Bee’s Best: Vista del Lago’s Matt Long wins Prep Football Player of the Week voting

Every prolific offense requires a guy who can catch the ball in space and take off. That’s Matt Long of Vista del Lago High School.

The sophomore has impacted games with his good routes, good hands, good speed and desire to reach the end zone. Last week against El Camino in a Capital Athletic League contest, Long caught eight passes from Jakob Hollingshaus for 129 yards and three touchdowns in a 56-20 victory.

Long also has a lot of friends. He won The Bee’s Prep Football Player of the Week voting poll.

Long is 5-foot-10 and 185 pounds, a 3.92 student whose team is 3-2 overall and 1-1 in the CAL, a race that also includes Sacramento and Capital Christian. He has 37 catches for 498 yards and six touchdowns. He averages 13.5 yards per reception.

Vista del Lago visits Del Campo tonight in a CAL game.

This story was originally published October 1, 2021 at 2:43 PM.

Joe Davidson

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Joe Davidson has covered sports for The Sacramento Bee since 1989: preps, colleges, Kings and features. He was in early 2024 named the National Sports Media Association Sports Writer of the Year for California and he was in the fall of 2024 inducted into the California High School Football Hall of Fame. He is a 14-time award winner from the California Prep Sports Writer Association. In 2021, he was honored with the CIF Distinguished Service award. He is a member of the California Coaches Association Hall of Fame. Davidson participated in football and track in Oregon.