The TEN

(“The Ten” is not a top ten, but ten items worth being included in The TEN”)

1.)    OKC and surrounding areas
2.)    Kings look to go take commanding 3-1 lead tonight against San Jose in Stanley Cup Western Conference semi-finals.
3.)    Temple City and South El Monte on the road in Second Round of CIF Softball playoffs
4.)    El Monte hosts Village Christian in Second Round of CIF Baseball playoffs
5.)    Triple Crown drought reaches 35-years after Oxbow upsets field
6.)    Mattingly gets vote of confidence from Coletti
7.)    Big 12 Baseball Championship still slated to begin on Wednesday in Norman, Ok
8.)    Chad Johnson arrested and held on $1k bond
9.)    Mark Trumbo leads Angels in HRs and RBIs
10.)    “I’m giving $1000 for tonight’s HR and every HR until the All-Star break for the victims of my hometown in OKC– Matt Kemp’s tweet

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Tim Peterson

I’m at the Hall of Fame Game Friday night at West Covina High School and I’m still getting ripped by game director Leon Ward. He gave it to me on the phone Thursday night and he wasn’t finished when he caught up to me Friday night.

“You didn’t write anything about the game!” Ward said emphatically. “You didn’t give us any love!”

I asked him for a program after I saw that Fred Robledo from the Trib had one but he wasn’t having any of it. “At least Fred takes care of me. That’s why he’s got one,” Ward claimed. “You don’t take care of us at all.”

I tried to defend myself by reminding him that I spoke to him on the phone three weeks ago and asked him to send me the rosters for East and West and that I would post them on the website. Of course that would mean sending them to me by email which apparently Ward does not use. But my defense was shot down.

“You didn’t say squat!” Ward said in no uncertain terms. “We didn’t get any publicity!”

At this point I think I saw a hint of a smile cross Ward’s face but I’m not sure. I don’t know if I was being punked or he was legitimately angry.

I still don’t know if Ward will move the game to January or early February next year although MVS staffer Duane Barker did his best to try to convince him. Barker’s point was that if the game was played on Saturday night it wouldn’t interfere with the other sports like basketball and the players would still be in pretty good shape with the season having ended just a month or two before.

Great idea but not sure if Ward is buying. By the way I never did get my program.

As for the game itself the West was simply overmatched. Of course with Monrovia and Muir players completely void of the West roster (Prom night) that wasn’t surprising. The East just had too many good athletes, namely Aaren Vaughns, and the West couldn’t keep up. The quarterbacks were constantly under pressure and the East defense made a couple of big defensive plays that killed the West.

I was checking out the seniors on the Muir and Monrovia rosters from this past season. Can you imagine the difference it would have made had Ge Vontray Ainsworth, Mason Bryant, George Frazier, Blake Heyworth, Anthony Craft, Brett Walsh, Isaac Miravet, Tyshawn Goodman, Mark Samuels, Joshua muema-Washington, and Lamarr McDaniels played? Or even half of them? Yeah, they were missed.

Just because Vaughns was ejected from the game late in the fourth quarter should that take him out of the running for MVP? I understand setting an example, etc., but Vaughns was clearly the best player on the field, at least for the this game, and should have taken home the hardware despite a couple of seconds of questionable behavior. I mean, it’s football. Scuffles happen.

I caught up with West Covina Coach Mike Maggiore at the game and he also suggested the game be moved to January. And that was without any prodding from me.

Montebello DC Brian Zavala compared his current crop of linebackers to his group at Northview in 2008. If you remember Andrew Rodriguez, Lionel Acosta, and Christian Vargas from that Viking squad you know that’s quite a statement by Zavala. Keep an eye on the Oilers.

Former Bell Gardens HC David Ramos said he is busy these days trying to get St. Paul back on track as a member of its coaching staff. “They didn’t do us any favors with the schedule,” he said.

Former West Covina running back B.J. Lee, now running track at USC, won the PAC 12 100 meters last weekend with a 10.07, which is the ninth best time in the world this year and second in the NCAA. The time was also fifth best in the country for any age. No wonder they could never catch him.

That’s my principle.

Tim can be reached at tim@midvalleysports.com.

