{"id":58380,"date":"2017-05-14T14:11:42","date_gmt":"2017-05-14T21:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=58380"},"modified":"2017-06-10T11:03:18","modified_gmt":"2017-06-10T18:03:18","slug":"the-peterson-principle-5142017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=58380","title":{"rendered":"The Peterson Principle: 5\/14\/2017"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Tim<\/a>

Tim Peterson<\/p><\/div>\n

By Tim Peterson<\/p>\n

El Monte\u00a0feels like it just hit the lottery.\u00a0The Lions go\u00a0from having nothing\u00a0with\u00a0no light at the end of the tunnel to suddenly landing\u00a0one of the better coaches in the\u00a0valley.<\/p>\n

One day\u00a0El Monte is re-posting\u00a0the head coach position and two days later Jesse Ceniceros is announced as\u00a0the new head coach.\u00a0If Ceniceros\u00a0doesn’t come out of the blue\u00a0the Lions are looking at another month at least before\u00a0they have somebody in place. Ceniceros, who has been coaching\u00a0for\u00a0the last decade\u00a0(Norwalk, Chino), has never missed the playoffs.\u00a0He guided Norwalk to the\u00a0CIF Finals\u00a0and he had Chino\u00a0in the post season in the\u00a0two seasons that\u00a0he was there.<\/p>\n

It took long enough but it turned out be well worth the wait. Like it or not,\u00a0and for\u00a0some reason many people commented on our site that\u00a0they did not, this was the best of all possible scenarios for El Monte.\u00a0The fact that Ceniceros runs the double wing offense\u00a0is also a bonus. It’s an offense that\u00a0El Monte should be able to adapt to right away\u00a0and with the passing circuit already well underway,\u00a0it won’t hurt\u00a0the Lions to miss\u00a0throwing the ball around. When you run the ball 90 percent of the time who needs\u00a0passing leagues?<\/p>\n

How did El Monte land Ceniceros? The best explanation came from Ceniceros\u00a0himself. “I was more surprised than anybody\u00a0that I’m the new coach at El Monte.\u00a0Once\u00a0I got there and they\u00a0showed me around\u00a0the campus\u00a0it just felt right,”\u00a0he said.<\/p>\n

A phone call from a former coach led to a meeting with the\u00a0AD and here we are.\u00a0And El Monte is counting its blessings.<\/p>\n

**<\/p>\n

\"Eric<\/a>

Eric Elias working with the offense at Schurr<\/p><\/div>\n

I ran into\u00a0Schurr assistant Eric Elias at a passing league at Arroyo\u00a0Saturday. Elias a longtime\u00a0assistant at Arcadia and most recently Buena Park,\u00a0was just hired by the Spartans to help out with the quarterbacks and the offense.\u00a0“It’s been a great two weeks of practice.\u00a0I’m happy to be here. It’s been great,” Elias said.<\/p>\n

Elias\u00a0will work closely with\u00a0former Schurr receiver Carlos Arredondo, who also runs the offense.\u00a0The Spartans have a solid young quarterback\u00a0and some skill position\u00a0players to work with. They will definitely\u00a0be in the mix to win the Almont.<\/p>\n

**<\/p>\n

Rumors abound that Arroyo will be moved up\u00a0to Division 11 when the new alignment is announced by CIF in August.\u00a0Although\u00a0one would think that\u00a0teams would like more time to\u00a0adjust to\u00a0their new division it doesn’t seem to bother Arroyo\u00a0HC Jim Singiser.<\/p>\n

“What are you gong to do?\u00a0You can’t change your schedule\u00a0anyway. That’s already set. It is what it is,” Singiser said.<\/p>\n

“Only move us up one division?\u00a0That’s fine. I’ll take that. I don’t worry about\u00a0all the division stuff.\u00a0Just let me know where we are and we’ll play,”\u00a0said Arroyo offensive coordinator\u00a0Chris\u00a0MacMillan.<\/p>\n

**<\/p>\n

The Charter Oak\u00a0Super 7 tournament, one of the best of the\u00a0circuit, is this Saturday May 20.<\/p>\n

**<\/p>\n

I’m not sure why Muir’s Elijah Blades played in the SGV\u00a0All-Star game Saturday night at Covina District Field,\u00a0but I’m glad he did. Blades, who is\u00a0 headed to\u00a0Nebraska in the Fall,\u00a0made two great plays for touchdowns\u00a0to lead the North to victory. I can live with Monrovia quarterback Richie Schroeder taking home North offensive\u00a0MVP\u00a0honors for throwing three touchdown passes,\u00a0but without Blades on the receiving end of two\u00a0of those,\u00a0there’s no way that would have happened.<\/p>\n

**<\/p>\n

There is still one head coaching position\u00a0open as San Gabriel\u00a0continues its search.\u00a0Haven’t heard a whole lot,\u00a0but something\u00a0has to break soon. A comment\u00a0on the boards indicated that\u00a0a guy from San Diego is being brought in and is the front runner.\u00a0But comments\u00a0have also indicated that Jude Oliva is the next head coach and we all know that’s not happening.\u00a0Stay tuned…<\/p>\n

**<\/p>\n

Speaking of the SGV All-Star game, the first three quarters were forgettable. Fumbles, bad snaps,\u00a0interceptions and miscues were the order of the day until the fourth quarter.\u00a0But four lead changes, a\u00a0couple of great catches, and a\u00a0few\u00a0big time throws salvaged the evening.\u00a0It’s like when you play golf\u00a0and are shanking shots all over the lot.\u00a0And just at that moment\u00a0when you’re about to toss your clubs into the lake, you hit that one shot – that one shot that will keep you coming back.\u00a0As far as high school football All-Star games, I’ll\u00a0keep coming back.<\/p>\n

That’s my principle.<\/p>\n

Tim\u00a0can be reached at tim@midvaleysports.com or on Twitter @tspeterson40.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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