{"id":15101,"date":"2011-02-25T20:26:15","date_gmt":"2011-02-26T03:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=15101"},"modified":"2011-02-26T00:21:08","modified_gmt":"2011-02-26T07:21:08","slug":"cantu-arredondo-to-be-reunited-at-elac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=15101","title":{"rendered":"Cantu, Arredondo, to be Reunited at ELAC"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Aaron Cantu will be behind center for ELAC in the Fall<\/p><\/div>\n

(East Los Angeles) \u2013 The Aaron Cantu \u2013 Carlos Arredondo connection, that flourished at Schurr in 2009, will be on display once again at East Los Angeles College in 2011.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Cantu just finished his senior season as the quarterback for the Spartans and Arredondo played one year at Cerritos College after graduating from Schurr in June 2010.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt all just worked out. I wanted to stay local and it\u2019s only about two miles from my house,\u201d Cantu said. \u201cA lot of my friends are going there and it\u2019s really convenient. But the biggest reason I\u2019m going to ELAC is because Carlos is going there. He\u2019s my best friend and it\u2019s going to be great playing football with him again.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

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Carlos Arredondo will be catching Cantu's passes again in East LA<\/p><\/div>\n

Cantu led Schurr to two straight second round playoff appearances in the last two years. In 2009 he threw for 2500 yards and 28 touchdowns. 12 of those TD strikes were to Arredondo, who hauled in 79 catches for 1191 yards.<\/p>\n

\u201cDue to family, location and other things it worked for me to go to ELAC,\u201d Arredondo said. \u201cI\u2019ve already been working out with Aaron the last couple of weeks but I told him I would let him off this week because he just finished basketball,\u201d he laughed.<\/p>\n

Arredondo probably didn\u2019t get as many balls thrown his way last year at Cerritos as\u00a0he would have preferred but said that didn\u2019t play in his decision to go to ELAC.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s exciting that ELAC throws the ball as much as they do but I just want to win. I\u2019ll do whatever it takes to win,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Cantu talked to Arredondo over the last year or so and he decided that if any offers didn\u2019t come in he would go to ELAC but he wanted Arredondo to join him.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe offers didn\u2019t really come in. If I can play a year or so at East LA it will be good to get some more experience and maybe the offers will follow,\u201d Cantu said. \u201cThey run a spread offense and they pass first. We\u2019ll be in the shotgun a lot. The coach was telling me they run about 70 percent pass and 30 percent run,\u201d Cantu said.<\/p>\n

Another thing that came into play for Cantu is his ties to ELAC Head Coach Lynn Cain, who played at USC and in the NFL for the Atlanta Falcons.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy grandfather coached him at Roosevelt High School. My dad knows him as well. So the ties were there. I\u2019m always going to compete for the job of course but Coach Cain told me I\u2019m the number one guy,\u201d Cantu said.<\/p>\n

Albert \u201cRhino\u201d Perez, who played center for the Spartans and just completed his senior season, is headed to ELAC as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cantu and Arredondo have been paying catch the last few Wednesdays at ELAC to get reacquainted with each other on the field. Schurr fans and East Los Angeles College fans\u00a0can be sure it’s\u00a0the start of bigger and better things to come. Arredondo might have summed it up best.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt feels like I\u2019m going home again,\u201d\u00a0Arredondo added.<\/p>\n

Tim can be reached at tim@midvalleysports.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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