Marshall lifts interim tag on football coach Jason Taylor; Kevin Mills' trial set to begin on Tuesday, April 17

Stang Fan;

It has been an honor discussing Tussle issues with you and I hope that PHS and Muir have a great upcoming season. Both schools represent Pasadena with honor, respect, great sportsmanship.

I must slow down my blogging until the end of the 2007 playoffs, due to the upcoming Spring football scheduling and Im preparing myself for Summer camp/hell week. There's lots to do.

All best of luck Stang, New York, P Finchamp, Fred, Campa, & others that I have traded post comments with.

See you on the BLOG after the 2007 season.

On my way to the FUN time of life... coaching football and making sure the players have FUN.

My personal Coaching Philosophy: The players will rise the level of expection.

The True DAWG.

EOW for now.

DAWG

I am not sure if TheRealDogg was talking to me. If so, I currently have kids at PHS, in all types of sports so yes, I will always be a spectator, watching and cheering on from the stands for my kids' team, or their friend's teams, and sometimes I'll have to read the coverage in the morning's paper. Because I am a concerned parent, I observe what's going on, however, I don't readily assume the worst in a person, especially one under such public scrutiny. Although I do not know Coach Mills personally, my kids recognize a good teacher/coach when they see one. Their friends on the football team think Mills is great, otherwise they wouldn't be playing. Often, I go by what my children tell me - so maybe my facts are not right. I am just looking forward to a good sports season for 2007-08, as well as a good tussle. Most football games I went to had great turn-out and momentum. I stumbled on this blog the other day and was amazed by all the chit-chat. Each blogger is entitled to their own opinion. Isn't this what a blog is for? Yes, the opportunity is out there to be a coach, some just aren't fit to coach a school team. I just chose to be a different type of coach - to my own children. So don't give me any of that coward BS. Don't tell me parenting is not of significance because it is a type of coaching and it sure ain't cowardly.

Dawg,

Wow! The bell ringing up and down Sierra Madre Blvd?! Did you really just write that. The overused cyber-term "LOL!" doesn't do ANY justice to how loud and hard I really am laughing. But you know what, I hope you do take over that program, so we can add you the list of caoches we've beatin' the shi*t out of. Hell, you already know what if feels like to lose in the Tussle, so it wouldn't be anything new.

And by the way, H.S. should be beating us every single year. They have twice as many students as Muir does. Yet, every year it's the same result. And every year you guys borrow that tired line from the Cubbies and say "This is our year."

But that's alright Dawg, you can keep jumping ship and tucking your tail between your legs to run and find comfort on the East side of 'Dena, but I'm going to stand tall for the area I grew up in and rep the school in MY neighborhood over here on the West side of town. Stangs' 4 Life.

'dena,

You're right. Going from 1 win to five wins in two years is very good progress. How long has Coach Mills been at PHS? Two years? I hope PHS continues to regain its once very competitive level of play (with or without Mills).

My comment, or question, as to why PHS continually underperforms archrival Muir is directed to anybody who can shed light on the subject.

Isn't selecting a head coach a viable cause, at least it is for football bloggers as well as anybody concerned with the community. It is undeniable that local football coaches can have a profound social impact. Please don't come onto a football blog and dismiss a discussion of football coaches as trivial.

Most of you bloggers have and will always be watchers of the game! Know your facts before you shoot your mouth off. Most of you bloggers need to worry about parenting and voting on viable causes, and not concerning yourself with a coach! The offer and opportunity stands for everyone, be a coach! Be something of significance, but not a coward.

First of all, do not believe everything you read in the newspaper. When without evidence/facts/truth, newspaper editors will most likely add a little twist to the stories... which always results in this flurry of people rushing to put in their two cents.

As for the question "why the heck does PHS perform so poorly in football right now?" - a good, strong football program does not happen instantaneously. How often do new coaches ever come in one year and immediately win a championship? Of course it takes time, careful preparation, dedication and determination from both coaches as well as students - which just might take a few years. Watching the past 3 years of PHS football go from a 1-win, to 3-win, to a 5-win season, I don't necessarily call that upward trend "poor", and I truly anticipate Muir's defeat under Mills' coaching, very very soon. In light of these recent events, I even wouldn't be surprised if there is a sudden boost or rekindling of PHS' football spirit from players, coaches, students, etc. Give the man a break, and a chance (perhaps it might be the last year) to do the coaching/teaching is so passionate about...

