FOOTBALL: Star-News Gazing - A look into the future, Week 8

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In PUSD, citizenship does count. No more than 2 U's and you must have higher than a 2.0.

216
apologies for my shoot first and ask questions later approach -

Goldenarm,
I was not referring to the strenths you pointed out, but rather to the weaknesses. The overcommitting ends and DBs. It was a compliment. Not sure why the conspiracy theorist in you awakened. I talked about scouting yourself and you mention the Patriots cameraman. Area 51 was a good reference though.

216
You must have been on the grassy knoll - and the first non-alien at Area 51

Blair's left / right toss...a real secret - are you high?
no affiliation at all with Mooney, except for respecting his impact on TC football and the kids there

Goldenarm,
You put together a nice scouting report on Blair prior to their SM loss. You must have some affiliation with Mooney. He and Maloney were great at exploiting things like that.

I might have misread it. But you are right. Even 5 or 6 is too many.

I based my number on an article in last year's star news. It read that Muir had 19 players ineligible.

RICHARD "DICK" (short for Richard) R. STOP HATING DONALD "DUCK" /MR.PROFIT OR WHO EVER YOU ARE HIDDING BEHIND YOUR COMPUTER IN YOUR COACHES OFFICE WITH NOTHING BEETER TO DO...YOU SHOULD REALLY TAKE ALOOK AT YOUR STAFF AND THE GREAT JOB THEY DID GIVE LIL BROWN 4 TOUCHDOWN'S THIS PAST FRIDAY NIGHT ON YOUR "HOMECOMING" NOW GO OUT THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND PLAY WITH ALITTLE MORE PASSION,HAVE YOUR PLAYERS KEEP THIER MOUTH'S SHUT(NOT COME OUT SCREEMING "THIS IS OUR HOUSE,WERE READY, WE GONNA BANG HEADS") ALL THAT WOOFING THEY DID THEN TO COME OUT GIVE UP THAT A$$$$$.. (LIKE MR. JIM ROME SAYS) AND LAY DOWN IN THE FIRST HALF...PLAY BARNIE "I LOVE YOU" IN YOUR LOCKER ROOM TO FIRE YOUR BOYS UP ..
LOL
LOL YOU KNOW WHO I AM..I SEEN THE FEAR IN YOUR EYES FRIDAY NIGHT "DUCK"...STOP CRYING MAKE THE PLAYOFF'S !

MANNY OFFENSE SMASHED YOUR D'FENSE "COWARD"

GO MOORS GIL RUEDAFLORES IS "THE MAN"

MANNY IS LEARNING FROM A "GREAT ONE" AND IM WATCHING HIM GROW EVERYWEEK... AND THATS WHAT MATTERS GET BETTER AS THE SEASON GOES ON..IT'S ALL ABOUT THE PLAYOFF'S RIGHT GET THERE THEN GET IT DONE!!

RUN RUN RUN !!!!!

SCHURR 47 SG "MASADOORS" 10

hal lam---Muir didnt have 20 players inel they had about 5-6 which is still not good. i think the paper said 11 and than coach howard clarafied himself cuzz there were like 5 jv guys who had bad grades too and they were apart of that 11

note

did anybody notice walker congradulate mills right in the middle of his crybaby session??

coach D knows how to not only teach football, but class.

And on the eligibility front, each district can determine their own time frame. So in a league like the Pacific League, which has schools from four different districts, there potentially could be four different ways of doing eligibility. Most of the Pac League schools, however, do the same thing. The Pasadena schools (in the 80s) actually counted the athletes' citizenship grade as part of eligibility. The kids had to have an "S" average. Meaning satisfactory. I think they have stopped that now. I remember a Muir kid who missed a season even though he had a 3.0 GPA. His citizenship was the problem. He had 5 S's and one U.

The Glendale school district in the 90s was real big on truancies and attendance of its athletes. Athletes were pulled out of competition when they had more than 2 unexcused absenses. Those policies have gone away however.

Seems like I read that last season Muir football had nearly TWENTY boys declared ineligible at the 10 week grading period, which is when CIF playoffs kick in.

Anon 216

you would'nt be the sideline cameraman for the New England Patriots, would you?

