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Nin Burns II takes over at quarterback for Covina. (Photo by Duane Barker).<\/p><\/div>\n

By Tim Peterson<\/p>\n

It’s only June\u00a0but on the other hand\u00a0opening night is just\u00a060 days away. It’s a good time to take an early look at the\u00a0Valle Vista League and see how it stacks up.<\/p>\n

Northview<\/strong>: The Vikings ran the league table last year and there’s no reason to believe they won’t again.\u00a0Not everybody is back but quarterback Steven Comstock is and that alone is\u00a0huge. Jimmy Amezquita, who had\u00a0294 yards receiving, will provide some offensive\u00a0firepower as well and give Comstock somebody to throw to.\u00a0Safety Andre Tinoco, 41 tackles last year,\u00a0returns on the defensive side of the ball.\u00a0The gap has still not closed between the Vikes and the rest of the league. Northview is\u00a0still on top.<\/p>\n

San Dimas:<\/strong> The Saints\u00a0are still smarting from\u00a0a late season loss last year to Baldwin Park and a first round post season exit.\u00a0They also lose Jarell Sykes and his 1815 yards.\u00a0But San Dimas always runs the ball well and will have the horses to do so again. Noah Maldonado and\u00a0Kyler Moreli\u00a0both return to anchor the ground\u00a0attack.\u00a0The Saints also have some beef up front to pave the road.\u00a0HC Mark Holman and staff will have San Dimas right in the middle of things again.<\/p>\n

Covina<\/strong>: The Colts are coming off\u00a0a nice campaign last season advancing to the second round of the playoffs. On opening night\u00a0they played\u00a0eventual CIF Champion\u00a0Arroyo to a tie. The game later turned into a Covina forfeit\u00a0but we did see what type of team the Colts had.\u00a0Nin Burns II takes over full time at quarterback\u00a0this year and has looked good so far on the passing circuit.\u00a0Wahub Mallick\u00a0(1181 yards rushing) has graduated\u00a0but Covina may be able to fill his shoes with\u00a0Ailaoa Tauvao and Deonte Bevel among others.\u00a0Tristan Sprague returns to lead the receiving\u00a0corp. The Colts are always a well coached team under Joe Brown and should be in the upper echelon of the Valle Vista again.<\/p>\n

Baldwin Park<\/strong>: Quarterback Jacob Robles and\u00a0receiver Chris Vargas both return for Joe Fuller’s\u00a0Braves. Middle linebacker Andrew Ramirez who\u00a0totaled 58 tackles in 2016\u00a0will be the main man in the defensive mix.\u00a0The Braves are always that team that can bite somebody as they did last year by\u00a0upsetting San Dimas.\u00a0The problem is can BP win enough games to\u00a0earn a playoff berth? The Braves were 5-5 last season and they’ll need to improve on that to get in.<\/p>\n

Rowland<\/strong>: The Raiders\u00a0also finished at .500 last year and\u00a0came up with a big league win over Baldwin Park.\u00a0But it wasn’t enough and\u00a0when looking at the top teams in the league it doesn’t look like it will be\u00a0either this year. Rowland lost\u00a0its best skill position player – QB Michael Cundiff\u00a0– to graduation and will rely on its younger players to get the job done.\u00a0 Ryan Jacobsen\u00a0is back as HC and provides stability to the program but the\u00a0Raiders\u00a0still might be a couple of years away.<\/p>\n

Wilson:<\/strong> Sal Ortiz takes over for Ryan Bateman\u00a0as head coach. Ortiz is the Wildcats third coach in three years which gives you an idea of where the program is at.\u00a0Wilson was 0-9 last year including\u00a0losses of 59-0 to Los Altos, 53-6 to San Dimas and 62-0 to Northview.\u00a0The Wildcats do return quarterbacks Nick Aguayo and Nick Ortega, who split time\u00a0last year and they may provide some\u00a0highlights, but\u00a0for the Wilson faithful there will be a lot more valleys than peaks.\u00a0The Wildcats are in rebuild mode.\u00a0This is a recording.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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