{"id":59903,"date":"2017-07-03T16:18:57","date_gmt":"2017-07-03T23:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=59903"},"modified":"2017-07-03T16:35:04","modified_gmt":"2017-07-03T23:35:04","slug":"the-peterson-principle-732017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=59903","title":{"rendered":"The Peterson Principle: 7\/3\/2017"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tim Peterson<\/p><\/div>\n

By Tim Peterson<\/p>\n

Thoughts and observations from the SGV Shootout:<\/p>\n

“Hey\u00a0Coach how does it look?” is my standard\u00a0line for a coach that I see in the summer or at a passing league tournament.<\/p>\n

I usually get the same\u00a0standard answer\u00a0but it starts a conversation and allows\u00a0me to get the names of some key players\u00a0for the upcoming season.\u00a0So when I saw\u00a0former\u00a0Rosemead head coach Marc Paramo on Saturday at the\u00a0SGV Shootout my first line was of course “Hey coach how does it look?”\u00a0when it suddenly hit me that he is no longer the HC at Rosemead.\u00a0However I\u00a0did find out some interesting\u00a0information. Paramo is still coaching.<\/p>\n

He is now the\u00a0defensive line coach at Pasadena City College.\u00a0“I really like\u00a0coaching the D-line. I did it once at Rosemead\u00a0but haven’t had a chance to do it in awhile,” Paramo said. “They were able to work around my schedule,\u00a0(Fridays off), and it was a good fit.\u00a0Everything worked out.”<\/p>\n

Good for Paramo\u00a0and good\u00a0for PCC.\u00a0They’re getting a solid coach.\u00a0Coaches will always move around\u00a0but it’s hard for them to get out of the game completely. It’s in their DNA.<\/p>\n

**<\/p>\n

I did get a chance to catch up with\u00a0the actual Rosemead coach\u00a0– first year HC Matt Castaneda.\u00a0Castaneda didn’t take over until May but\u00a0he brings high energy and\u00a0an excitement to\u00a0the program.\u00a0After the Panthers\u00a0lost their final game of the shootout to Diamond Ranch,\u00a0Castaneda spoke to his team and then\u00a0took the time to greet each and every player on the squad, shake their hand and offer a word of encouragement before they dispersed.\u00a0Castaneda is familiar with the program and last year’s struggles,\u00a0having served as OC, and\u00a0is excited about having the opportunity to turn things around.\u00a0“Everybody has been great, real helpful.\u00a0Paramo and even Koffler (former HC Matt Koffler)\u00a0have talked to me and support me,”\u00a0Castaneda said.<\/p>\n

The MVL is going to be\u00a0interesting in 2017. Arroyo is looking for another league title, South\u00a0El Monte is coming off a big year,\u00a0El Monte landed a big name coach in Jesse Ceniceros,\u00a0and Rosemead should rebound with\u00a0a new coach and plenty of motivation.\u00a0When’s the league opener?<\/p>\n

**<\/p>\n

Former El Monte HC\u00a0Eric\u00a0MacIntyre has found a place to land.\u00a0He is a now an assistant at Calabasas.\u00a0By the way, did you know that\u00a0MacIntyre is the first\u00a0first-year head coach in El Monte history to win six games and take his team to the playoffs?\u00a0“That and five bucks might buy me lunch,”\u00a0MacIntye said.<\/p>\n

**<\/p>\n

What’s the one thing that\u00a0you need to be successful\u00a0in a passing league tournament?\u00a0As\u00a0Captain Obvious would say,\u00a0“A quarterback!” Well Northview has one\u00a0in Steven Comstock\u00a0so it’s not surprising that the Vikings won\u00a0the\u00a0SGV Shootout. It also lends\u00a0credence to the narrative that\u00a0Northview is the team to beat in the Valle Vista.\u00a0Joe Brown,\u00a0Covina HC, doesn’t disagree with that but he does like the way his Colts are progressing.\u00a0Quarterback Nin Burns\u00a0has been getting better all summer\u00a0and\u00a0the skill players have been stepping up as well.\u00a0“Yeah, he’s going to be special,” Brown said of Burns. “We as a team haven’t\u00a0closed the gap yet\u00a0with Northview and San Dimas but we’re working hard\u00a0to get there. We were close last year\u00a0and we need\u00a0to improve on that. Last year the Colts advanced to the second round of the playoffs before losing to Montebello in overtime.<\/p>\n