Viking Fan:

Yes, I'm quite sure. The first five weeks are just a progress report so that parents and advisors can see where the students are, but it's at the 10 week grading quarter where grades actually come into play in terms of eligibility.

Dear Richard R-I'm pretty sure Coach Ruedaflores' son can fend for himself,but i'm hear to comment on your ignorant remarks-I myself am a close friend of his family and i also played Div.1 football in the pac-10-also played for coach Gil in junior college-He is such a well respected man,far more than just a coach,and his "thorn on the side",son is a spitting image of him-obviously you have no clue what the hell your barking about-and it's sounds like your just simply a jealous IDIOT-GO MOORS 2007 and congrats to coach manny doing a hell of a job-don't sweat the haters baby!!! keep following your great father's footsteps-

Dear Richard R-I'm pretty sure Coach Ruedaflores' son can fend for himself,but i'm hear to comment on your ignorant remarks-I myself am a close friend of his family and i also played Div.1 football in the pac-10-also played for coach Gil in junior college-He is such a well respected man,far more than just a coach,and his "thorn on the side",son is a spitting image of him-obviously you have no clue what the hell your barking about-and it's sounds like your just simply a jealous IDIOT-GO MOORS 2007 and congrats to coach manny doing a hell of a job-don't sweat the haters baby!!! keep following your great father's footsteps-

ScottG,
I think you did a great job with your interview with Coach Mills. He is just so classless to cry about the refs and how his D didn't come
to play. Maybe he should take the blame instead of pointing fingers at someone else or just accept the fact that he lost to a better team. I'm glad you didn't cut his interview out of your video because it shows how he really is. Nice work Scott!

How about self-scouting as well? Knowing what you do well and what your weaknesses are would be a good way to anticipate what your opponent might try.

On the offensive play calling subject - scouting plays a BIG role...and rarely gets mentioned.

Pasadena Guy: The only stuff cut out of the clip was dead air. No quotes were cut.

Stang Fan at 11:45. Are you sure about that? I know that at Blair, they've already had one grading period end and coaches were checking eligibilty. My daughter is playing a fall sport and had to make sure her grades were acceptable.

dawg 87/huckster aint s**t. he is somebody who has singularly destroyed the Mills football era and i coudn't be any happier. ha ha ha !!!!!!!!

In THe Education Field:

In the PUSD athletes are actually under the 10 week grading period because the schools don't use the 6 week format.

Man these polls are too funny. The new Cif poll is out and Arroyo is ranked above Alhambra? Did they not get the score from earlier this season? how can you ever rank a team above another team that blew them out head to head. and people think the ncaa polls are screwed up. hope that ranking doesnt decide anything in the playoffs

Pasadena guy,
I agree with you. There is no need for that in High School Sports. Yes, I was disappointed last week when Temple City's Will Do ran back a kickoff return with 30 seconds to go in the game against my Alma mater South Pas, but I would never do what Coach Mills did. I hope PHS doesn't win a game the rest of the way and Coach Mills gets fired. Hopefully it will teach him a lesson in life.

By the way...where is Dawg Style 87 these days???

Btw, although players are determined ineligible, they still get to suit up and practice during the week so they continue their strength at their position. I don't know...doesn't seem fair to me.

In regards to goldenarms reference to the 40 yard times kids are "running" here is an interesting article:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/20050418-9999-1s18forty.html

The WORLD RECORD for the 40y is 4.38...

Actually, very few athlethes are under the 10 week grade umbrella. Most are under the 6 week progress report which does determine eligibility during midseason. Ask Verbum Dei. Their powerhouses became eligible midseason and swept up the Mid Valley League CIF title. It sure sucked for all the players on the other teams who worked hard and kept up grades all season to have everything snacthed away from them. Also, on the flip side, many athletes play and then are inelligible right after league play starts and ruin it for their whole team.

Purdue05,

It seems like the pasadena star news cut alot from the clip. I wonder what other horrible things he said that were cut out. They were beat fair and square. He did not even shake arcadia's hands. You've burn your bridges.
I am glad I went to the game. I am also glad arcadia won because we don't have to hear from slime ball Dawg Style 87 anymore.

