Tim Peterson
By Tim Peterson
We still have two weeks left in the regular season but it looks like everything is settled. Let’s take a league inventory:
The Almont was settled last week when Schurr beat Montebello. Bell Gardens fans may disagree, and I admire their loyalty, but the Lancers won’t beat the Spartans. Not this year. They’re on the verge but this year Schurr will win league. In fact the Spartans did last week at Montebello.
Santa Fe won the Del Rio Friday night with a win over El Rancho. The Chiefs set the tone with a huge victory over La Serna on October 6. The Chiefs are in.
The Hacienda race is over. Charter Oak will run the table. When the Chargers beat Diamond Ranch two weeks ago that was it. Everyone else has been just a pebble on the road that Charter Oak has kicked aside. Lou Farrar’s crew is waiting for their playoff assignment.
Pomona owns the Miramonte. La Puente was 2-0 in league before Friday night and Pomona beat the Warriors 42-0. The Red Devils are league champs.
Arroyo won the Mission Valley League crown with a 14-13 win over South El Monte October 6. The title was on the line that night and Arroyo secured it. Like Charter Oak, the Knights will also clear the table and go 10-0.
Burbank wrapped up the Pacific League Friday night with a win over previously undefeated Crescenta Valley. The Bulldogs have already beaten Arcadia, which sits in third. They’re not losing to Muir or Burroughs. You can bank on that. Congrats to first year HC Adam Colman on the Pacific championship.
Palomares League? Yeah it’s over. South Hills rallied past Glendora to win it Friday night. The Huskies have Bonita and Diamond Bar left. Raise the banner now.
San Marino will win the Rio Hondo. No, the Titans won’t lose to Monrovia. It will be confirmed this week when M-Town travels to San Marino. It’s settled already though. The Rio Hondo League belongs to the the Titans.
The San Gabriel Valley League has been decided as well. Paramount beat Downey 21-20 in overtime two weeks ago to win the title. The Pirates still had four games left at the time but everybody knew that was the title game. The Pirates have outscored their two opponents since then, Warren and Dominguez, by the combined score of 98-7.
The Suburban has been over since September 22 when Mayfair beat La Mirada. The Monsoons are your 2017 Suburban League champs.
The Valle Vista? Some think it’s up for grabs this Thursday when San Dimas travels to Covina District Field to face Northview. San Dimas lost to Covina, while Northview beat the Colts by two touchdowns. A possible three-way tie? Nah…it’s Northview’s league to lose and the Vikings aren’t about to lose it.
Okay, so not everything is etched in stone. Cathedral and St. Francis are headed for a showdown on November 3 for the Angelus league title. Nogales and Azusa, both 3-0 in the Montview, will also vie for the crown at Citrus College on November 3.
But for the most part it’s done. That’s a wrap! Can we start the playoffs now?
That’s my principle.
Tim can be reached at tim@midvalleysports.com or on Twitter @tspeterson40.
@ObservantCat I would just like to know what proof you are basing this on, what makes you think they can hang with a team that is putting up big numbers and is well-coached.
Needed that JON F. B laugh. You are now my number one FAN….. I can depend on you to give great commentary on M-Town News from this day on. Who knows, maybe one day I will see you on Springer or Steve Wilkos show. Big Letters Mean Big Things….. You keep cheering on my Cats and in the meantime don’t forget to feed your DOGS… roof roof
GOD IN MY LIFE I DON’T THINK I’VE EVER ANTICIPATED A GAME BETWEEN A 2-6 TEAM AND A 6-1 TEAM. NOT BECAUSE THERE’S GOING TO BE ANY SURPRISES, I CAN IMAGINE WHAT THE SCORE PREDICTION WILL BE, IF IT EVEN MERITS A GAME NIGHT SPOT, MVS WRITERS CAN BE STINGY WHEN THEY EXPECT A BLOOD BATH. BUT HERE I AM NONETHELESS SALIVATING. AND ITS ALL BECAUSE OF THE RETURN OF D’OH SMACK, WHO I THINK WAS HIDING IN THE SAME CAVES BIN LADEN WAS, AND WHOSE DELUSIONS KNOW NO BOUNDS.
Tim, in the Pacific league both Arcadia and CV are 4-1 so how does that put Arcadia sitting in 3rd place?
From T. Peterson: In the standings Arcadia is in third place currently based on overall records. CV is 7-1 and Arcadia is 5-3.
People tend to forget Ramos beat Schurr in 2000 with Tovia Sala and Raymond Ochoa leading lancers.
