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Fanview: November 26, 2014
“What win I, if I gain the thing I seek? A dream, a breath, a froth of fleeting joy. Who buys a minute’s mirth to wail a week? Or sells eternity to get a toy?” —Shakespeare Kick it!
Downey Does It, Beats Cathedral
By Joe Torosian (Los Angeles)—Looking at the box score it is simple. Both teams scored three touchdowns, but one team failed on all of its extra-point attempts. Still the quarterfinal match between Downey and Cathedral was an offensive nightmare, a defensive struggle, and a flag waver’s delight before the Vikings settled things in the final […]
Game Night: Northwest Division CIF Playoffs – Quarterfinals (2014)
By Joe Torosian (Assume all games start at 7:PM and be overjoyed if they start at 7:30)
Fanview: November 20, 2014
“When shall we three meet again in thunder, lightning, or in rain? When the hurlyburly ‘s done, when the battle ‘s lost and won”.—Shakespeare Kick it! Right off the top: If you’ve ever had your skull opened, sand poured on your brain, and your skull closed then you know what it is like to hear […]
Fanview: November 19, 2014
“There ‘s daggers in men’s smiles.”—Shakespeare Kick it! Right off the top: I don’t know you feel about it, but I find the whole “Elf on the Shelf” thing very creepy.
Azusa Survives & Advances!
By Joe Torosian (Glendora)—The Azusa Aztecs got three touchdowns from Angel Maldonado, built a 27 point lead, and then had to hold on to beat the El Monte Lions 33-26 Thursday night in the first round of the Mid-Valley Division playoffs at Citrus College.
Fanview: November 13, 2014
By Joe Torosian “Men at some time are masters of their fates: The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings”. —Julius Caesar
Northwest Division Game Night: Round One (2014)
By Joe Torosian (Start times vary, but assume all games start at 7:PM and you’ll be fine)
Top Ten: Northwest Division (11/4/2014)
By Joe Torosian This is a Top Ten list not a prognostication list…Nipomo, Cantwell, Arrowhead Christian all crashed and burned, but they are not finished. As of now there are only two dominant teams: Maranatha and Pasadena Poly. Shadow Hills is a team no one should want to play right now. For the record Bishop […]