The TEN
(“The Ten” is not a top ten, but ten items worth being included in The TEN)
1.) The Friday Night Edition of “The Mid Valley Sports Show” is LIVE tonight (10:30 PM) at www.midvalleysports.com (Click UStream button).
2.) Former Temple City pitching standout Ryan Tucker turns 27 today.
3.) Chris Peterson leaves Boise State for Washington.
4.) In the post-season:
Paralcete (Under Norm Dahlia) 20-5 in playoffs
San Dimas (Under Bill Zernickow) 14-7 in playoffs
La Serna (Under Margarito Beltran) 13-5 in playoffs
Norwalk (Under Jesse Ceniceros) 9-5 in playoffs
5.) “Do you know what my favorite part of the game is? The opportunity to play.”—Mike Singletary, Hall of Fame middle linebacker, Chicago Bear.
6.) CIF Titles:
Paraclete (8): 1967, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2008, & 2010.
Spirits Note: They have lost their last two appearances in the CIF Finals: Monrovia (2012) and Sierra Canyon (2011).
La Serna (1): 1967.
Lancers Note: The 1967 title was a 33-7 victory over Temple City.
Norwalk (1): 1977.
Lancers Note: The 1977 team finished 13-0-1 and beat now deceased Neff 17-13 in the title game. Neff tied Norwalk earlier in the season.
Last Note Neff: It was absorbed by La Mirada High School in 1980.
San Dimas (1): 2009.
Saints Note: Their championship victory over Monrovia was played in a torrential rain storm at Citrus College.
7.) Robinson Cano to the Seattle Mariners: 10 years-240 million.
8.) Norwalk’s Rashaad Penny has scored 99 touchdowns in his prep career.
9.) “Chop your own wood and it will warm you twice.”—Henry Ford
10.) On this date in 1884 the Washington Monument was completed in Washington D.C.
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