If sf comes out how they did agianst loyola expect a different ending
Sf over alemany

Did anyone watch the highlights from Arcadia vs. Pasadena game? If you did, can you believe Kevin Mills, head coach at PHS? What a cry baby after the game. Scott G. you did a great job of telling him that his kids played a heck of game and then he started crying about the refs.
Come on Coach Mills, just admit you got beat by a better team. I hope Muir crushes PHS in 3 weeks.

Nervo,
Is not where I coach or play calling, my history in coaching for 14 years speaks for itself. No need to discuss my coaching resume with you. If you need to search, just ask TC's JV from 1999-2004, (5 RH league champs) last season A RH league champ with Monrovia Freshmen team as 10-0. As an O-Line and D-line, I had plenty of play calling.

Nervo... if you cant be a happy fan, at least pretend to know something about coaching football.

year end and year out ,alhambra always finds a way to choke ! they cant beat the montebello schools .with all those kids from pasadena you think they would win league outright every year , but rudaflores achilles heel is his idiot son ! rudaflores needs to retire and take his whole staff with him , ahs is a stale program . twenty years and hes at 500 .

Stang
your TC prediction is a logical one - not necessarily for the fan momentum factor you mention-but for the 2nd half collapses and missed opportunities in the final two quarters by TC. Arroyo, The Mead and Blair - chances were there and nothing materialized. Alhambra - was collapse city.
Pretty much every game - EXCEPT last week - when the trend died. This game is the plank in shark infested waters for TC. One more step and that is it.

Look for the Rams best game of the year, 28 - 13 TC.

You guys can continue to pontificate on the issues of grades and eligibility, you all have intriguing opinions, yet the bottom line for this week is that Willie Youngblood is 100 % eligible and will play vs. Arcadia. Someone was trying to start up some sh#@ and it worked.......

Here are my picks for Week 8.

Alhambra over BG (AHS is one of the many schools in our area that has experienced a roller coaster season. They have some good wins followed by some bad losses. However, everything seems to be back to normal and they will best BG this week.)

Schurr over SG (talk about disappointing. I picked SG to pop Alhambra only if they could keep AHS ground attack under wraps.......Ummmmm.........no. Schurr will treat them the same way)

Alemany over SF (this is a victory for Alemany that I predicted months ago and many thought I was crazy. Now if SF wins it will be considered an upset. Alemany, with Herrington at the helm, will be a force to reckon with in the Mission for years to come. Especially if they continue to siphon athletes from Pasadena as they've done the last two years.)

Rosemead over Gab (This shouldn't be too dificult for the Mead, but you never know.)

Pasadena over Burroughs (Depending on how the dogs respond to that tough loss vs. Arcadia this game could actually go either way. Burroughs could most definitely win this game, and if they do it wouldn't be an upset. I missed the Muir/Burroughs game so I don't know too much about Burroughs but they are useally pretty tough, especially on D. If the dogs are pissed and come out to play, it shouldn't be close. I will say this though Burroughs, DEFINITELY has the coaching advantage over PHS.)

Monrovia over Blair (I know, I know, I picked Blair to win this game vs. Monrovia last week, but I think with the way Blair played vs. SM and the fact that this is at MHS, the Cats have the upper hand. I'll be rooting for Blair, because of the Tip factor, but I just see Monrovia pulling this out in the end.)

SP over LC (Hell it's close to Halloween, you gotta go with the Orange and Black. That and their passing game will be too much for LC.)

SM over TC (SM will overwhelm TC in the 2nd half with their crowd behind them)

Muir over Arcadia (SHOCKER!!! I can see the look of surprise on all your faces...... This is by far the Game-of-the-Year here in the WSGV. Like I mentioned before the storylines are everywhere in this game and both towns are just buzzing with excitement about this game. As far as analysis goes, I'm sure Arcadia feels like they can ram the ball down Muir's throat and Muir feels like they can get their guys in the open field to create some big plays. Because PHS was seemingly one-dimensional and was still able to accumulate a lot of yards and points, I think Muir can be more succesful because they too have a potent air attack but their ground game is MUCH more effective than PHS's. Against Burbank Muir had over 280 yards rushing and about 140 yards passing, and I promise you Burbank ran twice as many offensive plays. Essentially, all Muir has to do is stop the run, a WHOLE lot easier said than done, but if they do it could be a long night for Arcadia.)