...and THEN we can have DAWG take over the program and feel the pressure for himself.

Today's paper shows that Mills pleaded no contest to pretty weak charges of disturbing the peace associated with allowing two teenagers to fight. Regardless of the outcome of this trial, PHS and PUSD need to seriously question this guy's judgement and determine whether or not he should be the head of PHS football.

Should high schools allow boxing as a sport, such as wrestling?

This question was presented by KTLA news and the responce was 52% said yes & 48% said no.

What do you think as bloggers?

DAWG

P Finchamp;

You are right! I turned 37 on April 23rd. Even with 7 pins and two titanium alloy plates on my right ankle, I can still put a nice block on a 22 dive for New York with a 4th and one from the goal line.

Stang Fan, sorry to break to you, but I was born a BullDog and and even the Lake Ave. east and west stuff would not make me a Stang. A little info for you, I have family all over Pasadena, such as East, South and Northeast areas near PHS. Maybe someday I will return to PHS and take over the program. 13 years of coaching, great motivational skills, FUN playing practices, and the proper support from the school & parents... The BELL would ring down Sierra Madre Blvd.

10-23 stang-fan. Maybe in a few years, I will put in for Head Coach.

DAWG

Arcadia's Kevin Hess signs with san jose state.

Stang,
It is very impressive that Muir remains competitive given their size. Keeping things in perspective, though, that open enrollment has allowed the Stang tradition to continue drawing most of the best foobtall players in Pasadena. That, however, has not been enough for quite some time in the old D-3 and not even now in the Central. I've been saying it for a while now. I think Muir and Monrovia definitely belong in the same league as well as the same division. (That may be hard for a former D-2 powerhouse to accept, but Monrovia has an enrollment of 1800 and continually draws strong ball players). Both these teams have a lot of potential and should compete in the old D-6 which is now the Southwest Division with Los Altos, Charter Oak, West Covina, Mayfair and some mid-level OC Schools. Looking at the enrollments, Monrovia, in my opinion, has the most favorable out of all those schools listed. I just think that Los Altos and Charter Oak are known for importing D-1 athletes.

If PHS ever brings in a football coach that can build a real program, then things will just get worse for Muir.

NY,

Open enrollment wasn't around during Brownfield's era, matter of fact I believe PUSD didn't start that until '99-'00. In regards to Irvin and O' Hara, open enrollment refers to just PUSD residents, their situations were kind of shady however.

THe H.S. situation is an interesting one. As far as numbers go there is no way that Muir should realistically be H.S.'s rival. THey have twice as many students as Muir does, of course they should be beating us in many sports, especially football. However, I truly believe that there is a feeling in the community that if you want to play high school football and you want to win and be a part of a "known" program you go to Muir. When Mills got the job at H.S. the "recruiting momentum" definitely picked up for them, but it still hasn't translated into many victories.

Never in my life would I have imagined that Muir and Blair would be the same size, but they are. Frankly it's quite impressive that Muir is still able to do what they've been doing.

Stang,

That open enrollment had to favor Muir big-time when Brownfield coached football and track, right? How about when Ryan Ohara (2001) transferred in to play QB and then Richard Irvin did the same (from Harvard Westlake). That was some funny/shady stuff. I'd say that you may have a valid argument to shut down one of the schools and fold it into Muir...haha! How about that. With declining enrollment, those schools are suffering economically from a lack of scalability. The big question to me is why the heck does PHS perform so poorly in football right now? They have better enrollment numbers than Muir does. Pretty sad. They are such a sleeping giant. PHS reminds me of Monrovia before 1994.

New York,

You are absolutely right about the decline and the possible downgrade of division, both of which are difficult to accept. Obviously, the decline is a result of the housing situation over the last 10 years which has been well documented and resulted in an esplosion of new schools all over the IE.

Here's my problem though. I could be wrong, but I believe that 80% of PUSD's high school population comes from NW Pasadena. There are TONS of kids at H.S., Blair, and Marshall who live in Muir's boundary and choose to go to those respective schools (or at least their parents do). Honestly speaking, the stud players that H.S. did have, and the ones on their b-ball team all live in NW Pasadena. As a matter of fact I've always looked at H.S. as an East side school, and if you know anything about Pasadena there aren't too many athletes on the East side. If PUSD didn't have open enrollment Muir could easily have 2,500 kids. Again I'm speaking of the ideal situation, I know there are a ton of issues at Muir. But as I've said before, one can only imagine.

