{"id":4900,"date":"2009-12-16T10:36:43","date_gmt":"2009-12-16T17:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=4900"},"modified":"2009-12-16T15:12:54","modified_gmt":"2009-12-16T22:12:54","slug":"fanview-lite-december-16-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=4900","title":{"rendered":"Fanview Lite: December 16, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Charter Oak's Dom Farrar and Jesse Abellaneda celebrate the Chargers Southeast title.<\/p><\/div>\n

“I’m much more comfortable criticizing people behind their backs.”<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>— George Costanza<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n


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Good Morning!<\/span><\/p>\n


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I\u2019m not anti-basketball, its just hard to get into something most of the schools are not into.<\/span><\/p>\n


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There are pockets of great interest and success, but for the most part schools treat basketball as an annoyance instead of an opportunity. So its hard to embrace something without passion when you\u2019ve been covering something so passionate like football for so long.<\/span><\/p>\n


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I\u2019ve been told if we treated basketball like we do football there would be passion. My response back is we don\u2019t have that kind of power. Also trying to generate interest in a\u00a0prep sport most (only most I say) schools are not interested themselves in, is impossible.<\/span><\/p>\n


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Every try helping someone who doesn\u2019t want to be helped?<\/span><\/p>\n


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This is why I love the Charter Oak pic in today\u2019s story…The moment, following the Chargers championship win on Friday over Diamond Ranch, wasn\u2019t created there…it began most likely the first day after Christmas vacation when most football programs are back in the weight room.<\/span><\/p>\n


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With all that said they are playing pretty good ball up in La Canada under Tamar Hill…<\/span><\/p>\n


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As people describe former Monrovia star and current Bishop Amat \u201csixth man\u201d Gina Henderson they use the expression; \u201cShe plays like a guy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n


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I understand the complement but a great talent shouldn\u2019t have to be compared to a guy (yeah, I\u2019m Mr. Wonderful today). Instead why don\u2019t we say; \u201cThat long cool woman has it all…\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n


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Note to Mike Gorball: It has come to our attention you feel that you don\u2019t have a face for video… Have you seen our mugs? Please, come on the show…but leave the tie on the sidelines…<\/span><\/p>\n


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As the fan of a 1-12 team, who should be in the market for a less shell-shocked quarterback, I\u2019m glad Washington\u2019s Jake Locker has decided to stay in school.<\/span><\/p>\n


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He\u2019ll improve his game, play for a really good Huskie team, and if he remains healthy will be an out of this world prospect in 2011… He just needs to be sure and take out the insurance policy with Lloyds of London.<\/span><\/p>\n


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Last Add Gina Henderson: Did you know her brother is Monrovia football\u2019s Jay Henderson?<\/span><\/p>\n


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Blair is looking for a girls basketball coach; Andre Collins is out…<\/span><\/p>\n


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In the \u201cLil Help\u201d Department:<\/span><\/p>\n

So I\u2019m driving to the store with my teenage daughter…a boring Christmas song comes on—I don\u2019t know someone doing a new turn on Frosty—so while we\u2019re driving and talking I flip it to Jack FM… So far so good… The Vapors are on, feeling my youth for a moment I start smiling…Then I start laughing… Daughter begins to think I\u2019ve tilted or something.<\/span><\/p>\n


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\u201cWhy are you laughing?\u201d She asks.<\/span><\/p>\n


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I don\u2019t answer. Then she asks the killer;<\/span><\/p>\n


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\u201cWhat does it mean when they say; \u2018I\u2019m turning Japanese\u2019?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n


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I\u2019m clammed up…or do you think I should have said something?<\/span><\/p>\n


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Stay thirsty my friends\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

180<\/span><\/p>\n

Fanview Lite appears Monday thru Saturday at www.midvalleysports.com<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Fanview, the HD version, appears every Tuesday at www.midvalleynewsonline.com<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


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