It was not a misprint. Love has been sidelined by a hamstring injury.

Maranatha fans-

Is Alex Clash now the tailback or was that a mis print? I thought Mark Love was your tailback.

The RHL League is in Div XI.

I enjoy inside jokes only when I am in on it.

Why doesn't RHP expand its enrollment. Is your model scalable? Take the 9-12 up to 1600 and become a D-8 powerhouse.

I wonder how many "big" schools would be playing this weekend if their players had to turn the "slip" in every week.

RHP83--

Sure the slip still exists. As does the Bluebook.

The statement regarding Muir's titles was qualified with the word "major" as in an upper division team.

Funny thing about little 'ol division 10 (RHL division) prior to reallignment the back-to-back champion was a little school named Crespi. Anybody hear of them?

I thought the last team to win a CIF football title in the WSGV area was RHP in 2005. Less be honest,love them or hate them, the small schools are winning CIF titles and taking care of business in the classroom.

P.Finchamp does RHP still use the "slip".

Congratulations Vikings on your thrashing of HH- they aren't TC, but a strong scrimmage like last night goes a long way in helping coaches prep.

LCH what happened? You should have rolled Glendale don't ya think?
Maybe your coach should schedule HH next year?

Good luck to Maranatha for no traffic tonight and a little SGV pay back. ScootG didn't you pick them to beat St. Marg in your paper last week?

RHP good luck also - Brentwood should be a walk over after Bakersfield.

Maranatha has several great coaches on their staff. One of them played for SC a few years ago.

Good luck Maranatha.

DAWWG

muir is actually the last team in our area to win a major cif 'ship. they won 3 in 5 years---'85-'86, '86-'87, & '89-'90. it was awhile ago but still they were the last ones.

Let's see SF hasn't won a CIF championship since 63; Has Muir or PHS ever won one? So let's not get crazy about what great teams they are.
Whatever glory they talk about is way in the past - SO you wake up Anon.

Anon 9:09
wrong most of the guys at Muir and PHS can't play college ball and those they can play ball - many can't make the grades or Sat scores - so here again they can't play college ball and it is going to get worse because the college academic requirements just went up this year.

For the child who posted the following - please do not include SF in the future we don't want to be associate with such classeless immaturity. We at SF do not want this to make us look as stupid as we did last year during baseball season. In other word stop helping us. I know a lot of those guys at those schools you rip - I played ball with them in Jr All American for 5 years - they are fine athletes and I would love to have any of them with me at SF.

"this is EXACTLY what im talking about!

these small school losers have things all screwed up. they feel like they can match up with the big boys in their mind!!

WAKE THE F--K UP DIP$HIT!!!

trust me cuz you obviously dont know jack. you cant hang with the big boys:

arcadia
sf
muir
monrovia
tc
phs

thats it!!!

those are the ONLY schools to talk about
no alhambra, 30 years to win 100 games is still terrible!!! hahahaha!!!

no maranatha
no la salle
no rhp
no your school!!

hahahaha!!!

Posted by: Anonymous | September 12, 2007 07:45 PM"

Talk about living in the past when was the last time one of these "big schools" form the of Pacific or RHL or even SF did anything in the playoffs. I agree with anon you give a good prep league school the line of the bigger schools and they would do just fine in the RHL and Pacific - of which by the way they are only one division lower with 10% the student body.

LC tied Glendale 21 to 21. When you tie Glendale you know you have hit bottom.

Freddie, I know it's a good start for Blair, but the Vikings' two wins last year were blowouts. Yes, they beat Hollywood and have a good young quarterback, but I'm not ready to put them in the playoffs just yet.

Better take a close look at Blair, they're up 47-0 on Hollywood in the third quarter, and I know it's just Hollywood, but that's two straight blowouts. Mark this down right now, Blair will finish no worse than third in the RHL, and dwill give both TC and Monrovia a run for their money.

Anonymous--
Whoa there. I want to clarify. My son has received some interest from D1 schools from Brown to Oregon, UofW and a day at USC. But let me clarify it has been in limited and mostly in letter format. He is likely a kicker at D1 unless he morphs into something bigger and faster. Interest at other levels IS high. Good SAT helps a lot.

