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Heroes are always good to have around. I can't imagine anybody who would not want at least one on his team.

Running clock the entire second half? Looks like the La Canada High School Football Team needs a hero this year even though the head coach doesn't want one.

My kid plays on this team please give us a hero!

Im not a big Lasalle fan but shouldnt they at least be #10 in the poll? They did beat monrovia.

I think TC may want to consider stunting more or bringing a backer now and then, whatever it takes. Sitting back and "Reading" may not be the ticket this week. It could get ugly if the short slant and mid-range post comes too easy. When you know it is coming - you need a plan.

Goldenarm

Like I said It became more like a street game when he was pressured. Due to his Immaturity as a young QB he made the typical mistakes that Qbs make by throwing into traffic which resulted in bat downs or near int.s He was sacked a few times because their line is very slow off the ball. If you have a good defensive attack you could put his game on ice. He throws mostly underneath passes and then they go for the Jugular, just have your safties prepared to go one on one with the backs coming out of the backfield.

dawwg,

arcadia is facing many injuries in which kids have been playing hurt. No excuses in A-town. But, with two games against soft teams I am sure 2nd and 3rd string kids will play a lot and even have a chance to start in hopes the others will get better.

O-cat
any success pressuring the QB?

I get a kick when coaches, fans, and players utilize the INJURY excuse for a loss. Injuries will always be a part of the football sport. Dealing with adversity and making an effort to plug in players who have a chance at stepping up and playing in a position who is usually by a STUD...will possibly shock some.

Like I said before...when I quoted Coach Eddie Robinson..."If you dont have better players than the other team, then make your players better."

ATOMIC DAWWG

la salle usually runs 4 Wr's and a back. so i dont know what "slow TE's" your talking about

Anon 10:46

You are definitely entitled to your opinion. It is, however, just an opinion. One clearly not informed by the larger body of stats and facts and Admin. motivation.

A Mojave loss after losing three key players is not ultimate standard of greatness.

Let's move on. We've heard you. Thanks.

I want to vomit.

Hey,Football Fan and MHS fan #2:

Why not give your young men the chance to do both (become Godly men and participate in a Football program at a more serious level). You don't have to choose one over the other. Most other local schools will search high and low for a coach that will better their young men AND their programs.... Rumor had it you ALMOST highered the former BishopAmat coach...True? It looks to us outsiders that your admin took the cheaper more familiar route? My point was not to knock your coach Murphy as a person but to honestly point out he is a below average Football coach and your program and boys deserved better. (Losing to an 0-3 Mojave doesn't make you scratch your head?)

And YES this IS what this blog is for: to voice honest opinions. Each one of these coaches are professionals (to some degree) Some more professional than others... and as such they are subject to honest evaluations. Obviuosly your opinion is biased but you are entitled to your opinion ...As we are to ours. We are not as partial either! Each coach MUST be held to some basic coaching standards. I'd like to think they are the same standards whether you coach at Maranatha, St Francis,Arcadia or anywhere...

I bet Murphy is a heck-of-a-teacher and great spiritual motivator and your school is lucky to have him BUT he still is a below average football coach.

You can agree with this honest opinion or not.

arcadia has two bye weeks, hoover and glendale...back to back.

Arcadia, Alhambra, and Muir will have easy weeks.

Is St. Francis ready to beat Saugus? Nope.

Blair should win against Golden Valley but they will see a great passing game from the Grizzlies.

I'd like to think Pasadena will beat Burbank, but I have a bad feeling about this one. Could be the upset special.

The game of the week is San Gabriel vs. San Marino. I say SG in a tight one.

My thought was similar. To avoid the 3 and out scenario the Rams ground game needs to be there...and it almost is, despite the carpet bombing of negative BS. It might be a week away, but it is coming and can function fairly well Do-less if absolutely necessary. Having not seen LaSalle I can't really anticipate the kind of game it might be. If LaSalle contained Monrovia's speed it seems to me their D must be disciplined and well coached...or at least able to skillfully apply what was scouted.

Goldenarm:

I hate to say this but If LaSalle goes on the passing attack and the DB's from TC aren't ready...the Mercy Rule may have to apply by halftime. It's not that LaSalle is really any better it's just that they will really exploit the fact that TC may go 3&out and then here comes the quick scores....If TC were smart they would spread their Defensive Ends and Blitz them every time they Can..I noticed that LaSalle's tight ends are very very slow and cannot contain the rushing attack.

Goldenarm -

I have not seen TC play this year; I know they have had a bit of turmoil this year, but there is a lot of pride in that program. I know at some point TC will turn things around.

La Salle seems to have been experimenting this season, and things clicked in the Monrovia game.

I expect a close game - so close I won't pick a winner. TC will have home field advantage.

I think TC does have a prayer, even against a Catholic high school. Should be close.

anon 3:02

Amen to Maranatha fan #2.. We parents care more about our sons learning to be godly men on and off the field then winning football. Yes we like to win everyone does.. but in the end I would rather my son become the man I know God wants him to be than have a championship ring. So please let's move on and talk football not bag on coaches..

goteamgo
after seeing the LaSalle - Monrovia game, you think TC has a prair against LaSalle this Friday?

From Fred's SGV Tribune Blog

October 02, 2007
Breaking News: Wardell Crutchfield resigns
Duarte Head coach Wardell Crutchfield informed me minutes ago that he has informed Duarte High principal Dr. William Martinez that he has resigned. We will have more in tomorrow's newspaper.

I'll start by confirming that I am a Maranatha parent - which gives me the right to defend our coach, school, and team - to bag on Murphy is wrong - does everyone forget that we lost our 2 quarterbacks - and Mark Love is out as well? Yes Kyle Delahooke was and will continue to be a great player - no doubt about that - but he was not the entire reason we had a great season last year. You ask about Barnett - ask administration why he is no longer at Maranatha. In all my years of watching coaches -I would much rather have a decent human being as a coach to my kids than some of the poor excuses of coaches I have encountered outside of Maranatha. Very few kids go on to play college or professional ball - the lessons that they take from their high school years need to be ones that will serve them well beyond the playing field. Maranatha has a great track record of instilling more than on-field lessons - they have coaches who look at the big picture and stay in the lives of their players well beyond their high school days. I enjoy reading the predictions, the Saturday morning quarterback posts, and the woulda, coulda, shoulda comments - do we need to continue to slander coaches and kids? I don't think so.

all u guys are underestimating SM just wait till Friday when we beat SG then we will show you we are for real. And we didnt run up the score vs. MK, our 2nd and 3rd string played more than our starters what do u expect this was there chance to do something that they normally wouldnt be able to do if MK is really that terrible that our 2nd and 3rd string can score that much go bitch and complain to them and we offered them a running clock and they didnt take it.....

Arcadia's Travis Gowan is leading the way at QB for Citrus and Dwight Broadnax TC was switch to RB and scored a TD.

Way to go PSN bloggers!!! I'm not 100% sure, but I think this is the first time we've exceeded 200 posts.

Well, Anon 3:01, you lost a quarter. And clearly you're not close enough to the situation to be dealing with the facts. You couldn't be more wrong and reckless with your assumptions and innuendos. Since this topic is outside of the purpose of this blog let's move on. Thanks.

Apache Fan,

I'm well aware that there is a lot of other talent on the Arcadia squad. That defense of there's is very impressive as a unit and I did mention Ahmaz in my initial posting about Lynwood game. I've only seen one game thus far and that was it. I've just been adding my two cents of fuel to the Golper 'fire' as it seems like a lot of people are talking about him on here. I'll have to make it out for another game. Maybe Muir.

RE: La Salle/Monrovia game:

The game was hard hitting - you could hear the hits in the stands. Of all the games this year, I think La Salle was worried about this one - Monrovia, in terms of athletic talent, is one of the best teams La Salle would face, and they had nine months to get pumped up to get revenge for the playoff loss.

What did I see? I still think Monrovia has raw athletic talent - the skill is there. They just have not figured out how to put it together to make it work. I think the Wildcats played almost unispired, lackadasical football against La Salle. La Salle seemed to want the game more. I hope Monrovia can pull it together for league.

The good news for La Salle is that while we know they can pass, they actually had a bit of a running game against Monrovia, so after four weeks of experimentation, they might have figured things out.

I pick and choose my spots carefully to chime in...and usually it is only when I believe a line has been crossed.

I hired Tim Loya in 2001 after one phone conversation with him. He was my right hand man over the last 6 seasons. He is bright, insightful, grounded and hard working. He understands how to evaluate the talent at his disposal and put it in the best position to be successful.

TC has been making steady progress and their struggles are a combination of many things (mostly a rigorous pre season schedule) but they have nothing to do with Tim.