Stang Fan,

I'm undecided on the whole neighborhood issue.

Muir's big problem appears to be enrollment declines. Take a look at the website below. It is very informative.

http://dq.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/page2.asp?level=School&subject=Enrollment&submit1=Submit

Anyway, this site only goes back to 1993-1994 but it goes through 2006-2007 school year. In summary, Muir's enrollment has been declining significantly.

1994 Enrollment Muir - 1,758 - 897 Af. Am, 607 Hispanic, 222 White

2007 Enrollment Muir - 1,299 Total - 500 Af. Am, 714 Hispanic, 57 White

Muir's enrollment is now the same size as Blair's with small differences...

I have similar stats compiled on key west SGV schools. Very interesting stuff. Where have the high school kids gone in your area? PUSD enrollment overall has declined.

Muir now has an enrollment that should now be playing football in either: Southwest Division, Eastern Division, or Mid-Valley Division. I really don't think Muir belongs in the upper divisions anymore. Same goes for the rest of the Pacific League.

I could literally spend a day commenting on these topics, but I'll cut it down

Finchamp,

You are absolutely on target with your assessment that the extra 30 kids would extremely benefit both Muir and H.S. I disagree with Philly B., those kids could help. The majority of them wouldn't neccesarily become starters, but some could. And the problem the past few years with Muir, especially in the playoffs, has been its absolute lack of depth. That's why the first halves with the powerhouse programs (excluding O.C.) are always pretty tight, heck we were up on N.D. two years ago in the first half.

It's not only the private schools that are the problem either, what about the few diamonds in the rough at Blair and Marshall. Long Beach has a population of about 450,000, right? And how many public shools do they have? Five? Pasadena/Altadena has a combined population of about 200,000, right? And how many public schools? Four? If Blair and Marshall did not exist and about 8-10 percent of Pasadena kids attended private school (the national average) instead of 30 percent (Pasadena's nation-leading figure), H.S. and Muir would be awesome in ALL sports.

Dawg,

The boundary lines in Pasadena when you were in school were created in the early 70's when the courts ordered Pasadena schools to be integrated and students were bused from diffeent parts of Alta/Pasa to the different schools. I always hated that. Most children in public schools throughout the country attend the school that is in their community, which is ideal. This always creates an amazing sense of community, I believe. As most Pasadenans are aware a great majority of our successful athletes hail from NW Pasadena, which is where Muir is located. Had the courts never mandated integration one can only dream how dominant Muir would have been the last thirty-five years. I know, I know, there are a ton of other issues to consider, but still one can only imagine.

Now the district is open and students can attend any school they so choose, however there still is a boundary which basically runs up and down Lake Ave. But to put it bluntly, if all the kids west of Lake went to Muir and all the kids east of Lake went to H.S. the 'Dogs would never EVER win another Tussle. And Dawg, as much as it probably pains you to think about it you would've beena a Stang.

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By the way Muir has had a few runs as a great b-ball program, but Tucker has H.S. up and going and a good coach makes all the difference, especially in a district with open enrollment.

Dawg,
My back does not even sustain my second row position on the rugby pitch. I forgot to mention that I would like to wind the clock back a few years as well as suit up at the 'Cat's Den.

DAWG--
The RH Prep kids still do the post-game thing----very healthy culture hanging out together before and after games. School pride baby, be sure to wear your letterman's jacket!

DAWG you must be about 36. You're still ready to suit up and dish it out--good for you. There are plenty of guys out there still waiting for another chance....reminds me of that Robin Williams movie.

I'm forming an All-Star blog team--I'll list the starting 11 soon but don't worry you and NY are sure bets to start.

New York
Communication Breakdown it's always the same....Zeppelin still a favorite. If you were boarding between lifeguard towers 3 and 5 we were sharing the sand "dude." Got skilled at two-man volleyball and calling everyone without a tan a tourist--kids.

