{"id":21670,"date":"2012-01-12T16:57:28","date_gmt":"2012-01-12T23:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=21670"},"modified":"2017-06-10T10:48:39","modified_gmt":"2017-06-10T17:48:39","slug":"mid-valley-division-most-valuable-player-arroyos-steven-rivera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=21670","title":{"rendered":"Mid-Valley Division Most Valuable Player: Arroyo\u2019s Steven Rivera"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Arroyo's Steven Rivera<\/p><\/div>\n

Welcome to Awards Season.<\/p>\n

The career of Steven Rivera is easy to celebrate; accounting for over 100 touchdowns in a four year varsity career has a way of doing that. In fact the argument has been forwarded by some that he may be the best player in Mission Valley League history, but for now lets just talk about 2011.<\/p>\n

In the literal Rivera accounted for 48 touchdowns this fall: Passing for 38, rushing 9, and returning another for a score. From his safety spot he was in on 131 tackles, forced seven fumbles, recovered five fumbles, had six passes defended, and registered four interceptions while also dropping 10 punts inside opponents 20-yard line.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s enough, but what the numbers don\u2019t show is Rivera\u2019s will and continuous effort. It doesn\u2019t show the countless times he rallied his team on both offense and defense. When it made sense over the course of Arroyo\u2019s 10-2 season to pick against them, it didn\u2019t make sense to pick against Rivera.<\/p>\n

On football sidelines over the last four years one refrain has been heard, but that refrain beat like a drum in 2011 as the guy wearing number 10 for the Knights made the impossible possible. Sometimes they said it with a shake of the head, sometimes they said it with jaw-dropping disbelief, but they always said it with a smile. They said; \u201cRivera.\u201d<\/p>\n

For that effort and results Rivera is Mid Valley Sports, Mid-Valley Division Most Valuable Player in 2011.<\/p>\n

(Mid-Valley Division Offensive Assistant of the Year: Arroyo\u2019s Chris MacMillan)<\/em><\/p>\n

(Southeast Division Offensive Assistant of the Year: Pasadena\u2019s Mike McKay)<\/em><\/p>\n

(Mid-Valley Division Defensive Assistant of the Year: Monrovia\u2019s Craig Schuster)<\/em><\/p>\n

(Southeast Division Defensive Assistant of the Year: West Covina\u2019s Jason Heilman)<\/em><\/p>\n

(Mid-Valley Division Newcomer of the Year: El Monte\u2019s Brandon Martinez)<\/em><\/p>\n

(Southeast Division Newcomer of the Year: La Serna\u2019s Frankie Palmer)<\/em><\/p>\n

(Mid-Valley Division Coach of the Year: San Gabriel\u2019s Jude Oliva)<\/em><\/p>\n

(Southeast Division Coach of the Year: Los Altos\u2019 Dale Ziola)<\/em><\/p>\n

(Mid-Valley Division Player of the Year: San Gabriel\u2019s Alex Villalobos)<\/em><\/p>\n

(Southeast Division Player of the Year: Burroughs\u2019 Zander Anding)<\/em><\/p>\n

(Mid-Valley Division Most Valuable Player: Arroyo\u2019s Steven Rivera)<\/em><\/p>\n

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