The Ten

(“The Ten” is not a top ten, but ten items worth being included in The TEN)

1.  Rio Hondo Prep’s Jake Holguin earns West MVP honors in the 2013 Hall of Fame football game.

2.  The Dodgers get outscored 16-8 and lose three straight to Atlanta.

3.  Johnny Alvarez and Eddie Ramos combine on a 3 hit shut out of La Puente in the first round of the CIF Playoffs.

4.  Dwight Freeney agrees to a two year deal with the San Diego Chargers.

5.  Buster Mathis defeated Joe Frazier to qualify for the U.S. Olympic team on this day in 1964.

6.  Spurs rout Grizzlies 105-83 in the first game of the Western Conference Finals.

7. Bell Garden’s Ramiro Suarez 2013 stats: 58 carries for 307 yards and two touchdowns.

8.  On this day in 1988 Mike Schmidt blasts his 535th to move into 8th place on the home run list.

9.  Baldwin Park v. La Serna tomorrow in the second round of CIF Baseball playoffs.

10.  “My pitching philosophy is simple.  Keep the ball away from the bat.” Satchel Paige.

Thursday, May 16: Division 1,3,5,7

Listed in top to bottom order, as appears on bracket.

Division 1

Huntington Beach 2, Mater Dei 1

Riverside Poly 4, Capistrano Valley 3 (8 innings)

Loyola 8, Canyon SCV 5

Lakewood 5, El Modena 0

Agoura 12, Notre Dame SO 5

Trabuco Hills 9, Millikan 8 (11 innings)

Marina 2, Norco 1

Thousand Oaks 9, Canyon Anaheim 4

Harvard-Westlake 7, Valencia SCV 1

El Dorado 1, Long Beach Poly 0

Santa Margarita 7, Santiago Corona 1

Fountain Valley 8, Alemany 0

Chaminade 4, Orange Lutheran 2

Los Alamitos 6, West Ranch 5

Moorpark 4, Arlington 0

El Toro 2, Wilson LB 1

Division 2

Redlands East Valley 3, Arcadia 1

Vista Murrieta 13, Beckman 8

South Hills 2, Rio Mesa 1

San Clemente 7, Mayfair 0

Oxnard 4, Righetti 3

Yucaipa 1, Crescenta Valley 0

Dos Pueblos 3, Laguna Hills 0

Cypress 6, Irvine 1

Los Osos 8, Burroughs Burbank 2

Northwood 12, San Juan Hills 5

La Mirada 7, Damien 4

Santa Barbara 6, Redlands 3

Aliso Niguel 7, Claremont 1

Valencia OC 3, Camarillo 1

Arroyo Grande 6, Burbank 1

Temecula Valley 10, Norwalk 0

Division 3

Cathedral 3, Bonita 1

Elsinore 3, Culver City 0

Westminster 3, Paramount 0

Peninsula 9, Carter 0

Quartz Hill 7, Temescal Canyon 3

Mira Costa 15, Los Altos 1

Bishop Amat 12, Santiago Garden Grove 3 (Wednesday 5/15)

Palm Desert 9, Downey 5

Gahr 6, Highland 0

La Quinta LQ 4, San Gorgonio 0

Diamond Bar 3, West Torrance 0

St Paul 2, Loara 1

Paloma Valley 12, Segerstrom 3

Garden Grove 2, Cathedral City 1

Knight 8, Santa Monica 3

Serra 12, West Covina 7

Division 4

Oaks Christian 1, San Marino 0

Savanna 9, Fontana 1

South Torrance 7, Estancia 2

Northview 7, Ramona 4

Sonora 9, Bell Gardens 0

La Canada 4, California 2 (Thursday 5/16)

Calvary Chapel Santa Ana 4, Chino 0

San Dimas 7, Torrance 1

Laguna Beach 5, Victor Valley 4

La Sierra 3, Monrovia 2 (Thursday 5/16)

La Serna 4, La Habra 1

Baldwin Park 8, Century 2

El Rancho 3, Don Lugo 2

Alhambra 4, Bishop Diego 2

El Segundo 5, Granite Hills 1

Kaiser 3, Nogales 0

Division 5

Village Christian 4, Paraclete 3 (8 innings)

El Monte 1, La Puente 0

Woodcrest Christian 5, Hesperia 0

Tahquitz 11, Lompoc 7

Shadow Hills 6, Calvary Murrieta 0

Santa Ynez 9, St Bernard 4

Maranatha 7, Duarte 3

Citrus Valley 11, Beaumont 0

Ontario Christian 5, Apple Valley 4

Brentwood 3, Arroyo 0

Big Bear 6, Jurupa Hills 4

Templeton 10, Valley Christian Cerritos 6

Mary Star 10, Cabrillo Lompoc 3

Hemet 7, Whittier Christian 3

Sierra Vista 12, Mountain View 1

Oak Hills 7, Desert Hot Springs 0

Division 6

Desert Christian Bermuda Dunes 6, Southlands Christian 0

Buckley 13, Rosamond 0

Carpinteria 14, St Anthony 3

Webb 4, Windward 3

Crean Lutheran 13, Mesa Grande Academy 0

Tarbut V Torah 7, Excelsior 4

Kern Valley 7, Upland Christian 1

Flintridge Prep 14, Santa Paula 6

Capistrano Valley Christian 20, Joshua Springs 1

Sierra Canyon 4, New Community Jewish 2

Frazier Mountain 14, Academy For Academic Excellence 7

Desert Christian Lancaster 28, St Genevieve 4

Pasadena Poly 6, Bloomington Christian 0

St Margaret’s 16, Hamilton 4

Calvary Chapel Downey 5, Salesian 1 (Thursday 5/16)