One Muir's former head coaches played for Maranatha.

The school Booty came from Evangel Christian is a football powerhouse in Louisana. They recruit the whole state for players. They are not like small schools around here. A better example might have been Rashaan Salaam. He played 8 man football in San Diego I believe, and then went on to win the Heisman before flopping in the NFL.

Anon 9:09

I think Maranatha has a kid playing at Navy this year. Finchamp said alot of D1 schools are looking at his son and it doesn't get much smaller than RHP. Look up the high schools for some of your heros in the NFL - you will be surprised how many of them came from small schools. I think Booty came from a small school.

Good luck to Muir, I hope they win it all this year. They got a lot of good kids and a lot of good fans.

Same goes for ST. F, or is that too small a school to count?

hey small school hater where and when did you play? And why are you annon if your sooooo proud of how you feel? Don't tell be the young men on the smaller teams don't work as hard as the big school players because they do, and yes the deserve some press. Not everyone has to play in D1 to make it in life, infact i'll bet most of the boys who play at smaller school's have better grades and do better i life down the road. So lay off.

Ps did you play college play or in the nfl ? i didn't think so

Stang fan, you are right, Muir is an oversight and should have been mentioned.

You are wrong about the RHL and camino real leagues, the RHL was division 10 before the last realignment. You can see on calpreps.com that the division they are in now is considered division XI. Oaks CHristian was bumped up to division X in the last realignment. The Camino Real league was in Division XI before and after.

Prep League Fan has a good point although I would add that the Orange County, IE and San Diego County teams could look at the WSGV as a small pond. Even to the SFV - the WSGV is a small pond. There's talent, tradition and great programs in the WSGV, but the small schools in the WSGV are every bit a part of all that. Finchamp also makes good points regarding the small schools. If RHP's Finchamp was at Burbank or Burroughs he'd be a starter at some position-maybe even break records at Burbank which would make him an all Pacific League player and certainly put him on a par with players at Muir and Arcadia.
The best "team" in Burbank right now might just be Bell Jeff (small school). They have the best running back in Burbank without question.

Anonymous 9:09:

While I whole-heartedly disagree with your opinion about whether or not small schools should get some ink in the paper, your quip about the strip clubs is frickin HILARIOUS!!!

BTW, Prep League fan, I see no mention of Muir in your commentary, I wonder why. If the omission is because you think SF, Arcadia, and, of all teams, Alhambra are better than Muir....well, my friend, I wonder who really is "deluded."

With that said, I agree with your comment that all teams should recieve their fair share of exposure in the PSN, regardless of whom they play. Every student-athlete should have the chance to read about their team and themselves in the local paper.

Prep League Fan:

It's always dangerous to speak about "facts" when one is not really up on them. The fact is that Monrovia, TC, and the rest of th RHL, and La Salle are (f)actually in what is considered "D-10." As a matter of fact the RHL teams are all counting their blessings, as are many others, because the dominant force in "D-11" just happens to be a small private school by the name of Oaks Christian.

PHS, Muir, Arcadia, and the rest of the Pacific League are in what is considered "D-5," which makes your comment about the huge gap between the competition Arcadia plays and the competition other teams play rather perplexing. You know...because we play in the same league and all.

I'm sorry, apparently the "real world" involves living in past glories and has no room for the actual facts about how good the schools are relative to each other. The reality, based on divisional alignments, is that SF, Arcadia, and to a lesser extent Alhambra are the only schools in the area not to play in a very small pond.

There is no convincing the deluded however, so I will let the facts speak for themselves.

nope, doesnt work that way in the REAL world!!!

at muir, arcadia, monrovia, sf and phs, they have football players actually good enough to play in college! you say john muir and every coach in american knows its on lincoln ave in nw 'dena!!!

dudes from muir, arcadia, monrovia, sf and phs have dudes in the NFL and other pro leagues!

these five schools should be covered every week. if there are inches available and no strip clubs want to advertise, maybe the psn will fit a box score of you little guys in!!!