If you have any respect for my opinion on football, trust me that Coach Loya knows what to do and how to do it.

Last thought on Loya...he would be pissed that I got on here in his defense...not his thing to get into these kinds of discussions.

Time will tell, but I suspect the hard lessons being learned, drilled, and corrected will bear fruit when it's time to strap it up in the RHL.

MM

Oh, let's not forget Eric Willim...walkers favorite target, losing him during the Burbank game was huge because Walker couldn't his #1 guy and threw 2 int's.

Miketev & Apache Fan,

I don't even think Golper is in shape. right now, I believe he's in summer ball type of shape. As a blog said months ago, he did not par take in spring and summer drills/ practices because he had a bad back. Doing what he is doing is amazing.

Miketev,

I looked at the National Underclassmen Combine where you got your info and it is correct. I found his other numbers as well, although it was really hard to find because the file had a ton of other names and numbers all filed together.

If I saw correctly, he ran an official 4.68, 4.55 shuttle, 28 1/2 inch vertical. I know he was placed at the all-combine team for them so he obviously must have fared well against the other competition.

He isn't the only good Arcadia player though. I believe Troy Ahmaz and the Arcadia O-line are very good. They have been the keys to success for Arcadia so far, excluding the Burbank game. As long as they keep fighting, Ahmaz will keep rumblin' for 100+ yards a game.

And of course, Kevan Walker leading the way.

After the La salle Game.
I really don't know what to say. There is so many problems that need to be fixed before league play. I mean first receivers were dropping passes, defense couldnt stop a sophmore qb from running and gaining yards, I mean this kid wasnt that fast but our linebackers couldnt fight off blocks. BUt I will give la salle credit for trying to through fades against our corners on the first couple of plays. if those receivers for la salle were fast enough it would of been a more worst score then what it was. But again this qb is looking better and better by the week the receivers gotta make plays consistently. the running game looks good with Smith carrying the ball I doubt anyone in the rio hondo can really keep up with him. the only reason why La salle was able to take him out was because were behind in the second half so we had to pass alot, and they were looking for him to get the ball. But even then he still got over 100yds. right now I really think two things either the rio hondo isnt as good as it was last year, or San marino and Blair are for reals???? And whats up with Blair being ranked 7th???? Who did they beat that is worth even typing on a computer. No mean to diss but it is what it is. I hope this bye week for monrovia gets them ready for south Pas, we better get them because if we can't beat them then the title is out of reach, because I still think T.C. will be ready for league and it looks like San Marino is for reals

you wanna talk about golper's speed?

ask burbank if he's fast! he caught a pass up the middle and out ran the whole burbank defense for the game winning touchdown.

speed (40 time) is only good if you can carry it over to the football field and golper can surely do that.

congrats to colorado's starting fullback Samson Jagoras, arcadia high, who beat OU!

JJIMENEZ
I have exchanged helmet paint with the Mead going back to the day of the Rosemead Rebels - when I was a T_Bird, then 4 additional years as a Moor back in the Pacific League days. Coaches used that same poor vs privileged motivation you mention whenever they could, whether it applied or not.
For the Moors, we always looked upon Arcadia as the "rich boys"..and the Moor ethnic breakdown football wise was much as you mention now...probably 35% latino.
As far as TC, the problem with your argument is eligibility for either school nowadays can be determined by a short block or a few 100 feet. Unlikely that this represents the barrio versus spoiled white boy track home motivation.That is unless zoning changes have happened since I last looked.
I haven't been around TC that long, but in current times I see no eliteism in play, only a tradition of winning worth holding your head high for. No doubt the long coaching tenures and the related foundation of strong football fundamentals have steered their teams to be consistently successful. If you look at their team this year, it is not crumbling as so many have quickly concluded. With the exception of Do, their is no headline capturing talent. The same players, teaming under different coaching and lacking the TC lower level tutelage, might see a poor season this year. This group, however, will perform admirably come the RHL opener. Either that or come November, heat up the crow and pass the salad fork this way.

Goldenarm,

lol....Thanks, but I never jumped ships or anything of that sort. I've always been a 'Mead supporter.I along with my 6 brothers and 2 sisters(including #10's mom) all graduated from Rosemead 3 of us have even coached there(myself included)I've pretty much been a panther since birth(being the 2nd youngest of 9 kids)

The only reason I follow TC football is due to the fact that 2 of my 3 nephews have either played or are still playing for the rams(my niece will be there next year) and I just wanted my nephew to enjoy a winning season of football.

Other than that I've always seen TC as a respected rival,but a rival none the less.

Truth be told I always got the impression(as a player and coach)that TC players thought they were better than us just because they lived on the other side of tracks. It may not be PC to say it but we were the poor mexican school while you were the rich white school....Glad to know we are both just asian schools now...haha.(let the hate mail begin!)

I wish the rams good luck and once Mr. Do gets back I see the rams contending for another RHL title.

Next year I'm not so sure. Like I stated earlier you better hope for another great RB at the lower levels.

FEAR THE 'MEAD!!! WAR PANTHERS!!!

longtime fan...
there are plenty of excellent exchanges about the sport here, the problem is it is mixed with an overload of cheap shots and off-color non-football comments from who knows who. It seems to stabilize for awhile and then a tsunami of crap hits again. I am not sure what Galetti can do other than spend his day deleting and editing..if you have a solution, let it fly. I agree it does de-value the board at times, but by no means is reason to bail.

Mr. Anonymous,

"Alhambra fan--
Did you see Hoover hang around with muir?? No they put them away, and thats what good teams do. SPas is as good as Hoover. Case closed."

Case closed? Uh, no. Your argument is weak, you deflected my argument which is much more well though out than yours. You lose.

While you're at it, go ahead and say Arcadia sucks, after all, they only beat Burbank by 6. [/sarcasm]

Alhambra fan--
Did you see Hoover hang around with muir?? No they put them away, and thats what good teams do. SPas is as good as Hoover. Case closed.

Long Time fan:

A quarter says you are a Marantha parent!

Delahooke was the Blue Chipper...not Coach Barnett. He (delahooke) had more to do with last year than luck or murphy.

Why was Barnett chased out of town? Did coach (Lavin) err..murphy have anything to do with that? And you're not trying to compare Murphy with Barnett are you?

8 years as an assistant at Marantha doesn't look good when thats your entire football resume. You could have and should have done better. You owe it to the kids. (ask St Margarets).

Good luck and no hard feelings.

Anon 2:16

If you believe Coach Barnett to be such a consumate professional and "Blue Chipper" than remember that he mentored Coach Murphy during his 8 years as assistant coach. Coach Murphy had his confidence and backing. It took more than luck last year. And this year MHS is fighting back without their three key players. You clearly don't know the MHS Coach because he doesn't "kiss up" to anyone and motivates with heart AND hard.

Scott G - What's sad is that these boards are no longer a place to dialogue about the sport. You're allowing the kind of behavior this area's Coaches wouldn't allow on their teams.

Scott G.,

Could you please make a phone call to Keppel Coach and find out if he thinks San Marino "ran up the score" and if he decide not to use a running clock.

Drain: Under rated. gets the most with the least talent pool...

Murphy: over rated: Got lucky last year as he had Delahooke running the team.

alhambra only up 7-3 at half-"there du du"-ok usc only up by 3 @ half-r they du-du 2?
its called 4quarters u football genius-moors r one of the best teams in the sgv-so keep hating buddy,they love it! coach Ruedaflores gots a whole bunch of talent believing in one goal-WOW-there on there way-love it or hate it-

Hey Football Fan:

My sons are in college! I just call 'em like I see 'em... A good person doesn't necessarily mean they're a good coach. It takes experience and know how. There is more to it than being a nice guy who wants to do well and kissing up to the parents. The cute cheerleading stuff stuff is OK if thats what you want but come on...You mean to tell me you didn't take 2 steps backwards when Coach Barnett left town?

How come no one will say why Barnett left? He was a great coach. A Professional coach...Was he run off? It just seems that you had the opportunity to become a much better program; new field, new campus, lights, a bigger enrollment, but you failed to take any steps forward in the coaching department...

You had a true Blue chipper leading the team last year. He's gone and the program has returned to mediocrity.

I suppose the real test will be when you get to your D13 league play.

I mean no ill will and wish you the best of luck.

Overrated: Garrison-Monrovia
Underrated: Drain-Rio Hondo

If you are going to schedule some pushovers in your preseason schedule...(0-3 Mojave?) You at least should win those games?

Question to the blog world:

WHO IS THE MOST OVERRATED LOCAL FOOTBALL COACH?

THE MOST UNDERRATED?

