{"id":21000,"date":"2011-12-05T18:39:39","date_gmt":"2011-12-06T01:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=21000"},"modified":"2017-06-10T11:10:17","modified_gmt":"2017-06-10T18:10:17","slug":"the-peterson-principle-12411","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=21000","title":{"rendered":"The Peterson Principle 12\/5\/11"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tim Peterson<\/p><\/div>\n

Ok So I\u2019m not Nostradamus\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Part of my job for Mid Valley Sports is to write a segment called \u201cGame Night\u201d every week. I basically write a couple of paragraphs about the football games. I\u2019ll talk about the strengths and weaknesses for each team and mention a few key players. Oh and at the end I pick a winner. And if I get it wrong well\u2026let\u2019s just say I get an earful.<\/p>\n

Friday night I covered the Covina- Monrovia game from the Covina sideline for the first half. At halftime I made my way over to the Monrovia sideline. I wasn\u2019t there more than a couple of minutes when I began to hear it.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow could you pick Covina man! You know how many athletes we have. Didn\u2019t you see them against Pomona?\u201d said one fan.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah we put your story on the locker room wall,\u201d said an assistant coach. \u201cThey\u2019re using it for motivation. They\u2019re (burned).<\/p>\n

When the third quarter started and Monrovia scored again, the barrage continued. \u201cHey Peterson, you want to change you\u2019re score now?\u201d said the Monrovia trainer. Yeah, the trainers are getting into it now.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s even worse when they mistake you for a different reporter. Last week a parent ripped me for picking Whittier Christian. \u201cUh, I picked Monrovia,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah now you are,\u201d he said. Really I picked Monrovia.<\/p>\n

Of course last night I heard it from the San Gabriel fans because I picked San Dimas. It was a great game though. Congrats to the Miracle Mats\u2026and of course to M-Town. By the way I\u2019ll have to go against one of you this week.<\/p>\n

The good news is they\u2019re reading.<\/p>\n

Almont in Attendance \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Almont league was almost completely represented Saturday night at the San Gabriel game. Schurr line coach Phil Jimenez was there on the sidelines and the Bell Gardens staff was in the stands. Montebello coaches were also sighted and even Keppel was represented with administrator John Scanlan, even though Scanlan was sporting SG gear. The only school I didn\u2019t see was Alhambra. If you were there I welcome all rebuttals. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Monrovia<\/strong> Pacific Bound? <\/strong><\/p>\n

The rumors won\u2019t go away. If Monrovia wins its second consecutive title, the Wildcats are headed out of the Mid-Valley and into the Pacific Division of the Southeast. How is this possible when the Pacific already has eight teams? Well Hoover and Glendale will be shipped out of the Pacific and into the Rio Hondo League. At least that\u2019s what\u2019s been floating around.<\/p>\n

Hey CIF, after you make those changes, can you put South Hills back in the Southeast Division?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Bulldog Blitz<\/strong><\/p>\n

West Covina has lost only one game all year (September 9 at Loyola) and has outscored its three playoff opponents 156-54. The Bulldogs have scored 118 points in their last two playoff games. They\u2019re rolling though the playoffs even easier than they did in the Hacienda League. And the scariest part is they do it all on the ground. Chris Solomon rushed for over three hundred yards and five touchdowns last week as the WC dropped 63 on La Mirada. Solomon and Jimmy Frazier have both rushed for over 1000 yards this season. Can La Serna pull something? Maybe a hamstring but as they say\u2026anything can happen.<\/p>\n

Hey Jude\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

We\u2019re trying to dig out all of the comments we received about San Gabriel HC Jude Oliva back when the Matadors were 1-4. According to some, he not only didn\u2019t know what he was doing and was the worst coach since Paul Hackett, but he was also responsible for the struggling economy and the rising costs of health care. Eight weeks later he has the Matadors in the Finals in only his second year at the helm.<\/p>\n

How do you like him now?<\/p>\n

Citrus Curse\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Every time Citrus College is mentioned as a possible site for a CIF Finals game to a Monrovia guy they back away from you like you have the plague. The Wildcats have never won a Finals at Citrus and they don\u2019t want to go within 100 yards of the place. It looks they avoided it again this year when it was confirmed Sunday that the game will be at Monrovia High.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Roggin\u2019s Local Heroes<\/strong><\/p>\n

West Covina\u2019s Chris Solomon and Arron Franklin were featured on the Roggin\u2019s Heroes segment of The Challenge Sunday night after the game. Both had long touchdown runs. Also Nicholas McCarty\u2019s touchdown pass to Justin Ballesteros in La Serna\u2019s win over Muir was shown as well. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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

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