Anon 7:45

Monrovia, TC, and PHS are Division XI, one step up from where the prep league is and in the same division as La Salle, which you dismiss. The RHL plays in the lowest level of CIF where you can still find large (~1000) public high schools. Division XII and XIII are full of small private and desert community schools.

The reality concerning level of play is,

Arcadia and SF, followed by a big gap

Alhambra, RHL, Montview, Mission, Camino Real leagues followed by a small gap

Prep League and Delphic League (Maranatha)

There is really no school in the area that deserves coverage over and above anyone else because of the level of football that they play.

this is EXACTLY what im talking about!

these small school losers have things all screwed up. they feel like they can match up with the big boys in their mind!!

WAKE THE F--K UP DIP$HIT!!!

trust me cuz you obviously dont know jack. you cant hang with the big boys:

arcadia
sf
muir
monrovia
tc
phs

thats it!!!

those are the ONLY schools to talk about
no alhambra, 30 years to win 100 games is still terrible!!! hahahaha!!!

no maranatha
no la salle
no rhp
no your school!!

hahahaha!!!

ONLY the line? That is a pretty significant part of the game. Most local schools lose in the playoffs ultimately because an opposing O-line wears down their D-Line.

The only difference betwen the best prep league schools and the RHI and SF is the size of the line.
Skill position are comproble wxcept for one or 2 standouts like a Do or Rielly.

The whole point about Maranatha being a Division XIII school will probably be moot next year, when the CIF realigns divisions (or so I am told). They will no doubt move up.

I personally feel that right now they are a Division XI team playing in Division XIII. Their program has come a long way the last few years. Division XIII was probably appropriate a few years ago when they were placed there - if they are going to win CIF, it better be this year. I wish them well.

Yes, I agree with prep league Fan that the Maranatha faithful can be over the top at times, but the comments have been good the last few days - none of the "where's our respect" or "how come we do not get more coverage" or "XYZ is too chicken to play us." Keep is respectful.

While I agree that the Maranatha faithful can be somewhat over the top at times, bashing them for being in Div XIII is somewhat interesting considering the Rio Hondo, Montview, and Camino Real leagues are all Division XI.

For reference, St. Francis is in Div III, Muir and Arcadia in Div V, Alhambra in Div VII, and the Prep League is in Div XII.

small school fan--

Nice to receive such support, thanks. Look every now and then you run into a team that creates an unusually difficult match up. I don't think any of us were prepared for a 6'6" 290lb skilled player who could move nor their 6'4" 240 fellow. Had that been all RH Prep might have been okay. Bakersfield may also have been quicker than RH Prep--no they were quicker. It really seemed they were a very different team than a year ago. Hat's off to Coach Barnett.

From a coaching perspective that may have been the best time for such a loss. Plenty of time to retool and analyze. That will be the kind of team RH Prep will see in the playoffs.

who cares about volleyball?

also, campa is a fat turd, what does he know about volleyball anyways?!!!

Where's Campa's new volleyball rankings?

I agree with localfan, why so hard on Maranatha?

You are mad at them because they are Div. XIII?
why don't you man up and tell us all what team gets your cherished endorsement?

Football Glory? I would suspect that parents send their kids to Maranatha for something more lasting than high school "football glory".

At the risk of another one of your tantrums, if it is OK with you, I think Arcadia / Monrovia is the GOTW. The Alhambra game looks good, but I think they should have done better last week.

Good Luck to all.

Week 2
Thursday's Games
La Canada
Blair

Friday's Games
Temple City,
Arcadia
Maranatha
Eagle Rock
La Salle
St. Francis
Bosco Tech
Rio Hondo
South Pasadena
???Gabrielino at Keppel???
Poly

Saturday's Games
Burbank Bellarmine-Jefferson
Piedmont Hills

finchamp

what happened i picked you guys to win??? bakersfield has a bigger team with bigger players but you guys have speed that kills... and great coaching.. so can you give us the break down? good luck next week

finchamp

what happened i picked you guys to win??? bakersfield has a bigger team with bigger players but you guys have speed that kills... and great coaching.. so can you give us the break down? good luck next week

