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Fanview Lite: March 11, 2014

Written by jtorosian on March 11, 2014 — Leave a Comment

“Dean Meminger was quicker than 11:15 Mass at a seaside resort.”—Al McGuire Kick it! Congrats to Muir quarterback David Madrid for signing a letter of intent to play football at Central Connecticut State. Madrid, currently 6-4, 205 pounds, went 12 of 20 passing for 228 yards and two touchdowns for the Mustangs against Los Altos […]

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Fanview Lite: March 6, 2014

Written by jtorosian on March 6, 2014 — Leave a Comment

“Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.”—Al McGuire Kick it! First thought on the Monrovia hire of Chris Stevens as the new HC…He has too much hair. The last six Mid-Valley division titles have gone to members of “The League of Bald Headed Men”, so he might […]

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Fanview Lite: March 5, 2014

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“Hank’s a perfectionist. I’ve always said, if he were married to Raquel Welch, he’d expect her to cook.”—Al McGuire on his Marquette successor Hank Raymonds Kick it! Looking for an answer; Why is 1980 the last time the MLB All-Star game was played at Dodger Stadium?

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Fanview Lite: March 4, 2014

Written by jtorosian on March 4, 2014 — Leave a Comment

“I think everyone should go to college and get a degree and then spend six months as a bartender and six months as a cab driver. Then they would really be educated.”—Al McGuire Kick it! Ever reach for something and stretch a muscle you had either forgotten about or never knew you had?

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Norwalk to The Semis!

Written by jtorosian on November 22, 2013 — Leave a Comment

By Joe Torosian (La Mirada)- Everyone hates to get nickeled & dimed to death, but you have to wonder how the Dominguez Dons feel about being Penney’d to a 19-7 loss to Norwalk and Rashaad Penny on Friday night at La Mirada High School in the second round of the CIF Southeast Division playoffs.

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Fanview Lite: 11/13/2013

Written by jtorosian on November 13, 2013 — Leave a Comment

“All I kept thinking about, over and over, was ‘You can’t live forever; you can’t live forever.”—Fitzgerald No, you can’t live forever.

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Muir Breaks The Bank, 24-17

Written by jtorosian on October 19, 2013 — Leave a Comment

By Joe Torosian (Burbank)- No one liked the officiating, the home team didn’t like what was going on with the clock, Burbank wasn’t happy with its offense, and Muir was trying to survive the loss of 16 players, including three starters on the offensive line, to grades.

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Minutemen Hold Off Vikings, 23-20

Written by jtorosian on October 5, 2013 — Leave a Comment

By Joe Torosian (Pasadena)- The Maranatha Minutemen built a 17-0 lead but had to hold off a second half push to defeat the Mountain View Vikings 23-20 on Friday night at Maranatha High School.

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Burbank Fast Passes Arcadia, 51-14

Written by jtorosian on September 28, 2013 — Leave a Comment

By Joe Torosian

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Fanview Lite: 9/25/2013

Written by jtorosian on September 25, 2013 — Leave a Comment

Kick it! “Full many a gem of purest ray serene, The dark unfathom’d caves of ocean bear: Full many a flow’r is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air.” — Thomas Gray

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