{"id":8102,"date":"2010-08-05T21:50:39","date_gmt":"2010-08-06T04:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=8102"},"modified":"2010-08-05T21:59:17","modified_gmt":"2010-08-06T04:59:17","slug":"ram-update-tc-alive-and-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=8102","title":{"rendered":"Ram Update: TC Alive and Well"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Michael Bassette leads the bubbas in the trenches <\/p><\/div>\n

(Temple City) \u2013 Everybody else might be on dead period but at Temple City, the Rams are alive and kicking. Temple City took an early dead and came back the week after the Fourth of July holiday.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt worked out perfect for us,\u201d said Temple City Coach Mike McFarland. \u201cWhen I first came on in May we went immediately into spring practice. I needed some time to get organized and fill my staff. Also this is giving us some continuity.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Rams have about 72 players in the program from the freshman all the way up. Several graduated and some transferred but McFarland is happy with what he has.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese kids have been working really hard. They\u2019re very coachable and want to continually get better,\u201d McFarland said.<\/p>\n

With Justin Smith graduating the quarterback position is wide open. Sophomore Mike Quintanilla and senior Bruce Pasillio have been competing for the job. Both were taking snaps Thursday afternoon. Quintanilla was firing strikes all over the lot.<\/p>\n

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Felipe Serrano will join Bassette up front <\/p><\/div>\n

Junior Carlos Mota will play a big part for the Rams on both sides of the ball. Offensively he will get plenty of carries at running back and play linebacker on defense.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, he\u2019s a stud,\u201d said McFarland.<\/p>\n

Josh Simangunsong, (or simply \u2018Simon\u2019 as he is known to his coaches), will also run the football and play defensive back. Simangunsong, a senior, will be looked upon to provide leadership as well.<\/p>\n

Andrew Anda and Tyler Roach will be split wide and Tim Sanderson, all 6\u20193\u201d of him, should have a big year at tight end. All three players will go both ways as well with Sanderson penciled in as the starting outside linebacker.<\/p>\n

Temple City lost a ton of talent along the lines but they do have some size returning. Have you seen Michael Bassette? He\u2019s listed at 6\u20193\u201d and 315 pounds and it doesn\u2019t look like an exaggeration. \u00a0<\/p>\n

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Sophomore Mike Quintanilla is competing for the starting job at quarterback <\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cOh yeah, he\u2019s a beast. He\u2019s not just big, he can really play. He\u2019s been looking great,\u201d McFarland said.<\/p>\n

Bassette, only a junior, will be asked to stop the run as well as open holes for his backs. Helping Bassette up front will be Brian Wong, Felipe Serrano, Joseph Aguillen and center Vincent Diaz.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe lost everybody from last year\u2019s line but we\u2019ll be all right there,\u201d McFarland said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Nick Palmer is the kicker and will see time at tight end and backer. A couple of other players to keep an eye on are linebackers Luis Lopez and Emil Leguera- both returners.<\/p>\n

The Rio Hondo appears to be Monrovia\u2019s world but McFarland isn\u2019t thinking in those terms just yet.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not even thinking about Monrovia right now. I just want us to keep improving and getting better every day. As long as we do that we\u2019ll be fine,\u201d McFarland added.<\/p>\n

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Junior Carlos Mota will play both running back and linebacker <\/p><\/div>\n

The Rams open with Arroyo at home on September 10, followed by Alhambra, Arcadia, South El Monte and Rosemead \u2013 (nice local schedule). They begin league play October 15 against San Marino.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Temple City) \u2013 Everybody else might be on dead period but at Temple City, the Rams are alive and kicking. Temple City took an early dead and came back the week after the Fourth of July holiday.<\/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":[1201,3569,3566,837,3572,3570,2918,1260,777,3571,1707,64,3565,2917,1175,2915,3567,3568],"class_list":["post-8102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-school-sports","tag-andrew-anda","tag-brian-wong","tag-bruce-pasillio","tag-carlos-mota","tag-emil-leguera","tag-felipe-serrano","tag-joseph-aguillen","tag-josh-simangunsong","tag-justin-smith","tag-luis-lopez","tag-michael-bassette","tag-mike-mcfarland","tag-mike-quintanilla","tag-nick-palmer","tag-rio-hondo","tag-tim-sanderson","tag-tyler-roach","tag-vincent-diaz"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8102","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=8102"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8108,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8102\/revisions\/8108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}