Nice post Stang Fan. Let's see how he does against your mighty stangs. It's at your house this year.

Don't get me wrong, Golper is a FANTASTIC player, however I was just speaking to the elitism of programs such as the top SEC schools and SC.

SEC schools think that Cali kids are soft. Period. THey feel they have enough talent trolling around the sticks and bayous to compete at the elite level, and frankly they do. There simply aren't many kids from Cali on their rosters, with the exception of Ole Miss with Ed Orgeron at the helm who just happens to be an expert of southern cali recruituing via his years spent at SC. And when it comes to Cali, national recruiters generally head to the city, SCV, OC, and now even the IE. THey tend to jump right over our little section of the world unfortunately.

As far as SC goes, well you "only" need five stars to play for them and they're just so damn loaded at so many spots.

But as I said before that young man will definitely be playing on Saturdays and repping the SGV well and making us ALL proud.

JJIMENEZ
I'am a TC supporter who finds MOST of your comments reasonable and based in fact or solid observation.
I don't agree many times, but normally what you state is worth reading.
No need to jump over to the DIRT ROAD now, keep the faith bro, blind or otherwise.

I was gonna stay quiet and move on,but just like Popeye use to say...thats all I can stand and I can't stand no more...

It's all good to have faith in your team and what not but TC fans are truely blinded by it.

Question? Does a good coach cater to the talent of players that surround him and adjusts his scheme? or Does he continue running the same scheme and hope his players adjust to it?

Good luck next year rams. You better hope there is another great RB at the lower level.

(I cant let this go though) You change your WR to the slot position to see what kind of scheme the Defense is running. The DC at Rosemead even told me after the game if TC would've moved #10 to that slot he would've had to play him ONE on ONE because of his scheme.

Rejoice TC fans these are the last comments I'll ever make about your team...I truely hope that you earn those horns before league starts(GOOD LUCK SEBAS)

FEAR THE 'MEAD!!! WAR PANTHERS!!!!!

F-ball Einstein:

Reasner can only run straight up and down?

The guy may be the best linebacker in the valley. He had more than 20 tackles against San Gabriel! Tell me that doesnt show range, side to side speed, or quickness. He has size, about 6'2 over 200 lbs, and is the fastest kid on the team. Even faster than Do i heard.

ive been 2 every tc game and ive only seen the dive get more than 5 yards twice... every other time it was 1, mayb 2 yards, or a loss on the play

Rivals' NUC combine from last April posted Golper's 40 time at 4.68. He measured at 6'1, 221. Don't see anything regarding vertical.

#1 Reasner didn't play much RB his frosh or soph years because Do was the back froh year and JV, 24 whos starting now was the primary!
#2 it's pretty easy to sit in the stands and call plays! You didn't see what happened during the week! Maybe 10 was terrible during the week... or who knows! If Rosemead was going to double team him, it didn't matter if was in the slot you fool, he WOULD HAVE BEEN DOUBLED! What they wouldn't have moved the guy?

Coaches play players in the spots they've done best in DURING PRACTICE! "You Practice Like You Play!" Ever heard that? We're not at the practices, and don't get to see what these TC coaches are eeing from these guys... They are trying to make do with what they have!
And running Dive was working until 31 put the ball on the ground!!! That kid shouldn't see the offensive side of the ball!!

Open your eyes! You're a spectator, NOT a coach! If you want to coach, give it a try, it's not easy on any level especially with a lack of talent at multiple spots!

Haven't you all been watching college football recently? the PAC-10 is the best conference now.

What are Golper's numbers: Height, weight, 40-time, vertical jump? Legite numbers, not his coaches stop watch.

Arcadia fans & Pacific League fans-
Now you see why a school the size of Burbank has problems being a top tier program. The Arcadia game and the Chaminade game were classic examples of the frustration faced by Burbank parents and fans. The kids give 100%-unfortunately the administration gives about 25% on a good day.

Anon,

"Alhambra only up 7-3 vs South Pas at halftime? The only thing that saved them was there 22 point 4th quarter outburst.

Alhambra is dodo."

Actually, what saved them was their great defense, which has only allowed an average of 8 pts. (shut out TC, held S. Pas to 3; won't elaborate on holding the vaunted Arroyo offense to 14 ). per game. Let's not mention the 80+ yards of penalties Alhambra incurred in the first half; that might have had something to do with the score.

Know what you're talking about before you blog.

I've only seen Golper play against Lynwood but I have to say that I was blown away. The kid looks enormous out there but at the same time looks like hes the fastest kid on the field. Not surprised at all that he was able to take a short pass and turn it into a huge game-saving gain.

It will be interesting to see where he ends up playing his college ball. From what I've been reading on the recruiting sites, I know UCLA and Stanford are on him pretty strong. I'm certainly pulling for my Bruins to pick him up.

GOOOOOO PANTHERS!!!!!!

Relax VINCE,
I see that you are in your first year of law school. Who cares what you think about the Star News Blog...there are many bloggers who have valid and rational arguments regarding high school football. Some are students who for the first time take everything to heart. RELAX and enjoy the FUN. Live life with joy and have a few laughs on us.

Blogger since Sept. 06.

ATOMIC DAWWG

stang fan

there has been one SGV kid that was recruited by some SEC schools. kevan walker was being recruited by LSU, Ole Miss, and Alabama before committing to ucla. do i think he can play in the SEC? i dont know. lets just say he made a good decision to stay in the pac 10

golper is beeing recruited by ucla as well as texas, harvard, and some other top notch schools. i woul love to see to SGV kids (teammates at that) go play major d-1 pac-10 ball at the same school.

didnt monrovia beat montclair? why isnt their record 1-3

Stang Fan,

Scout.com has Golper as one of the top LB's in Cali. Texas is recuriting him. We'll have to wait and see.

Anon 6:22

The only two teams that matter are SF and Arcadia? Do you mean this year or every year? You can't mean every year, because that would make you an ignorant fool and I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt.

As far as this year is concerned, my Stangs, as I have mentioned before, haven't picked up a quality win as of yet. However, they aren't to be completely written off and they are one of the few teams that "matter" year in and year out.

the realhsfbfan:

Golper is a great talent and a seemingly great kid who will definitely play on Saturdays. Not quite sure about Florida, LSU, and SC knocking on his door though. Don't get me wrong I would love for an SGV kid to be recruited by the top SEC schools, but I just honestly don't see it happening.

showbiz,

Alhambra, by far

"Anonymous September 30, 2007 08:27 PM"

I think everyone here would agree playing running back on JV and the forsh team is different than varsity, esp. with the line they have now...

I also think u misunderstood my point, I am not saying Joe wouldn't be great at RB, I played with him last year, I know how good he is, "Joe Amazing" I called him... I just think that it wouldn't be smart in the long run to switch him. They need to find consistency on offense, and there is nothing consistent about changing posisitions every week.

Does anybody from Temple City know who was the best team that they have played so far?

Sounds like he is a stud. I saw the St. Francis game and I know he had an awesome game, but he is having a monster season.

How did Burbank stop Arcadia? Arcadia has been on a roll running the ball the last 3 games so how did Burbank stop them? Walker threw 2 interceptions? Sounds like they just came out slow. They better not come out like that against Muir/Burroughs/Pasadena or they will get surprised because miracles don't happen all the time.

Big A,

Golper is the best TE&LB the SGV has seen in a while and he's only a junior. I looked at scouting sites and UCLA is very interested in him but the way he's playing USC, LSU and every Flordia school will try to pick him up. He reminds me of a Jeremy Shockley. He's has 60 or so tackles and 5 sacks in 4 games and probably will end up with 150 tackles at the end of this season. After the game, he was hugging his family and teammates, what a modest classy kid.

He took a Kevan Walker short pass with 17 secs left and broke a tackle and raced to the end zone for the apache victory. Burbank did not come out in a prevent defense which I did not understand. The burbank kids did not lose the game for them, the coaches did. Also, coaches never should get run happy when you have the victory in the bag. All burbank had to do was take a couple of knees and they had the game. I don't what the burbank staff was thinking. Maybe they were trying to score, but they fumbled with 1 min or so left on the clock.

I take burbank over pasadena next week 21-7.

TC just pay some refs please, maybe they might give you a victory. Or just pray that Will will be back now. Please i'm begging for a victory.

Look #10 is a good player, but he is painfully slow. He ran past SG because he was open and made a good catch on the sidelines turned it up field and scored. The problem with #10 is he doesn’t get separation from the defender making getting him the ball very difficult and he takes a lot of plays off. #5 is the best football player on that team, but that doesn’t make him an offensive weapon. He runs straight up and down and has very little quickness which is why he can’t play RB at the varsity level. He’s a perfect TE/ LB.

