Saturday Morning Quarterback: Matt Schilz impressive; St. Francis too powerful; TC, San Marino, Rio Hondo record shutouts! Talk your smack or cry me a river! (Updated with Duarte-Monrovia video highlights)

Look for Temple City to be tested early by Alhambra. If they survive the blitz and stay focused on D they should pull away late. They have too much fire power on offense. Their D will need to keep a strong pace throughout. Go RAMS!!!

Miguel

Sorry for the extra post wasn't paying attention.

Reyes

I didn't say he was a great coach but at least give him the benefit of the doubt. I don't believe in scheduling those kinds of teams when your program isn't ready for it. The reason Muir does it because the kids believe they can compete and they usually do, but winning a playoff game the way he did gives him an opportunity to show his plan for this years team. He's well aware that getting blown out upsets the process,but he has to live with this decision. The first two games they were not expected to win but the next game is an indication of where they're at get blown out in this one and it's time to panic

Reyes

I didn't say he was a great coach but at least give him the benefit of the doubt. I don't believe in scheduling those kinds of teams when your program isn't ready for it. The reason Muir does it because the kids believe they can compete and they usually do, but winning a playoff game the way he did gives him an opportunity to show his plan for this years team. He's well aware that getting blown out upsets the process,but he has to live with this decision. The first two games they were not expected to win but the next game is an indication of where they're at get blown out in this one and it's time to panic

Madd Dogg,
Angry Dena Dog,
KEEP HOPE ALIVE,KEEP DREAMING,KEEP THE FAITH!!!
THIS TEAM IS A MESS AND ALL START WITH THE HEAD COACH.
I DON'T KNOW MILLS,BUT I DO KNOW GOOD COACHING WHEN I SEE IT!!! I THINK PHS BULLDOG NATION THAT COME OUT TO THE GAME ALSO KNOW IT TOO!!
LEAST PUT UP A FIGHT!!!
BLOW-OUT, GAME AFTER GAME!!!
BULLDOG NATION PLEASE WAKE-UP!!!
COACH MILLS TALK THE TALK,HE ALSO MUST WALK THE WALK!!!
HE FALL ON HIS SHOULDER AND THE COACH STAFF AT PHS.
LEAST GET BOYS TO PUT UP A GOOD FIGHT!!!
SHOW SOME PHS BULLDOG PRIDE!!!

Angry Dena Dog

Hey look at the bright side. This is bringing the alumni together and a joint chorus of boos is enough to get anyones attention. Too bad it's the KIDS who have to suffer from this. Hopefully we can get REYES on point sounds like he's ready to have a heart attack. Also to be fair to Mills even though i've been riddin his case, the kids at HS are not easy to coach 3 of the kids are my neighbors and I tell you half of those kids couldn't play for me. NO and I mean NO discipline.

Madd Dogg

Ok, I'm gonna roll with you on that stragety(hmmmm)..Let's see if the coaches and the team picks up on this????
In the meantime, Bow Wow Wow, Yippee Yo, Yippe Yae!

Anon 659

A little early in the season to go for the full on chest pounding Silverback gorilla thing. Take the win and show some class. Knocking La Salle shows none.

It's still a long season, everyone.

Muir has a very good FB program and I bear witness to that.

SF looked great the other night and though Riley and Sciarra played just one half versus Arcadia, the game was already wrapped up at that point. SF would have put up 80 points on the board, but Bonds showed class and kept them both on the sideline.

Muir will win the Pacific League for sure - hands down. Their only challenge will come from Burroughs.

There is no number one team in the area. Let all the schools play out their contests and only then will we decide that.

@ 9:07:

Chase Rettig trains with the same quarterback coach as Matt Schilz.

@ 9:07:

Chase Rettig trains with the same quarterback coach for as Matt Schilz.

La Salle, you have a GREAT team and a great QB! If he had had the protection Schilz had the game very well could have been different. As a MHS fan I was impresed by everything I saw, please ignore the 5% idiot fans every school has.

I know Murph respects RHO league and there is reason La Salle is several divisions higher than we are in rankings typically.

MHS fans, before you get all upset remember, their QB is JUNIOR, without thousands of dollars in one on one training and next year the game is at La Salle! Even the players were saying "uhhh that might be ugly."

Well done La Salle, that game could have gone either way. Schilz under pressure threw two interceptions, if you could have held him there it would have been ugly.

