Can Ray Madrid III and El Rancho pull an upset over La Serna?
All kickoffs are at 7:00 PM unless otherwise indicated:
Thursday October 2
Baldwin Park (4-1) at Northview (4-1) (Covina District Field)
Valle Vista League play begins for both teams., A win for Baldwin Park would be huge and prove that the Braves have arrived. Northview is a lot like Monrovia but even more physical. Baldwin Park isn’t there just yet. The Vikings are the best team in the Valle Vista until someone knocks them off. It won’t happen…at least not yet. Northview gets the win.
Northview 31 Baldwin Park 14
Friday October 3
Muir (4-1) at Crescenta Valley (3-2)
Burbank is the second-best team in the Pacific and Muir beat the Bulldogs by 30. Nobody will touch the Mustangs in the Pacific. Muir rolls.
Muir 45 Crescenta Valley 10
Rancho Cucamonga (1-4) at Damien (5-0)
Good test for Damien. The Spartans are undefeated though their first five games but Rancho Cucamonga may be on a different level. The Cougars are 1-4 but they have played a rugged schedule. Damien hasn’t exactly played cupcakes either. Last week the Spartans dropped 40 on a Salesian team that had won three straight coming in. Rancho may compete for awhile but this Damien team has too much. Spartans stay unbeaten.
Damien 34 Rancho Cucamonga 13
South Pasadena (2-4) at Monrovia (5-0)
The last couple of years South Pasadena has run roughshod over Monrovia. But this is a different Monrovia team. The Tigers have Trey Freking and he’ll get his yards but the Wildcats should make enough stops overall. Last week they held an explosive Baldwin Park team to 14. Monrovia lost quarterback Jesse Saucedo to an injury but the Cats have other weapons in Troy Grise and Byron Bell. M-Town moves to 6-0.
Monrovia 31 South Pasadena 17
La Serna (3-3) at El Rancho (3-2)
The narrative was that La Serna was in a down year. The Lancers were below .500 with both wins coming over teams that they should beat. Then they beat Edison last week and everything changed. El Rancho has been up and down. The Dons are 3-2 but some were surprised by the loss to Bell Gardens at home. The Dons are still solid – probably the second-best team in the Del Rio. The emphasis is on “second”. La Serna is clearly the best. La Serna wins handily.
La Serna 38 El Rancho 14
Glendora (1-4) at Charter Oak (4-1)
Glendora had lost four straight before beating Ayala last week for its first victory. The Tartans have lost several players to graduation and have been struggling so far this year. Charter Oak could run the Sierra League table. The Chargers will be tested at some point but it won’t be here. Corin Berry, Antonio Reasby and company cruise to the win. Chargers win big.
Charter Oak 38 Glendora 7
San Dimas (3-2, 2-3 on field) at Diamond Ranch (3-2, 2-3 on field)
Diamond Ranch can score. The Panthers dropped 42 on Ganesha and Ontario Christian and scored 46 in a shootout loss to Covina. San Dimas will want to slow the game down, control the clock and pound the ball down the field. The Saints were able to do that against Pasadena and Colony. They have lost two straight coming in but have played two quality opponents. Both teams would love to get a win to kick off the Valle Vista League. San Dimas gets it done.
San Dimas 24 Diamond Ranch 14
Colony (2-3) at Bonita (2-3, 3-2 on field)
The Bearcats have some injuries to key players but have still been able to compete. Freshman quarterback Cade Burbidge has done an admirable job of stepping in for the injured Travis Lippert. Colony is trying to find its way entering the contest at 2-3. Bonita could be 4-1 right now if not for a paperwork error and a three-point loss to Muir. The Bearcats will have enough to get the win here.
Bonita 21 Colony 14
Quick Hits
Thursday October 2
Bell Gardens at Alhambra – Bell Gardens
Schurr at San Gabriel – Schurr
Friday October 3
Bishop Amat at Chaminade – Bishop Amat
Chino at Covina (Covina District Field) – Covina
Rio Hondo Prep at First Baptist (Dallas, TX) -Rio Hondo Prep
Maranatha at Linfield Christian -Maranatha
Duarte at Garey -Duarte
Lynwood at Norwalk – Norwalk
La Mirada at Warren – La Mirada
El Monte at Rosemead – El Monte
Nogales at Azusa (Citrus College) – Nogales
Temple City at La Canada – La Canada
Gabrielino at South El Monte -South El Monte
West Covina at Alta Loma – Alta Loma
Burbank at Arcadia – Burbank
Walnut at Diamond Bar – Diamond Bar
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I know it’s your first iPhone at 68 years old, but you must realize that anonymous is the default title for anyone and everyone who doesn’t list a name. Anonymous is a ton of different people
@sportsman
Lmao …. Singiser …, it’s not that hard
….you already lambasted yourself and you are now the Norm Vrosby of the MVS !!!
is anonymous all of a sudden talking a little bit positive about La Serna? What the heck has happened in this crazy world? A one in a thousand positive commentary for lS. He loves to comment on me as he thinks i am a la serna fan or am i imaging this/? is it at all possible he is now ‘a front runner’ /? Please some bloggers here help me out and please tell me if i am incorrect that Anonymous in the recent past, like this season, usually was a blogger who most of the time commented negatively on this good La Serna club. i am proving my ability to take this chance concerning if I am incorrect on this Anonymous person. Other people ‘the self appointed geniuses’ on high school football teams and those very terrible head coaches that these ‘know it all bloggers ” might (I said might which means that i do not think i know it all or do i know much more than most of the head coaches in this area) really believe they could head coach these teams (exemplary Arroyo) better than coaches like Slesinger. (go ahead insult me for not having even a little bit of knowing how to spell his name)
I noticed how many girls sports teams have forfeited their games against opponents who have biological boys on their rosters. I sense a similar situation with the Whittier district giving outsized support to La Serna at the expense of its other high schools. The solution is to stop supporting this nonsense by forfeiting all games with the Friendly Hills school. Probably not going to happen, with all the coaches and parents beating their chests, talking about not being afraid of anyone. But just imagine the effect such a boycott would have on the district and CIF if this were to happen. If would make a lot more difference than just showing up to get gut-punched every year.
Congrats on La Serna beating Edison, can’t wait to see how they will do in D4 this year. Get those league champs shirts made ASAP and get one for Sports Man! It’ll be the last time they get to print those lmao
ER has yet to find its Rhythm offensively, with last years offense and this years D ER might have a shot at keeping this competitive, but just not going to happen. The D has played extremely well, lets see how long they can keep this close. Probably a 3TD win for LS at least.
i suggest 1/50 possibility, especially after how La Serna played last friday night. First time I have been to a high school football varsity game in over five years, and La Serna played good enough to surprise Edison! Yes yes Edison penalties hurt them a lot, but LS made a couple huge mistakes not punting the ball. This is my suggestion only and I am far from (different than some others on here) thinking I know everything these days in high school football. La Serna’s quarterback played last friday as well as any quarterback could play. (again my observational analysis only! haha Anonymous might have seen a completely opposite analysis than mine. Maybe 180 degrees opposite/? OK now this is my last LOL with him. LS deserved the win as they outplayed Edison. Edison had many penalties that assisted La Serna but penalties are part of the game and not to be used for excuses or why Edison lost. Yes yes that quarterback was awesome this one game i saw. By the way ; i had to laugh to myself about that one blogger last week who said ‘LS will lose and Edison will be playing all third stringers’! Well third stringers never got in