Arcadia vs Monrovia is definately the game of the week because the top 10 rankings will be based on this. If arcadia wins they should be number 1 but if Monrovia wins that means that 4 of the top teams will all have a loss. I hope Arcadia's only loss comes against Burroughs because that and an SF win over burroughs would make it easier to overlook the Week 1 loss. I am a St. Francis fan and my optimistic look for the rest of the season is SF wins the rest of nonleague puts up a good game win or lose against SO Notre Dame and beats loyola and finishes strong in league vs Alemany, st. Paul, and Chaminade. Good luck to all the area teams lets bring some pride back to the west SGV this season

I really don't think maranantha would be the game of the week, I just dont think they're that big of a team to be considered game of the week. I am very interested in the Monrovia/arcadia and who comes up on top. But I really think that T.C./Alhambra should be the game of the week only because Alhambra is really hyped up like they were last year. I also think that this will be somewhat of a good test for the rams but not a test that they can't pass. Alhambra is a good team but that league is ruled by shurr high school, but the Moors are not too far behind so I think they should be game of the week. Im hoping that the cats can get faster on defense but im not saying they will because after last week I just dont know.

no body cares if a team makes it to a cif final in division 13!

the same reason why you dont see semi-pro highlights on sportscenter!

what a retard!

why go to maranatha if you wanted football glory?

Why so hard on Maranatha?

Watching them put a program together with new coaches and new facilities has been fun. It has been a bonus that they are a local team. Last I checked, only two local teams made it to the CIF finals.

Trying to run them down because they are not in your division exposes your lack of knowledge of the system.

It is odd that so many on this blog pick on Maranatha but they never identify their own favorites. Are you afraid because your team didn't make it to the CIF Finals? Maybe you are scared everyone will make fun of you because you didn't play Long Beach Poly or SO Notre Dame or Mater Dei?

After all, how can you call yourself a real program when your team doesn't play the real football teams - right?

The La Salle/San Marino game, while not "game of the week" material should be fun to watch. Against Huntington Park, La Salle went with a run and shoot offense - 4 wideouts, single (or no) running back, no tight end, and working mainly out of a shotgun. While a loss (some special team miscues, and penalties did not help) the offense generated 350 or so yards passing, and 3 TD's in the air - if things start to come together for La Salle, it may be a fun game for the aerial fireworks.

Alhambra v. TC should be an explosive game.
Will Do showed he's for real and TC lost to a quality opponent.
While Alhambra didn't blow Glendale away, they did get the W with a QB getting his first varsity snaps and missing 3 starters on the O line. Throw in the fact that three touchdowns were called back (2 on very poor calls in the first half) and it would have been 26-0 at half. Glendale is much improved from what we have seen in the past with lots of returners.
With the line back at full strength Smith and Brown should see more daylight.
High scoring with turnovers being the key.

burbanksports:

You must really hate Arcadia.

My picks for this Friday:

-TC over Alhambra
(I still can't understand how Glendale was beating AHS at one point)

-Arcadia over Monrovia (I said the Duarte game was going to be close and I was wrong, so I say Arcadia by 18)

-Glendale over LC (close game)

-Blair over Hollywood (really interested to see how this team performs vs. somone other than Marshall)

-Maranatha over St. Margaret's ( to be honest I know NOTHING about either team, so I'll choose the local guys...how do you pick against Harry Welch though?)

-Eagle Rock over SG (by 21)

-La Salle over San Marino (QB will have big game)

-Muir over Franklin (BIG)

-SF over CV (BIG)

-SP over Hoover (hell, everyone over Hoover)

-Gabrielino over Keppel (by 28)

-Poly over Marshall (either Blair isn't that bad of Marshall is just horrible)

I'd pick Arcadia over Poly, RHP, and maybe Blair.

exactly!!!!

if you wanted football glory, you should have sent your kid to notre dame or oaks Christian... or stay local and go to SF

Alhambra over TC
Chaminade over Burbank
HW over Burroughs Burbank
Bell Jeff over Prep
Monrovia over Arcadia
Glendale over LC
Brentwood over RHP

Maranatha has "earned" nothing and won nothing!
What's with the sense of entitlement? "We deserve more coverge/We deserve respect/We deserve to be the game of the week/We deserve a game with La Salle" etc etc etc.
Getting to one CIF Championship game in a division set up for schools that are half Maranatha's size proves nothing except that it can beat weak teams. Congratulations!!!

