{"id":45052,"date":"2014-11-16T15:28:26","date_gmt":"2014-11-16T22:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=45052"},"modified":"2014-11-16T15:42:00","modified_gmt":"2014-11-16T22:42:00","slug":"la-kiss-holds-open-tryouts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=45052","title":{"rendered":"LA KISS Holds Open Tryouts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_45053\" style=\"width: 530px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?attachment_id=45053\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-45053\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45053\" class=\"size-large wp-image-45053\" src=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DSC03292-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"KISS kick returner, A.J. Cruz, who was signed at an open tryout, was on hand to run players through drills\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-45053\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">KISS kick returner, A.J. Cruz, who was signed at an open tryout, was on hand to run players through drills<\/p><\/div>\n<p>By Tim Peterson<\/p>\n<p>(Whittier) &#8211; The LA KISS held open tryouts at Whittier College Sunday with\u00a0over 180 players showing\u00a0up to participate. The players were run through a series of drills which included\u00a0the broad jump, the 40-yard dash, and\u00a0blocking skills. The quarterbacks were separated later in the day and\u00a0threw passes to receivers running slants, digs and post patterns.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_45054\" style=\"width: 530px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?attachment_id=45054\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-45054\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45054\" class=\"size-large wp-image-45054\" src=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DSC03308-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Sam Campbell got in some coaching as well as a little work \" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-45054\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sam Campbell got in some coaching as well as a little work<\/p><\/div>\n<p>KISS players A.J. Cruz, B.J. Bell\u00a0and Sam Campbell were on hand to help out\u00a0head coach Bob McMillen, who was\u00a0hobbled and wearing a boot after having ankle replacement surgery six weeks ago. Campbell and Cruz were both signed from open tryouts. Campbell played his high school football at Crescenta Valley while Cruz hails from Santa Margarita.<\/p>\n<p>The KISS finished 3-15 last year and is looking for talented and dedicated players that will turn that around.\u00a0&#8220;That (3-15) won&#8217;t happen this year,&#8221;\u00a0McMillen told the\u00a0players\u00a0as they gathered around him before the tryouts began.<\/p>\n<p>The KISS\u00a0open camp\u00a0in February\u00a0for the 2015 season. They will play their games at the Honda Center in Anaheim.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_45055\" style=\"width: 530px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?attachment_id=45055\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-45055\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45055\" class=\"size-large wp-image-45055\" src=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DSC03288-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"HC Bob McMillen timed the 40 boot and all \" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-45055\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">HC Bob McMillen timed the 40 boot and all<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s hard to believe it&#8217;s right around the corner. Camp is only 90 days away,&#8221; said LA KISS co-owner Brent Bouchy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tim Peterson (Whittier) &#8211; The LA KISS held open tryouts at Whittier College Sunday with\u00a0over 180 players showing\u00a0up to participate. The players were run through a series of drills which included\u00a0the broad jump, the 40-yard dash, and\u00a0blocking skills. The quarterbacks were separated later in the day and\u00a0threw passes to receivers running slants, digs and [&hellip;]<\/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":[8],"tags":[9723,9180,10747,9379,10746,7397,2238,9181,9781,2741],"class_list":["post-45052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stories-news-notes-around-professional-football","tag-a-j-cruz","tag-arena-football","tag-b-j-bell","tag-bob-mcmillen","tag-brett-bouchy","tag-crescenta-valley-football","tag-honda-center","tag-la-kiss","tag-sam-campbell","tag-whittier-college"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45052","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=45052"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45059,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45052\/revisions\/45059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}