(11-09) 19:30 PST -- Stanford landed two four-star men's recruits and Cal one on national signing day Wednesday.
After pursuing him for three years, according to his high school coach, the Cardinal beat out North Carolina and UNLV for 6-foot-9 forward Rosco Allen (Las Vegas), and they also nabbed four-star 6-8 center Grant Verhoeven (Visalia), according to major recruiting services.
"Stanford's been recruiting him for three years now, and he'll definitely be successful there," Grant Rice, his coach at Bishop Gorman High School, told the paper.
Verhoeven, out of Central Valley Christian High, picked Stanford over Cal and St. Mary's. His father, Pete, is a former Fresno State player who played six seasons in the NBA, including one (1985-86) for the Warriors.
Stanford also signed guard Christian Sanders (Houston), who was recruited by Maryland, Texas A&M, Colorado, Oklahoma State and Vanderbilt, among others.
Cal's four-star recruit is 6-4 guard Tyrone Wallace, from Bakersfield High. He averaged 22.2 points, 6.1 rebounds and 3.2 steals per game as a junior.
"We fell in love with Wallace the first time we saw him," head coach Mike Montgomery said. "He is a combo guard with great length. His ability to create shots for others, to defend and to rebound are exactly what we need to help us win next year."
The Bears also signed 6-9 forward Kaileb Rodriguez of Highlands Ranch, Colo. (Thunder Ridge High School), who is considered a developmental prospect.
Rivals.com 2011-12 class of recruits includes 25 five-star recruits and the next 79 are rated four-star players.
-- USF men: 6-9 forward Matt Christiansen and 6-5 guard Joe Edmonds (teammates at Oklahoma City's Bishop McGuinness High), 6-3 guard Tim Derksen (Tucson) and 6-8 forward Frank Rogers (a Salinas native who's playing for Cabrillo College in Aptos).
-- Santa Clara men: 6-6 forward Nate Kratch (Watertown, Minn.).
-- Also of interest among men's signees, Canyon Barry, the 6-5 underhand free-throw-shooting son of Rick Barry, signed with Charleston.
Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer signed 6-3 post player Alyson Beebe of Santa Maria (Santa Barbara County) and 6-5 center Tess Picknell of Medford, Ore.
Beebe averaged 20.1 points and 12.5 rebounds for Saint Joseph High last season and was named a prep All-America honorable mention by MaxPreps.com after leading the Knights to a 29-6 overall record and the CIF Division III title. In the title-clinching contest, Beebe scored a game-high 21 points. She is rehabbing from a torn ACL suffered during the club season last spring.
Picknell helped lead South Medford High to the quarterfinals of the Oregon 6A tournament last season and was named All-Oregon second team after averaging 13 points, nine rebounds and about five blocks per game. She blocked 13 shots in one game.
-- USF head coach Jennifer Azzi signed 5-9 guard Zhane' Dikes (Las Vegas) and 6-foot forwards Bryn Stark (La Jolla) and Taylor Proctor (Colorado Springs).
Chronicle Staff Writers Tom FitzGerald, John Crumpacker, Steve Kroner and Rusty Simmons contributed to this report.