{"id":53357,"date":"2016-05-26T20:04:27","date_gmt":"2016-05-27T03:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=53357"},"modified":"2016-05-27T10:46:27","modified_gmt":"2016-05-27T17:46:27","slug":"springtime-in-m-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=53357","title":{"rendered":"Springtime in M-Town"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_53358\" style=\"width: 530px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?attachment_id=53358\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-53358\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53358\" class=\"size-large wp-image-53358\" src=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_5047-e1464315918354-823x768.jpg\" alt=\"Richie Schroeder will take over at quarterback \" width=\"520\" height=\"485\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-53358\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Richie Schroeder will take over at quarterback<\/p><\/div>\n<p>By Tim Peterson<\/p>\n<p>(Monrovia) &#8211;\u00a0Monrovia was out\u00a0Thursday throwing the ball around with Cantwell. They have\u00a0a new head coach in Jerry Chou and\u00a0a couple\u00a0of new (but familiar) faces in assistant coaches Mike McKay and Jacob Ochoa.\u00a0 <!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_53359\" style=\"width: 530px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?attachment_id=53359\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-53359\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53359\" class=\"size-large wp-image-53359\" src=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_4969-e1464316101545-530x768.jpg\" alt=\"Jerry Chou takes the reins in M-Town \" width=\"520\" height=\"754\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-53359\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jerry Chou takes the reins in M-Town<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Richie Schroeder\u00a0(yeah, that&#8217;s really his name)\u00a0will get his shot at quarterback taking over for the graduated\u00a0Asaph Zamora. Who else\u00a0should we keep an eye on? Well I was given the names of\u00a0running back\u00a0Maury Rams, OL\/DL\u00a0Cesar Gutierrrez and receiver Elijah Hall.\u00a0Oh and some kid named\u00a0Washington.\u00a0Well be hearing a lot more about them later but for now\u00a0here&#8217;s a few shots.<\/p>\n<p>As for Cantwell, Travis Brown, the former Duarte HC, is now\u00a0running things for Cardinals.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_53360\" style=\"width: 530px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?attachment_id=53360\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-53360\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53360\" class=\"size-large wp-image-53360\" src=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_4948-e1464316554838-1024x665.jpg\" alt=\"Former Wildcats Mason Bryant (left ) (Penn) and Anthony Craft (Azusa Pacific) renewed old acquaintances \" width=\"520\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-53360\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former Wildcats Mason Bryant (left ) (Penn) and Anthony Craft (Azusa Pacific) renewed old acquaintances<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?attachment_id=53361\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-53361\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-53361\" src=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_5002-e1464316890872-585x768.jpg\" alt=\"monrovia throw\" width=\"520\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?attachment_id=53362\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-53362\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-53362\" src=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_4952-e1464317032752-557x768.jpg\" alt=\"maury ram\" width=\"520\" height=\"717\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?attachment_id=53363\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-53363\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-53363\" src=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_4986-e1464317174464-578x768.jpg\" alt=\"mike mckay\" width=\"520\" height=\"691\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?attachment_id=53364\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-53364\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-53364\" src=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_5056-e1464317369585-1024x620.jpg\" alt=\"cntwell\" width=\"520\" height=\"315\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?attachment_id=53365\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-53365\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-53365\" src=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_4955-e1464317504771-675x768.jpg\" alt=\"cesar gutierrez\" width=\"520\" height=\"592\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?attachment_id=53366\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-53366\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-53366\" src=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_4975-e1464317648660-689x768.jpg\" alt=\"cantwell qb\" width=\"520\" height=\"580\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_53367\" style=\"width: 456px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?attachment_id=53367\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-53367\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53367\" class=\"size-large wp-image-53367\" src=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_5044-e1464317825329-446x768.jpg\" alt=\"Travis Brown landed at Cantwell \" width=\"446\" height=\"768\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-53367\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Travis Brown landed at Cantwell<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?attachment_id=53368\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-53368\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-53368\" src=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_4998-e1464318094893-539x768.jpg\" alt=\"monrovia\" width=\"520\" height=\"741\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_50812\" style=\"width: 530px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Tangent-Dreams-School-Football-Novel\/dp\/0692588175?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1461875543&amp;ref_=tmm_pap_swatch_0&amp;sr=1-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50812\" class=\"size-large wp-image-50812\" src=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/tangentdreams_jpg-594x768.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Anyone who has a kid trying out for his High School football team needs to read this book. Torosian has taken his 20 some years of reporting on Prep sports, mixed a healthy dose of San Gabriel Valley insider references and created a very readable first effort.&quot; &quot;A page turner...I'm sorry it's over! Is a sequel in the works?&quot; &quot;Torosian does for high school football what Hemingway did for the Spanish Civil War...compelling look beyond the scoreboard and into the lives of players...&quot; &quot;A truly great story unfolds in the pages of Joe Torosian's first novel. With high school football at its core, the story of Dale Andrade shows how a young man grows in all aspects of his life thanks to being a part of a team and a football community.&quot; \u201cThis is a great read for everyone: from those who love high school football to those who have no idea about the game.\u201d &quot;This book brings you onto the field and into the locker room...&quot; Joe Torosian's high school football novel is available through Amazon.com --click pic-- (Cover by Pat Cherry www.blackheartart.com)\" width=\"520\" height=\"672\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-50812\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>&#8220;Anyone who has a kid trying out for his High School football team needs to read this book. Torosian has taken his 20 some years of reporting on Prep sports, mixed a healthy dose of San Gabriel Valley insider references and created a very readable first effort.&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><br \/><strong>&#8220;A page turner&#8230;I&#8217;m sorry it&#8217;s over! Is a sequel in the works?&#8221;<\/strong><br \/><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>&#8220;Torosian does for high school football what Hemingway did for the Spanish Civil War&#8230;compelling look beyond the scoreboard and into the lives of players&#8230;&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>&#8220;A truly great story unfolds in the pages of Joe Torosian&#8217;s first novel. With high school football at its core, the story of Dale Andrade shows how a young man grows in all aspects of his life thanks to being a part of a team and a football community.&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>\u201cThis is a great read for everyone: from those who love high school football to those who have no idea about the game.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>&#8220;This book brings you onto the field and into the locker room&#8230;&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><br \/><strong>Joe Torosian&#8217;s high school football novel is available through Amazon.com &#8211;click pic&#8211;<\/strong><br \/><strong>(Cover by Pat Cherry www.blackheartart.com)<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tim Peterson (Monrovia) &#8211;\u00a0Monrovia was out\u00a0Thursday throwing the ball around with Cantwell. They have\u00a0a new head coach in Jerry Chou and\u00a0a couple\u00a0of new (but familiar) faces in assistant coaches Mike McKay and Jacob Ochoa.\u00a0<\/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":[3],"tags":[2107,8101,10138,11907,11798,3351,233,3542,365,1589,11908,5614,5301,8795,11755,9405],"class_list":["post-53357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-school-sports","tag-anthony-craft","tag-azusa-pacific-football","tag-cantwell-football","tag-cesar-gutierrez","tag-high-school-football-novel","tag-jacob-ochoa","tag-jerry-chou","tag-joe-t","tag-joe-torosian","tag-mason-bryant","tag-maury-ram","tag-mike-mckay","tag-monrovia-football","tag-penn-football","tag-tangent-dreams","tag-travis-brown"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53357","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=53357"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53357\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53376,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53357\/revisions\/53376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}