{"id":49090,"date":"2015-08-04T18:30:35","date_gmt":"2015-08-05T01:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=49090"},"modified":"2015-08-04T18:30:35","modified_gmt":"2015-08-05T01:30:35","slug":"fanview-august-4-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=49090","title":{"rendered":"Fanview: August 4, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Part<\/a>

Part of Joe T.’s office<\/p><\/div>\n

By Joe Torosian<\/p>\n

\u201cIn came Miss Progress in her black dress, look at the mess, she is a killer.\u201d\u2014The Avett Brothers<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Kick it!<\/p>\n

Right off the Top:<\/strong> As of today…the New York Mets are one game up in the National League East. Go Mets!<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

This is the second consecutive summer I\u2019ve been out of town for most of the passing tournaments. I worked a vacation in, but I spent most of my time assisting at Granite Ridge, a Christian campground in Creston, California. The camp is in it\u2019s infancy but part of the plan is to build a high end athletic field\/complex to invite baseball and soccer teams to come. Also, like Hume Lake, to host tournaments where schools can participate and spend the night in dorms.<\/p>\n

Down the road, but it\u2019s exciting stuff.<\/p>\n

Anyways, I\u2019ve been gone so much I\u2019ve begun to get sick of Peterson\u2019s complaining about doing all the heavy lifting. Truth is, Peterson and Barker have been doing all the work this summer.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s weird to invest so much of yourself into something for 16 years and then suddenly feel out of touch with it. I began to wonder if this part of my life was coming to a close, hard to imagine, but it was what I thought.<\/p>\n

However, after spending six hours on the road home from my last camp—with kids barfing\/ralphing\/puking\/wretching in my backseat—I began thinking about football and this coming season.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not like I haven\u2019t been thinking about it. I\u2019ve been doing some work (take a look at my office and my magnetic\/dry erase boards)…just not the amount I\u2019ve done in the past.
\nI didn\u2019t exactly step away, but after easing back on the throttle a little bit I came to realize an important thing: I love football.<\/p>\n

And I\u2019m going to be so sorry when the suits, lawyers, politicians, administrators, and fraudulent advocates for \u201cplayer safety\u201d eventually kill the game.<\/p>\n

Because of all the things I\u2019ve seen before, I really want to enjoy this coming season.<\/p>\n

So what comes to mind? For me? To name a few?<\/p>\n

Burroughs, led by Lucas Yanez, coming back from a 28-0 deficit to beat Burbank 38-35 in 2010. That was huge.<\/p>\n

San Gabriel at Arroyo in the second round of the 2011 playoffs. \u201cDoubles Right Zip Gator\u201d, Andy Guerrero going 22-yards to Joey Villalobos on fourth & seven with 56 seconds to play for a touchdown…Matadors 40 Knights 38.<\/p>\n

Rosemead-South El Monte at \u201cThe Swamp\u201d in 2005…<\/p>\n

The Schurr title run, Joe Orduno playing the best four weeks of quarterback I\u2019ve seen at the prep level, and the upset of La Habra and Santa Fe in 2006.<\/p>\n

Temple City\u2019s Desmond Reed tracking down Los Altos\u2019 Shaun Cody in the 2000 match between the schools at North Field.<\/p>\n

Alhambra\u2019s Zion Babb hurdling Montebello\u2019s Fernando Toy.<\/p>\n

The 2009 CIF Final at Citrus College when San Dimas, and Tre Evans, beat Monrovia in a hurricane.<\/p>\n

Dominic Salmon going long to Sergio Leon against La Serna in the second round of the 2004 playoffs.<\/p>\n

El Monte\u2019s Brandon Martinez going 35-yards to Memo Silva to beat Rosemead in 2011, 31-28.<\/p>\n

Rosemead\u2019s Joe Silva making three consecutive defensive plays inside the Panthers ten to turn back El Monte in 2000. First varsity football game ever played at EMHS.<\/p>\n

Connor Van Ginkel climbing the ladder to make a non-touchdown\/touchdown catch in last season\u2019s Southeast Division title game.<\/p>\n

Forrest Elder at Muir and Audarrius Bailey at Arcadia. \u201cThe Age of Audarrius\u201d, has always been my favorite MVS headline.<\/p>\n

I got a thousand more, I\u2019ll share some of them Thursday.<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

Regards:<\/strong><\/p>\n

In\u00a0regards to<\/strong> Fantasy Football: Is it impossible for a Fantasy Football expert to talk in a deep voice and not wear a bow tie or a purple suit?<\/p>\n

In regards to<\/strong> \u201cfraudulent advocates\u201d: While I believe there are honest people out there, who really care about player safety, I believe the majority are hacks trying to make a name or buck for themselves. Race, environment, guns, education, there are dirtbags everywhere. My first instinct is to trust no one…especially when they lead with; \u201cHey, I\u2019m just here for the kids.\u201d<\/p>\n

In regards to<\/strong> former Bonita quarterback Greg Spathias: Happy Birthday! In 2010 it was Spathias, after starting quarterback Garrett Pendleton was injured in August, that saved the day and led the Bearcats to a 5-0 record. With Pendleton back at the helm Bonita eventually went to the finals before losing to West Covina is a classic.<\/p>\n

In regards to<\/strong> Anne Frank: It was on this day in 1944 she and her family were captured by the Nazi Gestapo and sent to a concentration camps<\/p>\n

In regards to<\/strong> the Mets: Did I mention that they\u2019re in first place?<\/p>\n

The Dude abides\u2026<\/p>\n

605<\/p>\n

Psalms 96:4<\/p>\n

Contact Joe at joe@midvalleysports.com
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