OCVarsity.com is making its way around Orange County during spring football practice to check out the teams, get insight from the players and coaches, and to get an idea of what is to come during the 2008 season.

Jonathan Kay made a visit recently to Western, which went 9-2-1, won the Orange League title and advanced to the second round of the playoffs in 2007.

Click on the links below to see what Kay found out about the Pioneers:

Insider: Western changes

Insider: Question marks

Insider: Closer look at Ruben Ortega

Contact the writer: jkay@ocregister.com