California high school football recruiting notebook: Stacy Bey, Kalolo Ta'aga reopen recruitments

Bey and Ta'aga reopened their recruitments after having big starts to their senior seasons

Seniors Stacy Bey and Kalolo Ta'aga, who both entered the 2023 season committed to Mountain West schools, reopened their recruitments this week.

Bey, who transferred into Rancho Cucamonga from Bishop Amat following his junior season, decommitted from San Diego State. The talented linebacker and running back had committed to the Aztecs in March. He took an official visit to Arizona this past weekend after adding an offer from the Wildcats in August.

Kalolo Ta'aga (6-7, 265) began playing football in the spring for Archbishop Riordan and is playing his lone high school season this year. Despite that, offers arrived prior to his first official game leading him to commit to San Jose State in July. Now that other schools have had the chance to see him in action, the offers are flowing in.

Arizona, Florida and Cal have all extended offers with several other schools keeping tabs on the offensive tackle. He officially decommitted from San Jose State last week.

Aaron Butler prepping for Colorado

Butler, a senior wide receiver and defensive back at Calabasas, has stepped away from the team for the remainder of the 2023 season. By taking several classes online, Butler will be set to graduate from Calabasas at the semester and enroll at Colorado in time for spring football.

The top-ranked commit in Colorado's 2024 recruiting class according to 247sports.com, Butler initially committed to USC before reopening his recruitment and choosing the Buffaloes.

• Read more on Butler's decision here

Aydin Breland preparing commitment

After collecting nearly 30 scholarship offers during his recruitment, Mater Dei senior Aydin Breland has cut his list to three schools. The five-star defensive lineman, ranked as the second best defensive lineman nationally by 247sports.com, is down to Georgia, Oregon and Miami.

Breland, who is also a standout performer in the shot put and discus during the spring, plans to announce his commitment on Saturday, October 14. The day before, Breland and the Monarchs will make a visit to take on Trinity League rival St. John Bosco in what has become one of the nation's biggest rivalry games.

• More on Breland's recruitment here

Will Cianfrini soaring with Carlsbad

Will Cianfrini transferred into Carlsbad this season after moving in from Galveston, Texas. Cianfrini (6-4, 185) has quickly caught on while receiving passes from Alabama five-star quarterback commit Julian Sayin. The Lancers are 6-0 and are beating teams by an average of 34 points per game, lessening the need for Cianfrini and others to put up huge numbers.

He caught his third touchdown of the season last Friday night, reeling in a jump ball from Sayin in the end zone with three seconds remaining in the first half of a win over Mission Hills. Cianfrini's first touchdown of the season was a juggling one-handed grab on ESPN2 earlier in the year.

After Friday's game, Cianfrini mentioned San Diego State and Tulane as schools that he is looking at setting up visits to.

Carlsbad’s Will Cianfrini with ONE HAND. 🤯✋

What a throw from Julian Sayin!@WillCianfrini05 | @Cbad_Football pic.twitter.com/qSAE4eEsyi

— SportsCenter NEXT (@SCNext) August 27, 2023

• Watch Cianfrini's postgame interview here

Recent commitments in California

Kai Hamilton, 2024 WR, Valley Christian (San Jose): Sacramento State

Ahmad Robinson, 2024 OL, McClymonds: Eastern Washington

Jake Williams, 2024 DL, Chaparral: UC Davis

Michael Beresford, 2024 DB, Long Beach Poly: Eastern Washington 

Calvin Moore, 2024 DB, Orange Vista: Cal Poly

New offers in California

Broderick Redden, 2024 TE, San Clemente: Dartmouth

Cole Harrison, 2024 TE, San Mateo Serra: San Diego State, Washington State

Greg McClendon, 2024 DL, Millikan: Utah Tech

Jake Vorhees, 2024 LB, San Marcos: Cal Poly

Herschel Turner, 2024 RB, Freedom: Army

Alek Marshall, 2024 TE, Menlo-Atherton: Sacramento State, Cal Poly, Houston, Washington State

Bennett Anderson, 2024 OL/LS, Bellarmine Prep: Washington State

Julian McMahan, 2025 RB, Danville Monte Vista: Oregon State

John Mills, 2025 OL, St. Ignatius: Nebraska

Matai Tagoa'i, 2025 LB, San Clemente: Nebraska

Chris Lawson, 2025 WR, Archbishop Riordan: Kansas, Penn State

Tyler Parker, 2025 DL, Crean Lutheran: Cal Poly

Naeshaun Montgomery, 2025 WR, Cardinal Newman: Colorado

Brandon Lockhart, 2026 DB, Loyola: Tennessee

Brandon Arrington, 2026 WR, Helix: San Jose State

Daniel Odom, 2026 WR, St. John Bosco: Washington