Anonymous 6:59, that was a great game and as a fan of MHS I can't believe your comments. Two teams played a great game and it could have gone either way. Let the coach make his plans and you should just enjoy the ride. Don't get on here and talk trash in the name of a classy coach and team. LaSalle and MHS respect each other and you should stop talking and take some notes from the game and win, or lose, with class.

Anonymous 6:59,

I like how you tell La Salle fans to stop crying and then you turn around and say if Shilz doesnt make those two mistakes the game isnt even close. Okay that is football, that is something Maranatha can control. What we are talking about is things that La Salle has no control over. What you are saying is like well if the oline would not have given that one sack up we would have won. Come on that is just plain wrong. Bad decisions are part of the game, the clock not stopping after a timeout is called by the ref is not. You guys won and should be happy about that, but dont pretend like it should have been a blow out. Oh and you may get what you want, the RHL is no joke, so good luck with that. Either way that was an amazing game two fairly even teams going at it. Maranatha pulled it out, congrats to them, but that game could have gone either way!!! La Salle is 4 points from being 2and0. But yes that doesnt matter anymore.

La Salle fans need to quit cryin about refs, timekeepers and any other excuse they can come up with.
Maranatha won the game and did not even play well doing it. Without Schilz' 2 mistakes, the game would not have been close. You'll get another shot next year at your home turf. By the way, you might want to add a few bleachers for that one. I agree that Maranatha or La Salle should not play Oaks Christian but Maranatha should see at least one team from the Rio Hondo league have the guts to put them on their schedule next year. La Salle took the first shot. Who's next??? Temple City?? Monrovia?? San Marino??? The time has come.
Give Joel Murphy a call.

Stangfan,

Yes it is true. He didn't play any offense and was limping around for most of the game on D. He still ended up making 20 tackles or so.

I have not seen Muir play. The more I think about it, the more I have a tough time picking a number one. Muir's speed in the secondary is scary. St. Francis has size and relatively good speed. I still think overall St. Francis is #1 but it goes 1 and 1-a at this point.

New York,

Haha. I laughed when you said a joint team but it makes sense at this point. All three programs are re-loading or trying to at least.

Angry Dena Dog

I'm reserving my anger for 1 more week on the losses by phs. I did some research and found that these 2 teams are pretty good. They have some pretty good coaches, D1 talent and very disciplined players. That doesn't excuse the fact of getting blown out, but Mills (i guess) is using these games as experience of playing tougher teams to have them ready for league. But getting blown out might have the reverse affect. The team may loose what little confidence it has and sink into a funk that they might not be able to recover from. So this week to me is the test. Jordan although favored does not bring the same threat as these other 2 schools, so they have to take the lessons learned from the losses and NOT turn the ball over NOT get called for silly penalties and NOT make mental mistakes. These are correctable things and two weeks is enough time to correct them. So Bulldogs (coaches included) your time is up there's no longer anyroom for excuses you should know who wants to play and who can do the job. Wake up. I'm calling you guys out COMPETE!!!

New York

couldn't get on the computer after SC destroyed OSU. The Big(I mean little)Ten died Saturday. You were right I have to take it but don't be too hard it's a long season and like phs I might not recover.....

Okay, Mr. Mills NOW WHAT?????? Absolutely pathetic coaching AGAIN. Save us the embarrasment by not showing up at the Rosebowl to play Muir, or better yet, how about all alumni get together and sit with Muir's drumline at the Tussle???

!stang!,
St Francis is not ducking Muir. Neither side has anything to lose or gain. Maybe Bonds thought that Bishop Amat and Crespi would be a better test for his kids than Muir or vice versa with coach Howard maybe he thought DR and Oaks would prepare his team better. Myself and stangfan had this discussion before and for the most part players are not going to go to one school or the other because of the outcome of a football game. The things that bring kids to SF instead of Muir are quality of education and atmosphere and possibly even facilities. The SF weight and locker rooms are second to none as is the field and support for the kids. The teams played in the mid and late '90's and played some good games. Its to bad that the Pacific league has dropped so far down in CIF. If they where still D3 at least we would have the chance of seeing a playoff game.

Venice is 0-2 ,
stangs will pull this off! they just have to reduce the turnovers! the offense will step it up alot this weekend! i 40+ points
Long Live Stang Nation!!!!!

Big A,

My bad on my previous post. I meant to say "is it true that Golper played limited or no time on OFFENSE," not defense.