An 11.8 time in the 100 didn't cut it. 5th place Sunset League shot put however. King of Nothing (Seals and Crofts) in track. But yes we did win the 440yard chariot race in HS--a memorable photo. It pitted all four classes competing against each other with much of the high school assembled in Cap Sheue Stadium. The crowd roared as we ran down the home stretch pulling classmate Harbin in a make-shift chariot. We edged out the juniors and captured a photograph that re-emerges at every reunion and gathering---so not on the winning relay team but something that more classmates witnessed and enjoyed even more!

Paul-
That's awesome. I love Daised and Confused...also, I grew up boogie boarding between Pier 3 and 5...
Hey, were you part of that championship relay team from HB in 1976?

New York,

Maybe we should get a senior football league started for all former SGV players and have a Turkey Bowl in November. I would love to dress up in full gear one more time and play wearing the all time great RED & WHITE colors and the BULLDOG on my helmet... Those were some great times. I remember after the games, the players and school friends would hang out at In-n-Out burgers, Lucky Boys on Arroyo Prkwy and sometimes Tommys in Eagle Rock. DO kids still hang out and east 4X4's????

DAWG

The real hsfbfan;

Pasadena schoold district is divided by boundaries through out the city. I remember back in the 80's when I attended PHS, there were areas in Northwest Pasadena where kids from Muir and PHS lived accross the street from each other. I lived on Adena St. and Los Robles Ave. and some Muir kids lived 1 block away just east of Los Robles Ave. and Buckeye St. I believed the school district was divided by water rights for the residences back in the 60's.

Maybe Fred can get the scoop from the school district and POST a valid argumentative topic for the bloggers who love PHS & Muir issues regarding the school boundaries for PHS, Muir, Blair, & Marshall schools.

What do you think?

DAWG

coach mills should be put under the jail him and his brother for hitting a child

I think Pasadena has no district lines, correct? So, kids can chose what school they want to attend for a given sport. Like some one else mentioned, Muir is the football & track school while Pasadena is the choice for basketball. Maybe Marshall for soccer and Blair is suffering. Muir use to have a good basketball team when former arcadia coach Don Grant went to muir however once he left to become a AD, the program fell apart.

NewYork--
I'm a '76 grad from Huntington Beach HS--hey now my alma mater's made the blog!!! We don't brag much at HBHS about football--we got beat up for years by league foes Edison and Fountain Valley. We did graduate Tony Gonzales however!

I don't have any connection to Muir or PHS. Seems like PHS is the expected basketball power and Muir the football and track power. Just like in my day HBHS was a basketball and volleyball power (along with Marina HS) and Edison and Fountain Valley owned the gridiron. Sometimes you go with what you know and perhaps it's little surprise that the distribution of students has "magically" remained that way (are we to believe that a public school parent wouldn't petition to have their child enrolled on the east or west side of Pasadena?)

I hear you Paul. However, let's not underestimate the value in Drain's and Gallagher's (and staff) leadership. If you want your PHS (I think you mentioned that is your alma mater) to perform, ask the administration to bring in some leadership and make a commitment to excellence.

It's almost unfair to place Muir and PHS in the same boat (with respect to underperformance). Muir has dominated the football series for the past 25 years as well as the Pacific League. PHS has a lot more students than Muir. What gives?

New York--
Because they are winners.
I believe football is the game of choice for many of the "30" I mention. Furthermore I think at least half of them know how to answer the call and would be up to it. Football is a mental game too and I give that advantage to the "30"--but I'm preaching to the choir.

PhillyB--

Come on, no help from LaSalle or St. Francis? Not a lineman or two or three. Coachability is a key component to success and I think that has partially hampered the two public schools. Kids that play smart and make good decisions at key moments are indispensible.

My take on the pacific league:

#1 burroughs; that have solid team and I think they'll have another one this season

#2 Muir; If they can keep thier premier runningback healthy they should get 2nd place for sure

#3 Arcadia; it was either them or burbank but I think walker will be a mian factor thats if he stays healthy for league

#4 Pasadena; Alot of talent gone to waste

and the rest of these teams need to go to the rio hondo league and have monrovia,temple city, and la canada come through to the pacific hahaha

I doubt finchamp that those kids that go to a private school would make muir and pasadena better at all. I think muir and pasadena has enough team speed and athletic ability to be great teams, but it has to do with if they want it that bad and have that mind set of being one as a team and not individuals.

