The TEN
(“The TEN” is not a top ten but ten items worth being included in “The TEN”)
1.) Today we honor those that have served and continue to serve in our military…God Bless! Godspeed! …Mid Valley Sports loves the smell of napalm in the morning…because it smells like…victory.
2.) Longtime MVS fan Aaron Castro turns 27 today.
3.) “If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.”—San Gabriel born four-star Army General George S. Patton
4.) “Take the metro rail to Chinatown station. Cathedral is 0.6 mile from the train. No parking necessary. Check out the travel schedule and go metro! Don’t know why the Brooklyn carpetbagger trolleydodgers didn’t have a train drop fans off in their parking lot to alleviate traffic.”—MVS commenter “HOT ROD”
5.) “Boron beat the mighty Huskies… They are legit, small school desert town football! No transfers, no drama…just tough, dirt, sweat & grit football!
I hate Boron”—MVS commenter “Coach Ziola”
6.) On this day in 2008 Herb Score passed away at the age of 75.—(Earn bonus points in the form of MVS Sports Karma by telling us something about Herb Score without going to Google.)
7.) “In every battle there comes a time when both sides consider themselves beaten, then he who continues the attack wins.”—Former President of The United States/Commanding General of The Army of The Potomac, Ulysses S. Grant.
8.) Score from Thursday night (11/10): Baltimore Ravens 28 Cleveland Browns 7.
9.) El Monte plays Boron tonight. This is the Lions fifth playoff appearance in the last six years. The most consistent run in school history.
10.) “I hope this playoff system is one and done.”—MVS commenter “Sports Dad” on current CIF-SS football playoff format.
Joe T.’s High School football novel is available through Amazon.com
“Joe captures the essence of high school football and does it with a local flavor that makes this book especially interesting.”–Mike Maggiore, HC West Covina Bulldogs
“A literary snapshot of what goes on over the course of a high school football season…an awesome read and a story that truly will transcend time.”—Jim Singiser, AD/HC Arroyo Knights Football
“Thrill, dread, anxiety, love, agony, success, and failure; basically all the emotions you feel as a football player/coach as you do in life, all wrapped up in a single book.”—Marc Paramo, HC Rosemead Panthers Football
“I read the book and really enjoyed it a great deal. I would think coaches and parents could Learn a lot.”—John “Coach” Kentera, former sports talk host at Mighty 690 & Mighty 1090
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