What two 8 man teams are beaing referred here?

Bring on Oaks Christian? Who said that? Maranatha would settle for La Salle or San Marino or Blair!

I think they've earned that at least.

why wouldn't the arcadia vs. monrovia game be game of the week? Isn't that one of the oldest rivalries in the San Gabriel valley?think about it!!

Well I'm 100% on my prognostications last week. No I did not weigh in before or after RH Prep's loss to a very big and quite good Bakersfield Christian--a team I will pick to do very well in their Central California division.

My picks this week. Temple City crushes Alhambra as does St. Francis over CV. I am quite interested in the Arcadia/Monrovia game but don't know enough to pick. And yes I pick RH Prep to beat Brentwood.

isnt this the psn game of the week? shouldnt both teams at least be from the coverage area?

how are two 8 man teams going at it bigger than arcadia-monrovia?

The game of the week is Arcadia vs. Monrovia. Period!!! Maranatha, I know your game is significant, but this is a true rivalry bewtween neighboring towns whose teams are usually at the top of the PSN rankings. Good luck though, Harry Welch is the MAN.

Not the game of the week, but I am interested in how the San Marino-La Salle game comes out. Not that I doubt La Salle getting a W, but if SM lays with them and keeps it tight, that could add some drama into the RHL race. As for possible games of the week for the RHL, the TC-AHS game has some implications down the road as well if you are trying to size up the 2nd or 3rd plpace RHL teams. Alhambra plays SP in a couple of weeks and their Glendale score was not at all impressive. Either Glendale is a surprise team, coming out of decades of ineptitude, or Alhambra really isn't that good.

Someone sounds a little cranky to me. Maybe you should be taking your nappy instead of playing on your mom's computer.

ScottG called the Maranatha game the big one this weekend not a Maranatha fan.

Maybe you just had a little trouble with all the long words? Stop complaining about Maranatha, if no one cares why do you?

Lets talk about how some of the other schools can get back into the CIF finals.

Apaches vs Monrovia - top area game and obviously heated - considering some of the tasteless comments being spewed - lets show we know the game and support it, especially the kids suited up

TC/Alhambra - take a look at the clip Galetti has provided, Williams Do breaks, shakes and runs over and through 6 tacklers on a kickoff return, this week he will answer any doubters that still question his skill and heart...either game you choose is a good choice

Wow! Maranatha wins 44-0 over a school that played 8-man last season! Very impressive-bring on Oaks Christian!!!

guy, i never said posting about maranatha wasnt allowed.
i just said that no one cares.

what good is it to hype your own team? you definetly didnt send your son there for football glory, or you are wasting your money!!

so what do they teach at maranatha? how not to read correctly or how to waste your money!! ridiculous!

anonymous 11:10, sir:

I think I missed the part where Galetti said no Maranatha fans allowed.

Yes I am a parent of a MHS student, is that also a problem for you?

Since this is a football blog and not a grade school play yard - the question directed to Mr. Galetti remains.

the suffix to mean disease or condition is spelled -itis

not -idous

what do they teach over at monrovia?! maybe they should shut them down as well!

again, no body cares about maranatha!

you probably have a son playing there or are a player.

Ya, i do agree that monrovia vs arcadia should be the game of the week, even though i think arcadia will walk away with the win.... if you wanna see a good game, especialy to see who is the areas top running back, then watch TC vs alhambra...

Galetti -

Last week you favored Escondido over Maranatha and then you leaned toward Maranatha over St. Marg.

MHS wins 44-0 and now you switch and pick St. Marg. to beat MHS. What happened to change your mind?

I think arcadia vs. monrovia isn't the game of the week because everyone knows arcadia is gonna smash on the overrated wildcats.

Same way teams used to "stop" Tiki Barber...fumblidous.

dude, how is monrovia vs arcadia not the game of the week?

no one cares about maranatha!!

game of the week: arcadia vs monrovia.

good games: sf vs cv.

tier two (fox sports west net 2 / espn "the ocho"): tc vs alhambra.

thats it!!