2001, same thing BG beat Schurr.
2002, BG won and scored in the 50s.
2003 was the first time Schurr beat BG in a long time. Since then the tables were turned until 2012.
Bottom line, Schurr owns BG! Straight out! I might be off a year or two, but BG rarley beats Schurr. And Ramos has nothing to do with it.
BGHS Coaches versus Schurr
Ramos 1 win -11 losses
Ackerman 0 wins – 3 losses
Beltran 0 wins – 1 loss
So those touting Ramos being the savior of Schurr, ha ha! He only beat Schurr 1 time in 12 years as head coach!
@buttermilk
Lay…..off…..the….period….key….
we….get….it…
it….takes…time…to….formulate….thoughts…
sincerely…..everyone…..
BG last 3 win came against Mark Keppel…San Gabriel and Alhambra….now let’s be serious…those teams have 0 skill levels at all positions….and you want to put your money on BG because if those wins….your not thinking straight…..come down to earth…..
BG ain’t upsetting nobody ☠️..as a matter of fact you are being very disrespectful…so you hoping and wishing for things to go wrong with Schurr’s offends ..so you hoping and wishing for things to go wrong with Schurr’s defends…what kind of faith do you have in your team if that what your hoping for……you do know that Schurr is getting tight offensively…..but I guess what your saying and doing is what a fan who is delusional does….
Lets talk about league leaders…..BG you say that 22 is the leader in tackles in the Almont? He’s a DB!!!! Where are your LB’s or D line? If your DB is leading in tackles…well amigo…good luck because you are in for a long night. Our leading tacklers (#1LB,#2LB,#56DL)did not play against Keppel and only played 1 qt against SG. Our boys dont brag about stats but they know who is the leaders. Just like last year our coaches are preparing our JV to play the second half. Remember….
Ramos 1…Ackerman 0
Ramos 1…Beltran 0
SPAAAAARRRTTTAAAAANNNSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!
All respect to SM but if they don’t come out swinging from the beginning it will be a long night trying to keep up with the Cats. This will be San Marino’s toughest game this season and for all the marbles. Monrovia will play up to it’s potential and make a lot of heads turn this Friday night. I have Monrovia in a close game this week.
Only reason why they lead the league is because Schurr has rested players. #1 and #2 would be the leaders in tackling. #56 would lead in sacks. But Friday you will find out who they are
You’ve been playing against sub par teams….and now you have to put on your big boy pants……but all you got is shorts……..you got to string up your tennis shoes and all you got are flip flops……..But you know what….-keep hope alive……come to the game….go Home heartbroken…….
Strongly feel….you have NO CHANCE
Sorry….dream on……Schurr is a scoring Machine………You win 3 Games again sub teams and you think you got a chance…..Lol……lol…..
Just for facts……records get thrown out?….are you serious??? …you got what you got …and the better teams win….how you gone make sub athletes perform above their heads..be serious…Schurr is a scoring machine…..and yes the credit goes to Ramos…..whether you like him or not….Schurr win league ..what you better be worrying about is when is coach Ramos gone take out 1st and put JV’s in ….
Breaking news!! No more games these next two weeks.Instead coaches are meeting tomorrow for playoff drawing.Thanks TP you saved all these district’s tons of money on transportation,security ,lights exct….
You are absolutely crazy. Blaming medrano for that loss… just wow.. in fact I think you are probably from a local school who would love to see him gone. I hate to put in on kids, anyone who has followed this specific senior class has always known that QB play was going to be our Achilles heel and boy has it been..
Any fan from ER who wants to blame Medrano you are a retard, All he has managed to do is change the culture of the program, increased numbers, get his players to leave it all on the field every game, a quarterfinal appearance his first year with 5 all cif players. Name another coach who has had that kind of success after a 1-9 season.. I dare you to.
