SATURDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK ...

If you want proof of what #65 really did, ask La Salle for the game film

Regarding Mr. #65 of Fillmore, he must have not done much having 10 tackles and making holes for Bobby Halcon to run for 300 yards, because Fillmore ran 80% of their plays to #65s side, and for #70 having 5 tackles, WOW!! thats ballin! thats ALMOST 1 and a half tackles a quarter! when theres 60 plays ran in a game and he racks up 5! For all La Salle lineman, if they ever want to grow some balls and go up with 65, you can come visit him at Arizona State this next year. beat my meat

FILLMORE LASALLE Physically beaten? What game were you watching? Bobby Halcon ran for nearly 400 yards and was tackled by the toe nail multiple times-as well as having a 60+ yard run called back for the motion man not coming set. Your safety saved the game...not to mention 0 penalties from La Salle until 30 seconds remained in the game--which seems pretty fair. By the way, your fullback is a great tackler too...you can ask the Fillmore D-Ends. LS can physically beat my meat. If they're smart enough to find it.

FILLMORE LASALLE Physically beaten? What game were you watching? Bobby Halcon ran for nearly 400 yards and was tackled by the toe nail multiple times-as well as having a 60+ yard run called back for the motion man not coming set. Your safety saved the game...not to mention 0 penalties from La Salle until 30 seconds remained in the game--which seems pretty fair. By the way, your fullback is a great tackler too...you can ask the Fillmore D-Ends. LS can physically beat my meat.

what is all this coach bonds bashing? the coaches werent the reason they lost. if you saw the caliber of players that they played against compared to the talent sf had, you would see why they lost. In almost everygame they played teams were far superior athleticly. I dont care how tuff a team is talent and speed will always prevail. Sf needs some dominate skill players like these other teams have and they will win. Look at who they have coming up. For years their weakness has always been their skill players. not anymore. we will see what happens next year. Coach Bonds is one of the best coaches around. He has one bad year and now he should be fired. That is pretty rediculous. There are talks of bill reddel in some other coments. He is probably the most worthless coach out there. he dosent do anything. he relies on his assistant coaches for everything. at least coach bonds is involved with his team. Anyways, sf is just fine. coach bonds and his staff are doing a great job. good luck next year boys.

Just imagine if PASADENA only had ONE high school football team... With all the talent roaming around Blair, PHS, Muir, & Marshall, Rose-City would be a POWER HOUSE HS. That's what makes PUBLIC schools great, they dont need to recruit other cities in order to win a few games.

In regards to the great running backs that come out of NW Pasadena, I agree with the True Stang-Fan, just imagine how Muir would have done this season. Being a kid who grew up in NW Pasadena, I can agree with you. My good friend and compadre 1987 PHS season Jon Lee was one of the best running backs during that era @ PHS. I can write a book on all of the great running backs that have played @ the Rose Bowl. Maybe some day there will be a movie on what athletes from PHS, Muir, Blair, & Marshall are all about.

Go city of Roses. Keep up the winning tradition alive.

Bulldawg-PHS '88

A comment was posted earlier in this thread under the name of La Salle's David Baier. I can confirm that Baier did not make those comments calling out Monrovia. Please, please, if you want these blogs to continue, don't pose as someone else, especially the players and coaches.

TURNOVERS, EXCUSES, TURNOVERS, EXCUSES, EXCUSES.

A LOSS IS A LOSS.

TURNING THE BALL OVER IS A MAJOR PREMISE OF PLAYING FOOTBALL, SUCH AS A FIRST DOWN.

I have coached high school football for 8 years in the lower levels and I have been a part of 6 championship teams. It is true that talent sometimes makes an average coach GREAT, But, a coach must be a motivator, leader, and must have FUN practices. I did not only coach to motivate wins, I coached to motivate players to have FUN, Win as a result, and carry on the motivation onto their lives after friday night lights. It is more important to coach an average athelete to become a great person.

Good Luck to all of the SGV teams. Go M-town.

Bulldawg-PHS '88

oMg wildcats play 2morrow!

REGARDING ST. FRANCIS, BEING “PART OF THE SOLUTION� IS EXPOSING ISSUES FROM THE CLOSET AND OUT IN THE OPEN INCLUDING WHAT HAS BEEN REFERRED TO BELOW BY “PASADENA GUY� AS “CLOSET IGNORANT RACIST, INCOMPETENT COACHES, OR SIMPLY MEN WHO SHOULD NOT BE IN A MENTORING LEADERSHIP POSITION.� I DO NOT BELIEVE THERE IS A MORE EFFECTIVE WAY THAN TO EXPOSE ISSUES.
QUESTIONS: HAS ST. FRANCIS EVER HAD AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN COACH AT THE HELM? IF NOT, WHY NOT? WHEN WILL ST. FRANCIS HAVE ONE?
ARE THESE QUESTIONS NOT WORTHY OF ADDRESSING?
DOES SOMEONE HAVE AN ANSWER?

A Sad Excerpt from ESPN.com

He wasn't at all surprised about my tales of athletes' distrust of adults. "They see what's going on. How can they trust authority figures? What's interesting is in the past 10 years or so, the moral authority of coaches has eroded and parents are taking over, using the coaches as vehicles for their kids' advancement, threatening their jobs if they don't win. The parents are putting pressure on the coaches as well as the kids. No wonder there's steroids and abusive behavior."

The rest of the article can be found here: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=lipsyte/061121&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab6pos2

Thanks Ray, I was hoping it would be a Saturday game at Verb so I could catch both the TC/Verb game AND the LS/M-Town game...alas.

Monrovia was up on LaSalle 21-0 in less than 5 minutes of the first quarter. Yes Garrison did pull out the starters because thats the kind of guy he is. Monrovia scored 31 points in the second half with the starters pulled in the fourth quarter. But who knows Maybe Lavelle peterson will suit up with your massive offensive line and Monrovia will have to eat Crow.

Obviously you were not at the first Monrovia v. La Salle game. The score was I think 21-12 at half or something. If you put your scrubs in then as a coach, then you are an idiot. La Salle simply fell apart in the fourth giving Monrovia two touchdowns on turnovers. This time Monrovia will not be so lucky to get a free 14 points.

Lancer Double8s,

If you haven't checked yet, TC is playing Verbum Dei on Friday, November 24, at Compton Centennial High School.

Anonymous,
yeah pick a name for reals. I never said we lost because of a stupid flag come on now, thats ridiculous. We lose because of poor poor angle pursuit of that slow wide receiver of temple city, turnovers and containing the run. But understand, i take the lost as it is, miscues and turnovers and poor tackling in the 2nd half. But when you have the best line in the area how can you not be a great running back. Let Broadnax go to La canada and avg. over 200yds rushing, trust it would never happen

REGARDING ST. FRANCIS, BEING “PART OF THE SOLUTION� IS EXPOSING ISSUES FROM THE CLOSET AND OUT IN THE OPEN INCLUDING WHAT HAS BEEN REFERRED TO BELOW BY “PASADENA GUY� AS “CLOSET IGNORANT RACIST, INCOMPETENT COACHES, OR SIMPLY MEN WHO SHOULD NOT BE IN A MENTORING LEADERSHIP POSITION.� I DO NOT BELIEVE THERE IS A MORE EFFECTIVE WAY THAN TO EXPOSE ISSUES.
QUESTIONS: HAS ST. FRANCIS EVER HAD AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN COACH AT THE HELM? IF NOT, WHY NOT? WHEN WILL ST. FRANCIS HAVE ONE?
ARE THESE QUESTIONS NOT WORTHY OF ADDRESSING?

Anonymous, please pick a name. Everybody on here is anonymous.

I actually don't beleive in superstitions, but I do beleive in the value of focussing on the task at hand and not having ANY of my players act like cheerleaders. As far as I'm concerned, TC was well coached, played hard and took the fight to us and beat us. Way to go. Now, I hope you carry the RHL flag to the finals like Monrovia did so many times as the RHL champ.

The second round has proved fatal to Coach Moooney. I hope the Rams beat VD and more on.

