When I went to MD, Santa Margarita and JSerra did not exist and there were lots of kids from south Orange Country that went to MD. It took them well over an hour to get to school every day. There were also kids from LA, Riverside, San Bernardino counties that had a hellish commute every day. And these were mostly just regular students who wanted to get their diploma from MD. It took me 30 min to get to MD every day. My point is that, especially in Cali, it is very common for kids (and not just athletes) to have long commutes to high school.