Man, the Pasadena Star News and local papers have really done highschool football a great injustice. First, ranking the teams in the area is a joke. Who can compare a huge school like Arcadia vs. the smaller studen bodies of the Rio Hondo League. No doubt that most year the bigger schools are going to beat the smaller schools with less talent to pool from. The second injustice is allowing this "blog" which is nothing but a bunch of insults and factless accusations rather than a true discussion of football. To allow people to criticise highschool athletes (and by name no less) is rediculous. These guys are kids and are playing for fun and/or love of the game. They should all be applauded instead of thrown under the bus by a bunch of people who don't remember what it was like to play or never had the skill, courage, or good fortune to strap on a helmet and play the greatest game on earth. This is my first and only post so feel free to make fun, rip me to shreds, whatever. That appears to be what this organization thinks passes as news these days.

F-ball Einstein:

#10 runs like an offensive lineman? I'm sorry but did you not see him run past San Gabriels defense en route to a 60 yard touchdown a couple weeks back. And even against rosemead, he beat double coverage and was open a lot, the qb just couldnt get it to him. Plus, Do is not tc's only weapon. #10 and #5 are good receivers, they just need to touch the ball more than 4 times a game.

4merram
As far as Reasner goes, great hands wont help you if you have to dive for every pass. I swear this kid has to stretch out for every ball thrown at him. And how is running back a new position if he played it his freshman and sophomore years? Reasner would be able to handle it. Trust me... this kid is the best player on that team and needs to be utilized as such, just like Will was.

After seeing the LA Salle v. Monrovia gameis apparant that Monrovia's coaches need to shoulder some of the blame. The talent level and speed was there for Monrovia but they never took advantage of match ups. i saw 6' 2" receivers matched up against 5'6" cornerbacks and not one fade patten or jump ball. In addition how many bals did Monrovia rceivers drop. The QB looked great but got no credit. Coach, teach your receivers to catch and you win many games. Also give credit to the QB he is a fine prospect with a bright future.

Anyone give me some analysis on what happened with Arcadia? I wasn't able to make it due to a work conflict but did anyone go to the game?

the real hsfbfan,

Did you go? What happened on the play Golper scored on? How do you give up a 48 yard TD when you should be playing a prevent...wow

Words to SF. Way to represent the SGV. I am happy for your victory and keep on rolling to represent the SGV well!

la salle will roll right over TC this week. I guarantee it. If Rettig can keep throwing the ball to baier and the lancers can avoid the big play on D. they will DOMINATE

Boys, Boys, Boys,
You are talking San Marino and Keppel the two worst teams over the past decade in the area. A Pasadena Panther Jr. All American team could beat either team. Who cares! San Marino won't go .500 in the RHL and Keppel won't win a game the rest of the decade.
Only two teams matter int this area and they are Saint Francis and Arcadia.

Or do what SM did and give it to your best back double the amout of times he has ran previously and pretend you have a good team.

i agree with mooney being the best play caller WHEN YOU CAN RUN THE BALL 45 TIMES A GAME WITH ONE OF THE BEST BACKS IN THE AREA! but Loya doesnt have a legit back right now so its kind of hard to do that. i agree with a previous post, its all about execution. with mooney that is what we did every practice, execute execute execute and we were good at it.

Alhambra only up 7-3 vs South Pas at halftime? The only thing that saved them was there 22 point 4th quarter outburst.

Alhambra is dodo.

JJ,
TC's Offensive Coordinator is not the problem. TC’s 0-4 because of a lack of talent. #10 has nice size but that doesn’t mean anything if you run like an offensive lineman. The QB rolls out because he is 5’ tall and is right handed it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out which way he will go. Will Do is that teams only offensive weapon. Bill Belichick couldn't help that team score points. Watch out for TC when Do comes back and they begin league play. They scored 35 points in week one with Will running the ball.

TC FANS NEED TO STOP DEFENDING THE OC. WE AS FANS NEED TO REPLACE THAT GUY WITH SOMEONE WHO CAN GET THE BALL TO THE FEW PLAYMAKERS THAT TC HAS. THATS SOMETHING THAT ALWAYS WAS IMPORTANT UNDER MOONEY & THE RAMS NEED TO GET BACK TO. I'M SURE THAT IF THERE WAS AN OC IN PLACE THAT UNDERSTOOD THIS, TC WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PUT UP A FIGHT IN SOME OF THESE 2ND HALFS INSTEAD LETTING THOSE GAMES GET OUT OF HAND!!! J JIMENEZ I AM WITH YOU 100% & RAMS FANS NEED TO GET BEHIND THIS TOO!!!

You have my vote for post of the year.

Note to South Pasadena coaches in preparation for your Friday game vs Keppel -

1. Start practicing your second quarter take-a-knee drills tomorrow.

2. Instruct your reserves to knock down any passes instead of trying for an interception.

3. Special teams - please don't rush the punter, and always allow the kick returners to pick up any fumbles before you attempt a tackle.

4. Tell your QB, sorry, but this week you will not be allowed to attempt any passes.

In short, you don't want
to be accused of running up the score, so start preparing your team now to avoid anything that might lead to such a horrible possibility. Remember, 60 points must be the limit for our fellow bloggers based on what Blair put on Marshall without any discussion.

I swear ram fans are seriously ...ah F' it who cares.

The LS QB is one heck of an athelete. Soph or not, this kid played with a lot of heart and leadership. It also reflects on the LS QB coach: Difiori.

ATOMIC DAWWG

PLEASE REMEMBER....

DAWG HOUSE 07 IS NOT THE SAME AS THE ORIGINAL "DAWWG" FROM THIS BLOG.

I MAY HAVE TO CHANGE MY NAME ONCE AGAIN BECAUSE SOME ANONS CANT GET IT STRAIGHT!!!!!!!!

HERE'S THE NEW BLOG NAME FOR THE OL DAWWG:

ATOMIC DAWWG

anon
Whats your point? That we should have thrown the ball more? If we had the score might have been 100 to zip.

John Trawick had carries 24 in the game against Keppel more than any other game but one. He had double the amount in a 16 -0 game where in which he only had 12 and 16 in another much closer game. If he really only played part of the quarter he was on track to have a 100 carries. Seems sort of ridiculus. It was not so bright to give the ball to him so many times anyway in a game that was over midway through the 1st quarter. If he goes down you are back to a 2-7 team.

TC showed up, played hard and lost to a very good Rosemead team. Until the last half of the 4th, this game could have gone either way. By no means was this a "fold-up" loss for the Rams, on the contrary, this was another hit, another bruise in what it will take in this strange pre-league season - in making the team a contender for the RHL crown. I say this in "as is " condition with or without the presence of the sorely missed Williams Do.
When any offense bogs down it is first and foremost that play calling comes into question. In retrospect, it is often the execution, and not the play call itself that is at fault. TC is still in a developing stage of executing..but as anyone who has followed the team since 1st full gear day will tell you - timing and cohesiveness is starting to show. TC got respect against Rosemead and at this point, considering the multiple shots across their bow already this season, that is enough to take away. It is not a regular thing to take momentum with you after a loss, but this was the case Friday for TC. My expectation is the same as stated way back. TC will find a will (no pun here) and way to step up come the league opener.

Frustrated Cat,
Where have you been? You should have been very frustrated with the way things went down last year as well.

Anon 4:49,
You must not live in or go to SM - It means "the facts speak for themselves". The tough guy doesn't represent us. The game got away from us. If we had to do it again we would do something different to keep the score under 49, over and out. There I said it now quit bashing us we have enough to worry about.

to Anon 4:23pm,
if you have anything to say. Say it like a man. don't be a coward.

Seriously, enough with the bashing of the TC play calling, Loya has one of the best football minds in the RHL...
And Reasner at RB? He's got some of the best hands on the team, and as good coaches, the TC coaches know that when Do comes back, he'll play rb. Why move Reasner there for a week or two, make him learn a new posistion (and still manage the defense) just to win one non-league game. I agree its important to go into league with the horns, but at the sacrifice of league play? no.

I garauntee TC will be back where it belongs once league play starts,at or near the top andin the play-offs (and that goes for M-town too)

non-league schedule matters...

anon,
Why don't you tell us how you would have kept the score down. Maybe not hand the ball to John Trawick? Who only played less than a half or Don't throw the ball to Chevy McGinley, who caught 1 20 yard pass that he ran 53 yards for a touchdown? Or maybe tell your second or third string guys not to score 21 points from defense the second half. Lets here how you would have kept the score down.

