The TEN:11/4/2016

The TEN

The TEN

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

1.) The Los Angeles Angels acquire Cameron Maybin from the Detroit Tigers for pitcher Victor Alcantara, right-hander.

2.) Monrovia HC, Jerry Chou turns 55 today.

3.) Colorado defeats UCLA, 20-10, last night (Thursday) and the Bruins drop to 3-6 on the year.

4.)

 The End…For a lot of high school football players their time in helmet and pads ends tonight. In this pic is South El Monte wide receiver Gus Mendoza moments after the Eagles fell to South Hills in the 2005 semifinals. It was Mendoza’s last football game.

The End…For a lot of high school football players their time in helmet & pads ends tonight. In this pic is South El Monte wide receiver Gus Mendoza moments after the Eagles fell to South Hills in the 2005 semifinals. It was Mendoza’s last football game.

5.) Former Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Eric Karros turns 49 today.

6.) “It eluded us then, but that’s no matter — tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther…. And one fine morning —So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” —Fitzgerald

7.) On this date in 1979, students in Tehran took over the American embassy and the Iranian Hostage Crisis began. It would last 444 days.

8.) Crescenta Valley has won its last four meetings with Arcadia. The Falcons since 2013 are 23-4 in Pacific League play.

9.) The Atlanta Falcons beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers last night (Thursday), 43-28. Seventeen penalties were accepted and the time of game was 3:15.

10.) Through nine games in 2016, Downey quarterback Trevor Hill has completed 132 of 221 passes for 1,924 yards, 19 touchdowns and only 3 interceptions. Hill has also rushed for 370 yards and 5 touchdowns.

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