OG,
If Arcadia happens to beat Muir by a lot, then Muir falls down to where some other teams are that Arcadia has already beaten by a lot. If Arcadia wins a close one, then the rankings don't change.

If Muir wins, Arcadia goes to #2 because they have already beaten a couple of the other ranked teams.

Goldenarm,
It all depends what goal line you want the kids to reach.

What I want to know is if yall say Arcadia is #1 and Muir is #2 where does the loser fall after this game.

Are you sure that other groups don't have grade requirements? Regardless, why lower the standards to be in line with other flunkies? Is that who we compare ourselves to? The low achievers? Football players have what it takes to persevere on the field, in the classroom, at the office, etc.

I wonder if anyone in the choir runs a 4.5 40?
I remember a dude from El Rancho HS who screamed and sang while he carried the ball - and he was damn good. Singing sucked, but his yards per carry was excellent.

HL,

GREAT POINT.
And you are right, a topic surely leading us far from the goal line.

That is correct. But I personally believe that having to have a 2.0 is discriminatory to athletes. No other group in the school is held to a minimum GPA standard.

The singers in the choir and the actors in drama, etc. can have straight F's and they get to perform, no questions asked.

I recognize that a 2.0 is an easy GPA to achieve, but I think sports should be treated the same as all the other groups. But that's a topic for a different day.

So a 2.0 is not low enough? A student can have a modified 2.0 and still be able to play??? By the way, a 2.0 is not even good enough for them to earn a scholarship anyway. I'd like to see the minimum eligibility benchmark raised to at least the minimum needed to qualify for scholarships.

ARCADIA loses to Muir
ST. FRANCIS loses at Alemany
BLAIR beats Monrovia
SAN GABRIEL loses to Schurr
PASADENA in an upset loss to Burroughs
ROSEMEAD beats Gabrielino
ALHAMBRA should win, but loses to Bell Gardens
SAN MARINO surprised by loss to Temple City
BOSCO TECH loses to St. Bernard

and it is "schemes"

Where do you coach Atomic Dawg? What plays do you call? Thats what I thought. You may be a line coach as a volunteer, but when it comes to play calling you have less experience than many of us in the stands.

Anon 10:51: Let me walk you through the process here.
Pasadena-Arcadia was the game of the week and we had a staff photographer there.
Since I have the ability to put more than one photo up, photos of the key players and plays got put up.
The Arcadia runner, by the way, happened to be the top athlete last week.
If you have photos of the mayor, send 'em over.
Thanks for the post on La Salle. But did you notice Bosco Tech, Blair and San Gabriel pieces the week before.
It's hardly all Arcadia.

Hey, Scott:

Thanks for the Lasalle photo feature today... Looks like the Lancers have a good young Quarterback...

We were getting pretty tired of looking at all those Arcadia photos!! Come on THREE From the PHS game followed up by a photo of an Arcadia Runner... Let's keep it balanced.

Ya, ya, we know you have only so many photographers avaiable BUT why do they always seem available for predominately Arcadia sporting events?

Maranatha had the Mayor at their game along with some former NFL players for their new light ceremony but all they got was an article you had to read with a magnifying glass? What was up with that font????

Pretty quiet in dog town (except for coach Mills' whinning) after the "double digit" loss to Arcadia! Yes, you heard it here first..

What's the current status of Youngblood? IF he plays Muir "wins a close one..."

Fall eligibility is at the 10 week grading period for everyone except for a handful of athletes who enter the season on probation. Every district handles this differently, but what can happen is that an athlete may not have had a 2.0 GPA at the semester grades last June, but they passed the required 4 classes. In order to play, the athlete petitions and is allowed to compete in the fall. His/her grades are checked at the 5 week grading period. I have no idea if any players are under any restrictions like that but I thought I would throw that out.

99.9% of the athletes are under the 10-week grade umbrella.

LC parent, I have to agree that LC has been much improved since the preseason. I still feel though that SP will be able to throw the ball fairly easily against a defense that in my opinion is weaker than both Monrovia and TC. The SP offense threw for 250 yds. against Monrovia and 306 yds. against TC. I just don't feel that LC is the team that is going to stop what you call a "passing attack."

stang fan05:

Listen, you know you are not a real fan of the Stangs if your postiing some bogus crap like that about Willie.

