Steamboat Springs High School quarterback Austin Hinder, Colorado’s top-rated football recruit for the 2010 class, committed to California on Monday, according to and .
Hinder, a 6-foot-4, 177-pounder, turned down offers from numerous other schools, including Colorado, Colorado State, Alabama, Nebraska and Notre Dame.
Mavericks fall in D-II baseball tourney.
Emporia (Kan.) State’s Caleb Williamson went 4-for-4 and hit a go-ahead two-run double in the third inning as the Hornets defeated Mesa State 5-2 in the second round of the NCAA Division II Championship in Cary, N.C.
Left fielder Kevin Becker went 2-for-5 with a triple and a two-run double to lead the Mavericks.
Emporia State (48-13) remained unbeaten in the double-elimination bracket. Mesa State (44-14) will play Belmont (N.C.) Abbey (39-25) in an elimination game Wednesday.