Please, though, Anonymous, pick a name and don't ever try to call me out again.

Philly and newyork,

its funny that you guys think that monrovia lost to temple city because of some kid running down the sidelines with a flag... please accept the fact that monrovia got outplayed and outcoached by tc and stop all the talk about jinxes.

Here come the Falcons.....

Go Duarte! Beat Santa Clara....

as long as you know crazy that this will be a tough game no cakewalk for either teams

New york,
i agree with you its all about being focused of the task at hand and not cheerleading so hopefully that s*** wont happen friday night.

LS
im sure after that 250yds passing and 100yds passing was after monrovia had a comfortable lead. With regards to us being lucky with our athletisism, stop hating cuz ur boys la salle lack the speed of that we have, dont feel bad about it at least you didnt need that speed against temple city. Basically no one is calling a blowout in this game but it will be a good one. Not too many times does a team beat another twice in the same season so hopefully we can change that im not saying we will but hopefully

Philly B, our team has a lot more class than that. The Fillmore squad was a classless bunch.
Our coaches would not allow any such things. Be assured the Lancers are coming to play Ball and that is all they will be concentrating on! That sort of stuff we leave for the girls in the cheerleading squad. Also all that crap about La Salle's biggest game is a bunch of hooey and makes good press! Don't think we buy in to any of that, we know this is going to be a tough and important game, but all that other stuff is non-sense.

Anonymous,

No I don't believe you have to be Catholic. Have the population of the school are not Catholic

Anonymous,
Does your ideal SF coach also need to be Catholic?

LS,
You simply stated the obvious. Every team, including the LS Lancers, has holes. Football is all about whether or not one team does a better job of exploiting the opportunities they see in the other team.

BEING “PART OF THE SOLUTION� IS EXPOSING ISSUES FROM THE CLOSET AND OUT IN THE OPEN INCLUDING WHAT HAS BEEN REFERRED TO BELOW BY “PASADENA GUY� AS “CLOSET IGNORANT RACIST, INCOMPETENT COACHES, OR SIMPLY MEN WHO SHOULD NOT BE IN A MENTORING LEADERSHIP POSITION.� I DO NOT BELIEVE THERE IS A MORE EFFECTIVE WAY THAN TO EXPOSE ISSUES.
QUESTIONS: HAS ST. FRANCIS EVER HAD AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN COACH AT THE HELM? IF NOT, WHY NOT? WHEN WILL ST. FRANCIS HAVE ONE?
ARE THESE QUESTIONS NOT WORTHY OF ADDRESSING?

i heard fillmore urinated on la salle football equipment and property before the game is that true?

Wait Philly B., is that the same defense that gave up 250 yards passing, and over 100 rushing? Ok you guys are athletics but you have holes, but luckily for you, your athleticism allows you guys to win games. It will be a good game Friday night, that's all I got to say.

Hey Saint Francis Alum
I know some of you feel like you and want to protect Bonds from all the blog traffic but remember that this is all new and if this blog was around 5 years ago I think the the frustration and the thinking would not change. Thank God for free speech and remember everybody has one so let the people vent!! As for me as a alum you are missing the point!! I don't care about CIF championships because I believe in baby steps and so I say again all we need to do is start with a league title which we can't seem to do. When was the last time we won league? When was the last time we beat notre dame or loyola? My point is who cares if UCLA loses all their games, if they beat USC the fans are happy and vise-versa of course.I'm not concerned with 6 and 4 records but winning the big games that says alot about the coaching and the kids! These are so key for me sending my son to Saint Francis if he was into sports. I will never question the academics because they are outstanding but come on, sports in the high school level is the hook! As for the freshman coaches be careful because that is a can of worms that Saint Francis can't afford to let out. They kept it under wraps but those coaches got screwed and they should of fought back!

Philly,

The crowd would have been plenty into the game, regardless of homecoming, if we were taking care of business as a program on the field. The only crowd that matters is the other ten guys on the field and the coach sending in the plays. Instead of running around with a flag, perhaps the guys on the sidelines should be trying to pick up some of the opponents' tendancies that they could relay to the other guys who were playing. If you are going to put on that Green & White, whether you are a player or a coach, you had better prove that you deserve to. Crowd noise does not win football games. High performing football teams win the crowd.

That flag is a jinx when in the hands of players. They spiked it into the field before lining up against Mira Costa in 1997. And that is exactly what I reminded my brother of when I saw some player carrying that thing out before the game. Football players should be focused on the task at hand. Going out and beating tough teams is difficult enough when you are focused, much less when you are distracted by playing to the crowd.

Anonymous,

That last paragraph you wrote was right on. We do need an agressive coach. Someone who is discipline and demands respect. I'm not talking about someone is going to run our kids to the ground, but someone who the kids would want to win for.

Anonymous, what ever happened to those Freshman coaches? Were they really Law Enforcement?

SF Alum, I hear where you are coming from, but with all due respect, Their are some problems with the program. Yes our program has made tremendous strides, but why can't we win the big game, leauge, or a Championship. I said that we were on the verge of winning a Championship. What does that mean. Nothing really. It was exciting the first several years, but when we played good teams, things would go down hill.
SF Alum I wrote this message after we lost to Chaminade. I truely believe that this is how many Alums, Athletes and Parents really feel. What do you think?
I can't believe Saint Francis lost five of their last six games and lost in the first round of the playoffs. The Seniors on that team never lost a game their Freshman year. That's including the mighty Notre Dame. As Sophomores, I believe they only lost one game, but still managed to beat Notre Dame. This group of Seniors were very special and should of continued to Dominate as they became Seniors. But Why didn't they? Over the past several years the lower levels at SF have put together championship teams, undefeated teams, and nothing less than a 8-2 mark. Why is it that when they get to Varsity, everything goes down hill. I believe every year you should get better and better, and if they don't, What do you think that is a reflection of. I'm tired of SF Football wasting good talent. What a shame. It's not fair to the kids, their families, and especially Alumni. Something needs to be changed. In the past Ten years, their is no reason why the Saint Francis Golden Knights shouldn't have at least Three CIF Championships. Their is nothing more disheartening than "WASTED TALENT". I think the SF coaching staff owe this group of Seniors an apology for letting them down. They failed to bring them up properly. They failed to make them stronger and faster. They failed in making them better football players. Why is it that this team, who beat everyone in their first two years, can only win one league game. That's unacceptable!!! With the exception of Coach Kinlaw, who's knowledge of the game is oustanding, with the resume to go along with, Their needs to be a big change. That's if Saint Francis wants to win Championships.

New york I have to agree with you. They were trying to do too much at that game, but i guess they felt the crowd wasnt in the game as they should of been too focused on the dance and who won king and queen and they were trying to get the crowd into it

Thanx stang fan. I honestly believe that muir and monrovia have the most talent in the area, sometimes that doesnt always lead up to league titles but the talent has always been their between the two schools. Yeah at times muir can have a bit of etra curricular things happening but when it comes to skilled football players both schopols have great coaches. Good luck to you against colony, Im routing for the mustangs to get as far deep into the playoffs as they can. Go STANGS, CATS, AND FALCONS. the fastest teams in the area by far

I was pissed at the Monrovia homecoming when I saw a player running carrying some big M flag, and then I almost lost it when the second team QB was running up and down the sidelines with the flag during the game. No wonder we lost that game. Some of our players were acting like cheerleaders. Leave all that flag waving crap to the cheerleaders, band members and fans.

I swear my brothers and I almost stepped in that night and reintroduced some no-nonsense Wildcat football.

Philly B,

As a true Stang Fan it's almost natural for me to pump my team up as the best in the area, especially when it comes to the Muir vs. Monrovia debate. But, I wanted to thank you for your shot out to the Stangs in one of your previous posts, it's much appreciated and something I honostly would not have done. So thanks and good luck to the 'Cats on Saturday (Sorry LS, but I always root public over private).

