The Ten
(The TEN is not a top ten but ten items worth being included in “The TEN”)
1.) Central Division: Palomares League powers collide when Glendora (5-1, 1-0) faces Ayala (5-1, 1-0). In the last ten years these schools have met eight times, the Tartans have won seven of them.
2.) Mid Valley Division: Mid Valley League shootout at Jack Barton Stadium when South El Monte (2-4, 2-0) squares up against El Monte (3-4, 2-1).
3.) Southeast Division: Angelus League top dogs face off for league and division top seed when St.Francis (6-0) travels to Cathedral (6-0).
4.) Giants advance to third World Series in five years with a walk off homerun by Travis Ishikawa off the Cards Michael Wacha.
5.) I blacked out,” the Giants right fielder, Hunter Pence, said. “I was too elated. I kind of lost my mind, so I couldn’t hear, couldn’t see, couldn’t think. I was just overjoyed. Just absolute anarchy. Chaos. In my head. And in the stadium.”
6.) On this date in 1968: American Bob Beamon long jumps 29 feet, 2 1/2 inches at the Olympic Games in Mexico. The record stands until 1991 when American Mike Powell breaks it in Tokoyo, Japan.
7.) Norwalk senior RB Ryan McDowell 61-carries, 422-yards, 4-touchdowns.
8.) South El Monte junior QB Jaime Michel 59 of 110 for 925-yards with 7-touchdowns and 6-interceptions on the season.
9.) Former MLB bad boy relief pitcher/Survivior contestant John Rocker turns 40 today .
10.) New York Yankees talk to third baseman Alex Rodriguez, coming off a 162-game suspension, about playing first base next season.
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