To be honest, I know nothing of the young man's intellect or grades, however I do know that all of the high schools in the PUSD end their first quarter after Week 10, which is ALWAYS after the Turkey Tussle and right before the playoffs.

Whomever you are stang fan05 just stop your idiotic nonsense. If Willie really was ineligible, which he NEVER has been, then I could understand you posting something like that. But he's not....he can't be.....because it's only Week 8.

That's just not cool at all bro.

Big A,

Now thats a travesty, not PHS losing to Arcadia.

t.r.h.

Arcadia 39

Muir 26

It is always easier to criticize from the stands than from the sidelines...when it comes to coaching HS football.

Coaches criticize each other in a rational form by discussing the game film, practice skeems, and the responce from the players during certain critical drills from hell. But, is just that...simple and rational critcism in order to improve the team's goal.

I get a kick when soo many bloggers attack coaches for decision making and the bloggers are the first to say that the coach should have done this instead of that...all I know is that if the critical bloggers had the time and knowledge of coaching football, then we would all be coaches and no room for the fans on the stands.

from a coach;

ATOMIC DAWWG

Everyone here on this blog. I thought we should just take a moment to think of the families who have lost their homes in the fires recently and help support them in any way we can, even if its just thoughts.

Thanks,

BigA

Youngblood possibly might not play this weeks game due to ineligibility!!! What are we going to do stangs? To all you players with low grades please pick it up.

Anon,

Maxpreps only has walker listed for 6 tackles and an int.

LC will handle SP'"passing attack" just fine. LC has been playing some good defense the last couple of games. LC did much better against Monrovia and SM than anyone thought they would. Give this team more credit. The second half of last week's game against the Wildcats was fun to watch. Prediction: LC will win the last three league games.

fbfan

walker also had 12 taclkes at CB! all around athlete

pac league, good analysis but i think with the fact that walker is a GREAT corner, that wil be the deciding factor. arcadias LBs are very diciplined and they will stop muirs running game. they know that #6 on arcadia is weak at corner so they will most likely have help on his side and have walker one on one with muirs top wideouts. walker proved that he can cover great atthletes (PHS threw to walker's side 4 times last game, which resulted in 3 incompletions and an INT). if arcadias offense can play like how they did against PHS arcadia will win by double digits.

SP over LC, the SP passing attack will be too much for the Spartans to handle.

I think the game of the week has got to be Arcadia vs. Muir. I Plan on being at the Monrovia-Blair game just because Im very curious if Blair can prove that they belong in the rio hondo league elite, not to say the our league is so elite in the first place. But If muir can beat arcadia, it will once again prove on how arcadia can beat up on everybody that is not equally matched up to them, but not take care of business in their own league and win the title outright without any three way ties. Good luck to Muir I hope you take care of business at home, and show that your defense is possibly the best in the area.
My prediction
Muir 36 arcadia 24

Call me an arcadia hater if you want I dont care(anonymous your a joke and for your info. You only own another team if you've beaten them for 2or3 seasons, not when the last two meetings were split, Duarte doesnt own us we beat them last year just like we beat arcadia last year) but I just feel that Muir has more talent at the skilled positions.

and i mean 500 yards rushing by the qb, my bad.

Pac League,

great analysis. i wonder, has youngblood not had a great season because the passing game is better and the qb has over 500 yards or is it becuzz youngblood isnt playing his best?