Damn fillmore did all of that and still lost, thats crazy, but I understand la salle fans getting mad about that I mean you just got the the new turf and new lights and someone wants to come out and disrespect you like that at your home turf, that takes alot of Balls to that. I mean I dont mind the chanting because you have to show the home team that your not Afraid because if come to someones house sounding scared then its over, but they didnt have to step all on your LS symbol on the field, they deserve what they got. But its gonna be on friday night, I dont care about all the BIGGEST GAME OF LA SALLE'S HISTORY we're coming to play friday night and if you guys try any of that stuff that fillmore did you're just adding fuel to the fire baby

I thing it is amazing that someone who has had the success Coach Bonds has over the last several years can come under such critizism. SF has not won a CIF title in football in over 40 years. Bonds' teams have been on the verge of playing for a one 2 of the last 3 years. He has brought back a level of consistency that will eventually lead to a title. A number of things besides talent need to align to win a title. Those teams over the previous two years had a number of breaks go their way. Was this year a disappointment, "yes" but that is High School football. This years team just didn't get some of those breaks to go their way. If they had gotten just a few during the season, they would probably still be playing on Friday and we would be talking about what a great job Bonds did this year. This SF Alum believes in Bonds and looks forward to continued success in the future. Lastly, for those close to the school who know the administration, Athletic Director and Coach Bonds the accusations mentioned by "Anonymous" are not even worth responding too.

Well said.

Good point Pasadena Guy. No one of whom we speak gets paid or paid enough for the time they put in - even the coaches we don't like. Anyone know anything about Pasadena Poly's opponent this week Riverside Notre Dame?

Hey Philly B, I was hoping to hear from you. We are anxiously awaiting the return to Lancer Field 1. We do have some accounts to settle.
We know that Monrovia is a fast and athletic, well coached team. Nothing is being taken for granted. We expect the best from the Wildcats and know that you are coming in to win. Be assured that we will be ready for Morovia-La Salle Re-Dux.
In regards to what happened last Friday night. The Fillmore Sparks came into our stadium chanting single file carrying their now dead banner, they marched down the far sideline and at mid field cut accross right over our LS, they all stepped on it!
This of course did no sit well with a lot of us and less so with the players. The Lancers proceeded to give a tough Fillmore team their upcomance. Regarless of what some individual may write in this blog, they were physically beaten, chased down and outsmarted. In the end the Sparks were sent home packing with their tails between their legs. Show Respect!

wow...some of us really have some opinions about what "we think" is going on. can we please all remember that these are people we are talking about, our words, whether explicitly intended to be or not, are actions of attack on people's mentors, dads, husbands and so forth. while i realize that many of us may think our perception is truth and see things as racially motivated, ignorant, etc...but what we need to keep in mind is that addressing the issue at hand (poor coaching or coaching retention at a school) can be addressed in a way that does not include personal attacks on the men coaching. yes, every program, every program from Rio to Muir will have its issues, but how are we part of the solution by personally degrading the coaches? if we are calling them out on the carpet for being closet ignorant racist, incompetant coaches, or simply men who should not be in a mentoring leadership position, then we must conduct ourselves in a manner worthy of our own point.

REGARDING ST. FRANCIS, THERE IS SOMETHING MORE BEHIND THE FIRING OF THE FRESHMAN COACHING STAFF WHO ALLEGEDLY GOT FIRED FOR NOT APOLOGIZING FOR DISCIPLINING A PLAYER. TRUE, SOME OF THE COACHES WHO WERE FIRED WERE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. WHAT IS NOT TALKED ABOUT IS THAT ALL OF THEM WERE HISPANIC! THIS YEAR’S DEFENSIVE TEAM SHOULD BE COMMENDED BECAUSE THEY PLAYED CONSISTENTLY STRONG ALL YEAR LONG! CLEARLY, THIS IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN COACH WHO IS A FORMER PLAYER IN TWO SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONSHIPS AND ONE NCAA FOOTBALL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. UNFORTUNATELY, THEY SHOULD HAVE TAP INTO HIS KNOWLEDGE FAR MORE FREQUENTLY. HE IS A PROVEN WINNER AND HOPEFULLY ST. FRANCIS WILL RETAIN HIM AND PROVIDE HIM WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME A HEAD COACH. HOWEVER, THE PROBABILITIES OF THIS HAPPENING SEEM SLIM BASED UPON ST. FRANCIS’ RECENT TRACK RECORD REGARDING COACHES OF RACIAL MINORITY (KEEP A CLOSE EYE, ON WHAT TWIST WILL BE PUT WHEN HE “RESIGNS�)!

REGARDING THE COACHING PERFORMANCE BY ST. FRANCIS’ HEAD COACH, THERE IS ONE OFFENSIVE STATISTIC THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES OF THIS YEAR’S COACHING PHILOSOPHY: YOUR KICKER WAS YOUR OFFICIAL SCORING LEADER WITH 54 POINTS NOT INCLUDING PLAY-OFFS. CONTRAST THIS STAT WITH OTHER TEAM’S IN ST. FRANCIS DIVISION- 1ST PLACE TEAM CHAMINADE’S OFFICIAL SCORING LEADERS WR WITH 100 POINTS AND RB WITH 60 POINTS AND 2ND PLACE TEAM ST. PAUL’S OFFICIAL SCORING LEADER WAS RB WITH 36 POINTS.

BOTTOM LINE, THE ALUMNI AT ST. FRANCIS MUST WAKE-UP AND TAKE INITIATIVE TO BRING AN OFFENSIVELY AGGRESSIVE COACH REGARDLESS OF ETHNICITY BECAUSE ST. FRANCIS IS CONSISTENTLY LOADED WITH ABOVE AVERAGE TALENT!

Here's the thing with Monrovia/duarte and TC/Monrovia. People want to see a game not a blowout. Yeah Duarte came close last year 12-7. But what happened this year same ol story, Monrovia let duarte know who runs it between the two cities. With Monrovia and TC you really never knows whos gonna win. I mean for the past few years its been the home team but i didnt happened this year unfortunately and we want TC as much as la salle wants us at monrovia. Its basically the same reason Rutgers Wouldnt go to the BCS championship game if they would of gone undefeated. Everyone knows that the Big East cant hang with the Pac-10 or the Big 12 or Big 10 conferences. People Want to see a good game in the BCS championship game not a blowout. Thats why it would be better to have monrovia/tc not monrovia/duarte

growing up in the area of monrovia and duarte (lived in both cities). i would like to see monrovia vs duarte because that was the big game everyear for both team. know matter what type of thing m & tc have. i have a couple of nephew that play on the monrovia team, but i went to duarte so i bleed blue blood. its about redemption for all those years monrovia has beat us i wont to monrovia vs Duarte.

Anyone know anything about village Christian or Bishop Diego. And who is gonna come on top in this match up. Im routing for Bishop Diego, because no matter the outcome of la salle/monrovia they have to come out here to play one of us.

When it comes to a future rival in the championship game. TC/monrovia would make a way better game then Monrovia/Duarte Observantcat. Trust me on this. To beat TC in the chapionship game to take CIF would be so sweet just because the way they stomped on us at our house on homecoming night.

thats a promise.

Im curious about how fillmore came out onto the field on friday that made you so disgusted arthur. Please fill me in because i was at the mon/azuza game where even the monrovia fans clapped for azuza when they finally scored in the 4th quarter

Ex-Falcon,
Promise?

Philly B. I enjoyed your add. Thanks.

hfh,
you know what im done with the lavelle peterson talk (aka la canada football.) we won the game. we did what we were suppose to do. i think your water polo team is doing good, talk about that. basketball is around the corner and what ever sport you can think of, but do yourself a favor and stop talking football its over in la canada. maybe next year.

well before i respond to anyone about friday night, here are my thoughts: The bigges upset so far has to be duarte falcons. I dont think anyone except Ex-falcon saw this coming. I mean I personally expected Peterson to fun loose on Duarte only because I fell the falcons can be undisciplined when it comes to tackling and angle pursuits. But all in all peterson better be get league MVP, its not fair to give it to broadnax, because he has 2 all area linemawn, who open wholes big enough to have warren sapp run through them. Peterson got his yards with a C or C- offensive line, and he should get his due. But Duarte is a fast team like monrovia and for the falcons to keep peterson under 200yds and only one touchdown, they got my respect. Temple city couldnt do that,so if duarte keeps playing hard with confidence, they might be a force to be reckoned with in the playoffs. Good luck to the falcons against santa clara or whoever they play next

Congrats to temple city and monrovia on first round wins. Nothing more to say, I expected that of both teams to completely dominate the teams of the montviel league. They (sierra vista and azuza) are not on our level. I hope Temple city is ready for verbum dei, because I believe this team will be their biggest test for the rams.

