{"id":25495,"date":"2012-08-11T20:22:57","date_gmt":"2012-08-12T03:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=25495"},"modified":"2017-06-10T10:18:26","modified_gmt":"2017-06-10T17:18:26","slug":"raider-nation-gets-ready-for-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=25495","title":{"rendered":"Raider Nation Gets Ready for 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_25496\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25496\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25496\" title=\"8-11-12 Rowland, DR, APU FTBL 014\" src=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/8-11-12-Rowland-DR-APU-FTBL-014-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-25496\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rowland quarterback George Campos<\/p><\/div>\n<p>(Rowland Heights) &#8211; Last year was one Rowland would like to forget. The Raiders\u00a0finished\u00a02-8 and out of the playoffs.\u00a0That page has turned\u00a0and although they\u00a0are still young they are looking for a fresh start.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_25497\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25497\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25497\" title=\"8-11-12 Rowland, DR, APU FTBL 018\" src=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/8-11-12-Rowland-DR-APU-FTBL-018-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-25497\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Head Coach Craig Snyder leading his troops on a hot Saturday morning<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re just so green,&#8221;\u00a0said Rowland Coach\u00a0Craig Snyder. &#8220;We have some good talent\u00a0but\u00a0we just\u00a0need some more experience.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_25498\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25498\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25498\" title=\"8-11-12 Rowland, DR, APU FTBL 029\" src=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/8-11-12-Rowland-DR-APU-FTBL-029-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-25498\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">OC Felipe Aguilar<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Quarterback George Campos returns\u00a0for\u00a0his senior season. Last year Campos threw for\u00a0over 1000 yards. Avery Duffus is a key skill player for Rowland. Duffus\u00a0will see time at runnning back and\u00a0at cornerback on defense.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_25499\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25499\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25499\" title=\"8-11-12 Rowland, DR, APU FTBL 023\" src=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/8-11-12-Rowland-DR-APU-FTBL-023-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-25499\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Bubbas running gassers<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s really been runnning the ball well,&#8221; said Snyder. &#8220;He&#8217;s going to be really\u00a0good for us.<\/p>\n<p>Other players to watch are\u00a0fullback Terrance Reed, free safety Rudy Andrade, strong safety Diego\u00a0Arias and linebacker Julio Budalo. Up front the Raiders will be led by Greg Lawton, Ivan Ruiz-Guzman, Joel Delgado and Jesus Roman.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_25500\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25500\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25500\" title=\"8-11-12 Rowland, DR, APU FTBL 025\" src=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/8-11-12-Rowland-DR-APU-FTBL-025-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-25500\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">And the skill players were a little faster&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Jesus (Roman), 5-10, 260, is\u00a0just a big boy. Down near the goal line within five yards he&#8217;s\u00a0really effective. And as for Arias he&#8217;s long and lean\u00a0and will be\u00a0big for us in the secondary.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Arias is expected to play some wide receiver as well.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_25501\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25501\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25501\" title=\"8-11-12 Rowland, DR, APU FTBL 011\" src=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/8-11-12-Rowland-DR-APU-FTBL-011-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-25501\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Raiders are talented but young<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Raiders open at Nogales and then tavel to Wilson in the first two weeks.\u00a0Then they get Northview at home and\u00a0Arroyo on the road before opening league play.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_25502\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25502\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25502\" title=\"8-11-12 Rowland, DR, APU FTBL 003\" src=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/8-11-12-Rowland-DR-APU-FTBL-003-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-25502\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fullback Terrance Reed<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_25503\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25503\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25503\" title=\"8-11-12 Rowland, DR, APU FTBL 002\" src=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/8-11-12-Rowland-DR-APU-FTBL-002-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-25503\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Raiders have some size up front<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_25504\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25504\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25504\" title=\"8-11-12 Rowland, DR, APU FTBL 009\" src=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/8-11-12-Rowland-DR-APU-FTBL-009-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-25504\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Knocking Heads<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Rowland Heights) &#8211; Last year was one Rowland would like to forget. The Raiders\u00a0finished\u00a02-8 and out of the playoffs.\u00a0That page has turned\u00a0and although they\u00a0are still young they are looking for a fresh start.<\/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":[12816],"tags":[6113,7701,659,8243,5661,8242,8244,8245,6114,8246,8202,8241],"class_list":["post-25495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hsfootball","tag-andy-andrade","tag-avery-duffus","tag-craig-snyder","tag-diego-arias","tag-george-campos","tag-greg-lawton","tag-ivan-ruiz-guzman","tag-jesus-roman","tag-joel-delgado","tag-julio-budalo","tag-rowland-football","tag-terrance-reed"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25495","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=25495"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59123,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25495\/revisions\/59123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}