as De La Salle’s head coach, Bob Ladouceur was honored as MaxPreps’ national coach of the year, writes Stephen Spiewak.

Ladouceur: “I enjoyed every minute. I couldn’t have asked for a better career or life, and I couldn’t have asked for a better school. It’s an amazing place. There’s a lot of community and love, a lot of people so dedicated to what they do. It’s not about money or the paycheck. It’s about the mission, about walking away from this life and leaving your little space a better place.”

We covered Ladouceur’s press conference from January 4.

• Before heading there this summer, Washington commit Darrell Daniels will be taking an official visit to Seattle this weekend.

My official this weekend to Washington

— Darrell Daniels (@Drinkmysuccess) January 14, 2013

• As for Daniels teammate, junior running back Joe Mixon, recruiters are coming to him:

Had a visit from Ucla and Michigan today!

— PrimeTime!!! (@Joe_MainMixon) January 15, 2013

• CalHiSports has the final NorCal all-state football nominees.

• Harold Abend’s Bay Area rankings were posted on the site on Monday.

In the state basketball rankings from CalHiSports, Salesian and Mitty are each up a spot to #9 and #10, while Bishop O’Dowd is #12 and Deer Valley is #15.

• Salesian, O’Dowd, Deer Valley, Monte Vista, and De La Salle are the top five in the East Bay boys poll.

As for the girls, O’Dowd, St. Mary’s, Carondelet, Miramonte, and Heritage are the top five.

• If you’re interested in saving some money and watching Salesian, De La Salle, Newark Memorial, Deer Valley, Bishop O’Dowd, and more at the MLK Classic at Haas Pavilion, you can purchase tickets at the De La Salle bookstore this week.

• After their Bruce-Mahoney win, St. Ignatius is #1 in SanFranPreps.com’s city boys basketball rankings.

Sacred Heart Cathedral ended SI’s three year reign atop the girls rankings.

• In girls soccer, San Ramon Valley, Bishop O’Dowd, Granada, Castro Valley, and Berkeley are the top five teams in the East Bay rankings.

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