Now to La salle, best believe we were rooting for you to beat fillmore. Everybody at the game was asking for the score of the la salle/fillmore game. This rematch is gonna be great. for one its at our house, given la salle has been the hot team ever since losing to monrovia, and it started with the most controversial win over temple city.(my take on it is if La salle played the temple city monrovia played la salle would have been dismantled, but its neither here nor there, just my opinion) Too bad that we might never see what would happen if TC/la salle played again at full strength. But the lancers better be ready, because even though our defense is without Christian Lua. Know that we have the bear, AJ taylor, King, Brooks, and Timmy. All of those guys can make plays on the ball. And if you think you want to pass, Sparks, Thompson, and Davis will make you pay. Im not predicting anything, but Im saying this rematch is gonna be great for H.S. football in the local area. I plan to be at this game live, b/c I caught the first meeting between these first two teams on public access. To the coach of la salle: "You guys better be ready" GO WILDCATS, FALCONS AND MUSTANGS

While Fred is at it, perhaps he should do an expose on the talent drain from the SGV to San Bernardino, Santa Clarita and Orange County during the past 20 years.

I don't think teams from the West SGV lose games from a shortage of running backs. I think it typically comes down to whether or not we can shut down another team's power game.

High school Fan,

That's a good suggestion for Fred, and if he does do it he shouldn't fail to mention Michael Harrell from Charter Oak (who went to Muir his freshman year) who was the player of the week for the Tribune last week and Tyler Hockenhull who was a great RB as a Junior at West Covina last year (also went to Muir for Fr. and So. years).

The real stang fan,
I agree the running backs from this area are amazing and there are so many of them. I think as good as anywhere in the country. Fred ahould do a feature on that.

You are correct many yards came when LCHS decided to run outside finally in Q4 and Peterson had warn down Duarte out of a one back formation all night by himself or are you saying that Duarate just gave up and didn't want a shut out. If that is the case - why did they leave in the the 6'8" guy going to UCLA and #74, #70 and #6 all starters the entire fourth quarter. I am not saying that Duate does not have a good team and that they would not have won ultimately - but even a great team (which LC is not)can't overcome 5 costly turnovers and giving up a 99 yard run on a 3 and 10 - (why LC ran a goldline D on that play is beyond me)- Just ask SC (a great team)- I am sure you don't believe Oregon State is a better team than USC.

hsf,
im sure you were at the game, your teams coach team was running draw plays, counter and delay with are not Necessarily up the middle plays. duarte ran those type plays. but the strong safety and backers where running him back inside. so you keep talking about his 1 play in the thrid quater, 1 play changed the outcome of the game? we were dominating the line the whole game. as far as him playing defence that was a coaches decsion. cant do anything about that. look, im not debateing if he is a good back, he is but like i said before a good team can beat a good player. i hope you can get the tape of the game and see what part of the game most of the rushing yrds came.

Given what has happened at Cresenta Valley - losing 2 great football coaches one at the JV level and the varsity level over the last 2 years, the letting go of the Glendale High School football coach, the parent uproar over the La Canada baseball coach - which went nowhere, the St Francis freshman football coach/ parent issue and on and on - I think it is time for the parents in the La Cresenta, La Canada and Glendale to back off and let the coaches do their jobs and stop helping - This is not to say that the coaches should not be held accountable - they should and the administrations of the local schools should make sure that their schools have the best athletic coaching staffs possible - it just seem as though it is never the coaches that are underperforming (and their are certainly a few in the area) who get the ax just the good ones who may not be playing an influential parent's son enough or perhaps pushing the team too hard in the parent's estimation.

Ex-Falcon,
My views are not bias - they are the facts. Calling a time is not silly obviously. In fact fairly basic to have called a time out to get Peterson back in the game and obviously it would have been the right call given the unforced fumble that followed (actually the most of the LC fans were yelling for the coach to do just that) - Thanks for proving my point - all LC did was run straight into the line and you are correct it did take your entire front line and you can add your LBs and strong saftey for that matter - including the 6'8" guy to bring him down - Peterson still got 200 yards running directly into that eight in the box defense and over 300 all purpose yards - imagine what whould have happen if LC ran outside - would Duarte been able to catch him - No. And to add to that LC gave Duarte 3 gitft TDs in the first (2 off of unforced turnovers and one on a trick play) and to continue the gift giving early in the third quarter LC allowed Duarte to score on 99 TD on a third and 10 to go up 28 - 0. The trick play would not have been successful and the long run never would have happened if Peterson was in the defensive backfield. To top off the LC gift giving Peterson didn't play defense. Rather than you recreating the facts with your own bias, you should just say thanks for all presents and hope the next team you play is so charitable.

Holy Smokes!!
Steve, Anonymous, The Real Stang Fan, that was some RIGHTEOUS stuff you guys wrote!! The job application and the cake scenario was pulitzer prize type writing. I guess it is my turn to blog and I hope someone from saint francis reads these but if not I have enjoyed the comments and observations. These past few weeks we have talk about how winning is important to a program and put alot of blame on head coaches and staff. All head coaches need to be held accountable, it comes with the job and if you can't win with in a reasonnable amount of time then the boo birds will always have ther way. Well, saint francis you are no different than the rest and it is time you receive your pot shots as your season is done!!
Saint Francis has let this program suffer for years and i do believe the last time they won league and beat notre dame was when Bill Reddel was head coach? This is way to long and me as a alum it is straight out frustrating. I heard they had a freshman staff that got fired for not apologzing for a discplinary action. The parents threaten to sue and what does saint francis do leave them out high and dry. Now these four coaches were all law enforcement officers go figure? Saint francis it is not just your head coach it is your program!! Do you want to win?! I know winning it is not everything but when I hear stuff like this now I know that it is time for this program to be over hauled. Dam, now you guys have made me bring up old s**t. Well time and change heals all so saint francis are you hiring or what?????? Miss my golden knights, play hard stangs you the man now!!!

i showed up late to the game on friday vs la salle and fillmore but what did fillmore do that was so "disgusting"?

Cali,
I was tailgating at The Game on Saturday, and was not there to witness your flags. I think Adam is your admirer.

I am a parent of a student at La Salle and just wanted to say that I am glad that our students finally have the opportunity to play under the lights. I was at the game on friday and when i saw the way that Fillmore came onto the field I was disgusted. Adam- the people that raised the flag during the national anthem were La Salle students who were watching the game from the church parking lot because the tickets to the game were sold out.

hey new york, i am one of the guys who was tailgating and raised the flag at the la salle-filmore game, who are you?

First of all, I hope all of you can distinguish the difference between myself and the guy who is posting and posing as "stang fan."

Secondly, I'd like to thank Fred, as I'm sure the entire program would if they could, for the kind words especially in regards to the defense and the toughness of the team.

I'd also like to say that this Central Division is tougher than people initially gave credit for, including yours truly. As a whole the division isn't really strong, but their are some extremely good teams at the top of the division, and I'd be lying if I said Muir was a shoe-in to win it, especially considering big, bad Colton appears to be firing on all cylinders. 54-0 over Arcadia--quite impressive!

I don't want to pile on SF right now, their fans are obviously doing their part, but honostly I've never been quite impressed with their "program." SF reminds me of that gorgous wedding cake that everyone talks about during the course of the wedding. Everything on the outside appears to be perfect, it has all the bells and whistles and everybody can't wait to eat it. However, when everyone is given a slice they all take a bite and damn near spit out the cake in unison.