Malibu 10, Bishop 6

Division 7

Nuview Bridge 9, Environmental Charter 0

St Monica Academy 3, Marywood Palm Valley 2

Coast Union 6, Trinity Classical Academy 4

Concordia Sylmar 4, University Prep 3

Firebaugh 13, California Military Institute 2

St Michael’s Prep 30, Shalhevet 0

Vistamar 10, Lee Vining 7

Cate 15, Faith Baptist 6

Riverside Prep 26, Pilgrim 1

Rolling Hills Prep 14, Immanuel Christian 3

Avalon 7, Southwestern Academy 1

Dunn 7, Valley Christian Santa Maria 0

Animo Leadership vs. Riverside Christian rescheduled for Saturday 10am @ Contreras in L.A.

Santa Clarita Christian 23, Delphi Academy 6

New Roads 17, Pacific Lutheran 6

Temecula Prep 19, Academy for Careers and Exploration 6

The name is Vaughns….Aaren Vaughns

By: Josh Ouellette

[West Covina]- In the Hall of Fame All-Star game featuring teams comprised of players from schools west and east of the 605 the East squad was just too much for the West team to handle winning 42-18 Friday night at West Covina High School.

It was all East from the get go when running back Aaren Vaughns from Charter Oak scored his first touchdown on a 53-yard gallop and weave through the blue jerseys of the West defense. The West put their first points on the board later in the first quarter when Garfield quarterback Josh Mendoza found Rio Hondo Prep’s Jake Holguin on a 36-yard pass for the score. Things were looking up for the West when they shut down the East on defense in the ensuing drive and then Mendoza hit Alhambra’s Ezra Broadus for a 37-yard pass over the middle. A few moments later Mendoza fumbled the ball after being held up and tackled by a host East defenders and none other than Vaughns picked it up and ran it over 55 yards to paydirt. It was all East the rest of the way.

-       East defensive lineman Jacob Hughes from Whittier Christian had a sack and a tackle for loss in the first half to go with his seven individual tackles and more counting assisted ones. He won the MVP award for the East team.

-       Holguin caught two more touchdown passes, one for 29 yards and another from 22 yards out. He was the MVP of the West team.

-       Vaughns had the two aforementioned scores and also added another one through the air on a 67-yard screen pass and score from Chino Hills QB Matt Simko. He made the West defenders look silly again.

-       All three of Vaughns scoring plays came on plays of over 50 yards.

-       Vaughns was ejected in the fourth quarter along with Duarte’s Marcus Lewis for an on-field altercation. Had he not been he was the clear MVP for the night.

-       Cornerback Albert Llamas from St. Paul High School had an interception late in the game.

-       Simko had three touchdowns also, two passing and one on the ground for the East.

-       Manuel Matiarena from Salesian and Garfield’s Ramon Sierra were solid in the trenches for the West team all night long.

-       Defensive lineman Greg Lawton from Rowland had a fumble recovery late in the ballgame.

-       This is for Bonita Alum: Brandt Davis of the Bearcats was a perfect 6-6 on PAT attempts. He did come up short on his only field goal attempt though.

Josh Ouellette

By Josh Ouellette

Puck has been exciting so far. The Kings took down the Sharks in game one winning 2-0 in L.A. Not a surprise considering the home winning streak they are on. Talk to me when they head back up the I-5 and play in the feeding bowl that is the HP Pavilion in San Jose. Losing Raffi Torres—yes he plays hockey and isn’t a tennis player—for the rest of the series from his illegal hit on Jarrett Stoll in the opener hurts the team a little, but the Sharks still have some bite.

Oh wait the Kings just flipped the switch in the third period of game two. Dustin Brown scored the equalizer with under two minutes to play and Trevor Lewis scored 22-seconds later thanks to a Marc-Edouard Vlasic penalty and ensuing power play. Vlasic scored the go ahead goal earlier in the period. Now that’s what I call irony. Kings lead the series two games to nil.

I really thought the Red Wings had it in their own opener in Chicago with the Blackhawks. That is until they only put up 21 shot attempts on Corey Crawford in between the posts. Jimmy Howard for Detroit had 41 shots put on him and at the end of the game looked like Swiss cheese. Defense wins championships is the adage right?

