Tag Archives: Temple City Baseball

The Peterson Principle 4/1/13

Is Steve Alford (above) better than Ben Howland?
When Dan Guerrero fired Ben Howland did he have Steve Alford in mind? With Shaka Smart and Brad Stevens spurning UCLA’s offers Guerrero turned to Alford but was this really his third choice?
The only reason Alford was available now was because his New Mexico team was knocked out [...]

TC Slugged by Standley Lake

A tough day for Barry Bacon and the boys
(Temple City) – Temple City was hit with eight runs in the first two innings and fell to Standley Lake (Colorado) 14-5 Saturday. Standley Lake piled up 14 hits in all including five for exta bases.
The Rams scored in each of the first three innings but it wasn’t nearly [...]

The Peterson Principle 3/18/13

Nick Lemas led the Apaches to a win over La Salle Saturday to open the Babe Herman Tournament at Stengel Field
Seeing Stengel Field is worth taking a drive to Glendale. It’s not your typical high school baseball field although the Crescenta Valley Falcons do call it their home.
It has more of a small college feel. [...]

Wildcats Take TC; Win Elks Tourney

(Temple City) – Monrovia scored five runs in the first inning and never looked back in an 8-4 win over Temple City Thursday to win the Arcadia Elks Tournament.
The Wildcats added a run in the third and two more in the fourth. Joe Mata had three hits and an RBI to pace the Monrovia attack while Eric Cox went [...]

The Peterson Principle 3/4/13

Former Arroyo Knight, Cameron Copping, shown here pitching for the University of Buffalo, is now with the Seattle Mariners organization
We knew about the Copping twins, Corey and Calvin, recently making their college debuts for Oklahoma and Cal State Northridge respectively but did you know older brother Cameron is with the Seattle Mariners organization?
“He’s 6-6 now [...]

Rams Score a Ten at Elks

Kevin Chavez threw four plus scoreless innings for Temple City
(Temple City) – Temple City racked up ten runs in the third inning and rolled to a 10-0 rout of Southgate Saturday in the Arcadia Elks Tournament. The game was called after the top of the fifth inning when the mercy rule was invoked.
In the third [...]

The TEN: 8/2/2012

The TEN
(“The Ten” is not a top ten, but ten items worth being included in The TEN)
1. After sweeping the Giants on the road, the Dodgers are swept by the Diamondbacks at home.
2. South El Monte U.S. bantamweight boxer Joseph Diaz Jr. falls to Cuba’s Lazaro Alvarez 21-15 in his second  bout at the London [...]

St. Francis Officially Names Milam

By Corey Kwok
(La Canada) – Aaron Milam has been officially named the head coach of the St. Francis baseball program, the school announced today. Milam has been a longtime assistant at St. Francis first serving under Alemany assistant and AD Mike Solar.
Milam, who helped guide the Golden Knights to the CIF D-3 Final in 2006, assumed the interim HC position at St. [...]

The Peterson Principle 6/4/12

Temple City Coach Barry Bacon has won 140 games in the last eight years
I haven’t heard anybody bash Temple City Coach Barry Bacon lately. I guess I have to wait a couple of days. We’ve heard the grumblings from other places. Football fans used to have a problem with Monrovia Coach Steve Garrison even though [...]

Temple City Title Bid Falls Short

Four runs in the first just too much to overcome!
(Riverside) – Palm Desert scored four times in the top of the first inning and pitcher Brooks Kriske did the rest in a 4-0 win over Temple City Saturday night in the CIF Division 4 Championship at UC Riverside.
Kriske, who is headed to USC in the fall, allowed just [...]