Fanview Lite: October 5, 2010

Joe Torosian

Good Afternoon!

You know when the season started I thought El Monte’s match with Chino was a cupcake. The Cowboys were 0-10 last year…Right now they are 4-0 and averaging 40-points a game… Mmm… At least its at Lions Stadium.

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West Covina needs to watchout against Rowland…The Raiders offense isn’t so forgiving…

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Since “What If’s” are popping up on the comment board… Mt. View last beat Arroyo in 1981… Ronald Reagan was in his FIRST term… Pagers were slowly becoming popular with doctors and criminals…No one had ever heard of a cell phone, South El Monte High School, or compact discs…and if you happened to see a lap top it was a TV tray…

That’s how long its been…

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I’ve been reminded as dirt is being shoveled onto the Rosemead season that San Gabriel scored three touchdowns on defense last week and the Panthers shouldn’t be written off… Too much talent in Eddie Solario, Matt Eddy, and Dominic Salas.

Plus they have a pretty good running back.

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Schurr’s Chris Chiaromonte, after a slow start against Cantwell, is really starting to heat up at wide receiver for Aaron Cantu and the Spartans.

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I don’t think former USC wide receiver and soon to be ex-Carolina Panther Dwayne Jarrett is going to make it in for the show tonight…

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Whittier Christian quarterback Stephen Anderson is having great pitch and catch success with receiver Cameron Stanley. At running back Grant Escobar has done well and before that it was Joel Rhone. The defense is lights out…and even Rudy Robles is getting looks in the jumbo set. So who is being overlooked?”

“Tyler Appleford, my right guard,” says Anderson. “He’s just been a beast out there and linemen never get mentioned, but he and the rest of my line are the reason we are doing anything offensively.”

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“There’s no limit to what a man can achieve, if he doesn’t care who gets the credit.

~ Laing Burns, Jr.” (Anderson passed this on to me)

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“It was a great way to start league play. The team is definitely excited,” said Mayfair quarterback Evan Hunko about the Monsoons victory over Norwalk in the Suburban League opener. “Both Norwalk and La Mirada beat us last year ending an eight year undefeated league winning streak. Me and my classmates (2011 Class) are determined to leave Mayfair having started a new undefeated streak.”

Mayfair started the season 0-3 but have now won in successive weeks.

“Being a four year player, I have been down that 0-3 road before while facing tough Pac 5 opponents in non league play. I understand the thinking behind the schedule but it is still a challenge to keep some of the players that haven’t experienced that in the past motivated. After Friday’s win, I think everyone on the team now sees the payoff. With three of our dominant players, Dominique Small, Theo Chambers, and Filo Fonati on the sidelines with injuries, we asked a lot of guys to step up and they were able to answer the call.”

Any fear of a let down?

“We face Cerritos this week. Despite them having only won one game in the last two years and one game this year, we are not taking them lightly. I know what 0-3 feels like so I have to figure a team that went 1-19 the last two years has to have a ton of motivation to show up every Friday night and continue to compete. We cannot overlook that. We have to stay focused and take it one game at a time.”

Stay thirsty my friends…

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