NY,

I have to agree with O-Cat on this one. I'm sure Colony is no pushover, but they seem to be a far-cry from the team they've been the last two years. Let's see what DR can do vs. Oaks Christian and Amat, although my guess would be that they won't be able to do much of anything.

!stang!,

I thought that too, however it's now becoming one of those questions that lingers and never goes away. Who really is better, Muir or SF? I'm sure Bonds is not only aware of this but maybe tired of hearing it as well. Muir has ALWAYS scheduled tough teams, it's apart of their tradition, so there is no fear there. I wouldn't say SF is scared either, so what then is holding this up? The point you make is a loss of recruits for SF, and I wonder, had the game been scheduled a few years ago would the result have affected someone like Dietrich Riley? Maybe. The ESGV has a similar scenario, South Hills vs. Bishop Amat, and the same questions are posed, but this time they're questioning the public schools fear of losing top players. All in all, it's a game that should be scheduled. You can damn near spit from Muir to SF, and these are the two top teams in the area bar none. Hell, look at what the current #1 team did to the current #3 team, 54-7. Not to mention ALL the subplots involved. Hopefully they'll make this game happen in the near future.

"sstress said:
yes.. I drove out to West Covina...

It was bad, real bad...way too many errors and fumbles…

I want to blame the coaches, because I do not think they prepared the Vikings for the strength and numbers of the West Covina team.

However, now the coaches and players know what they need to work on."

Yes, I was also at the game. I agree there were a lot of errors and fumbles. But the blame can't only be put on the coaches. The players have to take it seriously and play smart too. The coaches will make the necessary adjustments, and I think we'll be ok this season.

sstress,
thanks for the comment. WC is no doubt tough, but as 07 RHL champs, it makes me wonder how the Vikes will react and move forward - with the bizarre preleague schedule they have anything is possible. Hopefully it is the type of loss they can use to shore things up and improve upon.

NY
I may have some flashbacks at Moor field. But, I am still buzzing from the TC opener, it has been a long time coming. It was about as complete a victory as you could imagine...but it is just one game. With AHS, SG, and the Mead ahead, tough times may be in store.

BTW, Quarterback I. Valdez from Rosemead ranks ahead of Matt Barkley, Rettig, etc this early on in the season(Maxpreps) With Sumler tearing up the ground, that makes for one potent offense. Should be a great game to see against M-town.

GA:
I think that TC/Alhambra will be a much closer game than most think, with all of the preseason hype about Alhambra, it will dye down after this week. If TC comes out and plays some tough D they will neutralize the Moors and force them into a passing only offense. Which can sometimes bring the confidence level of their running game down a notch or two.

Muir Vs. Venice. I think that this game will be a tougher match for Muir than is on paper. The Venice Defense is still pretty tough against the run. If Muir brings it A game it will have a field day passing on Venice, but styles can be very predictable if you dont try and mix it up.

I will not comment on Arcadia (Due to the Injury factors) But for the fans, you may want to sit on your hands and pray that this doesn't come down to trying to stop a bunch of speedy running backs all night.

Monrovia vs. Rosemead Here we go again with Backfield Match-ups, I still think that Marquise has a lot of gas in his tank by games end. It seems as though coach Maddux is reserving him for the long haul. Rosemead has a good running game simmilar to Monrovia's I think the game will be won on the defensive end. Who can stop Who. I think this will be the week that Monrovia becomes a team and plays it's best on both sides of the ball. But I give the nod to Rosemead with it's Senior ladden talent.

NY:
I wouldn't be too fast to call DR's Victory over Colony a measure of success. Colony has only managed to put up a total of 7 points on offense this year and has given up a total of 63 points. They are in no better shape than Montclair in their league thus far. Diamond ranch's true test will come from Bishop Amat, If they beat Amat or even stay close then your assesment of Muir will be validated. From what I heard the DR/Colony game was a much tougher match than their score indicates.

yes.. I drove out to West Covina...

It was bad, real bad...way too many errors and fumbles…

I want to blame the coaches, because I do not think they prepared the Vikings for the strength and numbers of the West Covina team.

However, now the coaches and players know what they need to work on.

Golden,
You must be a bit torn this week...your son's team vs. your alma mater. The choice is obvious, but it must be tough cheering against your alma mater.

Monrovia has another big challenge this week. Rosemead just pounded Covina.

Muir fans, your win over Diamond Ranch looks even better after DR's victory over Colony.

