Tag Archives: The Piper

Fanview Lite: June 27, 2011

The Trib's Fred Robledo schooling The Mid's Andy Villathedevil… "No Andy, it's "I" before "E", except after "C". Got it?"
Good Afternoon!
Really? Do we really have to get this uptight about the Hall of Fame game?
Bigger fish by far…It’s an exhibition game (AKA: Major Yawning Festival)…Maybe it’s just me, but football never lends itself to me [...]

Fanview Lite: June 10, 2011

I see the resemblance to Nowitzki…
Good Morning!
Always thought if I had a son I would name him Drew…I think I like the name Dirk better these days…
Note to fan212: I will have a defensive back poll up by the end of the weekend…if not before… But this isn’t going to be any easier than the [...]

Fanview Lite: April 26, 2011

Joe Torosian
Good Afternoon!
Go Blackhawks…
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Honestly, you’re still telling me JV Spring football wouldn’t have been great?
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Note to Bloggers: Thanks for the hits…analytics look great this month.
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Note to Football Fans: Apparently you don’t need a .500 record for the playoffs this year.
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I didn’t see the Dodger game yesterday…but I knew the word…the word was Broxton.  Broxton, the [...]

Fanview Lite: August 24, 2010

Left to right: Jim Singiser, Pete Karavedas, Sergio Gradilla, & Matt Koffler. How much smiling will they do come November?
T-Minus-16 Days until “The Mid Valley Classic”
Good Afternoon!
Smudge Pot #10: September 25, 1981 at Mt. Sac
San Dimas 13 Bonita 2
Both teams were 1-1 going in and tied at zero till midway through the second quarter when [...]

Mid Valley News/Sports 101 Primer

"All want not something to do, but something to be…"— The Mid Men
Since our hit totals have tripled from a year ago, it’s been suggested we bring people up to date on some of the stuff we do. Why certain things have nicknames, what certain phrases mean, plus the games and players we reference. Origins. The [...]

Fanview Lite: June 17, 2010

You take Kobe, I'll take this guy
T-Minus-83 Days until “The Mid Valley Classic”
Good Morning!
Programming Note: Same date, July 10th. Same teams, but the SGV Shootout has been moved from Arroyo to Gladstone High School. Construction on the Arroyo campus has made this necessary.
Lost in all the football talk, is the high school basketball season going [...]

Fanview Lite: December 21, 2009

Let the bidding begin! Burbank Viking Iron Man Matt Fruchey starts high school next fall, but where? Burbank or Burroughs?
“I bet those fools are out there!”
— Citizen Keenan
Good Evening!
All Mid Valley thanks and Christmas well wishes to TC HC Anthony White and Jim “His Arroyo Baldness” Singiser for keeping the “Mid [...]

Fanview Lite: December 17, 2009

All-CIF Arroyo QB Steven Rivera
“I believe God made me for a purpose, but he also made me fast. And when I run I feel His pleasure.”
— Eric Liddell

Good Afternoon!

This was intended to be a morning column…My internet went dead for three hours…

Congrats to the Arroyo Knights…A difficult finish to a [...]