{"id":20240,"date":"2011-11-13T19:53:46","date_gmt":"2011-11-14T02:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=20240"},"modified":"2017-06-10T11:10:18","modified_gmt":"2017-06-10T18:10:18","slug":"the-peterson-principle-selection-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=20240","title":{"rendered":"The Peterson Principle: Selection Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tim Peterson<\/p><\/div>\n

It was all hugs and warm smiles at the Mid-Valley Division selections at Covina High School Sunday morning. Nobody was burned at the brackets or felt like they got the \u201cshort end of the stick\u201d so to speak.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Usually there\u2019s at least one coach that lets out a groan or a puts on a noticeable grimace when they\u00a0see the pairings, but nothing of the sort this year. Also a lot of the drama was taken away thanks to modern technology. \u00a0<\/p>\n

At 10:00 before Covina Coach Daryl Thomas appeared with the sheets everybody began to pull up the pairings on the CIF website via their smart phones.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh, we got Maranatha,\u201d said San Gabriel DC Donald Bernard while looking at his screen. \u201cWe got Whittier Christian,\u201d said El Monte assistant Brian Tabatabai after looking at his mobile device.<\/p>\n

By the time Covina players Billy Livingston and Gevontray Ainsworth brought out the actual hard copies of the brackets about 10:10 everybody already knew who they had in the first round.<\/p>\n

\u201cHey Tim,\u201d Arroyo Coach Jim Singiser joked to me before the pairings were revealed. \u201cWhy don\u2019t you take a before and after picture of me?\u201d He then simulated an after picture of him with his head buried in his hands.<\/p>\n

There was no head hanging this year. The Knights, who have received questionable draws the last two years, received the number two seed, and Sierra Vista, the Montview at large selection, in the first round.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know that we\u2019re a number two seed. I think we are maybe a four or five but we\u2019ll take it,\u201d Singiser said.<\/p>\n

While nobody felt they were personally shafted there was a prevailing feeling that a team that wasn\u2019t there – South Pasadena – was.<\/p>\n

\u201cSouth Pasadena beat Alhambra. They\u2019re a good team,\u201d Singiser said. \u201cBut I think that Sierra Vista winning its last three games had a lot to do with them getting in. I think they really look at how teams finish.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

In fact if Duarte, who finished at 6-3, had beaten the Dons in the last game of the season, the Falcons would have been Arroyo\u2019s first round foe.<\/p>\n

La Puente who took second in the Montview, will host Alhambra in the first round. The Warriors were undefeated before Azusa beat them last Thursday night. \u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe made too many mistakes early,\u201d said LP Coach Brandon Rohrer of the Azusa loss. \u201cWe were too wide eyed, too anxious. Now we\u2019ll get ready for playoffs.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a good matchup. That\u2019s who I thought we would get,\u201d said Alhambra DC Jacob Ochoa. \u201cWe bounced back from a big loss to beat BG last week and we\u2019re feeling pretty good right now.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n

El Monte\u2019s hopes of a win rests on the health of quarterback Brandon Martinez who went down with an ankle injury late in the Arroyo game.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s doing great, doing fine,\u201d said Tabatabai and Lion Head Coach Joel Sanchez, almost in unison.<\/p>\n

One team that you could understand being a little upset by the pairings is Pomona, who has to line up against Monrovia Friday night.<\/p>\n

\u201cCoach (Anthony) Rice and I were talking about it and we both said why not just face the best right away,\u201d said Pomona assistant Albert Abdou. \u201cWe both have great athletes so let\u2019s go out there and see what happens.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Monrovia Assistant Mike Minter agreed. \u201cIt\u2019s a great matchup he said. Absolutely. We get Pomona in the first round and it\u2019s going to be a battle – all the way through.\u201d<\/p>\n

Several teams bring the whole coaching staff but San Marino had one lone representative \u2013 former Temple City Ram and current Titan assistant Thomas Camarena.<\/p>\n

Another former Ram and current San Gabriel assistant Matt Lopez was surprised that the Mats will be facing Maranatha in the first round.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really thought we would get West El Monte Poly,\u201d he said. \u201cI was hoping for it.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s my principle.<\/p>\n

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

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