{"id":16993,"date":"2011-06-23T21:15:06","date_gmt":"2011-06-24T04:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=16993"},"modified":"2011-06-25T08:54:12","modified_gmt":"2011-06-25T15:54:12","slug":"four-play-catch-at-arroyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=16993","title":{"rendered":"Four Throw at Arroyo"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Alhambra QB Josh Mendoza enters his second year as starter <\/p><\/div>\n

(El Monte) – What do you lean from\u00a0a four way toss\u00a0in June? Well I learned a few important things late Thursday afternoon at Arroyo watching the Knights, Alhambra, Diamond Bar and Azusa.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Diamond Bar quarterback Henry Omana<\/p><\/div>\n

I learned that Alhambra is planning on opening up the offense a little more. Now that\u00a0Josh\u00a0Mendoza is entering his second full year at starter\u00a0the Moor coaching staff\u00a0suggested that\u00a0they are ready to let him air it out.<\/p>\n

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Alhambra and Diamond Bar compete<\/p><\/div>\n

I learned that Diamond Bar’s \u00a0Henry\u00a0Omana definitely passes the eye test.\u00a0He’s a big kid with\u00a0a gun for an arm and seems poised to lead the Brahmas to a special season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I learned\u00a0that Jake Martinez\u00a0is Azusa’s starting quarterback\u00a0but as ususal\u00a0he won’t be the only one back there. “You know me. I play a lot of guys,” said Azusa Coach Joe Scherf.<\/p>\n

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Getting a little physical in passing league<\/p><\/div>\n

I learned that sometimes (all the time?) passing leagues get physical. There were several big hits\u00a0in the Diamond Bar- Arroyo toss – several which looked like outright tackles. Note to Steven Rivera: We like\u00a0the defense\u00a0(another pick)\u00a0but it would behoove you and the entire Arroyo Knight\u00a0program to avoid a\u00a0shoulder\u00a0injury in the middle of June.<\/p>\n

I learned that former Alhambra standout wide receiver\u00a0Mitchell Crockom has a nephew, cousin\u00a0(or some kind of relative) on this year’s roster. His name is Frank Essien and he’s big tall and athletic and plays receiver.\u00a0He made a nice catch of a Mendoza pass.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Yes\u00a0he definitely has the size and\u00a0look of a receiver,” said Moor DC\u00a0Jacob Ochoa. “We like his potential.”<\/p>\n

“I think the\u00a0defense is ahead of the offense right now.\u00a0But it’s hard to tell out here because we’re just back pedaling. Our defense is all about rushing in and applying pressure,” Ochoa added.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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River and Frederico play some defense<\/p><\/div>\n

I learned that Brandon Jauregui still isn’t playing. Oh he’s fine and everything it’s just\u00a0that he digs baseball. “He’s in Arizona playing baseball. He won’t be here for the Bonita tournament either,” said Arroyo Coach Jim Singiser.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Most\u00a0talented high school athletes are two or three sport guys\u00a0anyway so if Jauregui is that good to play\u00a0in this many baseball tournaments he should be\u00a0well worth\u00a0the wait in football.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Oh and most importantly I learned that Arroyo OC Chris MacMillan almost didn’t make it back from Vegas.\u00a0“I had the AC\u00a0running in the Van the whole time and I guess I wasn’t supposed to do that,” MacMillan said. “I got home about 2:30\u00a0but there was a time when I thought the Van was going to break down.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(El Monte) – What do you lean from\u00a0a four way toss\u00a0in June? Well I learned a few important things late Thursday afternoon at Arroyo watching the Knights, Alhambra, Diamond Bar and Azusa.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[5049,1163,5609,3814,3351,3894,104,532,3353,418,107],"class_list":["post-16993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-school-sports","tag-brandon-jauregui","tag-chris-macmillan","tag-frank-essam","tag-henry-omana","tag-jacob-ochoa","tag-jake-martinez","tag-jim-singiser","tag-joe-scherf","tag-josh-mendoza","tag-mitchell-crockom","tag-steven-rivera"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16993","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\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16993"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17012,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16993\/revisions\/17012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}