@just the facts
Since you want to make excuses. The first year Ramos was at Schurr he had 9 sophomore starters and a bunch of kids who only had JV playing experience. BG had the better team by far and guess what Schurr beat BG! 20-17 final score. They didn’t get 68 hung up on them. Maybe the DC for Schurr was better than Beltran who knows. Just to let you know those 9 sophomore starters are the same ones put 68 up and I feel like they took it easy on BG last year. This year don’t they will take it easy with all the talk you guys are doing. Schurrs OC has no ties to BG and probably won’t feel bad about running up the score
#5 and Ramos wanted to move on up…
@ just the facts
Total yards
SHS- 2,276
MHS-1,119
BG- 1,119 tie with MHS
Defense of Tackles
SHS- 696
BG- 555
AHS- 475
Interceptions
SHS- 9
BG- 6
AHS-4
Sacks
SHS- 15.0
BG-13.0
AHS- 12.0
Yes 68 on a very heavy 8 sophomores on defense and 7 on offense that year. Yes 68 on basically a JV squad. Yes you do have more talent at the skill positions and all around better team but we all know that when BG, Schurr, Montebello play each other records get thrown out. Hope for a good game and the team that wants it more will win. And Montebello you should cheer for BG we win this week and loose next week you guys can still share a league championship. Hey can we carpool with Ramos or #5 since they live in BG and are headed that way anyways.
Time for ER to move on from Medrano. It’s one thing if you win and act like your program is the best but another when you lose. Find a new coach.
@ oiler nation
You are still a DELETED
Like I said before, I am not here to talk trash or predict a win.
All I am saying is that we are better than you think. It will be a pretty good hard fought game. I completely agree, Schurr are the favorites. They have a better record and better talent. But I strongly feel that we have a chance. That’s it. Don’t count your chickens till they are hatched.
Look out for #54 and #22 on defense one is the sack leader and the other leads in tackles in league oh yeah and #4. And doesn’t BG have the leading rusher in league as well and the other two back not far behind. Looks like BG does have an argument for the upset.
Ok so I want to know where all these BG fans have come out from? We can go back to a few weeks ago and it was crickets up until now. Yes you have won some games and have improved. Come Friday your boys better be ready because Schurr isn’t not taking you guys lightly but is getting g ready to hand you a whopping for doing all this talking. You BG fans must have a short memory these boys where the same ones that put up 68 points on your DC who is Beltran if I’m not mistaken. Good luck to both teams but keep the talking to a minimal don’t add more fuel to the Schurr boys.
@BG4life…… do you belive in unicorns to.. seriously 🦄
@BG?
Hey moron, I was just stating what I feel Is the right choice. I don’t care about either school. IMO I feel that you guys don’t have the personal to match up with Us or Schurr. It’s amazing to me that you guys have won a couple of games and all of a sudden your the best team around. You guys are going to get boned the next two weeks. Count on it. Schurr beat us by 3 points and I’m positive they felt like it was a great game. You guys do not have the players or coaches to over come it. I’m not bashing you just giving you my opinion. Only time will tell..
No. Zernickow is an administrator at Goddard middle school in Glendora.
When Tim asks “can we start the playoffs now?”, he is acting as if this were 1967 instead of 2017, because he’s only concerned with league champions, who were the only ones that qualified for the postseason way back then. I’d be grateful for those who live in the present to offer their outlook on who might finish second or third in the various leagues.
BG 42
Schurr 28!
Upset of the year is coming!
@ oiler nation
What a DELETED schurr beats you so now your there #1 fan?
Grow a pair you DELETED…
@Mr. Peterson,
You are absolutely right. We did not look good at all against San Marino. That was almost 5 weeks ago.
I do feel we have grown and have improved through out the year. I do believe a substantial amount of improvements can be made in 5 weeks. Especially with a coach like Mr. Beltran. By the way, I don’t think Schurr is better than San Marino.
I’m just saying that you can’t count us out that easily. Early in the year, we played well against El Rancho and Norwalk even though we lost. Our kids learned a lot from those games. A couple of less mistakes and we could be 7-1 right now. I know, should have or could have but we didn’t. But we did learn a lot from those games.
With our improvement over the last 8 weeks, the confidence our players have developed and with a few mistakes by Schurr (taking us lightly, dropped passes, turnovers, penalties, etc…), I would say we have a pretty good chance of upsetting them.
Again, Im not on hear to talk trash or predict a win, I’m just saying that we do have a pretty good chance of upsetting Schurr. Its going to be a closer game than you think.
I just though that you as a well respected sports analyst would have taken all that into account before you made your statement that the Almont League Championship has already been decided.
There are two more weeks to go sir.
@Oiler Nation- Sir, chill out. Don’t be so angry. We know, Oilers are 4 time league champs. Congratulations! The tides will always turn. And it already started.
I believe coin flip.
@ Alhambra: I didn’t know Coach Zernickow was looking for work in Southern California again. I thought he was happily ensconced in Oregon.
In addition, I’ve never met or even seen Zernickow, so I can’t make an informed comment about him. There’s really nothing to talk about unless he actually makes a visit to Alhambra High.