James Lee,
Res ispa loquitur

frustrated cat, obviously la salle is not the worst team to play in pasadena. But in fact monrovia is. They are terrible and for the record la salle's quarterback chase rettigis #6 inthe state in passing yards. and is only a sophmore. so stop trying say that la salle is terrible when you couldnt beat them

Is Mooney really the coaching at San Marino?
I doubt he would have allow the classless run- up of points. He had plenty of chances to do that at TC with much better than San Marino has and didn't.

to Atown Pride,
Revenge for running up the score? As I remember (watching from the audience stand), you guys still have your first strings in the game at 4th quarter. The score was 52-7. We have our second and third strings in. One of the TD is from a 3rd string corner (his first time in the game). We are not legit? Please wait for the game on next friday to determine that. At the beginning of the NFL season, I thought the Saint are legit and the Packers are not legit. Just wait and see.

Unlike the ones you have "realist" What a dope!

Temple City's Offensive Coordinator is actually really good. I just want that to really be put to sleep. Coaches could only do so much, its the players that have to listen, and its the players that need to have the talent. Sorry OC Loya, I know this year is hard, with what is surrounding you.

to Anonymous 2:01
"If Mooney is really the coach at San Marino he should have the b----s not to hide in the booth behind a guy with a 20% career winning record."

Yet you don't have the BALLS to say who you are. You are the B**** Hiding behind the name of anonymous everytime you post.

I'm a Monrovia alum and fan and I'm very disappointed by this years team. Have any of you been to the practices. Whats going on over there. How do we lose to lasalle who has a 10th grade qb. I have been reading these things on here for a couple of months now and all I ever hear is how good we are and how we can beat all these teams yada, yada, yada. Lasalle is probably the worst team in Pasadena this year how do you think we can beat Blair or PHS, let alone Muir. Please Garrison do something this is a shame!

yeah Catz football i did notice that too. one of their corners cant be over 5' 6" but he stuck with receivers over 6 foot.

Anon,
He is exercising his right and option to help coach, not be the coach.

If Mooney is really the coach at San Marino he should have the b----s not to hide in the booth behind a guy with a 20% career winning record.

To Anon Sept 29,10:17:

Here is a quote from Mooney from the star news,
You need to get your facts staight.

My coaching days are done for the foreseeable future but a window has been left open should I miss the game too much. I have been hired as an administrator, and been told that I can do as much coaching as I wish. This was not an option for me at Temple City had I opted to advance my administrative career there.
“This was a most intriguing selling point as I weighed the decision. I am currently undecided about my coaching future. At this point, my focus is on making a solid and professional transition into a new school and administrative setting. It is comforting to know that San Marino would be completely supportive."

Has anyone else noticed how small the la salle defensice players are? they are super small but they sure can take and lash out big hits. Good game lancers, just eat your wheaties and drink your milk and maybe your players will hit 5 feet

San Marino,hmmm i forgot there mascot name,what is it,"CUPCAKES"? u will show your true colors this week-finally you'll play a real tough football team,representing the big bad ALMONT LEAGUE!!!! Keppel's a junior all-american team-congrats on 75-0 over a jr.midget team-the matadors will end your victory celebration on friday night-

I AGREE WITH THE POST ABOUT BAD OFFENSIVE PLAY CALLING AT TC. I MEAN ITS OBVIOUS THAT THAT GUY DOESNT KNOW WHAT HE IS DOING. HEY OC I HEARD THAT MOONEY IS AT SAN MARINO, MAYBE YOU SHOULD GO JOIN HIM AS IT IS APPARENT WHO THE BRAINS OF THE OPERATION WAS OVER AT TC!!!

Ramsinsider:

What does knowing or not knowing the coaching staff have to do with knowing football?

I said what I said with Will being out and whats left of the remaining talent on the team.(Sebastian being my nephew has nothing to do with it)

Once he,Williams Do,gets back it WILL be a different story.He'll be back to carrying this team on his broad shoulders,including the coaching staff and its offensive play calls.

dawwg

nobody is that dumb on this blog.

we all know you got smashed on and got a forfeit win. if you are actually going to try to count a forfeit win, you are pathetic!

the pacific league betta watch out the dawgs r back!! we're at 500 now and i dont care how we got that win a win is a win and now the boyz can be unleeshed on the rest of the league. burbank were comin 4 u!! u guys think your good cuzz u hung in with arcadia!!please!! we got way more skil ltalent than arcadia who is slow. have u seen the speed we have. and the only teams we lost 2 is dominguez and harvardwestlake who are 2 good teams. its a rap 4 the pacific hear we come and stang fan u know u dont want any. u guys are losers and we cant wait for november

Longtime, I've noticed that as well. Some have names at the bottom.

I'm curious to see how many of these used to be under other names that couldn't get on so they changed to anon.

As long as the posts stay clean, it's not too big of a problem, although a bit annoying.

If posts get out of hand, we may have to start requiring e-mail addresses. But that would be more of a hassle.

I will give plenty of thought to your suggestion though.

Thank you.

hey annon

Leave the Maranatha coaching staff alone we love our coaches.. Are you just mad beacause your son doesn't play? Sometimes you win and sometimes you loss.. it's a game...

jjimenez
i am a ram at heart and ram forever but please stop. you dont know the coaching staff personally and just flat out dont know what your talking about.period. YOUR NEPHEW IS # 10 Sebastian Orozco. He is good, but the best reciever on the team is Joe Reasner. yes he should be playin RB but what happens when Will comes back? they should leave it as it is they will be fine.

Anonymous @ 10:16 p.m.

What are you talking about? In the last 3 games without Will Do TC has been outscored 122-32.0 against Alhambra, 20 1st half pts. against San Gabriel(shut out in the 2nd half) and 12 pts. against the 'Mead(6 in the 1st and 6 in the 2nd half)There is no run game or passing game.

Your best player(while Do sits) is #5 and should be playing tailback(where he played his freshman and jv years)so he could touch the ball more and utilize his athletic skills, but he's not...

Your best WR #10(who has decent size at 6'2'' or taller)whenever he touches the ball is hard to take down and hardly gets the ball thrown to him. Especially when you have a QB that always rolls out to his RIGHT (by design?) and your best WR is always lined up on his LEFT side with no chance of seeing the ball thrown in his dierction(or as in the game with Rosemead,seeing that he is being double teamed as a wideout on the outside and not moving him the the slot WR to stop the double team)but he's not...

Running FB dive practically on 1st down of every possesion doesn't help either.

The defense has improved greatly and keeps you in the games (as 1st half scores indicate) but that offensive needs work...period.

Scott G - we're seeing an increase in the number of Anonymous posters. It certainly makes interacting coherantly and easily much more challenging.

Why not require a unique ID (fake is cool) so it's less complicated...?

Anon 10:26 pm

Maranatha's loss to Mojave was a blow. To assume that single loss necessitates new coaching staff only serves to highlight your issues, not reality.

Maranatha has a great coach.

We, Burbank High, almost beat Chaminade. Chaminade beat Canyon. People don't realize that we are a good team and gave arcadia a run for it's money. Yeah, arcadia was good, they remind me of USC vs Washington today, good teams stumble. Hey, St. Francis took it to Los Altos! We had a tough non league schudele. We also played torrance that's ranked top 25 LA times, lost 7-0.

Watch out Pacific league.

I called the Blair win, and the Maranatha loss, but the St. Francis win surprised me. Congratulations on a big time win by the Golden Knights.
Rosemead impressed but Arcadia, wow. That was a close call to Burbank.

How about
1. Alhambra
2. Arcadia
3. St. Francis
4. Muir
5. Blair
6. Rosemead
7. San Marino
8. San Gabriel
9. Pasadena
10. Temple City or Monrovia

Al'97,

You clown, bottom line... arcadia won and is 4-0, something SF couldn't manage to do. Seems like the arcadia lose still stings.

WOW! Marantha loses to 0-3 Mojave?? Looks like they could use a coaching change too? I was there and boy did they get out coached!

The Rosemead TC game was a great game.

TC looked to be the controling team most of the time! TCs Def was playing great! There Run game was shut down by a great Rosemead Def but they put it in the air and were successful!
Rosemead started to catch some breaks that can change a ball game and TC had to force something with not much time left but made some mistakes.
The score didn't reflect the actual game AT ALL!!!!

Should have ended 20-19 Rosemead!!!!

GREAT GAME TILL THE LAST 4-5 MINUTES!!!

Ok,
Then I have lost all respect for Mooney.
Don't forget your current coaching staff was 3-17 (1-9) two years ago and 2-8 before that and no one went up by 75 -0 on SM and could have easily done so; heck everyone could have done so. That staff which is the same as the current staff lead by none other than DR "I have no class" M will be back to their usual 1-9 form next year and pay back will be a -----. Also nice to know Mooney has keep his promise to TC to stay away from coaching. The fish always stinks from the head anyway. Seriously rethinking Mooney's reputation.