I think Monrovia, Arcadia and Duarte (MAD) need to seriously consider having a joint football program again. We are all in rebuilding years.

Ther RHL has three good matchups this week.
San Marino versus La Salle
Monrovia versus Rosemead
TC versus Alhambra

Rosemead is big, hits hard and may be fielding one of the best teams in the SGV this year.

SM/La Salle -Both teams are well coached and will be ready. I've heard SM has really put precision into their short passing game. This will be a close game.

Moors/Rams - I expect a black and blue game, can the Rams contain the speed from the backfield and aerial attack? Big test for TC small defense.

Any Blair folks out there who drove out to West Covina and saw the game?

I dont thinkk coach jim bonds want to shedule muir as a non-league game! because if st.francis lost , how would coach bondsbeable to recruit pasadena kids if they can't beat muir! Think about it, Coach bonds is smart. He beats up on pacific league teams , so he can compare his team to muir and have a good record. St.francis will be ranked number 1 in the area until regular season starts after pacific league added burroughs , they show up on st.francis shedule! Thats funny !!!
Bonds can't lose to any team in the area because he will lose his power to recruit!
Miguel ,
I think you should force coach Bonds hand by getting him to shedule muir asap! Trust muir coaches has no problem with it!

Let me address a few bloggers:

GA,

Congrats to TC on a VERY impressive win! I DID NOT see that coming, although I did pick you guys to win. And yes, I did notice that Venice has lost their first two games...that's disappointing, they're usually pretty good and I was looking forward to playing a City power. A win over Venice and Muir is staring 9-1 straight in the face...of course the ol' school mantra applies here as always...just one game at a time.

Bob,

I'm not going to sit here and say that Muir's coaching staff ranks up there with the staff Bishop Amat assembled, however for someone to say that all they do is yell, that's just simply stupid. First off, when I'm in the stands I can hardly hear my neighbor with all the noise going on. From the LOUD drum corp, to the typical cheering, to the loud teenagers yelling seemingly at the top of their lungs, how can ANYONE hear what the coaches are saying to their players. Yes, we can always tell when a player is getting chewed out, and I see it from time to time at Muir, but it's no more than the usual high school team. The staff is young, VERY young, but I think they did a GREAT job...especially defensively. They limited OC's offense to very few yards in the first half and to minimal yards for the entire game. You are right though, the possibilities are endless....and I promise you'll see us make some SERIOUS during the playoffs this year.

Scottie G,

I think you are right...La Salle and The "Natha" would give phs all they could handle and just might beat'em.

Big A,

Walking away from an impressive performance on Friday I can understand why you would think SF is the best team in the area. However, as you mentioned, didn't SF face an EXTREMELY depleted Arcadia team. Is it true that Golper played limited or NO defense at all? WHo does Arcadia have after that? And by the way, have you seen Muir play yet? I know it's VERY early in the season and things haven't shaken out just yet, but when it's all said and done there is no doubt that the Stangs will be sitting alone atop the poll. Remember the score of your game vs. SF last year? Remember the score vs. us? Well, let me just tell you right now, our defense is MUUUUUUCH better than last year's. MUCH BETTER!!!! And our offense is still pretty damn good too.

NY,

Bro, as the team was lining up for that last 45 seconds of the first half that's EXACTLY what I was thinking, especially because we were getting the ball in the second half. OC had a 17-8 lead, and 7 of those points were a gift from a "fumble," a result of a ball not picked up by our WR who thought the ball thrown behind him and the L.O.S. was tipped. I wanted a draw or a screen or for the QB to take a knee...but the coaches took the risk. Not the best idea. ANd yes, SF and Muir should schedule each other, but it can't happen until at least 2010 because Muir is contracted with their current pre-season opponents for next year.

Anonymous 6:29,

Worst offense in the nation? Okay. So playing teams like DR and OC have NOTHING to do with limiting an offense's ability to move the ball? We'll see how "terrible" their offense is over the next few games. Just be sure to post on here after those games and we can talk about this again. Btw, the Stangs have a GREAT opportunity to win a ring this year. I promise you that.

Anonymous 10:41,

Dude, that's what Muir fans are saying. No one is complaining about losing to OC, I think everyone is aware how this game will be GREAT for the Stangs in the long run.

