{"id":712,"date":"2009-04-04T23:01:36","date_gmt":"2009-04-05T06:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=712"},"modified":"2009-04-05T01:26:10","modified_gmt":"2009-04-05T08:26:10","slug":"an-early-spring-in-sg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=712","title":{"rendered":"An Early Spring in SG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-713\" href=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?attachment_id=713\"><!--more--><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-713\" title=\"apr-4-sg-passing-006-2\" src=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/apr-4-sg-passing-006-2-223x300.jpg\" alt=\"apr-4-sg-passing-006-2\" width=\"223\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>(San Gabriel) \u2013 With the new CIF rules in place allowing football teams to practice all year long, three teams hit the field Saturday to throw the ball around at San Gabriel High. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;\"> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"> <\/span>San Gabriel, Arroyo and Roosevelt all participated in three team passing drill. Teams go seven on seven with two offenses rotating against one defense. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;\"> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"> <\/span>It was the traditional shirts and shorts and it\u2019s a little too early to tell what you have. But it is a chance to see how well your quarterback is throwing the long ball as well as the slants and outs. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;\"> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"> <\/span>\u201cIt\u2019s weird to be out here in April,\u201d said Arroyo Coach Jim Singiser.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;\"> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"> <\/span>\u201cIt\u2019s definitely early but it is a chance for these kids to come out here and play together a little bit,\u201d said San Gabriel Coach Keith Jones. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;\"> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"> <a rel=\"attachment wp-att-714\" href=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?attachment_id=714\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-714\" title=\"apr-4-sg-passing-008-2\" src=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/apr-4-sg-passing-008-2-250x300.jpg\" alt=\"apr-4-sg-passing-008-2\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a> <\/span>Arroyo and San Gabriel are both relying on big years from their quarterbacks to be successful in 2009. The Matadors have senior Isaac Valdez who will be returning for his third year as the starter. The Knights will place the ball in the hands of Steven Rivera who filled in admirably last year as a freshman after senior Austin McFarland went down with an injury. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;\"> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"> <\/span>This is the first of many passing competitions to be held over the next several months. To keep updated on the latest football news log on to <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;\">www.midvalleysports.com<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;\"> and <\/span><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;\">www.midvalleynewsonline.com<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;\"> <\/span><\/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":[],"class_list":["post-712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-school-sports"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712","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=712"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":717,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712\/revisions\/717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}