Hoover HC Chris Long and his Arcadia counterpart Jon Dimalante
T-Minus-108 Days until “The Mid Valley Classic”
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“We’re feeling pretty good,” says Wilson HC Brian Zavala. “We’ve hit the weight room hard this off season, the kids are buying in, the boosters are in, what a difference a year makes.”
Zavala will be a guest on Tuesday night’s “The Mid Valley Sports Show” (7-9PM, midvalleysports.com) along with Montebello assistant Michael McKay and Baldwin Park HC James Heggins.
“We’re looking forward to competing and starting something here,” said Zavala. “Moises Vega looks great”
Okay so Zavala is feeling good. Now he needs to bring in some new gear Tuesday night and he’ll acquire some key Mid Valley karma. With only two guaranteed playoffs spots in each of the Mid-Valley Division leagues…Mid Valley karma is going to be at a premium in 2010.
(Reminder: While we do not believe in or advocate a spiritual karma, we do wholly subscribe to the concept of a sports karma)
“They are pushing us to new limits and the coaches make sure that we do everything right down to the very last detail,” said San Marino running back Kwame Do about the first practices with new Titan HC Mike Mooney and staff. “We are ready to try and move the program forward. Start off from where we left off and try to do bigger and better things.”
For the record Dai Dai is pronounced “Day-day” McFadden for the Muir newcomer.
The more you dig, the more impressive the Suburban Meyer League looks. Case in point La Mirada defensive back Aaryn Bouzos who has already committed to Nebraska.
Were the Southeast coaches just laying low when this league was added? The Mid-Valley coaches were far more vocal about the Almont coming in, but I think the Southeast guys may have more to worry about.
What is is most important to the athlete. Legacy or Lettuce?
I can understand Butler’s Gordon Hayward’s decision to declare for the NBA Draft, get the guaranteed dough and get set for life. I totally understand.
But for most athletes, legacy matters.
Hayward looks like he’s going to be a fair to good NBA player. Part of the argument for him coming out is he ‘may’ work his way into the lottery portion of the first round. Meaning Hayward will make his dough, pass through a decade in the NBA and vanish into obscurity.
Christian Laettner did not have the NBA career many thought he would, but he did stay at Duke long enough to earn two NCAA titles and secure a place for himself in history. Hayward will be another guy (perhaps a better on the perimeter version of Tom Gugliotta) in the NBA, but with a strong returning cast at Butler he has a chance to become a legend.
I want to be known as the guy who slayed the giant, not as the guy who paid to have the giant slayed.
It wasn’t until hearing about the passing of for Muir HC Jim Brownfield that I really looked into him and discovered his run was only ten years (1997-1986), but included some really dominating years.
Why is congress concerned about the NCAA having a playoff? Run the country, not college football.
Through the years I’ve had a lot of fun at Hoover’s expense, but after meeting Tornado HC Chris Long I wish him and his program nothing but the best.
Why is a congressional committee talking to the NFL about safety? Run the country, not the NFL.
Early word leaking out of Pasadena is that Brandon Cox will be the starting quarterback and last season’s starter Aaron Simpson will be used in a variety of ways.
Last Add Do: Kwame is the younger brother of former Temple City thousand-yard back Williams Do.
Not that it amounts to much, and the intention is not to be Danny Doom but Cal High is losing 31 of 51 from its 2009 roster. Hey, it could be worse, Duarte is losing 16 of 18.
“Everything is going well,” says new Northview HC Marcel Perez. “Really happy with everything so far.”
I’ve seen pics of the Vikes on FB, if shirts and shorts count…then Perez’s excitement is understandable.
Stay thirsty my friends…
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The lineman at San Marino right now must be wondering if they are in heaven or have stumbled into hell. With Valdes and Mooney working them over – one thing for sure, SM is gonna be low and chop blocking the universe next year.
By October, that O/D line is going to playing two heads above their God given ability, and trust me it won’t be slow developing zone blocking they are selling. It will be pull, trap, chop, counter and pull again…and overload left/right bring the student body. Loya will of course bait the defense until they think they know the next play – then pull out that one play he had in the corner of his mind from an old game film session in some armpit stinky makeshift film room.
San Marino is going to be fun to watch.
Just my two cents, but I wish Cox would have stuck to TC. He is not a safety, that is for sure, but the kid is a natural, extremely relaxed performer on the field, with excellent field vision. His passing ability was never really tested, as he was primarily shuttled in on running plays.
TC may or may not have a great season ahead, but they would have put a good O-line in front of Cox, had he stayed. Hopefully Copping won’t get that “baseball only” feeling – and step away from the great QB potential he has. He is a mature sophomore and could make for a good TC starting QB, he can lob the long ball, roll out and do everything it takes to run the O.
Kwame is a likeable kid and a good athlete – but equaling the bar Williams Do set is a whole nother story. Do’s junior year at outside LB – he could not be blocked, including double teaming him, and with Reasoner in the middle, that was heaven for TC fans. Do in the Wildcat against SM, another joy to watch. Aaaah …those were good days
Happy Chonkmas for the baseball locals, many of us fell in the 2d round. South Hills and Gabrielino morteum et walkoff death, Alhambra, Northview got crushed….Monrovia dooked, Bonita survives, Bishop Amat takes care of business….Maranatha and Pasadena Poly the ONLY WSGV left standing..oh of course Amat still around too.
I am back to the world where sports counts. It was snowing on my vacation…Steve Nash is a beast, always love that love. Caught up with Fanview…now as I see all of these guys rotate through Tuesday nights you guys need to bring in Coach Podley, Garrett, Derrick McCanless( who will be attending Annapolis in the fall), the bash brothers of Cody McKenzie and Daniel Harriman as well as Bad Dude Casey Horine.
As another Bearcat fan told me…never was much of a Kool-Aid man, always liked Tang myself. Gonna be a good season, GO BEARCATS.
Nice work on Brownfield. I’ve always heard about him but never really knew his background.