Why even show up? According to Mr.Peterson the game don’t have to be played. Guess the word upset doesn’t exist in his vocabulary. Yea San Marino ebeat us and BG didn’t look good but did Schurr look good against Aroyo? Montebello vs El Rancho nope. It’s called a bad game Mr. Journalist every team had one. If BG loses on Friday it won’t be for a lack of effort and Montebello will have its hands full aswell.
From T. Peterson: Dude, what happened? Signed…Mr. Journalist.
Come playoffs Montebello will show the garbage also like in the past
Schurr will beat BG by at least 21 points. I saw BG and they don’t have any athletes can match with Schurr. As for when we play them, it will be the same result. You guys are looking at a false sense of hope. Still garbage as far as I’m concerned. Put up or shut up… same as the last few years…
@ron would u trade Bergstrom for bill Zernickow?
@Mr. Peterson,
Thank you for being such a great sports journalist. I know you have been been covering sports for many years and have figured out that somethings are just impossible.
@Schurr Players, Coaches and Fans,
Congratulations on your league title. This game is in the bag. Their is no way we can beat you. BGHS has no chance. You guys are just too good. Just relax, enjoy your week and see you Friday.
From T. Peterson: I admire the loyalty. I would expect nothing less. Let’s just hope you play better than you did against San Marino. I covered that game. Yikes! Not good. I hope you do. I want to see a good game.
@ Bank: Man, you’re relentless about twisting other people’s words to fit your agenda, which is to remove the football coaching staff at Alhambra High.
As I said in response to you on another MVS thread, I wasn’t comparing Coach Bergstrom to John Wooden.
What I actually did was to bring up two coaches who took quite some time to achieve greatness (in the case of John Wooden), or near-greatness (in the case of Coach Gil Ruedaflores at AHS). They wouldn’t have been given enough time in today’s world, where there is a much greater emphasis on instant gratification.
Coach Bergstrom is not John Wooden, but he is a capable individual in his own right. Two character traits that he happens to share with Coach Wooden are hard work and trying to keep things positive—even in what looks like a sea of negativity.
I believe you’re the one who’s in fantasyland if you think that Bergstrom is solely responsible for the problems affecting the football program at AHS. There are several issues in play which I’ve already discussed at some length.
An assessment is made about the state of the football program after the end of every season, and I’m sure that this year won’t be any different.
I agree with you about Coach Beltran. He was a proven winner at La Serna High, and he’s now instilling his winning methods at Bell Gardens. Beltran also has some very talented athletes at his disposal.
But, even Beltran has had his second-guessers and detractors. We certainly have no shortage of them in Alhambra.
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Soooo. for the second week in a row special teams really hurt the Eagles. onside kicks and muffed punts. Eagles were down 21 points in the first quarter actually the first 5 minutes of the game. The kids regained control thanks to Sal Tovar who rushed for four Touchdowns and seemingly 500 yards . Frank Gallardo…. address your special teams before it ruins your season.
On another note, The Eagles are proving incapable of generating a pass game. The QB completed more passes to Rosemead than to his own team. Corners who played so well vs Arroyo played flat out awful vs Rosemead. with the griffin bowl coming the coaches have a lot to correct.
please make sure to come on after friday nights game to tell us how this “future” POWER HOUSE does vs Schurr…
BG bout to shock y’all.
The battle between BG and Schurr is very much up in the air, but BG is going to beat Montebello. It’s no secret among knowledgeable fans that BG is rising fast, getting better not just for next year, but from week-to-week. If, as Vrooman has fantasized, John Wooden’s coaching abilities will someday burst from the bosom of Bergstrom, then we’ll have a challenger to Beltran. If not, Bell Gardens is the new La Serna, and who in the Almont could dream of besting that action?
Hope Muir beats Burbank this week.
Phs upsets Arcadia.
If SD beats Northview, leaving three teams tied at 4-1, why would Northview win the tie-breaker? The three tied teams would all be 1-1 against each other. How is it decided? Coin flip? Points difference? Points difference in only the two relevant games? Non-league record?
You forgot 1 more thing. Despite that they are 2-6 and will probably finish 3-7, somehow St. Paul will finish atop the Division 6 CIF polls.
Doesn’t Northview have the VVL sewn up? Even if San Dimas was to beat NV…which ain’t a gonna happen…that would create 3 teams with 1 league loss each. By NV beating us wouldn’t that tie breaker go to NV?