Hurdler Reginald Bell to join Eastern Michigan football team The fastest 110-meter hurdler in a California high school can't wait to try his skills on the football field. Reginald Bell, a 17-year-old senior at Los Angeles Dorsey, is headed to Eastern Michigan on a football scholarship. He's a quarterback, but this spring he has also developed into a state championship contender in the hurdles. He has the fastest time in the state at 14.03 seconds. He has grown to 6 feet 4, 178 pounds, and he's hoping for the moment a tiny defensive back tries to hit him low, giving him the opportunity for a television highlight moment. "They probably will go after me low, and that will be my chance to hurdle them," he said. Bell won the City Section title in the hurdles last season as a junior but didn't perform well in the state prelims, hitting a hurdle and failing to qualify for the final. He has shown steady improvement this season, and one reason is his focus. "I started getting into the weight room, working on my legs, and my coach gave me more speed workouts, and that helped me drop my time," he said. Coach Ralph Tilley said Bell has improved his technique. "He's smooth and quick," he said. Bell came to Dorsey from Gardena Serra, where he was in the same football program with USC's Robert Woods, Marqise Lee and George Farmer. "They were so fast," he recalled. Going against them helped me slow the game down. As a young player looking up to them, it made me humble. His ability to run and pass makes Bell an ideal prospect for a college game in which dual-threat quarterbacks continue to thrive. His nickname is RB2, a takeoff of RG3, the nickname for Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin. Bell said he has been studying the Eastern Michigan playbook and wants to compete for playing time as a freshman. Dorsey has produced nearly 30 NFL players since Paul Knox became head coach in 1985, but none at quarterback. Bell is such a good athlete that if things don't work out at quarterback, Eastern Michigan could use him elsewhere. And track could be something he pursues later in his college career. He has come to enjoy the hurdles. "Before, I was a quarter-miler," he said. As soon as I did the hurdles, I started liking track. I'm on the Internet looking at times, looking at technique. Most important in the hurdles is the running between hurdles. "The toughest thing for a hurdler is form, getting your steps right between hurdles," Bell said. You make one slight mistake, the race is pretty much over. There's no catching up. Serra has offers Gardena Serra's football team is loaded with talent. That's the conclusion of college recruiters who already have made scholarship offers to 11 players. The latest was freshman receiver Brandon Burton, by Utah. Sophomore lineman Raheem Green added Notre Dame to a list that already includes USC, UCLA and Florida. As for how good the Cavaliers might be this fall, Coach Scott Altenberg warned, "Offers don't always equal success. They have to be a team. Rising prospect Stanley Norman, a junior-to-be cornerback and receiver from Culver City, picked up an offer from UCLA this week after a sophomore season in which he made seven interceptions and returned two for touchdowns. He also returned two punts and two kickoffs for touchdowns. Lacrosse finals Lacrosse is not an official sanctioned championship sport in the Southern Section, but the championships are set for Saturday at West Torrance. In the boys' final, Studio City Harvard-Westlake will face San Juan Capistrano St. Margaret's at 1:30 p.m. Agoura will play Los Alamitos in the girls' final at 11 a.m.