Anonymous,
calm down no one is saying walker is gonna break under the pressure of having a great season in which I'm sure he will, but Im hearing all this talk about these camps and how well he's doing but like real hsfbfan said these camps and summer ball games mean nothing its about wins and loses and thats all. And "living up to the hype" is what he has to do if everyone wants to already start talking about how great he is, I've seen play and has potential to be great but I havent seen it yet at least from the games I've attended. I'm not knocking the kid but all I'm saying before some people start talking about camps and stuff I need to be shown that he can win games for arcadia and win league thats all.

Paul,
What makes you think those additional 30 kids would not get lost in the shuffle and be under-utilized along with their neighbors who attend those private schools?

I just can't help but wonder how tough Muir and Pasadena would be if there wasn't a siphon going to area private schools. I'll bet there are at least 30 Altadena/Pasadena kids playing for LaSalle, Maranatha, Flintridge, St. Francis, Poly and RHP.

Playing in the Rose Bowl sounds nice, but I think the real magic comes from two rivals squaring off, no matter where they play.

Personally, I would rather suit up and play one more game on my home field in Monrovia with the magical M lit up on the hillside. I'd give just about anything to make that happen.

NO NEED TO GET UPSET STANG-FAN. DONT LET YOUR PERSONAL VIEWS ABOUT PHS HINDER YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS ON WHAT'S REAL. THIS NOVEMBER WHEN HS GIVES MUIR A GOOD GAME. PHS WILL SOON HAVE THEIR RUN JUST LIKE USC OVER UCLA IN 7 OF THE LAST 8 GAMES. JUST SIT BACK AND ENJOY THE GAME AND THE LET THE ATHLETES FROM PASADENA REPRESENT A GREAT GAME FOR THE CITY OF ROSES.

Life is great when two high schools from DENA get to play at the historical ROSE BOWL. SOME OTHER PLAYERS FROM OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS WOULD LOVE THAT CHANCE,, RIGHT?

DAWG

TUSSLE SCORE:

PHS 27
MUIR 13

Dawg,

"Get a grip Stang Fan!!!"

Are you serious? You mean to tell me that you didn't notice I was speaking facetiously in regards to the H.S. coaching staff. Come on bro, you can do better than that.

And by the way, anyone who admittedly qoutes "Who Let Da Dawgs Out" and sincerely beleives that H.S. "deserves" a Pacific League patch is quite frankly the person who should be "getting a grip". Come November we're going to beat the sh*t out of you guys like we've been doing for the last quarter century.

Big A,
I can appreciate your picking the local team to win league, but picking PHS over Muir and Burroughs takes some true insight and courage. Good for you...

Revised with pasadena

Big A,

My take at the Pacific league:

1) Arcadia- Picard & Willim will lead the apaches on defense while Walker leads the offense. But, always depth issues.
2) Burroughs- yes, good RB coming up, plus a great offensive line.
3) Muir- Youngblood runs wild but not enough.
4) Pasadena- Tons of talnet gone to waste.
5) CV- Good JV team coming up.
6) Burbank- New coach & lost many seniors
7) Glendale- The juniors were 10-0 as 9th grades, so they are talnted, however they will struggle because they have coaches no experience.
8) Hoover- Always dead last.

Big A,

My take at the Pacific league:

1) Arcadia- Picard & Willim will lead the apaches on defense while Walker leads the offense. But, always depth issues.
2) Burroughs- yes, good RB coming up, plus a great offensive line.
3) Muir- Youngblood runs wild but not enough.
4) CV- Good JV team coming up.
5) Burbank- New coach & lost many seniors
6) Glendale- The juniors were 10-0 as 9th grades, so they are talnted, however they will struggle because they have coaches no experience.
7) Hoover- Always dead last.

My prediction for the Pacific League this year is:

1. Arcadia (walker will lead Apaches to league)
2. Pasadena (Crockham will blow up)
3. Muir (Youngblood has good season)
4. Burroughs (stud RB coming up)
5. CV (Loss of talent hurting)
6. Burbank (Lost seniors)
7. Glendale
8. Hoover

Stang Fan;

I was referring to the rapp song "Let DA Dogs Out"

And yes, I was talking about the players who are deserve a P.L. patch.

Get a grip Stang Fan!!!!!!!

DAWG

Dawg, when you speak of letting "da dawgs out" in order to "run wild on the pacific league," are you speacking of the coaching staff or the players?

Anon is absolutely right on his multpile points about Walker and his team.

