South El Monte’s Sal Tovar can tackle too as he shows here against Arroyo. The Eagles fell short 14-13.
Scores from Thursday and Friday around the Mid Valley area:
Thursday
Miramonte
La Puente 44 – Bassett 6
Pacific
Burroughs 81 – Glendale 14
Non-League
Paraclete 61 – Vasquez 6
Friday
Almont
Schurr 48 – Keppel 8
Montebello 30 – Alhambra 6
Bell Gardens 54 – San Gabriel 0
Angelus
La Salle 51 – Salesian 7
St. Francis 24 – St. Paul 7
Del Rio
Whittier 17 – Cal 14
El Rancho 33 – Pioneer 12
Santa Fe 22 – La Serna 7
Hacienda
Los Altos 34 – Walnut 14
Charter Oak 14 – Diamond Ranch 7
Chino 56 – West Covina 7
Miramonte
Pomona 38 – Garey 21
Mission Valley
Arroyo 14 – South El Monte 13
El Monte 59 – Marshall 7
Rosemead 28 – Mt. View 16
Montview
Nogales 58 – Gladstone 0
Azusa 38 – Duarte 0
Workman 22 – Sierra Vista 14
Olympic
Valley Christian 63 – Maranatha 14
Pacific
Muir 48 – Hoover 0
Burbank 17 – Arcadia 14
Crescenta Valley 48 – Pasadena 33
Palomares
Bonita 42 – Diamond Bar 39
Glendora 33 – Claremont 7
South Hills 21 – Ayala 13
Rio Hondo
San Marino 55 – La Canada 0
Monrovia 49 – South Pasadena 10
San Gabriel Valley
Paramount 21 – Downey 20
Warren 41 – Lynwood 20
Suburban
Mayfair 62 – Cerritos 13
La Mirada 23 – Norwalk 16
Valle Vista
Covina 36 – San Dimas 35
Northview 56 – Baldwin Park 0
Saturday
Angelus
I provided my analysis of the Alhambra-Montebello game on the blog thread below Tim Peterson’s story, for anyone who’s interested. So, I won’t belabor those points here.
The main idea is that the game might’ve had a different outcome if Alhambra had been able to convert on three scoring opportunities in the first half, when the Moors’ defense shut out the Oilers.
@ The Truth: You’re on the right track with your comments about the know-it-alls who apparently believe that they can coach a team to victory every time. By the way, many of us on the Alhambra High football staff work for free, as I do, or for a small stipend.
@ SG insider: Huh? You need to be a little more focused in your writing.
In response to one of your points, we expect to be in for a fight when we play Bell Gardens in two weeks. I think we’ll have a reasonable chance to beat the Lancers if we can reduce the unforced errors on offense.
@ Grand Plan: That’s a pretty bizarre scenario. I believe a more realistic one would be Mark Keppel folding its football program within a few years if the Aztecs don’t make discernable progress. And, yes, the expectations are lower there.
The San Gabriel Matadors have a direct pipeline to football talent that Alhambra High currently lacks. Have you heard of the Rosemead Rebels?
Predictions of the Matadors’ demise are premature, in my opinion. Coach Encinas and his staff have a shot at turning their program around.
@ Anonymous: The supposed complexity of Alhambra’s offensive scheme wasn’t the main problem against Montebello; holding onto the ball was. The Moors should have had a lead going into the second half, and perhaps then the Oilers wouldn’t have been able to “pound the rock” as much as they did later in the game.
@Ron Vrooman,
Well said! I think Alhambra played a pretty good game in the first half. MHS all year has had to regroup in the second half. Most of our key players really do a good job at adjusting to their assignments. Keep your heads up! Your program is on the incline!
BG guy? Get a grip. You guys cannot say a word until you beat us or Schurr. Banking on the lower levels is all you got. We will see how good you’ve gotten since last year. I recall it was another blowout. We will see…
@ Oiler2016: You’ll never get any bombastic remarks from me, and I can guarantee that no one on the Alhambra coaching staff would ever make claims about upcoming games.
However, people out there in the general public can say anything they want. (And, they sometimes do.)