Well, RHL Insider and JJIMENEZ are fools!

The Rosemead TC game was close!!

TC had to try and make something happen because the run game was shut down because of a great Rosemead Defense! The TC Off Coordinator called it great!

Can't run, Throw It!!! And They did it well!! A couple dropped balls and some a little over thrown, but successful!

TC is a good football team! They just need to put it all together!!

Anonymous are you aware that Whittier Christian was rankked fourth in thier divisions CIF poll. 3 dominating wins against inferior teams is what you are suppose to do. Now they beat a CIF ranked team thats not a team thats about to fall apart as you seem to be implying.

Look, what Blair has done is something that should be respected. As a program they have made major improvements. However, Blair fans, players, parents, and coaches need to realize they are in for a wake up call when they line up against solid football teams. My point is this…if you want to get better as a program you have to test your players with quality opponents. For example, Temple City has lined up against the best teams in the SGV and in each of those games they have been competitive for 3 quarters. This has been done without there STUD RB/ LB, & head football coach (Thoughts and prayers are with Coach Backus). When TC gets healthy come league time they are going to be force to be reckoned with. Mark my words! GO RAMS!

TC REALLY SHOULD LOOK INTO GETTING A BETTER OFFENSIVE CORDINATOR

His play calling is really hurting that team.(especially when you don't have Will Do to bail you out.)

Please back off the San Marino Coaches. I totally agree with NY. If your a second and third string player you are going to play as hard as possible. I didn't here anything about San Marino passing in the second half.
I have been a part of bad losses. I remember losing to M-Town 56-0 my Senior year at SP. Sometimes the other team is just flat out better then you.

I blame Keppels coaches for not agreeing to have a running clock in the second half. What was the point of that? Why put your players at risk when it is clear that you are physically outmatched. It will be interesting to see what happens when League starts.

As far as SP, I'm not suprised. They stuck with them for the first half and because of lack of depth...as usual for SP they got tired the second half. Good fight boys, maybe youc an take something from this once league starts.

arcadia still managed to win. the fact that it was last second actually shows more character in the team. they quit and throw up their skirts.

st francis lost by double digits to arcadia in week one.

AL, please stop posting if you dont know what you are talking about.

i meant....

Golden Knight

hey scott,

you really have a problem with giving credit where credit is due. RB Evan King of St. Francis had a great game last night with 2 touchdowns and a big first down pick up and you didn't mention his name at all in your article. Great job kid! keep it up! Some other notible performances from the game last night: Great running by Kyle Morgan. Pat Degnan, Antony Lombardo, and Tommy Tartag were a big factors on D. And you didn't even mention Garcia's TWO fourth quarter interceptions. Garcia also had 113 yards not 92. Get it together over there Scott. Great game SF!!! Keep it up. Saugus will be tough, and they are also out to get you guys after the defeat they suffered last year.

Goolden Knight

to James Lee
maybe you should reconsider saying that you guys didnt run up the score. i mean come on... 75-0? you guys got mad and stopped playing us cuz we beat you guys 52-7 two years ago. your coach said we "ran up the score". just something to think about. oh. and you guys are NOT legit. just so you know.

St. Francis played the way they are capable of playing last night. They have gotten better every game. The next 3 games they play quality Division 1 opponents so we will see just how good they are. Riley, Garcia, Heyworth, and Morgan played great last night. With their offensive line playing better it is easy to see that their passing game is much more complex and advanced than other area teams. SF is a much different team than the one that lost to arcadia in week 1. If that game was played next week im pretty sure Sf would win handily. Still Arcadia is a solid football team that should run the table in the pacific league even though they did not show up to play last night. On that note I think it is ignorant to judge hoiw good a team is by saying they lost to this team who barely beat .... etc. There are alot of comments like this on this blog. One of the defining characterics of HS football is inconsistency. SF did not show up in week 1 and arcadia did not show up this week. Go Golden Knights

Anonymous at 12:47 am, you're not impressed with Blair's 4-0 record, but let me guess...you're impressed with PHS's 1-3 or Muir's 1-2 record, right? Even with Muir's one win being against Hoover, "a nothing team" in your own words? Admit it, Blair is a team to be reckoned with this year. Tip's doing a great job with them.

I told yall when the season started them boy's down there in Alhambra are for real..It was fun beating up the area teams,but it time too get ready for the big boy's in are league and go back to back.Good luck too all the area teams let's get a cif title in the sgv...

Raminsider

I am just trying to call them as I see them....no one can really look into the future and say for sure what will happen moment by moment, but for this moment in time it points in the direction that has already happened. Dont get me wrong I hoped for a TC Monrovia RHL rematch and I hope it still happens, but when you overlook who's really been showing their talent and say just because you are who you think you are it isn't measuring up. If I had a good word of advise for the TC faithful..Be careful of the Passing Game that LaSalle has it can be very exposive at times. A good passing game usually evens the playing field when the passes are on target and thats what happened on friday night. It's like hitting 3 pointers to win a basketball game. I still think that Monrovia has the best talent in the league but the plan hasn't quite come together yet. TC is not their 100% best at this time and We all know that so with that said we must all accept what is given to us by our opponents. If you ask some of the LaSalle faithful they might say that Monrovia gave them all they could but thats why we are looking forward to the playoffs.....Good Luck TC.....I hope you guys recover well so that we might just be able to prove just that.

Apaches WILL go 10-0 this year. Burbank only had a chance because of the ridiculous amounts of penalties Arcadia racked up. The loss of Eric Willm in the second quarter, and the loss of Lars Guillermo also had an impact. With two tune up games coming up, the Apaches will piece together one of the greatest seasons in the history of the school. WITFHLITTW

man that arcadia game was INTENSE!!! walker was, let's just say, subpar, lastnight passing but as a true leader does he stuck it out rallied his team when it matters a threw an absolutely beautiful pass over the line backers head into the waiting hands of todd golper who took it to the house. i gotta tell you even though Arcadia played not so well, great teams always find a way to win. walker is a true leader and he knew he didnt play well (as he stated in their article) but he never gave up and led his team to victory. he even made some key tackles at the end and had a pick. and once again the defense played OUTSTANDING by holding burbank to 7 points after they scored first in the first quarter. many redzone stops and tough playing. apaches will go 10-0

1) Blair
2) San Marino
3) South Pas
4) Temple City
5) Monrovia
6) La Canada

Blair answered all questions last night.

San Marino shows they can beat a horrible football team.

So. Pas finally ran into some competition and found out first hand of what Brown and Smith are all about.

:Wanted TC Playmakers: is there such of a thing called the 5 year high school plan? If it is, call back the O-Line, Dwight Broadnax, Andy Hebblethwaite, and Riley Saxon.

Monrovia, so much for the swagger.

La Canada is acceptible I mean they lost the Lavelle Peterson Show, what else do they have?... NOTHING!

Neither Duarte nor San Marino needs to apologize for scoring so many points recently. The opposing coaches are the people who should apologize to their players for not getting putting them in a position to succeed. Everybody who is criticising these scores is essentially suggesting that the winning coaches put their own players in a position to not be successful. Sometimes scores just get away.It sounds like there was no malice intended.

Wildcat Man: I had to put your post on ice.

When I read the post, I thought that something serious happened after the game.

On a night where there was plenty of violence at high school football games, unless it really happened, there's no room for that.

La Salle Afficiando,
dont worry they're coming. like last year how TC was the win to get LS going for that great run, now its LS's turn.

o-cat
why do you change your feelings on the rhl everyday? its still gonna be TC and MTOWN at the top. And maybe SM is ok this year congrats on the start, but 75-0 i know i wasnt there but thats even hard to get in a video game.

Anon 9:40: Heyworth did throw for two touchdowns.

Scott,
I hate to call attention to a bad post, but please delete the horrible post by wildcatman on Sept. 29 at 2:10 am. This is a HS Football blog, no room for crap like that.
Monrovia-La Salle was a hard fought game, lots of pass interference penalties. I don't know what constitutes pass interference in 2007, it seems that the defender can't get near a receiver without getting a PI.
One more non league game for the Lancers, before starting the Camino Real schedule. Bring on the TC Rams.
Note that Monrovia listed as #10 in your poll is now 1-4, not 0-4.

This just in:

Dear Saint Frances (yes, I did not mis-spell it, I said Frances)...

You better say ten hail marys, a few our fathers and go to confession because you will meet you destiny and your torture in the form of the MIGHTY ONE!

The one and only MIGHTY CUBS!!!!!