Imagine for a second, just imagine, if Muir had SF's facilities. OH MY GOODNESS!!! Look, SF got to the Semi's the last two years, which is comendable. Yet, if you remember they had a somewhat easier road getting there than most teams do, and when they finally met up with Notre Dame they couldn't even come close to competing. Are they a good team and a good parochial representative of the SGV? Sure. But they are by no means the best team in the SGV, which should be frustrating for their fans considering the tremendous advantage they have over all of the public schools in the area.

P.S. I found it quite interesting that the two backs who combined for almost 400 yards in the Duarte-LC game both originally hail from the NW Pasadena area--Muir's feeding grounds. I know Petersen has lived in LC for many years now but I believe Harris went to Muir his freshman year. Just imagine the depth!!!

The best sophomore in the Mid Valley?
Sophomore slotback Cierre Wood ran 67 yards for his fourth touchdown of the game with just 1:10 left to play to give Santa Clara High a 28-21 CIF-Southern Section first-round playoff victory over Paraclete at Channel Islands High on Friday night.

I'm glad Monrovia and LaSalle are meeting. These are two of the best teams in the division. They should probably be ranked 2 and 3 based on the past 7 weeks, as both teams are 6-1 dating back to the first game they played. I know both teams have made adjustments and are playing better football than during the first game.

It has become a triangular rivalry this season among TC, LaSalle and MHS. It's too bad we can't have a round robbin to sort things out. I'm not saying that there is nobody else in the division. Duarte is hot, and Verbum Dei is strong and I'm sure there is at least one other worthy contender.

At first I was disappointed by the divisional reallignment, but La Salle has really made me look closer at their level of play. Of course, I posted several months ago that I think La Salle should replace Monrovia in the RHL for several reasons.

The games this week should be exciting. I hope Duarte gets a shot at TC next week. This week against Verb will be a good test for Coach Mooney and the Rams. I don't believe they have advanced beyond the quarterfinals since DiFiori's last year at TC in 1998.

I just want to know if anyone saw those studs who raised the american flag at the La Salle game. It was beautiful and the reason that La Salle crushed Fillmore

Does Muir play Colony or Colton this week? There is a big difference. Whoever plays Colton had better be ready to strap it on. Whether you win or lose, you will feel it the next day. Football out past the 15 is not as talent rich per school as it was in the 70's and 80's but the toughness is still there.

A Campa:
From your previous post “Coach, from one salesian to another,� I’ll assume you’re a Salesian HS alumni. If that’s the case I would like to know your opinion on this week’s big Maranatha vs. Salesian HS quarter final game.

A. Campa
Oh, you’re so right. How could I forget Marshall and we beat them this season. Of course after a 0 and 10 record this year they may want to forget football altogether.

Burbank....
Fillmore, blah,blah,blah...
They lost to a better team, face it. Our defense stopped them cold on key drives, specifically at the end of the 1st half with Fillmore at the 3 yard line. They could NOT punch it in! They had to go back to the locker room and try to figure it out! The Lancers more than once made them turn it over on downs, they stripped the ball away from their star running back 3 times, caught him from behind(Jeff Knowles #9), they knocked out their starting QB from the game, they were sacked 3 times. #65 was every bit as big as you elloquently mentioned but was not the force you wished he was going to be, # 70 was. He is a legit threat to any offense, Fillmore knew it and they spent the whole night running away from #70 Jimenez. As a matter fact #65 wanted nothing of our # 70. Yet Jimenez managed to amass 5 tackles and 2 sacks. On offense the Lancers, unlike the Flashes were completely mistake free. They blew holes so BIG that allowed Baeir #20 to slash open their defense and show his stuff. He scored twice on spectacular runs! Bury also found creases and stomped all over defenders for his usual yardage and one touchdown where he flew over the Fillmore D-Line and Mr. #65.
The Fillmore coach should be proud of his team. They were a good challenger and strong team.It would be a shame if he said otherwise. Bobby Halcon is a great running back, no doubt about it. Outside of the TD called back, did he ever smell the Goal line again? NO.
Brother Burk, give credit where credit is due. We do not care if you like us or not, your pick was wrong, just as much as you are wrong about the La Salle Lancers. We have another tree to chop down this week...

Oh Tom S,

There are (7) Pasadena schools that field football teams- PHS, Muir, Marshall, Blair, La Salle, Maranatha and Poly.

Just wanted to give a few thoughts about this Friday and Saturday's games.

First off, congrats to Duarte High. I thought they were overrated and ready for an upset. 37 points later they proved me and several others wrong with a dominating win over LC. Good Luck in the next round. At least somebody from the Montview League is doing something.

I think a hats off is in order to the Rio Hondo Prep seniors. This is a squad that claimed a D-13 title last season and at one time had an 18-game winning streak. I didn't think this team was going to lose once, let alone twice this season. To the disappointed Kares fans out there, never fear, coach Drain (one of the top 3 coaches in the WSGV) will have this team back next year.

Somebody a few blogs ago suggested that the Mission Valley League move from the Southeast Division to the Mid-Valley Division. This week's scores might back that up. All three MVL schools were swept out the playoffs by a combined score of 152-33. Ouch!!! What happened urworstknightmare?

Congrats to coach Gil Ruedaflores. Two weeks ago, several Moors fans were calling for his head. Alhambra responded by upsetting three-time defending Almont League champion Schurr last week and then by knocking off Orange this week. An upset of Santa Fe wouldn't be surprising at all. Coach, from one salesian to another, I hope your run doesn't end anytime soon.

Lastly, a big congrats is owed to the Pasadena and Westridge High girls volleyball teams for claming divisional championships this weekend. I know volleyball isn't a hot topic on this blog, but these girls do deserve a little recognition. State playoffs begin Tuesday.

Good Luck to all the teams still alive this week.

Yeah, I was really proud of Fillmore as well. When I walked by them as they came off the field and were collectively complaining incessantly about the officiating.

Can anyone give me a definitive date, time, and place on the TC/Verb game?

"We are proud of the way our kids fought the entire game, and never quit," said Fillmore coach Matt Dann. "I couldn't be more proud of them."

The loss spoiled a spectacular performance by senior running back Bobby Halcon, who finished with 269 yards rushing on 30 carries and one touchdown.

"I've never coached a better running back than Bobby. If you ask me, he is the best in Fillmore history," said Dann.

Halcon would have had an even better game, had a 72-yard touchdown run not been called back because of an illegal-procedure penalty in the first quarter. Penalties and turnovers were problematic for Fillmore the entire game.

"We just couldn't seem to stay away from the turnovers or penalties long enough to complete the drives that we were gettting. That hurt us, and probably kept us from moving on in the CIF's (playoffs) tonight." said Dann.

Here’s my take on things and hope I don’t offend to many.
To those teams that aren’t advancing in the playoffs. You lost Friday night. Your seasons finished. Get over it.
Now it’s time to rally behind the teams that have advanced to the quarter finals.
Since this is the “Pasadena� Star News I find this interesting and correct me if I’m wrong.
There are six high schools in Pasadena, public and private with football teams and four of them went into the playoffs and all advanced to the quarter finals. That says something about the programs being played in Pasadena.
Anonymous, why don't you quit posting the same thing and stop shouting.
I'll have some things to say later about the upcoming Maranatha vs Salesian game.

High school fan,
so what your trying to say is that should not trusted there back up running back to carrie the ball one time? that's just silly. duarte offence was moving the ball all night i dont think they punted until the thrid are fourth quarter. i was never ever close. your analysis come from a bias view you cant make excuses for that. turnovers are apart of the game. duarte lost the ball once are twice. plus you could not put him on defence cuase everytime they tryed to run up the middle he was hit hard by #78 #74 #70 and #6 say what ever you wont but he was getting manhandle by #78 (6'8 315 going to ucla i think) i dont have to work today so i will be reading blog and responing to all these crazy bloger talking about it would have been a good game.