I think on Tuesday night’s show I told Papa Joe that the key to the Penguins beating Ottawa would lie in how well Tomas Vokoun did against a team other than the Islanders. Well he shut down the Senators stopping 35 out of 36 shots on goal. Clearly, as Jonathan Quick taught us in last year in the Stanley Cup Playoffs; a hot goalie can win the silverware. Pascal Dupuis scoring his 6th goal in the playoffs, a shorthanded one at that, doesn’t hurt either.

Boston and New York squared off last night and it all got real exciting going into the third period when Ryan McDonagh equalized with only two seconds left in the second. The Boston Garden went silent; which has to be a chilling feeling from a fan base that is so passionate. They were happy in the end with a 3-2 victory thought.

More importantly, if you would like to donate to help support the victims of the Boston Marathon Bombing, go to www.onefundboston.org to give whatever you can to help get those afflicted back on their feet.

Fun Fact: There are two 7th seeded teams, the Red Wings and the Senators, in the Conference Semi-Finals this year for the first since the 2001 Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Kings were 7th in the West and the Toronto Maple Leafs were the same seed in the East. Neither team advanced that year but both took the series to game seven’s.

Retiring: David Beckham. The man wasn’t the best or most talented footballer—yes I said footballer and not soccer player, deal with it—of his generation. But he did do something better than anyone else in his era; he branded himself almost too well. Granted marrying Posh Spice was a good move on all accounts, it did put him in an elite level of super stardom. Mix that with the tattoos and the phrase “bend it like Beckham” because of his ability to bend corners and free kicks into the box and the net, the movie starring Keira Knightly, Parminder Nagra and Jonathan Rhys Meyers did help to advance the phrase a little too.

Though Man U is the team for the devil. Come on you Irons! Which leads me to my point, I think Beckham will pull an MJ and come back at least a few times before the end. There are host of teams in London and other various capitals, much like my beloved West Ham United who would shell out the cash to get his name on the back of their jerseys. I don’t think we’ve seen the end of David Beckham on the pitch.

In the words of Ron Burgandy.

“Hey America, did you miss my hot breath in your ear?”

West Side hopes its story will be written with a “W” tonight.

Kick-Off at West Covina 7:30 PM

Key Match Up?

Rematch of Gladstone’s Kevin Amezquita and El Monte’s Brandon Martinez.

Story Line?

The talented East Side versus…”The Circus”

The TEN

(“The Ten” is not a top ten, but ten items worth being included in The TEN)

1.) Happy birthday to San Antonio Spurs’ Tony Parker, who turns 31 today.

2.) The New York Knicks win Game 5 in the NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals against the Indiana Pacers 85-75. The Indiana Pacers are ahead in the series 3-2.

3.) David Beckham announces he will retire after his season with Paris Saint-Germaine F.C., ending his 20-year soccer career. He is 38 years old.

4.) The Los Angeles Kings score two goals within the final two minutes to beat the San Jose Sharks in Game 2 of the NHL Western Conference Semifinals by the score of 4-3.

5.) The San Antonio Spurs win Game 6 in the NBA Western Conference Semifinals to close the series against the Golden State Warriors; the final score was 94-82. They will advance to face the Memphis Grizzlies in the Western Conference Finals.

6.) New England Patriots’ Tight End Rob Gronkowski to undergo fourth surgery on his forearm. He broke his forearm during Week 11 of last year’s NFL season.

7.) Happy birthday to Hall-of-Fame boxer Sugar Ray Leonard, who turns 57 today.

8.) In 1978, the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Lee Lacy hit his third consecutive pinch-hit home run, setting the MLB record. The game resulted in a 10-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates.

9.) In 1970, Hank Aaron earned his 3000th hit in the second game of a doubleheader against he Cincinatti Reds. Later in the game, he hit his 570th career home run.

10.) “The kids have worked real hard and we plan to bring home a W for the Westside! The Circus is coming to WestCo!”—El Monte & West Hall of Fame OC Brian Tabatabai on the annual East-West Hall of Fame game set for tonight (7:30) at West Covina High School.

Lee Lacy

Cathedral 3 Bonita 1 

Cathedral stunned top seeded Bonita 3-1. Bryan Dueñas threw five quality innings and Willie Aguilar covered the final two for the save, stranding a runner on third and (tying) second.

Serra 12 West Covina 7 

West Covina spotted top seed Serra eight runs in the 2nd inning and, despite mounting late rally, found it too much to overcome and fell 12-7. Aaron Salgado went 2 for 3 with two runs batted in and Fernando Prado was 3 of 4 with a home run and 2 RBIs for the Bulldogs.