Category Archives: The Peterson Principle

The Peterson Principle 11/26/12

Last year there were so many weapons. There were guys like Chris Solomon, Jimmy Frazier, Justin Meadors, Chris Caballero, Gus Vilchis, Lonzell Barnett and Dorrin Turner. All those guys are gone and then there were injuries.

The Peterson Principle 11/19/12

What do you do when you face a fourth and two at your own 28 with 3:43 left in the game and you’re leading by two points in a CIF quarterfinal playoff game? Well if you’re West Covina Coach Mike Maggiore it’s an easy call. You go for it.

The Peterson Principle 11/12/12

La Salle was not the inferior team Friday night. This wasn’t Village Christian beating Azusa in 2010. In that game Azusa was 10-0 and Village Christian was 6-4. However Village was the superior team- stronger league, more physical, faster, etc. The Crusaders were simply better than Azusa and came away with the victory.

The Peterson Principle 11/5/12

In the not too distant future all of the coaches will not be gathering together on CIF selection Sunday. It won’t be necessary. It’s really not necessary now. All of the playoff pairings are online already and a lot of gas money would be saved by simply having the coaches log in to check it […]

The Peterson Principle 10/29/12

Should we just pencil in La Serna and La Mirada for the Southeast Division Championship right now? When you look at the records of these two teams and how they have achieved them, there’s really nobody close.

The Peterson Principle 10/22/12

I don’t know why things turn out they way they do. It just goes to show you that the more you think you know, the less you know.

The Peterson Principle 10/15/12

After you sift through all the debris about broken plays, cheap shots, trash talking and defenses, one thing is certain. El Monte is the best team in the Mission Valley League in 2012. Yes, it seems like that is stating the obvious and it might be. But I’ve still heard whispers about Gabrielino pulling something […]

The Peterson Principle 10/8/12

It finally happened and it happened convincingly. For the first time in 21 years El Monte knocked off Arroyo. It wasn’t close. El Monte jumped out to a 26-7 halftime lead and it was 32-7 as the Lions coasted from there.  

The Peterson Principle 10/01/12

So we all knew this was going to happen right? The first Sunday with the officials back and there have been at least four clearly blown calls already. And one of them was missed even after they spent five minutes reviewing the play.

The Peterson Principle 9/24/12

Haven’t we seen this before? The Raiders win a big early season game over a possible contender and all the silver andĀ blackĀ honks come crawling out of the woodwork proclaiming that they are ready to make a Super Bowl run.