ST. FRANCIS' HEAD COACH BONDS HAS CLEARLY SHOWN HIS INCOMPETENCE THE LAST FIVE GAMES! HOW DO YOU GO 5-0 THE FIRST HALF OF THE AND THEN 1-5 THE SECOND HALF OF THE SEASON? WELL, ONE WAY IS BY NOT UTULIZING THE EXPERTISE OF AN ASSISTANT COACH WHO WAS A TWO TIME SUPERBOWL CHAMPION AND NCAA FOOTBALL CHAMPION! NOT TO MENTION THAT THIS WAS THE YEAR TO WIN A LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SINCE NOTRE DAME LEFT OUR DIVISION AND WENT 10-0 (NOW THAT IS A REAL COACH)! BONDS' SO CALLED WINNING RECORD PRIOR TO THIS YEAR IS HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE BECAUSE UPON CLOSER REVIEW YOU WILL FIND THAT HE WOULD SCHEDULE WEAK TEAMS THE FIRST FIVE GAMES OF THE SEASON KNOWING THAT ALL HE HAD TO DO WAS BEAT ALEMANY AND HARVARD-WESTLAKE; AND PRESTO I’M IN THE PLAY-OFFS! THUS, SUPERFICIALLY ASSURING HIS JOB SECURITY? THOSE DAYS ARE GONE! IS HIS RESIGNATION IN ORDER??

Fred's analysis of the game is exactly right. LC basically gave the game away with turnovers - should the LC coaches have called a time out when Peterson lost his shoe and had to go with an inexpierenced back for one play who fumbled (I think without being hit), in hindsight yes - Should LC have put Peterson the fastest and hardest hitting player on the field at defensive back to at least having some hope of stopping Duarte's long play ability - of course. LC got behind big and early and it is hard for a running team - that runs out of a spread formation -to come from behind, especially when you run out of that formation straight into the line against a much bigger line that has 8 in the box. It would have been great to see the two teams play in a game in which LC didn't have so many unforced turnovers and Peterson on defense. I really don't know who would have won - but it would have at least been game. Very frustrating.

oooooooooo the mustnags win.. haha u all picked to lose but guess what.. tooo much D baby. bring colton and what ever they got, its a done deal...i predict muir wins 17-10

Ps.....
I would love to see the Muir Mustangs follow suite. I too think that It would put more credibility to everyones game. Right now they seem to play some good teams from everywhere else. I think Fred thinks they have the edge in the SGV on Athletes, well I would like to see a match-up either pre-season or in the post season against Monrovia or Duarte.

What's up Ex-Falcon

Looks like Duarte's Defense has gotten a lot better over the season. There have been a few teams that have held him to less than 200 yrds. Monrovia held him to just 197 and you guys held him to just 191 and yes he did get most of his yardage in the second half. I think a Monrovia Duarte Rematch would be a better game than a Monrovia Temple City Rematch. I think if the Mid Valley stays the way it is now you may see a few Monrovia Duarte rematches for the Championship games down the road.

o.. and people keep saying muir is going to lose to colton because we barely beat arcadia? come on people..we had 8!! players out. all 8 of them contribute a lot so..if they played against arcadia..the score would have shown the difference..so lets see what happens vs. colton.

WO HO!!! the John Muir Mustangs win..again, got picked to lose but they came through. u guys really take muir lightly, though we are going to play a very good colton team, i expect to be close. i predidct
muir wins 17-14.

too much D baby!!! wooo.
mustang football at its best man. lol we just won a playoff game with a crappy offense. and 1 thing mr. robledo, i'd never want muir to be moved from the central division. this is the kind of competition we need because muir is always good. last year and the year b4 that, we woulda crushed everyteam that came out way(except O.C.):-p; so ithink this is a rebuilding year for us like that of USC..people keep hatin but we keep wining.

GO MUSTANGS!!!!

Might be the state of football around here but I think the Pacific League coaches should seriously consider moving to the Mid Valley Division. The Central Division plays a different breed of football out there and it doesn't make a whole lot of sense geographically either.
I think it would be better in terms of local pride as well as in terms of wins and losses. Arcadia has already played Monrovia and lost. Think about a Muir vs Monrovia CIF title game. It would be for all the bragging rights in the West San Gabriel Valley. The Pacific League coaches should look into the move as it would ultimately benefit their players the most in the long run, and isn't that the only reason that they do this anyway?

So when the CIF realigns its divisions next year, I am calling for the Pacific League to move to the Mid Valley Division.

Mr fred j,
i was at the game i seen every single play of that game. first of all, la canada tryed to run outside the line backer were turning him back in almost every play. when he did get outside we had speed enough to catch him. second lavelle had most of his yrds on the last drive of the game about 80 yrds (garbge time). we was stopped in the back field for a loss about ten times. dont sit here and say that crap when he had like 43 carries and 191 yrds and scored with 5 seconds left in the game. that is just stupid when he just killed every other team he played against for 300 including every team in the great rhl. thrid, the reason we had three picks was that lc coach had no other plays in the play book but bombs. His receiver witch cant run with the duarte db's. that coach over there should quit like i said the first time. he did almost run that kick off back but he did'nt tho. in the game of football there are 11 players on the field not 1. i dont care how good you are you cant do it by yourself against a well coached team.

Stang Fan and Muir, that was an impressive win.
The Mustangs are fighters. You don't win that many close, ugly games at the end of the season without being tough.
Through 11 weeks, what Muir has done is the most impressive of all area teams.
A loss to Oaks Christian, which you can throw out the window, and a close loss to Burroughs, ranked No. 1 at the time of defeat.
And they've done all this with a hobbled Willie Youngblood, who is the second best runner behind Lavelle Peterson when he's healthy.
It all goes back to defense, which sometimes I overlook when it comes to the Mustangs. Their defense has been as good as anyone over the past two years.
If there was a West San Gabriel Valley championship game, and everyone is healthy, Muir wins it.

The La Canada-Duarte game wasn't about giving the ball too many times to Lavelle, or Wheeler trying to prove anything.
The Spartans fumbled their first punt attempt, and gave Duarte the ball at the 35, which they punched in.
On the ensuing kickoff, Peterson returned it 40-yards, but his shoe came off so he had to sit one play. Unfortunately, the Spartans fumbled on the first play he was gone, giving Duarte the ball again at the 35, which they punched in again for a quick 14-0 lead.
LC's quarterback also threw three interceptions, and the defense gave up another back-breaking touchdown on third-and-10 when they had Duarte pinned on their own half yardline early in the third quarter. They gave up an untouched 99-yard run.
I wish they would have ran right and left more with Lavelle instead of straight up the gut, but the reason La Canada lost wasn't because Duarte stopped Peterson. He still almost finished with 200 yards. But you can't win games when you turn the ball over and have to play catch-up with a run-oriented offense.

loyal tiger,

stop crying! Even if you would have made it to the playoffs you would have been one and done. this year is over, worry about next year

Congratulations to the PHS and Westridge Girls Volleyball teams!!!!

Friday night I saw a football game. It wasn't actually a game. It was a sacrifice. The head coach for our team wanted to prove how smart and untouchable he was, so he sacrificed his team.. one player in particular.

Our couch knew his team would be facing a huge and ominous defensive line. He knew how crippled his own offensive line was. He knew there was no chance to drive straight through the opposing team. Yet, play after play, in seemingly sadistic glee, he did just that, giving the ball to on young man to do the impossible.

The young man who ran the ball didn't complain or challenge the hopelessness of the play calling. He did his duty. He ran flat out, straight ahead into a crushing mass of helmets and shoulder pads.

The young man didn't run for four hundred yards. He didn't score five touchdowns. Instead, he was battered and bruised and thrown down and hit and slammed and kicked and gouger. But after every play, after the whistle had been blown, after the huge pile of players got up and brushed the turf from their knees, that young struggled back up to his feet, sometimes with the helping hand of a teammate, and returned to the huddle to be sacrificed, once again, into that impenertrable wall.

Our coach had come to the stadium to prove to the world how no parent, no team, no player was above him. He was proven wrong.

That young man, Lavelle Peterson, finished the game against Duarte with his head hanging low and tears in his eyes. He didn't dance off the field with the game ball. He wasn't hoisted onto the shoulders of his fellow Spartans. For some reason he felt as though he had failed. But Lavelle was anything but a failure Friday night.