Regarding Mills: Isn't this incident somewhat of a third strike (at least): team brawl, post-game fight after Turkey Tussle (his brother/sideline guest), and now the current charges. These events all happened within a couple months of each other. He has just demonstrated questionable judgement too many times, and I'm not even counting his choice to wear the red fatigues...One problem is that these actions have created distraction and uncertainty across and around his team. A head coach needs to win parental and community support (and obviously that of his players), not embarrass the people who have given him a chance. He may be best suited as an assistant to Tip Sanders. Perhaps Tip would be able to reign him in at critical junctures and provide some much needed mentorship, again.

Depending on the trial outcome, Coach Mills has the final say in whether he should coach for PHS. If he is found NOT GUILTY, then he should have the final decision on coming back. Let the coach and the school come to positive terms.

DAWG

Coach Mills should have a fair trial and I hope there is a positive outcome from all this. PHS needs to get ready for Spring ball and practice time is positive time for high school football.

I wish PHS luck for this upcoming season.

Let DA DAWGS OUT!!! and run wild on the Pacific LEAGUE.

DAWG

walker from what i hear is a great leader, but he cant win league by himself. im sure he'll do everything in his power to help his team win league but i think there is a lot of unfair pressure put on this kid and all other elite players to do well. come on these kids are 16 17 years old let them have fun. the whole "living up to the hype" thing is played out because the kids dont ask for the hype they just do their job. im sure walker will do great this year and hopefully his teammates help him and the apaches win league

I am with Philly B. By the way, it's nice to see you on here, its been a while. I hope Walker does well too. These camps, spring ball, summer ball stories doesn't really mean anything. What really means something when its the 10 play of a drive, it's 3rd and 2, you can't breathe, your legs are shaking, but all you know you must get the 1st down. That's what I hope to see.

DIvisonal breakdown:

D-IA
D-IAA
D-II
D-III
NAIA

D-IAA had a very studly running back named Clifton Dawson this year. His build reminded me of Peterson.

Speaking of walker, I hope that he is able to live up to all the hype that is being given to him. I think he has alot to prove next season, whether he plays QB or WR is gotta be able to carry his team to win league outright, no sharing of the title if he's the real deal. I mean with regards to living up to the hype, no one did that better than Peterson he broke his own record what? twice or was it three times he broke it. I'm not sure but he was the real deal, I hope he is able to go to a Div I school because his talents is way too good for Div IA or Div II.

Walker at the Nike Camp -

I heard he was VERY impressive. Both UCLA commit Anthony Dye was beaten terribly by Walker. He must gotten a lot faster apparently. I heard he had a teammate, Todd Golper who was invited but did not participate (injury?). He was interviewed by someone on Rivals apparently as well as Walker. I hope Walker will be a stud at QB

Arcadia has two interesting prospects. Anyone have any info on Golper? He played for the Apaches this year but I don't know if he did anything to get invited to the well-known Nike Camps.

I've talked to Lavelle friends and family and he can't be officially through the clearing house until this semester is over.

W.A.R.

What happened to the Old Marshall Coach Lopez?... What was he replaced in the First place?

speaking of walker, he was at the nike football camp today held at USC. he looked good in the drill work, very quick feet and he also looked very, very impressive in the one on ones. his speed has improved a great deal from last year (track helps) and his leaping ability is unbeleivable. he went against UCLA commit anthony dye once and just embarrassed him on a post corner. i think a lot of teams the apaches are playing this year should feel VERY lucky that he moved to QB for his senior year, including st francis.
kemonte bateman, milton knox, and many other elite athletes also attended the camp and all looked great.

Coach Mills was doing what was right and the only reason he's being treated like a criminal is because he is black.
Sincerely,
Jesse and Rev. Al

um. . yeah st francis fan...the ball was thrown to walker only 4 times that game, not 8 like u said. he did drop two he caught one (for 12 yards may i add, not 2) and one was overthrown. and EVERY time they threw to him he had your db's beat, pretty badly. and the rest of the times they wanted to throw to him the QB either got sacked or didnt know what to do with the ball. he had your secondary on its heels. i have the tape if you would like to see it. and on his youtube highlight tape the 2nd play of the whole highlight tape is against st francis, where he runs over your CB. and your comment about them not throwing to him in the 3rd, he pulled his quad. he didnt play half the 2nd half due to a quad injury which he dealt with the whole season. get your facts right buddy

The reason why St. Francis is not on his tape is because he only had 1 catch for 2 yards. He dropped or the defender deflected about 8 away from him. They stopped going to him in the 3rd quarter.

