Tag Archives: South El Monte football

Aguilar Becomes a Bearcat

By Tim Peterson (La Verne) – Former South El Monte head coach Ibis Aguilar has found a new home. He is now an assistant coach at Bonita.

Aguilar is Out at South El Monte

By Tim Peterson (South El Monte) – Ibis Aguilar was let go as the head coach at South El Monte Monday. “I didn’t step down. They brought me into the office and released me today. They didn’t give me a reason. They just said I was released and they were going to post the opening on the CIF […]

The Peterson Principle: 9/1/14

Looking at the Pacific right now everybody turns into a Burbank fan. A win over Ayala on the road is huge and with guys like Ryan Meredith and James “Boobie” Williams on the roster and the Bulldogs seem to be the team to beat.

Quarterbacks of the MVL

  These Mission Valley League quarterbacks aren’t in any ranking order or listed by ability or talent. It is an interesting group however. Some are returning and some aren’t. Some have received a lot of ink already this summer while others haven’t caused a blip. Here we go:

Catching up with Manny Acosta

Love stories like this…Back in the day we used to cover Little League and one of the seven leagues that we covered was South El Monte National that played at New Temple Park. Manny Acosta played shortstop and pitched for the SEM National Pirates and had the word “potential” written all over him.

The TEN: 7/17/2014

(“The TEN” is not a top ten but ten items worth being included in The TEN)

The Peterson Principle: 7/14/14

Deshawn Potts graduated, and Miles Bryant transferred to St. Francis. Ryan Maddox retired as did a majority of the coaching staff. With Kurt Scoby also graduating in June Monrovia suddenly had several issues to address.

The TEN: 6/12/2014

(“The TEN” is not a top ten but ten items worth being included in the TEN)

The Peterson Principle: 5/26/14

Jorge Reyna is still at Pasadena and will be the quarterback for the Bulldogs in the fall. He didn’t play in the throw with Marshall on Saturday fueling speculation that the Downey transfer had transferred again.

Remembering Adrian Castro

(El Monte) – An estimated crowd of over 3000 people packed the quad area at El Monte High School Monday night to remember Adrian Castro. Castro, a football player at El Monte, was killed last Thursday in a bus crash carrying students up to Humboldt State.