Lavelle was sent into the lins' den, not once, not twice, bout over forty times. He showed the fans, his teammates, and even possibly his coach, what it is to be a WINNER.

I'm going to miss Lavelle being around next year.

A word to CIF...redo this.

South Pas was better than almost half these teams in the playoffs and didnt get in because of their hard schedule.

But anyways, good job TC and Monrovia, LC was a bit surprising...but they never were as good as Monrovia and TC

Hey Larson,

While you don't have to be an expert to pick High School football games, you do have to be literate. If you look at the prediction blog two blogs down you'll see next to my prediction of the Paloma Valley at Muir game listed as MUIR. I picked Muir to win the game because they're a better team. The injuries and suspensions made the game closer then it should have been, but Muir still won...just like I predicted.

i told everybody you cant win with one person. were not worried about tc. i feel sorry for lavelle they gave him to many carries, it was sad for him la canada should be ashamed for give him the ball that much, but what you gone do, stop everybody doubtin stop. duarte did a better job stopin the run then monrovia. let get ready for next week.

Wha-in-na heck is the wurl' comin’ to. La Canada with Lavele losing to the upstarts of the Montview league. Godfrey Durate...merciful heavens...Meshach, Shadrach, and Abednego (excuse the cussin’). It’s a matter of pride as a gentleman gambler to be able to pick the winnas of a few frivolous high school football games. If Fred and Andrew can do it…well they didn’t actually do it (I think they were talked-off Muir by a distinguish gentleman of the south), then anyone should be able to pick these games. Well, next week we’ll be down to eight teams. Even if I get 50% correct I’ll still be smarter than the folks of the starnews. I know being a Circus promoter doesn’t qualify me as an expert in football prognostication, I still feel that my Elephant, Queenie’s random pointing with her toe to a starnews sport section, is more reliable than the “Frick� and “Frack� of sports reporting, Frederick J. and AnCam.

M-town fan-
When did I pick against Monrovia? I haven't picked against them yet. I would take Bishop Diego over Monrovia if the game is played at SBCC. Workman had no chance in their loss to the Cardinals.
Duarte has a big homefield advantage in their game against Santa Clara.

CIF-
I was not surprised by the Burbank loss (I called that one). I was surprised by the Burroughs loss, but really shouldn't have been given their coaching. La Salle's win was a good one, but they will not beat Monrovia. Monrovia would have beaten Fillmore by about 40.

Let's just say Colton will win the Central V. They have about 8 juniors that will go to any divison 1. They also have a couple of Allen Bradford, too. Next year, I wouldn't be suprised if 4 of the 8 will go to USC. I don't see them losing a game for the next two years. They should be in the PAc 5

Arcadia was no match. Muir will lose against Colony. Colony knocked off a legit Cajon team.

Let's just say Colton will win the Central V. They have about 8 juniors that will go to any divison 1. They also have a couple of Allen Bradford, too. Next year, I wouldn't be suprised if 4 of the 8 will go to USC. I don't see them losing a game for the next two years. They should be in the PAc 5

Arcadia was no match. Muir will lose against Colony. Colony knocked off a legit Cajon team.

JP: Hey bro, I don't think you need a break, you need a TIME OUT!!!! lol. If our own newspaper thought we were going to loose, then that means somthing to us and we proved that we could win.

M-TOWN
SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAVVV...

so much for the that 24 -22 prediction

after the lancers witnessed the classless way the "flashes" came into their house there was wasnt a chance they were going to lose. LS made their statement with clean, proud, hard hitting FB, and ousted a team who puts shame to their school and community.

ST. FRANCIS' HEAD COACH BONDS HAS CLEARLY SHOWN HIS INCOMPETENCE THE LAST FIVE GAMES! HOW DO YOU GO 5-0 THE FIRST HALF OF THE AND THEN 1-5 THE SECOND HALF OF THE SEASON? WELL, ONE WAY IS BY NOT UTULIZING THE EXPERTISE OF AN ASSISTANT COACH WHO WAS A TWO TIME SUPERBOWL CHAMPION AND NCAA FOOTBALL CHAMPION! NOT TO MENTION THAT THIS WAS THE YEAR TO WIN A LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SINCE NOTRE DAME LEFT OUR DIVISION AND WENT 10-0 (NOW THAT IS A REAL COACH)! BONDS SO CALLED WINNING RECORD PRIOR TO THIS YEAR IS HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE BECAUSE UPON CLOSER REVIEW YOU WILL FIND THAT HE WOULD SCHEDULE WEAK TEAMS THE FIRST FIVE GAMES OF THE SEASON KNOWING THAT ALL HE HAD TO DO WAS BEAT ALEMANY AND HARVARD-WESTLAKE; AND PRESTO I’M IN THE PLAY-OFFS! THUS, SUPERFICIALLY ASSURING HIS JOB SECURITY? THOSE DAYS ARE GONE! IS HIS RESIGNATION IN ORDER??

St. Francis has been a dissappointment for years - there is no reason given the talent in the surrounding SG and SF valley area that St. Francis isn't among the elite teams every year. How did they missed on Peterson who grew 50 yards away from the St. Francis school - played on the LC Gladiators for 7 years - on teams that mercied the mighty Pasadena Panters (best program in the area) 48-0 in the 3rd quarter the last 2 years before the kids go to HS. Peterson was not a secret - I think it speaks volumes about the SF program. Can you image how far they would have gone with him at running back this year? I think it has just become acceptable to be an also ran at St. Francis, which is a shame as it is such a great school with great values. It is very frustrating for me and others. LC HS is another story - I am afraid this is the last we will see of them in the playoffs for a while. The rapid fall off of families in the area due to the ever escalating home prices and a HS that takes no interest in developing the younger players in the area assures that LC will not make the playoffs for the foreseeable future and is only a matter of time until the HS school ends up in the Prep league or equivalent public school league.

EX-Falcon

This year looks like Duarte and Monrovia could be playing for all the Marbles. I no one new now they know that coachable talent in our neighborhoods could have remarkable results. If our teams play within ourselves we could meet each other at the top. TC definatley has to worrry if they get by Verbum Dei, Duarte is Much Much Better than Verbum Dei. I think this is going to be the year of the Upset or do I mean Setup?.....I think that Monrovia & Duarte will play it's best football in the next coming weeks. Good Luck. For the sake of BM lover I have stalled from making any early predictions, but I did predict the Azusa game to be 35-o at halftime and the guy sitting next to me said I was crazy. But at halftime he wanted me to drive with him to VEGAS....lol

Congrats to all the area teams making the playoffs and especially those that emerged victorious last night. I am really looking forward to the LaSalle/Monrovia game. I drove by LaSalle last night on my way to the RHP game and it was great to see the field fully lit up, which is apparently what LaSalle proceeded to do to their opponent...

Congrats to Maranatha. Winning isn't always a pretty thing however it beats the alternative. I hope to see a playoff game subject to location.

RH Prep was run over last night by a very good Aquinas team. After going into halftime down 14-0 RH Prep came out in the 3rd quarter on fire. They held Aquinas on three drives, partially blocked a punt, and scored making the game close at 14-7 going into the 4th. On 4th and 8 Aquinas faked a punt from their own 35 and came up short. RHP then had their golden opportunity and the place was pandamonium. But penalties moved the Kares back and not even a field goal was in range. Eventually too much Aquinas.

First of all I can't believe the star news picked st francis to win at culver city!! If that was you Fred you need to explain your reasoning because st francis was very lucky in two of those first five games and could have been easily 4 and 6 and not go into the play offs!! This is not a bad team but I believe bad coaching! I know these kids and what a total break down. And as the others have said Jim Bonds has to be held accountable! Sorry it sounds like a broken record but st francis tradition, creditability and respect to be a power house team has slowly been sucked out and us alums want answers, change, and results!!! I like the way muir won using the star news as fuel, you should have picked st francis to lose and maybe we could have-------nahhhhhhhh Bonds can't inspire!

So it BEGINS! hahaha great game last night to TC.

so its going to be M-Town and Lancers Part Two.