Come October 18 boys of brown, you will get a little skul-in on how to play CIF Division I football.

All your rosarys and all your bed-time payers will not get you OFF THE HOOK that is called CUB FOOTBALL!

So, enjoy you wins over OVER-RATED SKULS... cause WE'S A COMIN 4 U!

GO CUBS! Remember 2005 all yall,

HERE IT COMES AGAIN.. CIF TITLE 4 D CUBS!

Oh, and Amat... U Next!

PS: Don't bother replying to this post since it is a one-time post with a non-existent box for replies! All you need, St. FRANCES boys, is run under the prints TUNICS, under the bed, under the desk, under thebleachers, WHAT-EVAH you can find to hide from the MIGHTY STEAM-ROLLING CUB LOCOMOTIVE that is coming 2 U SOON! OUT!

SM will be shown no mercy when they enter league play.

Interesting that the SM coaches offered to run the clock and the MK coaches passed.

One of the SM touchdowns was a second string safety who rarely plays intercepting a pass and running it back 81 yards. What's he supposed to do? He never gets to play, he makes an interception. Is he supposed to take a knee to make posters happy?

Another SM touchdown was on an MK fumble on a kickoff that went into the end zone. The SM guys jumps on the ball. What's he supposed to do? Just stand there and not do what he's been coached to do?

For most of the game, SM has a second string QB, second and third string running backs, linemen, defensive backs, etc.

What are they supposed to do?

Not play hard?

John Trawick was benched after he scored his fourth touchdown midway through the second quarter.

He came back in for one short offensive series at the top of the third quarter, and then watched the rest of the game.

What else is SM required to do to keep you people happy?

New York,
SF doesnt play Amat this year. I just want to give props to Dietrich Riley who had an awesome game 163 yds and a TD and Kevin Garcia with two TDs and two big interceptions. Big time players show up in big time games. Keep up the good work Knights.

Bosco Tech Coming out hard again to easily beat a sorry murphy, 52-6.

I think once they beat cantwell (if they can) they can begin to get recognition like many of these other schools are. they are now 4-0.

the question is how will they fear up versus del rey league contenders serra and harvard westlake???

do they belong in the top ten?
maybe

hey gold arm
U were RIGHT ON the Rosemead and Temple City game

You guys should shut up if you haven't watched the game. SM did not run the scoreboard. I'm one of the players and we took John out near the beginning of second quarter. The last half is all 2nd and 3rd strings. Our coaches even ask MK coaches if they want to run the clock, but they refused (MK want to score one point at least). So shut up and wait for next weeks SG vs. SM game. Then you can determine if SM is legit or not.

Hey anon 7:26
Who do you think is in the booth at every game, reading formations,calling down plays, talking with the kids at halftime? Its
none other than Coach Mooney, you don't think he could really stay away from coaching do you?

who the h--- is Mahmud Mcbride? Does he think he's already in the NFL?

Temple City will win the Rio hondo League with Blair and San Marino battling for second. I really think that if Temple City plays the way they did against a very good Rosemead team then they have a serious shot.

Way to go SF! The whole team played well, defense stop Mcbride! Hey Scott, correction on your article, Evan King made 2 touchdowns, not Austin Heyworth. Next week Saugus! GO KNIGHTS!

Crepsi beat St. Bonnie and Venice Beat Oaks Christian. OC is on a two game losing streak.

Venice's, Cutris McNeal scored 5 touchdowns. He'll be at USC next year.

ohh man wut a night in arcadia. with 13 seconds left k-walk dumped the ball over the middle to todd golper. breaking tackles and running to the endzone... tht was the most intense thing ever...

All i got to say is 4-0 baby

NO APACHES DOWN!!!!

Ah...... the real SM fans show. Truely classless.

Congratulations Saint Frncis, here is what I posted on the Trib blog..."Give credit to Saint Francis for a great game plan. Gano rarely stunts and blitzes before an opponent exhibits the ability to throw. The Golden Knights seemed to have figured this out and it looked to me that they scripted their first series. Heyworth, The Golden Knights QB, fresh and "hit-free" delivered the ball flawlessly and blew right through the already suspect Cong secondary.

When LA adjusted and began bringing backers on blitzes, after being down 21-0, he then executed the quick shovel pass, pitch and inside handoff beautifully. Very much in contrast to LA's effort to get the ball to anyone other that McBride, who played valiantly and tried, in vain, to carry the entire team. Tamayo looked confused and frankly, out of his depth. Too often when he did do his part another Conq would drop the ball or get cranked by a stunting and tenacious SF "D".

Gano expressed concern in week two about his "midgets" in the secondary and Friday night his concerns came to fruition.

Based on their remaining schedule and the now exposed "deep and seemingly irreparable flaws" in vital elements of any solid teams potential for sustained success, I am afraid the highlights and high points of this particular Los Altos season are now behind them.

"Talent, leadership, and little bit of luck." In addition to the pyramid of success, John Wooden has mentioned those three things as key ingredients to winning it all.

We/Monrovia need leadership more than ever. I don't believe in luck other than the luck we make for ourselves through hard work and getting to the right place at the right time.

Congratulations to all the programs who are doing well and came up with big wins last night.

Does SF play Amat again? If so, beating Los Altos but losing to Amat would only support the claims of all the Amat fans that they are still the best team around. Let's go Knights. Keep repping the West side well.

Stang Fan:

It's true that the Cats have a lot of youth on the team...AND IT SHOWED LAST NIGHT...WE STUNK! But I will not give up on the hopes that their coach will find a way to correct the mistakes both on offense and defense. Taking a more realistic look at the Rio Hondo league I have San Marino as a possible #1 contender with Monrovia or Blair fighting it out for second, but I do hold a little more optimism that Monrovia will recover from some major injuries and become way more compettive during playoff time. Coaching is something that has me really baffled with this team. The defensive alignments are somewhat off, I will give credit where credit is due for the La Salle team, they played to Monrovia's weakest points every opportunity they could and Won that War. Talking with some of the LaSalle Fans Oddly enough lots of them were from Monrovia, they mentioned how intimidating Monrovia players looked but were amazed themselves at the weak play calling and the weak defensive strategy. All I can say is that these kids are young and all they can do is improve. They need their starting running backs in full health by the San Marino game or it could be a more dissapointing season. With that said Stang Fan....I think we are starting to see more eye to eye..I hope. What's up with Burbank?....a close call with the highly ranked Apaches?...

Please continue to talk about San Marino. We enjoy the attention/obsession. The fact that everyone is upset... we'll consider that an added bonus... BWWHAHAHAHA.

Like per capita more people per house than any other city.

People are hating SM because they have NO CLASS as usual - this year for the first time in forever they may or may not have a football team - they haven't played anyone - so we don't know.

SM gives their star running back the ball 24 times in a 75 - 0. Hey Annon you said he was out by the second quarter - 24 carries in one quarter times 4 quarters (had he played all) would be almost 100 carries in a game - your right they didn't run up the score.
Did SM not know that Keppel has a 20 game losing streak going? None of these 20 loses have been even close. Someone should inform the SM coach that their is a playoff system so running up the score against a team that would lose to the Pasadena Ponies - just shows what a classles person you are and proves right what everyone says about the SM school, SM parents and SM kids.

sorry but Sm had all there 2nd and 3rd string in during the whole 3 and 4 Quarter....what are they suppose to do kneel the ball to start the half??? The kids that usually don't get a lot PT got into the game and had fun. People are just hating because SM has a good football team to go along with other things. You people are pathetic. All you do is try to find a way to bash SM instead of giving them there do's

We played really well on both sides of the ball," Titans coach D.R. Moreland said. "We do have a few things to work on, but when you score 75 points, it's impressive."

No it isn't - it is stupid!

75-0 is running up the score.

I hope the SF bloggers keep their heads on straight - SF had a nice win - but let's not forget we lost to Arcadia who almost lost to a not so good Burbank team. Let's just keep our mouths shut and keep winning. I don't want this to turn into the embarrassment we had last year on the baseball blog.

Hey Mooney you might want to talk to your varisty coaching staff about class - something you always had at TC.
Better yet why don't you just step and replace Mr. Ego and have him go back to pop warner and run up the scores there like most "never wases" do.

San Marino proves to be the classless team that bloggers have posted.
Amazing when the doemat of the RHL has a good team one year what they do. Can't wait for next year when they or back in their rightful place.... the celler of the RHL.

San Marino SCOREBOARD!!!!!!!!

Most of the starters were taken out early in the Keppel game. Halfway through the second quarter to be exact.
The score was like 49 at the half, all the other touchdowns were by second or third stringers and special teams. San Marino in no way ran up the score. One shouldn't make judgments if they didn't see the game.

