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Tre Magnifique! CIF Champion Tre Evans tells us where San Dimas has finished in 2009<\/p><\/div>\n
“You got me going<\/strong><\/p>\n I need you baby<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n I can’t let go<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n And I want you baby<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n I gotta have all your love<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n I can’t let go.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span>— Linda Ronstadt Good Morning!<\/p>\n \n PERSPECTIVE, Perspective, perspective…<\/span><\/p>\n There is a tragic sort of poetry to Monrovia\u2019s loss Saturday night against San Dimas. Another great edition of a storied program, full of undefeated seasons (through 13 weeks), sensational finishes, professional football and major college alums…yet no championships…<\/span><\/p>\n They get to the finals for the first time in 10 years and they play it in a hurricane. Other title losses have come against \u201clocals\u201d Santa Barbara and San Diego…They\u2019ve taken trips to to places like Paso Robles and suffered defeat.<\/span><\/p>\n And the next time someone comes up with the bright idea of playing at Citrus College, give us a call and we\u2019ll remind you of Wildcat defeats in 2009 (San Dimas 12-7), 1999 (Paso Robles 24-10), 1982 (Verbum Dei 7-0), and 1973 (Crescenta Valley 14-7)…<\/span><\/p>\n You\u2019d think at some point the right pick, the right fumble, or the wheel of fate would click and tumble at the precise moment and Monrovia would have a title…but no.<\/span><\/p>\n Last Add M-Town: Do you know what 1951, 1959, 1973, 1982, 1997, 1998, & 2009 all have in common? Monrovia was undefeated entering the finals in all of those seasons…<\/span><\/p>\n I have to say, Saturday night was the first time my heart was torn in a championship game…I do have a tendency to lean towards Cinderella…<\/span><\/p>\n Apologies to Steve Bogan and the South Hills faithful, but I was rooting for San Gabriel in 2003…I was rooting for Schurr in 2006… and though they were hardly Cinderella, I was rooting for Rosemead in 2008…<\/span><\/p>\n Saturday night Monrovia was going to be a great story…San Dimas was going to be a great story…and it\u2019s all a great story even though I was happy and kind of sad.<\/span><\/p>\n Moments: Seeing M-Town linebacker Josh Lowden run from sideline to sideline, and shooting the gap on fourth down at the goal line to stop Tre Evans.<\/span><\/p>\n The 36-yard punt, yeah a punt, by Dillon Corona that literally dropped dead at the Monrovia four with 1:17 to play.<\/span><\/p>\n The Saints Jordan Taylor being overcome by emotion when it was over…Winrow, Kohler, Theo Darlington!<\/span><\/p>\n …And seeing the orange \u201c40\u201d marker get caught in a current behind the Monrovia bench and swept down the track.<\/span><\/p>\n I also sensed something in the Mid-Valley final I didn\u2019t in the Southeast. Passion.<\/span><\/p>\n Even in the midst of the typhoon, it was never lost on me it was a title game Saturday night… At Ayala (gorgeous facility) Diamond Ranch and Charter Oak went at it, but from the booth part of me felt like I was watching another league game. Things didn\u2019t ever ratchet up…<\/span><\/p>\n Not to say the Chargers weren\u2019t thrilled with the victory…Curtis Ortega literally cartwheeling after the victory was proof enough.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Yes it's True: Dillon Corona (#5), Tre Evans (#3), & Ryan Kohler (#33) confirm to Theo Darlington (#6) that San Dimas is number one in 2009.<\/p><\/div>\n Totally understand D-Ranch HC Roddy Layton\u2019s point about the Charter Oak monkey being on their back until they finally beat them.<\/p>\n There are lot of great coaching staff\u2019s out there, and I say this not to imply anything about any other coaching staff, but the San Dimas football staff has got it going on.<\/span><\/p>\n When Bill Zernickow told me in May his team was going to be okay, I totally bought in. I was thinking yeah, a second place finish, get some experience for his players, and he\u2019d be back in contention by 2010… A good chunk of his roster was still playing baseball when we connected…<\/span><\/p>\n Wish I could play Nostradamus, but I can\u2019t…I did not see this coming…Then again isn\u2019t Nostradamus famous for figuring things out after they\u2019ve happened?<\/span><\/p>\n I mean to ask Zernickow, when it occurred to him this team could go the distance? Although I do remember him smiling after the Los Altos game when he informed me his offensive line was constructed of all underclassmen.<\/span><\/p>\n JoeStaDamus Prediction: Monrovia and San Dimas meet again in the finals next year.<\/span><\/p>\n Can I start the countdown clock till the Mid Valley Classic?<\/span><\/p>\n Note to Jim Singiser and Anthony White: There will be a Mid Valley Classic next September…right?<\/span><\/p>\n Is it really Paraclete out, Maranatha in…in regards to the Olympic League? If so give us La Salle in the Olympic and take L.A. Baptist somewhere else…<\/span><\/p>\n We\u2019ve been clear for over a year about how we feel in regards to A.J. Powell and Adam Muema… But Brandon Golden… Brandon Golden with your performance Friday night, you are my ambassador of Quan!<\/span><\/p>\n Stay thirsty my friends\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n 179<\/span><\/p>\n Fanview Lite appears Monday thru Saturday at www.midvalleysports.com<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n
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