Can we get a picture of Mulligan he is the most famous pop warner coach ever. Pop warner and varsity football go hand in hand.

I have see the peterson working out at LC for the last 3 years in the offseason and now - he works as hard as player i have seen - in fact he is the only football player i even see out there even today - I think he needs to put that level of effort into the classroom. I wish our soccer players had that decication.

He must not be through the clearing house - there is no other explanation that makes sense.

And it's a free education.

Did Peterson get through the NCAA clearing house? If he had, I am certain that some DI-AA/DII would have offered him a scholarship. He is a freakish talent, but I fear he was steered away from these "lesser" programs. Why not just go where you can play? DI-AA players go to the pro's often. Especially the skill positions.

homeboy could not get the grades for private schools

anonymous--
I'm pretty sure what camp you're from (Petersen). I remain mystyfied at how and why he remained at LC because of, well a bunch of things. 1) Mulligan 2)he could have played at so many places, why LC? 3)Kinda think a few private schools might have been able to help if it was financial 4) Mulligan

Yes Mulligan figures twice. And you're just young so allow me to take exception and say I have seen plenty of talent like Petersen...and most of them ended up in a major college venue. And, it seems, about half of those guys get a good shot at the pros.

This is Petersen's shot. The big time awaits--ALL he has to do is work harder than everyone else on the field and harder in the classroom, hang out with solid people that like to excel, have fun,compete,so on. Again I give him the advantage if Mulligan steers him right. I wish him well

I can't imagine Peterson not getting a scholarship - I have never seen a back like that.

Ainsworth had 11 picks for Monrovia is Senior Year. He was by far the best defensive back in SGV if not SoCal in 1998. He went to Cal but got in some trouble which landed him back in Monrovia, not pursuing a football career.
The other from Duarte was in the NFL with the Bengals (attended Orgeon State) but got into a car accident that ended his NFL career after one season. He was actually on the All Star roster that Garrsion coached in 1998.

Walker still has to prove alot to be named with those guys.

That highlight tape is missing the saint francis game also.

There was no Ainsworth on the Monrovia roster this year for Walker to eat up...

Mike Ainsworth graduated Monrovia in 1998...Walker should be grateful for that.

ainsworth from monrovia was ok, but if u recall when monrovia played against arcadia, kevan walker ate ainsworth's lunch. he put up 10 receptions for about 120 yards and a TD. but at the end Monrovia came out with the victory so i guess ainsworth did enough

walker was reportedly timed at his high school in the 40 at a 4.49 on turf and 4.43 on the track. he was timed on both surfaces by the SPARQ electronic timer. he also had a 33 vertical leap at a camp a few months back.

walker will be a wr in college, and that youtube highlight tape is missing about 3 games..monrovia, crescenta valley, and colton, two of those games he had over 100 yards receiving. he could work on his quickness but his toughness is there and that block was beautiful against glendale taking out two guys. overall, we'll be seeing him on saturdays very soon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l67u-G6uGgQ

Walker's youtube highlight.

When seeing the highlight, he needs to improve his ability to cut on a dime, run threw tacklers, and on defense to wrap up better by leading with the chest.

I've great DB's in our area like:
Weatherby Duarte and Ainsworth Monrovia and they were able to do all of the above.

yeah walker is some great talent from virgina. his lower body strength should be getting better with him running track this spring and i hear around that hes a pretty good 200 runner. he also just committed to the university of minnesota which is in the big ten. congrats!

Coach Murphy was offered the job before the start of last season. The interim tag was self imposed. He decided to take the interim tag off at the end of the season.

Great news about Murphy's All-star coaching opportunity.

And BigA - Coach Murphy is Maranatha's Head Football Coach, no longer an interim. Smart move on their part.

Walker has some major talent. Just gotta get stronger in the lower body. Congrats to Joel Murphy on the honor of coaching the all-star game. He should be given permanent status at Maranatha. Mills should be gone regardless.

its KEVAN not KEVIN

Regardless of what happens, I don't believe keeping Mills is good for the image of the program. We need to start with a fresh face.