California Polytechnic NCAA News

Sometimes, best laid plans play out as fruitfully as imagined. Then again, sometimes not.

Already with a commitment from a Division I transfer this month, the Cal Poly men's basketball team landed another over the weekend.

Joe Callero had been shooting for another big man, and it looks like he's got one.

The Cal Poly football team could be getting a replacement for departed senior receiver Ramses Barden, and he could come from UCLA.

Cal Poly football has reportedly scored a highly regarded wide receiver to replace All-American Ramses Barden, who is now with the New York Giants.

Now stop asking Mark Restelli if he surfs, already. "You've got to be like the 10th person to ask it," the six-foot-two, 215-pound linebacker out of Cal-Poly said, his eyes rolling skyward.

Mark Restelli is so laid-back you'd swear he was dipping into the vino. An agricultural business major with a minor -- and more than a passing fancy -- in viticulture , the 23-year-old Cal Poly linebacker looks like your prototypical SoCal product.

Amaurys Fermin once scored 47 points in a game during a standout high school career at John F. Kennedy High in Bronx, N.Y. The big-bodied point guard - most often compared to Deron Williams of the Utah Jazz - was an all-everything, city and state.

The Cal Poly men's basketball team added another recruit before the end of Wednesday's National Letter of Intent signing period, and first-year coach Joe Callero said there's an 80 to 90 percent chance the remaining two open scholarships would be filled before school starts in the fall.

Cal Poly named softball star Melissa Pura and football legend Ramses Barden its athletes of the year Tuesday night.

Ramses Barden's professional football career had him all the way back in New York - Eastern Daylight Time.

The Susquehannock lacrosse teams continued standout seasons on Monday night with a pair of victories over South Western in Glen Rock.

Edmonton, Alberta, and San Luis Obispo wouldn't seem to have much in common to most people, but they might as far as Mark Restelli is concerned.

Eskimos have found a linebacker. He was already wearing green and gold. The Tribune says Cal Poly linebacker Mark Restelli has signed a two-year contract with the CFL club, while quarterback Jonathan Dally will attend an open tryout camp with the B.C. Lions.

In the middle of the field, in full uniform, David Fullerton dropped and did push-ups between plays.

APRIL 26, 2009 EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - The best prospect the Giants secured in the 2009 NFL Draft might not be known for several years, but the most intriguing player they selected has already been identified: Ramses Barden from Cal Poly.

Wearing a straw hat and sunglasses, Ramses Barden may have been doing his best to be incognito Saturday at the annual Cal Poly football spring game, but he still created a buzz at Alex G. Spanos Stadium as the NFL Draft went on.

Announcing its 2009 schedule this week, the Cal Poly football team will face two FBS teams on the road, will travel to two FCS conference champions and renews a rivalry that went interrupted in the Rich Ellerson era.

Lawrence Sidbury Jr. picked the best possible time to turn things up during his senior year.

Looking like Ramses Barden lite, Ryan Taylor left his feet to catch a pass over the middle of the I Field.