The scoreline on SM-Keppel looks bad, but John Trawick didn't play much of the second quarter, came out for one drive in the third and then sat for the rest of the game. They went to their back-up quarterback in the third quarter, and three of the final four touchdowns were either defense or special teams.

The bench saw most of the action in the second half.

It looks bad, I know, but trust me. SM was not running up the score.

no those creepy la salle kids have never been in a fight thanks god they have SF guys to get their backs against other schools

Much props to my Golden Knights. Stang fan you are right that is why you play the game. Scott you shouldnt have changed your pick. Just cause everyone else is saying one thing doesnt mean that you have to jump on the wagon.

wildcatman are you serious?

Arcadia is good. I would like to see them play Alhambra.

Arcadia is number ONE

man its late

75-0 wow sounds like a classy coaching staff over there in SM.

Arcadia4Life

Hey this just in…Gabrielino beat Keppel. San Marino beat a team that hasn’t gone 0-5.

“La Salle just beat Monrovia” That is you’re come back? Both teams are 1-4. What exactly are you trying to say. Two bad teams play each other and one wins. Wow that was profound.

Ay Smalley, get off the blog and go to bed!!

Amen to Vikings Faithful

This just in...Blair HASN'T PLAYED ANYONE.

Fred is the only one who gave us a chance and now we are ready for a bye next week before league. The Vikings have the most explosive offense in the SGV. Wish we could play everybody all at once. That would be cool...It's a Viking World

La Salle just beat Monrovia, yet you say San Marino hasn't played anyone. Interesting. La Salle is gonna beat TC too. Watch.

I have to give TC credit. They are the only team with the balls to play anyone in the preseason. I think that is why they always win the RHL. Playing quality teams makes them a better football program than any other RHL team.

How can someone posting as Anonymous tell Vikings fans or anybody to quit posting under other names. We can post under what ever we want! Why don't you worry about your Pacific League race and leave us alone. We're having fun while you are living off of yesterdays glory.

wow what a friday

Wildcats----------Wildcats. Come out and play-ee-ay. Wildcats.---------Oh Wildcats. Come out and play-ee-ay.

San Gabriel will roll San Marino. SG only loss was to a very good 5-0 Eagle Rock team. SM hasnt PLAYED ANYONE!

Arcadia is solid.

Once again Monrovia came into the La Salle game over confident and thinking they would roll right over this small school...not the case tonight!!! offense suspect...defense suspect...coaching suspect!!!

I'm already anxiously awaiting the outcome of San Gabriel-San Marino next week. Who would of thought 3-1 San Gab would face undefeated San Marino (4-0)? I have to admit, I never saw any of this coming. BTW, watched Duarte tonight, and they're the real deal -- for the Mid-Valley Division. They beat Gladstone 34-3 and it was called with three minutes left after a fight broke out. The Falcons have some weapons in the backfield, especially with Chris Harris. They could have won by 50 if they just handed the ball off to their backs, who were unstoppable. They tried mixing it up too much and had a couple of touchdown attempts intercepted in the endzone. As Mike Mooney use to say, stay with what works until they find a way to stop it. Take the hint.

You said it best Fred J, Blair is a RHL contender

WHy does arcadia's record say (3-0)?

All you San Marino fans need to wake up too! They havent played anyone either!

Gabrielino 1-4
La Salle 1-4
Workman 1-3
Keppel 0-4

Temple City will be tough in league play. They have played some tough teams. There opponents have a combined record of 13-3. Lookout for TC!

Blair Baby, what have I been saying about Blair. Anyone that knows anything knows that Whittier Christian is a darn good football team. This was a statement win. Tip is doing an incredible job. I always liked Monrovia and Garrison, but will you really be surprised if Blair beats them now? (By the way 'Cats, can't believe you lost to La Salle ... again). Heck, it might all come down to San Marino and Blair, what a changing of the guard that would be. Well, can you tell, I miss all this crazy stuff going on in the RHL.

And St. Francis .... you knocked off our Trib's top team. Congrats, because these bloggers on the east side don't think to much of football over here ... Even I picked against you guys this week. Feel great for Bonds, I've always felt he was one of the best coaches in the SGV, regardless of the heat he takes.

Let me hit you Blair fans with some knowledge.

Marshall 0-4
Hollywood 1-4
Hoover 0-4
Whittier Christian 2-2

I'm not impressed!

Look at the records of the teams Blair has beat. All four teams have combined 3 wins. They havent played anyone!

R.I.P Monrovia Wildcats.

TC needs a win next week or they are in trouble!

Blair deserves all of the credit in the world. The team they beat could beat everyone in the rio hondo. Blair will mop up the rio without a doubt.

Monrovia is nop good. San Marino will win the RHL.

Will the one Blair fan posting all of this Blair stuff using different posting names please stop

Blair hasnt played ANYONE! They will be tested once they get to league play.

Stangfan,

Being a arcadia fan, I am happy to just get a win. It was painful to watch, nonetheless, it was a good wake up call. Teams for now on are looking to knock us out. It was difficult to get a good seat or better yet a view because people are flocking to catch arcadia now...good to see.

Blair is a GOOD football team.

The Stang Fan,

I read and agreed what you said about the coaching at Blair. Mills produced wins, but Tip has completely changed the Blair team and is winning big. And it's about damn time

wow, The RHL looks up for grabs this year!

Now what about Blair. Are they finally convincing somebody? They might not be the best looking team,however they are getting wins which means something. The season could change for the worst, or maybe they will surprise us and win big. It seems only time will be able to let us know.

Alhambra's cupcake schedule will end up hurting them in league. Bell Gardens and Schurr seem like they are on top of their games playing talented teams.

Go SM!

I am confused how good is rosemead after losing 35-0 to Los Altos? And, how good is SF then? And, how good is Arcadia then? Arcadia got a scare tonight, but good teams find a way to win.

Folks, finally...lastly... Monrovia losing to La Salle? Monrovia is horrible period, no if, ands, or buts. All of the talent they have...wow. Not a good time to be 'Cat, especially the way they talk it up on this blog. Excuses after Excuses.

It can never be repeated enough........THIS IS WHY YOU PLAY THE GAME!

My picks were HORRIBLE!

SF, great win, and I missed this won bad!! I'm not sure if Los Altos isn't that good or had a bad day or is SF just good. Either way, congrats SF you guys proved me wrong. It's still going to get ugly for you guys the next few games though.

Arcadia....what happened?? THat was an absolutely ugly game that I saw tonight. You guys KNOW you were lucky to get out of there with that one. WOulda, coulda, shoulda, is killing Burbank right now, but they SHOULD definitely have won the game and you guys KNOW it!! With that said.......scoreboard.......and congrats on your first league victory.

Monrovia???? Wow!! All I can say is WOW!! I think most folks on this blog, including myself, were waiting for your "talent" to shine at some point this season. O-Cat you keep talking about all this amazing youth you guys have. Yeah well, if I'm not mistaken, La Salle was supposed to be young and rebuilding too. Simply put....you guys are NOT a good football team. AT ALL!!! Others have said it before and I wasn't quite sure, BUT Blair HS will be the Rio Hondo League champs. And will some Monrovia fan other than New York PLEASE admit that your team is not good and just stop creating excuses for this bad team. La Salle?? That hurts.

I picked against the dogs vs. CV because of there God-awful coaching, but as I mentioned they just have too much talent....although to be down to CV at the half is just plain embarrasing.

Others have said it before, specifically Freddie J, but now I believe.....Blair HS will win the RHL. I picked them to beat Whittier Christian, and I hear they looked good doing it. I think we can all admit Tip Saunders is a pretty damn good coach. PHS, you totally dropped the ball on this one. You could have had a proven coach like Tip, not some NOBODY like Mills whom everyone said was great because he turned Blair into a .500 team. Now Blair picks up what PHS threw away and he is going to do WAY better the Mills did at Blair. Terrible.

A lot of folks, especially on the ESGV blog were all over Coach Crutchfield at Duarte for runnung up the score vs. Ganesha. If the same isn't done to San Marino, as much as I'd hate to, I may have to pull out the race-card. In all actuality, neither team should be criticized, they both ran the ball on some REALLY bad teams who simply could not stop them. What do you want the kids to do, take plays off and get hurt?

Muir is still all potential and hasn't proven a thing. No quality wins to speak of, and it doesn't get any better when they host Glendale next week. I do like the new addition they have at wideout though.

It seems as if TC's 2nd half troubles continue....unfortunate.

Alhambra is just way to much for SP.

What an intersting couple of days.

TC will win the RHL if they play like they did tonight!!!

Great Rosemead team!!!