{"id":2279,"date":"2009-08-20T18:59:49","date_gmt":"2009-08-21T01:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=2279"},"modified":"2009-08-20T18:59:49","modified_gmt":"2009-08-21T01:59:49","slug":"the-view-is-nice-in-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=2279","title":{"rendered":"The View is Nice in August"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mt. View Coach "Junkyard" James Wilson <\/p><\/div>\n

By Tim Peterson<\/p>\n

\u00a0 You know if they can win a couple of non league games and build some confidence they have a shot. They have Bassett and Keppel \u2013both winnable games early and who knows? They might even surprise Workman in the opener. It\u2019s August and in August hope runs rampant and I got to thinking how this could be the year that Coach \u201cJunkyard\u201d James Wilson leads the Mountain View Vikings into the playoffs. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0 Everyone has a shot in August. There are no injuries, no losses and no bad calls- only hope. And in August, like the major leaguers in March, hope springs eternal.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 It\u2019s all right there for the Vikings. They get South El Monte in the league opener and the Eagles like View, missed the playoffs last year. Also they lost some key players like Manny Acosta, Jose Garay and Neiko Padilla and you know if the ball bounces Mt. View\u2019s way\u2026<\/p>\n

\u00a0 Ugly thoughts of winless league seasons and 61-14 losses keep prying their way back into my head but I will have none of it. In August there are no ugly thoughts for Mt. View- only good, positive thoughts.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 That was in the past. That is so last year dude, like Wilson would say. After South the Vikes go to Rosemead and hey does anybody think the Panthers are going to be as good as last year? I mean they lost everybody didn\u2019t they? They have to go in there thinking they have a chance.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0 Before a negative thought jumps up and says they can\u2019t I brush it away and think that they can.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 Then they\u2019re at Gabrielino. If I\u2019m not mistaking those Eagles didn\u2019t make the playoffs either. So a break here, a call there\u2026you never know right?<\/p>\n

\u00a0 I\u2019m telling you the Vikes have some kids this year. They have Albert Duarte to carry the ball and Jason Cordero to play quarterback. They\u2019re both good, quality kids. I\u2019m not saying they\u2019re Powell and Muema but who is?<\/p>\n

\u00a0 What\u2019s their greatest strength? It\u2019s motivation that\u2019s what. The only strength you really need.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 My thought process keeps on rolling. Okay I won\u2019t get crazy. The Vikings get Arroyo in week nine and no, they can\u2019t beat the Knights. This is Singiser\u2019s greatest squad ever right? They have everybody coming back to suit up. I ran into Efrain Oquendo during the SGV shootout and thought I saw him being fitted for gear. Hey what was Martin Mares doing over there?<\/p>\n

\u00a0 So Wilson\u2019s squad falls in line and takes its lumps at B.L. Bergstrom. No big deal though. The Vikes only need three wins to get in and if they don\u2019t have them already they get El Monte in the season finale\u2026at home no less.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 Before you completely shove that notion aside, think about the crowd at Viking Stadium that would come out that night knowing a win means a playoff spot? An early turnover, a quick Duarte touchdown run and suddenly the Vikings have all the momentum.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 Maybe George Tamayo picks off a pass and returns it for another score and before the Lions know what hit them it\u2019s 14-0. Stranger things have happened. Who thought Buster Douglas would beat Mike Tyson or Villanova would beat Georgetown?<\/p>\n

\u00a0 Who thought El Monte would beat South El Monte last year? I know I didn\u2019t and put it down on paper. Unfortunately George Hernandez had to bear the brunt of my error after the Lions knocked off the Eagles.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 Will it happen in 2009? Will Mountain View, after years of frustration, find its way into the post season? Of course it could happen. It could also happen at Bassett, Keppel, and Ganesha and every other school that has been kicked around the last several years.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 It\u2019s August and that\u2019s what August is for. While the sun burns down on the Viking players the next couple of weeks it\u2019s the hope that burns inside them that will carry them into the playoffs. And if not? Well there\u2019s always next August. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

Tim can be reached at tspeterson32@yahoo.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","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":[635,637,636,634],"class_list":["post-2279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-school-sports","tag-albert-duarte","tag-george-tamayo","tag-jason-cordero","tag-junkyard-james-wilson"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2279"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2282,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2279\/revisions\/2282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}