And TC vs Verbum Dei first meet?

c'mon wildcats, itching for that round two!

First off a shout to the Lancers. Yeah BABY!!! Your determination and execution is second to none. Great win last night over a good opponent.
A special shout out to Coach Gallagher and his coaching staff. The team ran a mistake free well planned attack, thanks to Coach Di Fiori's instilled discipline and tactics. There were very few mistakes on O all night, the only penalty came seconds before the end of the game for Delay of Game.
The D was inspired and held back "a threat at every carry" Bobby Halcon, whom the Lancers caused to fumble 3 times. Props have to go to Coach Peterson for firing up his defense and having them ready to hit, they had two key stands that denied Fillmore two critical first downs and held them to 6 points, which was the outcome of this game.
Here we go Lancers, here we GO!

"We owe this win to the Star-News," Mustangs coach Ken Howard said. "(The paper) picked us to lose, and we used that to motivate us.

Are you kidding me? You mean, the chance to advance in the CIF playoffs, a chance at a championship and the pride of not wanting another team to kick your butt on your own home field wasn't enough motivation to win...but what someone wrote in a newspaper is? Yeah, I'm sure the team was lifeless and going through the motions until someone read a newspaper to them. Give me a freaking break.

Observantcat, your wishes have come true. See you next Friday night...
Congratulations to:LS, TC, M, and D on their wins last night. This is making for a great playoff schedule. We wish you all the best next Friday, may the best teams win.

TC was up 48-0 at the half and started putting in all the second team for the second half. Last 6 for SV with 1 second on the clock. Over 250 yards for Dwight Brodnax in 1/2 a game. Congrats to Mooney and the team. On to the next round....

Burbank sports, I guess both of your teams lost (I called it), and La Salle won (Oh wait did'nt you call the upset by Fillmore)? Where are you now? Was it the refs fault that you lost this time? Just curious since you are so smart I would like your opinion because you UPSET by Fillmore just because it could be didn't even come close by them.

ST. FRANCIS' HEAD COACH BONDS HAS CLEARLY SHOWN HIS INCOMPETENCE THE LAST FIVE GAMES! HOW DO YOU GO 5-0 THE FIRST HALF OF THE AND THEN 1-5 THE SECOND HALF OF THE SEASON? WELL, ONE WAY IS BY NOT UTULIZING THE EXPERTISE OF AN ASSISTANT COACH WHO WAS A TWO TIME SUPERBOWL CHAMPION AND NCAA FOOTBALL CHAMPION! NOT TO MENTION THAT THIS WAS THE YEAR TO WIN A LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SINCE NOTRE DAME LEFT OUR DIVISION AND WENT 10-0 (NOW THAT IS A REAL COACH)! BONDS SO CALLED WINNING RECORD PRIOR TO THIS YEAR IS HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE BECAUSE UPON CLOSER REVIEW YOU WILL FIND THAT HE WOULD SCHEDULE WEAK TEAMS THE FIRST FIVE GAMES OF THE SEASON KNOWING THAT ALL HE HAD TO DO WAS BEAT ALEMANY AND HARVARD-WESTLAKE; AND PRESTO I’M IN THE PLAY-OFFS! THUS, SUPERFICIALLY ASSURING HIS JOB SECURITY? THOSE DAYS ARE GONE! IS HIS RESIGNATION IN ORDER??

My congrats to Duarte for Stomping over LC. Good job kids.
Hope to see you in the playoffs and keep within the rivalry.

M-Town fan.

M-Town Wildcats kicked some butt. SO much for Burbanksports. Where's you talk now mr. burbanksports? so who does Burbank play next week? Ah! my bad... YOU DONT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WHAT'S UP WITH ALL THE HYPE? LOOKS LIKE DUARTE'S RUNNING BACK SHOWED UP TONIGHT.

WHAT'S UP WITH ALL THE HYPE? LOOKS LIKE DUARTE'S RUNNING BACK SHOWED UP TONIGHT. WHAT HAPPENED TO LC'S BREAD AND BUTTER?

Maranatha better bring their "A" game against Salesian. I watched their game against Fairmont Prep and it appeared Salesian was overmatched by a bigger, stronger, and faster team in the first 2 plus quarters. Fairmont Prep took a 19-6 lead early in the third quarter, when the Salesian defense took over and shut them down. Salesian is a tough bunch, whose defense wore down Fairmount prep backs and receivers with "big hits". Salesian has two tiny taibacks (5'6" and 5'7") however, both are lightning fast and both broke off long runs against Fairmont Prep and completely wore their defense down.

I think LC had 7 turnovers - 2 in the 1st quarter that lead to easy Duarte short filed scores. Then gave up long plays of 90, 80 and 70 yards I think. LC decided not to play Peterson in the defensive backfield for what ever reason - none will make any sense. Do you think the fastest hardest hitting kid on the team or in LC's history have might have stop some of those long plays or made it more difficult to score on those costly turnovers in the first quarter. They did play him at DEFENSIVE TACKLE for ONE series - I am not joking. Anyway, he rushed for about 200 yards almost all out of the spread formation and 1 TD and had well over 300 hundred all purpose yards - his kick returns were electrifying as usual.
I can't tell how good Duarte really is because of all the turnovers and going up against LC's defense without Peterson - but they certainly are good and they had LC well scouted - Peterson was getting hit by 2-3 guys in the backfield most of the night. They will cause a lot of teams trouble in the playoffs - LC's kids did the best they could and played hard and never gave up (they should be proud of that - they will lose a lot with the graduating seniors and not just Peterson) under difficult circumstances. But, they needed to play mostly error free and they needed Peterson roaming the the defensive backfield to keep Duarte under control, they did neither. I look forward to seeing Peterson playing on Saturdays in the future and wish the LC seniors and Duarte the best of luck in the future.

Crazycube...
Enjoy your Win........
If you want to cheer for the semi's you will know where Monrovia High is in your sleep........See you next Friday.

Stangs prevail! I was a bit worried but we pulled it out. The "D" was on again. Only after turnovers gave Paloma Valley good field possesion did they score, and one of those came on a trick play.

On top of that both Burroughs and Burbank lost! Looks like it's Muir and Colton, and unfortunately their in the same bracket. THe upper bracket is completely up for grabs.

Let's go Stangs!!

Go Minutemen! As Tom S said it wasn't pretty but it was enough to get us to the 2nd round - blown pass receptions and horrid officiating didn't help.
Finchamp - sorry too - to hear of your loss -

Well, Maranatha is still talkin after a weak performance tonight. What should have been a blow out against Sage Hill turned into a close game. Way too many dropped passed and penalties gave an explosive Sage Hill the opportunity to take this game. I’m guessing that they had more offensive yardage than we did. We’ll need to step it up big time if we’re to give a tough Salesian HS a match next week.
Finchamp, sorry to see your loss against Aquinas and a shot at back to back championships, but if you’re looking for a small school to rally for we welcome your support

Mr Half A Sandwich, nobody is smiling greater than LS, after hearing all you nay sayers talk about LS, BABY its for real.
Observancat, you are taking a lot for granted...

HA! HA! HA! HA! HE! HE! HE!

DUARTE WINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Peterson Who?

Falcon pride was in the house.

MUSTANGS BEAT PALOMA VALLEY 21-14!!!!

gosh im smiling so BIG right now. 3 of my 4 teams made it.

falcons, moors, and spartans

Remember my first Blog...I was the first person to agree with Ex-Falcon....Looks like it could be the game of Games...Monrovia and Duarte Finals....Now that would be a good game. Not looking past any of the other teams, but their is definatly more incentive for this match-up.

la salle wins a crazy game against a good fillmore team and damn the place was packed!

WOW.

Is it me or is Duarte giving La Canada a butt whopping?

guess alot of people underestimated them.

GO FALCONS!

yes. duarte currently up :]

The only Falcons I'm rooting for are those from Torrey Pines.

Monrovia 35, Azusa 0 (halftime)
Duarte is currently up?

GO FALCONS !!

GO MOORS!!!

GO SPARTANS !! (Schurr)

GO LANCERS !! (Bell Gardens)