{"id":16852,"date":"2011-06-07T10:06:39","date_gmt":"2011-06-07T17:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=16852"},"modified":"2011-06-07T10:06:39","modified_gmt":"2011-06-07T17:06:39","slug":"el-monte%e2%80%99s-gaytan-readies-for-senior-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=16852","title":{"rendered":"El Monte\u2019s Gaytan Readies for Senior Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_16853\" style=\"width: 467px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/DSC_0124.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16853\" class=\"size-large wp-image-16853  \" title=\"DSC_0124\" src=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/DSC_0124-847x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"457\" height=\"415\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16853\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">El Monte Left Tackle Jesse Gaytan<\/p><\/div>\n<p>(El Monte)- \u201cIt has, I didn\u2019t think it was going to go by this fast but it did,\u201d says El Monte left tackle Jesse Gaytan.\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The 6\u20193, 265-pounder (all muscle) is heading into his third season of varsity ball playing along the offensive line for the Lions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is a great kid that has matured into a great young man,\u201d said El Monte HC Joel Sanchez. \u201cHe\u2019s big, physical, and plays on both sides of the ball.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The recently elected team captain has some simple goals. Win the Mission Valley and the \u2018lineman of the year\u201d award for the league.<\/p>\n<p>What has changed for him as a senior?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the younger guys start messing around, I put them straight,\u201d said Gaytan who was all league in 2010. \u201cPersonally I want to play in college so I\u2019m working quite a bit on my footwork. Just trying to get faster.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last fall Gaytan was part of an offensive line that helped running back Michael Jimenez to 1,813 rushing yards and 16 touchdowns. The greatest season ever for an EMHS ball carrier.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith his experience and hard work in the classroom, field and weight room things will be good on the offensive line in Lion Country,\u201d says Sanchez. \u201cJesse will lead our line to hopefully another 1,000 yard back this season.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(El Monte)- \u201cIt has, I didn\u2019t think it was going to go by this fast but it did,\u201d says El Monte left tackle Jesse Gaytan.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2956,318,2247],"class_list":["post-16852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-school-sports","tag-jesse-gaytan","tag-joel-sanchez","tag-michael-jimenez"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16852"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16852\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16854,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16852\/revisions\/16854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}