MOORHTR has CHANGED HIS NAME TO announ. TALKING ABOUT HOW TO STOP ALHAMBRA MAKE THE 10 GRADE QB THROW THE BALL SAYING "This guy is so small he hides behind center. This kid cannot throw more than 10 yards down field. all you have to do is jump the short routes, cause he can't throw farther than that!!!! Take away the run and the game is done!!!"...WHY ARE YOU HERE YOU HAD YOUR CHANCE AND GOT "SLAPPED" ON YOUR HOME FIELD AND BY THE WAY THE "LITTLE GUY" THROUGH A STRIKE 30 YARDS DOWN THE RIGHT SIDELINE TO #1 "CROC" FOR A 77YD "TOUCH DOWN"!!!!!! SO KEEP CRYING AND TRYING TO TELL OTHERS HOW TO BEAT THE MOORS WHEN YOU COULD'NT.....LIKE I SAID THE MOORS ARE BACK AT FULL STRENTH ..I DIDNT CRY WHEN WE LOST TO SOUTH EL MONTE OR MONTEBELLO IM A REALIST IT HAPPENS IT'S FOOTBALL ASK USC/MICH/LSU IT HAPPENS..BUT AT FULL STRENTH WITH OUR FULLBACK/LINEBACKER #44
AND THE OTHER BOYS THAT WERE PLAYING WITH THE FLU OR INJURYS BACK ON THE FIELD WE'LL PLAY ANYONE AND COMPETE ..IF I WAS LIKE YOU I WOULD BE HERE SAYING "BLITZ SG'S 10 GRADE QB WHO REALLY CAN'T THROW THE BALL DOWN FIELD YES HE IS NICE ON SHORT ROUTES, BUT THAT DANCING AND SPINNING MUST GET HIM DIZZY BECAUSE DOWN FIELD HE GETS PICKED AND PICKED AND WELL I'LL LEAVE IT ALONE,OH! YA RUN THE BALL RIGHT AT SG'S D AND YOU WILL RUN ALL DAY EVERYDAY" BUT BEING IM OVER YOU IM WATCHING FILM ON BG GETTING READY FOR THAT WAR!

IT WILL BE A NICE ONE MAY THE BEST TEAM WIN !!!!

GO MOORS...DONALD "DUUUUCK"
YOU $UUUCK" EVEN YOUR FANS THINK SO!!!

WorstKnightmare: That does have the potential of being a great game.
I was impressed with Arroyo when I saw them.
I'm sure Freddy over at the Tribune will give it outstanding coverage.

GAME OF THE WEEK:
south el monte at ARROYO
Friday October 26 7pm
B.L. Bergstrom Stadium
4921 North Cedar Avenue
El Monte CA 91732

#2,
You're not going to help the team if you're sleep deprived!
3:46AM?

This Arcadia Vs. Muir matchup reminds me of last years Burroughs Muir game. The league title was on the line and you had the strong running back and powerful line of Burroughs against the speed and flashiness of Muir.
Muir must load up the box and force kevan walker to beat them with the pass. Walker does have big play ability with his legs, however i believe muir has the athletes to keep his running in check.
For Muir on offense I do believe Arcadia can control Youngblood. IMHO, Youngblood has not had the season I was expecting. It has been Muir's passing game that has the chance to come up big. Walker is a good corner. However, Pasadena was able to get behind the defense (on the other side of Walker) last week for big plays. This leads me to believe Muir has a shot on some deep passes.
Now to bring this full circle, much like last years Burroughs vs. Muir game if Arcadia can keep the score close through 3 quarters and pound sand. They will take the "air out of the ball" and keep Muir's offense off the field. The Muir defense will wear down and Arcadia will control the 2nd half and go on to victory. Now if Muir is able to plug the holes and force Walker to pass;Muir will come out victorious. It should be a good one!

If you wan to see a great football game come to 1905 N.linocln in Pasadena on Friday night. If you look at the last ten years this game is always a good one(that's about as far as i could remeber i'm a youngster!) Muir knows it cant win a title without beating Arcadia, and I'm sure Arcadia feels the same with us. There isn't a whole lot of trash talking between these two teams, I think we share a mutual respect. And every year it's close. I loved beating up on PHS when i was in school but I think this is the game that should be played in the Rose Bowl. I think it would make the Turkey Tussle a real rivalry again. I think most people go to the game now because of the social aspect and not the actual play on the field. Last Year Muir and Arcadia went into 3 OT's. Kevin Walker is a good player, there rb is very tough also. However I think our athltetes and tough defense will get it done. This could be the best game of the year. The first true Showdown

This will be an interesting match-up!ARCADIA vs. MUIR...huuum...well i give the edge to apaches cause they are better up front,by far-Although Muir has more skill by far-Power vs. speed-arcadia hasn't faced a good team w/ real speed all year-so this will be interesting-Arcadia's favored,but i would'nt be surprised if muir comes up w/ a great victory-good luck 2 both teams.......