“Alhambra is garbage” is a simplistic and fatally flawed premise that probably comes from someone who lacks knowledge about our school and football program. We’re accomplishing some good things at AHS; I know that for a fact because I work there often as a substitute teacher.
I seriously doubt that any of our student-athletes will be transferring to Montebello High. Coach Gonzalez already has a huge roster, so I don’t think he needs any transfers from Alhambra.
And, yeah, we’d love to make the playoffs. We’ll keep working hard to get there.
Much respect LS they have come a long way from what they were back in the day to what they have accomplished. We at BG hope to have the same success and I think we will sooner rather than later. Our fight isn’t with LS it’s with Montebello and Shurr and mark my words we will win that fight. Shurr has nothing after this year so no excuses if you don’t have a decent run. Montebello is showing its on the decline. BG has a young team Jr’s and sophomores doing most of the work. So look out for BG for years to come.
@me too
Lol….
sgv,
Thats the reason, yes he has been gone 3 years and yes the program has slowly declined over those 3 years. Don’t like the answer don’t ask the question!
@ Oiler Nation: I also despise gutless turds with no affiliation, that’s why all my turds come from the gut and have bar codes on them.
@Lancer4life
Hurt your feelings? That is what we expect from the P’s on the hill…welcome back to mediocrity.
@me,
Unlike you we don’t make excuses… we play and move on. Unlike you again, I represent MHS and you’re just an turd with no affiliation. Have some balls and let us know who you represent. Pretty sure it’s nobody good. If you did then a sissy like you would wear it across your chest. Amazes me that someone can be such a gutless turd… Grow a pair…
Crow tastes awful…
@oiler2016 What excuses are Montebello people gonna use when they get whooped. Remember the Monrovia game the Viewpoint game and last year By Valley View. Pure ass kicking…Lol…
@Lancer4life
Hurt your feelings? That is what we expect from the DELETED on the hil…welcome back
BG people always have excuses and say the same thing every year. As well as the Alhambra people cloud’ve should’ve but did not win in the end….
La Serna football only able to put up 7 points against a 1-4 Santa Fe team is confusing. Either La Serna was missing pieces or Santa Fe picked up pieces. What happened if anyone knows. Please no more Beltran stories. He has been gone for 3 years.
We wouldn’t expect anything else from a BG parent…
Nice win against San Gabriel. Lmao!
Our freshman would beat SG.
Thank you LS Admin for being so stupid we greatly appreciate coach Beltran. Well done, very well done. Idiots
Cathedral is playing right now and winning 22-0 end of the first
All of you haters are gonna be upset when you find out that score report is false. Cathedral vs. HW game was moved to Saturday night at 7:30 i don’t know where that score came from but they haven’t even played yet LOL
I’m confused story says HW beat Cathedral 50-14. But Max Preps also says the game is scheduled at 7:30 tonight.
What happen Mr P. Your star QB won’t be there next year! So much talent but it can only take you so far! Give me a player with heart and some talent. I don’t need super stars who haven’t done a damn thing! Their a dime a dozen!
Pay back is a mother ferrrr!
LOL
I think we can all excuse the Phantoms for their lackluster showing against HW. Fact is, 7-on-7 tournaments are their area of excellence, so who can blame them for looking ahead to spring ball?
From T. Peterson: What?
Talk about a huge turn around Cathedral beat Harvard Westlake 56-0 last year then lose to them 50-14 this year.
From T. Peterson: Huh?
Crickets….where are the Phantom faithful and the excuses for a good old fashioned beat down
All you genius parents with half time adjustments, let’s hear some. Enlighten us dumb coaches who know nothing please!!! And don’t give us the generic Run or pass, load the box BS. Give us something we can actually use. And don’t worry I got time, I’ll way for your answer. Bunch of bums. I wish I could go to your job and heckle you while you waste time n money from your employer and you have the nerve to question these guys who get paid about 10 cents an hour. Get a life pathetic parents. And I have no association with your school but am tired of these comments!!!
Beltran left La Serna as a self running machine. We new his program would last a couple of years without him. La Serna’s success the last two years had nothing to to with Coach George. Margarito just left him a good program.
