{"id":17830,"date":"2011-08-30T17:40:21","date_gmt":"2011-08-31T00:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=17830"},"modified":"2011-08-30T23:21:16","modified_gmt":"2011-08-31T06:21:16","slug":"2011-valle-vista-league-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=17830","title":{"rendered":"2011 Valle Vista League Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"
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QB Billy Livingston is a big factor for Covina <\/p><\/div>\n

Projected order of finish:<\/p>\n

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1. Covina \u2013 Coach Darryl Thomas<\/strong><\/p>\n

2. San Dimas \u2013 Coach Bill Zernickow <\/strong><\/p>\n

3. Baldwin Park \u2013 Coach James Heggins \u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

4. Pomona \u2013 Coach Anthony Rice <\/strong><\/p>\n

5. Wilson \u2013 Coach Bob Burt <\/strong><\/p>\n

6. Northview \u2013 Coach Marcel Perez <\/strong><\/p>\n

7. Nogales \u2013 Coach Sebastian Hernandez <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Covina<\/strong> <\/strong>and San Dimas are the class of the league. Most people like either one to finish one or two. Covina was very impressive in a scrimmage against South Hills last week. We already knew about the skill position players like Billy Livingston, Vinny Venegas, Gevontray and Peter De la Cruz but it was the size up front that raised eyebrows.<\/p>\n

The Colts have several bubbas led by Nick Hynes, Phil Romano and Chris Flores.<\/p>\n

Ainsworth will go both ways for the Colts and Johnny Padilla should have an impact at linebacker. The Colts should be just as good defensively as they are on offense.<\/p>\n

San Dimas<\/strong> will need to go through Covina to win the title. That won\u2019t be easy but returning quarterback Shawn Kennedy is a big reason why it could happen. Kennedy led the Saints to the CIF title in 2009 but missed nearly all of last season with an injury. This year he\u2019s back and completely.<\/p>\n

Dillon Corona, another guy with a championship ring, will be the feature back but in Coach Bill Zernickow\u2019s offense he could catch passes as well. Corona is also one of the best kickers in the valley.<\/p>\n

DeVante Brown is a playmaker and should be one of Kennedy\u2019s favorite targets. Up front Alec Zenner anchors a solid line that includes Erik Montoya and Lucas Darling. Nathan Torres had 66 tackles last year from his linebacker position. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Depending on who you talk to Baldwin Park<\/strong> is either the worst team in the league or a championship contender. The Braves should be somewhere in between. Sure BP lost some key players but the cupboard is anything but bare. Senior Eric Robles will take over the quarterback duties and Bruno Haro and Eduardo Gutirrez will be catching his tosses. Anthony Moran is a force on both sides playing both linebacker and running back.<\/p>\n

Giovanni Resendez supplies the lightning to Moran\u2019s thunder \u2013 he could be the quickest back in the league.<\/p>\n

Pomona<\/strong> is the wildcard. The Red Devils always have athlete and they also have a solid coach in second year guy Anthony Rice. Brandon Schreiman transferred over from Wilson and will take over at quarterback.\u00a0Tavea Cobb\u00a0is also a threat offensively and figures to get touches.\u00a0Of course we\u00a0won\u2019t know for sure how good the Devils are until the season starts. The Red Devils get Covina\u00a0September 30.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Wilson<\/strong> responded to last years disappointing season by replacing Brian Zavala with long time Cal State Northridge Coach Bob Burt. Burt has also had several high school stops along the way. The Wildcats aren\u2019t lacking in talent \u2013 WR J.R. Nelson, QB Josh Morales, WR Keith Hawk and receiver George Czarnack are all back.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The question is can Burt put make the players forget last year\u2019s troubles and bring it all together to make the Wildcats a winner? They should finish somewhere in the middle of the pack but beating Covina, San Dimas or even BP might be too much to ask.<\/p>\n

Northview<\/strong> lost running back Marquise Thomas, probably the team\u2019s best player. For second year Coach Marcel Perez those are big shoes to fill. Quarterback Victor Garcia has had a good summer for the Vikings and should provide stability there. Northview could bite somebody but the Vikings don\u2019t have the weapons to match up with the Covinas and the San Dimases of the world.<\/p>\n

Nogales<\/strong> has Keith Bolden but not much else. Bolden\u2019s great. In fact you put him at West Covina and he\u2019s getting a ton of ink. He\u2019ll have a great year but unfortunately for Bolden and the Nogales faithful, Nogales won\u2019t.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0 Projected order of finish: 1. Covina \u2013 Coach Darryl Thomas 2. San Dimas \u2013 Coach Bill Zernickow 3. Baldwin Park \u2013 Coach James Heggins \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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17830","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=17830"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17833,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17830\/revisions\/17833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}