Anxious: Basketball, soccer, girls water polo and wrestling previews will be coming out sometime in November.

Can't wait to hear the excuses when Burroughs beats Pasadena.

Stang- congrats on the victory over Burbank. I'll take Muir over Arcadia, but I'll say that both schools have alot of class and alot of great kids and parents.

arcadia doesnt have a corner or safty who can keep up with muirs top receiver ahmere owens..hes the best in the area..hes gonna go nuts...the stangs will win by blow out

arcadia 31 muir 24

best game of the season

Scott, will you be providing preseason rankings for basketball anytime soon?

San Gabriel will NEVER win an Almont League championship. They have two glaring problems.First, they have no D. Their D cordinator has no clue on how to stop the run. Last week in goal line he had only 3 down lineman. I guess he was playing the pass?????. Why, I dont know because Alhambra's QB couldn't throw!!! That leeds to the second problem- "LITTLE MAN TATE". This guy is so small he hides behind center. This kid cannot throw more than 10 yards down field. all you have to do is jump the short routes, cause he can't throw farther than that!!!! Take away the run and the game is done!!!

Stang Fan....

Just wanted to thank you for your informative and classy blogs. You are a credit to this blog spot. Thank you again.

Scott

It's midseason can we now start a blog about linemen and other positions ? I'ld love to hear what's going on with some of our local big guys.

sm beating blair was huge

we didnt even play that great of a game

it shows sm still has the fight

it shows

that

were

bigger

faster

stronger

and

better

than any other team in the rhl

and were not going to stop after we become the rhl champs

honestly...
keppel forced about 6 turnovers on us in the 1st half
2 onside kicks,2 ints, 1 fumble recovery, 1 muffed punt

BG ALL THE WAY

Anonymous 12:22,

That's funny as hell!! To be honest, I too am a sucker for quality comical cynicism.

i saw the game between bell gardens and Keppel last week.
Keppel put up a great fight in the first half.
BG ALL THE WAY

go keppel!

BTW, I know there are a few other good games out there this Friday and it is very important to support your home teams. But, if any of you are just old fashioned high school football fans or if your team is playing on Saturday, PLEASE come down to our small corner of the world to enjoy a classic matchup of two great teams heading in the right direction. It would be AWESOME if we could pack the house for our boys and give them something to remember for the rest of their lives.

So if you have any time on your hands this Friday night you are cordially invited to 1905 N. Linclon for one hell of a football bash.

Wow. It all boils down to this. Muir vs. Arcadia. What a week this'll be!!!

I would love to be a fly on the goalposts of both Arcadia and Muir this week.

Arcadia....4-0 in league. Muir.....4-0 in league.

Arcadia's girth and grit against Muir's flash and fury.

There are so many subplots here that there isn't enough room to write.

Big A, you are right, this game does give one chills, doesn't it? And thank you very much for the kind words, as essentially a "rebuilding" school your words mean a lot to many of us ol' school Stangs.

I know many of you reading this think that I am waxing a little too poetic and/or that I am pouring it on a little thick. OK, so I am, so what. I'm just so damn FIRED UP!!!

Talk about game-of-the-year, it gets NO bigger than this. I will have A LOT more to say as the week continues, but I just had to add my two cents in right now.

LET'S GO STANGS!!!!!!!

I can't wait for Arcadia vs. Muir. It's the game of the year (so far). I say Muir in a nailbiter.

muir gonna win 35 to 21

the Question is:

Can arcadia recover from a emotional victory over pasadena to beat Muir at home?

I think so...

Arcadia 34
Muir 27

the real hsfbfan

Pride, you just might be right. Tough one to call.
Here's to hoping it lives up to the hype.

put one more mark in the loss column for cal preps and galetti
apaches over stangs

I am so excited for Muir vs Arcadia. Wow. It gives me chills down my back to see the #1 and #2 teams battle it out for the top spot. This is going to be a great game. Muir is the classier Pasadena school so I really have respect for Muir and their program. With only a 1400 kid enrollment, they truly have their program up at the top.

Good luck to both teams!