But now that Coach George has had his hands in the system for three years, he is destroying what Margarito built. It was bound to happen.
Beltran is building a new program at BGHS. He has a long way to go but that was expected after he took over a struggling program. In his second year, you can start seeing a few rays of light at the end of the tunnel. Its just a matter of time.
I’ll have more info about the Alhambra-Montebello game later on. I’m not avoiding anyone after a tough loss; I’m working two jobs, and I have to sleep sometime.
I’ll get back to you after I get home from working concessions at Dodger Stadium. I’ve already texted comprehensive stats and info about last night’s game to MVS.
The Moors actually outplayed Montebello for a long stretch of the first half, but they came away empty on three opportunities in the “red zone.” (A blocked field-goal try and two lost fumbles, one of which turned into a scoop-and-score for Montebello on the last play before halftime.)
AHS got back into the game with a TD early in the third quarter that cut Montebello’s lead to 9-6, but the Oilers pretty much dominated with their ground game after that.
I’ll see everyone later; enjoy your playoff baseball and college football today!
The BG win says more about SG program, wow! to think that these kids got destroyed even harder than past years and considering this is still a BG program that is not at full power like the past says a lot. My prediction after this week is BG wins by 2 maybe 3 TDS , by 2nd quartet we will see Alhambra revert to the same old , just a harsh observation, not trying to start anything , im an sg alumni just in case Alhambra people take my comment the wrong way and want to know what school I’m from
To those wondering why Bergstrom is being kept around so long, let me suggest that the district wants to lower Alhambra’s level of play to approximate that of San Gabriel, so that both schools can feel an equal sense of low expectations. I even hear they want to re-name the Alhambra group Matamoors.
It looks like cathedral got there butts kick by Harvard Westlake. Super sophomore got out played by a true sophomore in Harvard’s young QB. So much for going out and stealing the beat players Mr P
What Alhambra needs to do is just beat BG which should be easy. So that they can get 3rd place and go to playoffs. It’s that simple….
@my two cents
wot mate?
Some old Alhambra that we see under coach Eric they wear down as the game goes on.
Pioneer fought and didn’t give ER an inch tonight. I think this league is wide open with SF great victory over LS however I think LS is going to come out swinging the rest of the way. Excited for the next 4 weeks to unfold.
This is now going to turn into an all out bloodbath for league.. I don’t see anyone finishing 5-0… don’t be shocked to see a 2 way or 3 way League champ…
Haha. Oops
El Rancho not shilling for transfers. Just plugging along with our home town boys. Still a ways to go. Pioneer fought hard till the end. They can upset somebody maybe two this season.
Was at the game tonight and I was and still stunned at the Santa Fe vs. La Serna final. Was not expecting a 1-4 deficient Santa Fe team to do what they did especially defensively. La Serna has fallen a lot faster than previously expected. El Rancho now has a shot and maybe Whittier…how quickly a program can drop back to mediocrity! Well done LS administration…well done!
Shut up… your players should transfer to Garfield or El Rancho…
Great job BG
Paramount 21
Downey 20 final OT
So where are all the Alhambra people sayinb that they were going to beat Montebello lol. Can’t wait for the Alhambra football players to transfer to Montebello. Hopefully they realize Alhambra is garbage. Just a FYI to the Alhambra people maybe you can get 3rd place and make it to the playoffs
Wow I said it before La Serna is down and boy was I right… The league is now up for grabs.
OH SPHS YOU HAD A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO EXORCIZE SOME DEMONS TONIGHT AND INSTEAD YOU TURNED INTO THE PUMPKIN YOU ALWAYS DO WHEN MONROVIA COMES TO TOWN. DISAPPOINTING TO SAY THE LEAST, GOD 0-6 WAS RIGHT THERE!!!!
57-0 BG final
Arroyo 14 SEM 13
Much much closer than expected, props to the 🦅.
Arcadia 31 Burbank 26
BG 31 v SG 0 at halftime.
Del Rio League Predictions
ER 35
Pioneer 14
Whittier 42
Cal 20
La Serna 44
Santa Fe 21