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Mid Valley Spotlight: Monrovia’s Octavius Spencer

Octavius Spencer S/WR Monrovia: #4 6-1, 165, Senior

Four Fling it at Arroyo

(El Monte) – Arroyo geared up for its biggest event of the summer – Saturday’s SGV Shootout- by hosting a four-way throw Thursday. Arcadia, Bassett and Schurr joined the Knights to toss it around.

South El Monte’s Diaz Still Unbeaten

(Las Vegas) – South El Monte’s Joseph “Jo Jo” Diaz improved to 11-0 with a ten round unanimous decision over Mexico’s Ramiro Robles (12-2) Wednesday night at the Hard Rock in Las Vegas.

M-Town, Covina, BG and…Brea?

(Monrovia) – Monrovia was joined by Covina and Bell Gardens Tuesday to sling the ball around. I thought they only had call centers in Brea but they have a football team too and they showed up as well. Brea actually didn’t look bad but I got a Benjamin that says they got caught in traffic on the 57 on the way […]

SGV Shootout Pools: Updated

Here are the pools sent to me by Arroyo HC Jim Singiser for Saturday’s SGV Shootout. First games are at 9:00 a.m.

The Peterson Principle: 7/7/14

The vibe I’m getting about the Carmelo Anthony to Lakers deal is not good. I’m hearing that he doesn’t play defense, shoots too much and isn’t the ideal teammate. That’s probably all true, but I say bring him on.

KISS Smacked by Sabercats, 75-34

(Anaheim) – The LA KISS actually had the lead 10-7 after one quarter after Brandon Thompkins caught a 14-yard touchdown pass from Kenny Guiton with just over three minutes left in the first. But after that it was all San Jose. The Sabercats ran off 27 consecutive points, led 41-16 at halftime and cruised to […]

SGV Shootout Fires up Saturday July 12

(El Monte) -The Annual SGV Shootout is set for this Saturday at Arroyo. It could be turn out to be the most competitive ever.

Raterink Headed Back to the KISS

(Anaheim) – The LA KISS have reacquired veteran quarterback J.J. Raterink, the League office announced today.

The Peterson Principle: 6/30/14

It’s the end of June so of course the Dodgers have caught fire again and have moved into a tie for first place in the National League West. When Clayton Kershaw shut out St. Louis Sunday it completed a run in which the Dodgers had erased a 9 ½ game deficit in a three week […]