**<\/p>\n

Speaking of Montebello\u00a0the Oilers are still the team to beat in the Almont. Until somebody beats the champs, then they are still the champs or so the old adage goes. But don’t sleep on Schurr. The Spartans are raising eyebrows everywhere they go. Saturday they advanced all the way to the semis before\u00a0falling to Diamond Ranch, beating Montebello in the process.\u00a0Quarterback Miguel Aguero is back for his senior season\u00a0and Lance Babb, who had over 1100 yards\u00a0receiving\u00a0and 13 touchdowns\u00a0last season, is ready for a big year as well. Add to that Jeremiah Hartfield, another\u00a0pass catcher who landed on campus from Crenshaw and is already turning heads, and Schurr\u00a0is going to be one tough out. Schurr went 4-1 in league last year and 8-4 overall.<\/p>\n

“He has\u00a0a great hands\u00a0and great moves,”\u00a0said Schur assistant Carlos Arredondo of Hartfield.\u00a0The Spartans also added\u00a0long time area assistant Eric Elias to the coaching staff.<\/p>\n

“If we keep moving and improving I love our chances for a league title and\u00a0a deep run,”\u00a0Elias said.<\/p>\n

**<\/p>\n

What’s up in M-Town?\u00a0The last time\u00a0we checked\u00a0the Wildcats were 6-5 in 2016 and losing in the first round of the playoffs to St. Paul. Well, Michael Washington, who is getting\u00a0looks, has been lighting it up all summer and Maury Rams, who missed seven games last year, will be back for the full campaign in 2017.\u00a0Rams is only a junior.\u00a0Trevor McPherson was throwing for the Cats Saturday\u00a0and should be able to step right in for the graduated Richie Schroeder.\u00a0Monrovia won the Rio Hondo last year without a loss\u00a0but they need to get out of the first\u00a0round of CIF.<\/p>\n

**<\/p>\n

Pomona\u00a0won’t be tested\u00a0in the Miramonte.\u00a0The Red Devils\u00a0have a big receiver that looks\u00a0like Dez Bryant\u00a0and all they have to do is throw it up there and he’ll go and get it like he did at the SGV Shootout.\u00a0If they did only that they would win the Miramonte going away.\u00a0But we all know they will do so much more.<\/p>\n

**<\/p>\n

How did the hosts Arroyo do?\u00a0The Knights lost to Diamond Ranch in the\u00a0quarters by three. “I just need some time to get over being\u00a0ticked,”\u00a0said Arroyo HC Jim Singiser.<\/p>\n

**<\/p>\n

Workman HC Oscar Robles found some players in the oddest of places.\u00a0He found a quarterback\u00a0who is at least 6’3″ and has gun.\u00a0He found a couple of skill position players with good hands and\u00a0speed to boot. In fact he found\u00a0about five players all together\u00a0who will contribute to this year’s team. Where did Robles have to go to find them? \u00a0Nowhere. They were all right there on Workman’s campus.\u00a0Some were playing basketball and\u00a0a couple of others were\u00a0students at Workman but hadn’t played before. One was ready to transfer to another school but Robles convinced him to stay.<\/p>\n

“Coach Perez (Marcel)\u00a0used to tell me that\u00a0the players are always right here on\u00a0your own\u00a0campus. You just have to get them to play.\u00a0I always remembered that,” Robles said.<\/p>\n

Perez, who had Robles on his staff last year had an opinion as well.\u00a0“Workman looks good.\u00a0Real good,” he said.<\/p>\n

**<\/p>\n

The rumor that I can’t throw a football\u00a0has been greatly exaggerated. I dispelled that nonsense Saturday morning when I fired a strike to my intended receiver in the end zone. Hit him right in the hands.\u00a0He looked at me and acknowledged\u00a0the strike and trotted back to his team.\u00a0All of that and I had a camera around my neck. Any questions? Just ask my fellow staffer Rich Whittington. He was right there to witness the moment.<\/p>\n

That’s my principle.<\/p>\n

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

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