Kentera,

I like Migeul...I really do. But I think it's best that you put a pause on that genius tag. You guys beat up on a team that was...well.....pretty beat-up. ANd yes I'm sure you'll want SF to take "credit" for those injuries and just say, "hey it's football and we were BRINGING it!!" You're probably right. But to say you guys are the best team in the area, I would just wait a little longer to stake that claim. You know, as well as I, that come the end of the season SF will be stationed where it has been the last three years....runner-up.

why do fans on this blog always moan and groan,

"Boo hoo we played Oaks Christian... They're big and in D1, boo hoo you would have had the crap kicked outta yer team too! BOO HOO!!!"

The point behind Non League games is to improve by playing bigger, faster teams you don't have a chance of beating to be the more "experienced" team come league play and playoffs!

I remember TC played Los Altos in 2000... They were supposed to lose by 50!! LA averaged like 48 ppg that year. TC lost 30-0... A victory in their eyes Im sure!

Quit Whinin and discuss the games!

Come on,

Thanks! I understand how it is to let our emotions get the best of us sometimes. You should've seen some of the comments I wrote two years ago...YIKES!!

And good luck to LS, they do run a classy program WITH a former Stang at the helm.

Miguel, don't forget the Prep League...Viewpoint, Poly and Rio Hondo all impressive winners in week 1. Rio Hondo over Mojave 34-0!!...What a way for the so called "small guys" to start their season.....Miguel, you should get out to watch this team play. Though they look small, they are comprised of BIG TIME speed, strength, versatility and football smarts...their fan base is incredible for a small school. Could this be more than a building year?...

The Stang Fan,

I apologize for my comments. That was a pretty stupid comment on my part. I actually respect Muir and think they have a great program going. So again I apologize to you, Hal, and the entire Stang Nation. Oh and Hal, La Salle is now in the same division as Oaks Christian, so maybe they could play in the playoffs. Alright well Im gonna stop blogging at 2am, not a good idea. La Salle is a classy program win or lose, so I dont want my dumb comments to be a reflection on them. Take Care guys.

MUIR has surprisinglY the worst offense in the nation. Too many atheletes to have a total of 24 pts in 2games.
MAYBE ITS THE POOR COACHING???
Mr.Everything/ Myles Campbell/ Tyree mills /Marcus Graves.
i promise you if those players where in red and yellow or gold and brown they wouold have a ring.

the real hsfbfan said,

Are you referring to the Arcadia team that lost to St Paul in the D3 semi-finals? If so, I thought that was 1998. I wish our teams would have played that year. That is when Monrovia handed Diamond Bar (back to back D2 champs) their only loss in two years.

My opinion is that Arcadia would have gotten the better of Monrovia during the early 1990's but Monrovia would have turned the tide in the late 1990's.

**My statement that maybe La Salle and Maranatha should schedule Oaks Christian was meant as tongue in cheek.

Like Stang Fan, I'm happy for them that they had an exciting game, but for someone to say BLAH, BLAH BLAH Stang fans is pretty weak since Muir went out and took on a giant.

My statement that maybe La Salle and Maranatha was meant as tongue in cheek.

Ob-cat,

Actually, arcadia had some of their best teams in the 90's too. 1997 the apaches lost in the semi-finals in a heartbreaker.

BigA'
I accept your apoligy, but there is another fact that we should get into the opening. The Playoffs: Just as recent as 2002 Monrovia played teams such as Crespi in DivisionX now Crespi is D1 and still winning championships. We also took on teams like Diamond Bar Who won their Div.2 Championship Two years straight with their only Defeat coming in a preseason defeat by The Wildcats and by the Way Both of their running backs were Monrovia residents The Wright Brothers. sometimes the Div. really does'nt matter becomes even Oaks Christian started in Div. X I cant see Arcadia Beating them then and I cant see Arcadia beating them now. We have beaten up on alot of the Central California teams to make the Finals 2 or three years in a row. So trying to make that an argument is a waste. Its just simply Growing pains....both teams are going through them. I just feel that by the end of the season when it counts the better teams go on to compete for the big prize. Monrovia has had its share of the spotlight for the past 30 years. Thank god you guys didn't schedule us in the 90's thats when we had the Focus and determination to compete with any teams in the state.

you're out of your mind if you think the moor o-line played well. glendale dominated that game and thats that.

Actually, I just looked it up on Calpreps. La Salle got blown out 63-0 by OC in the 2005 playoffs. But I don't think La Salle was as solid of a program then as they are now.

There is not much use attacking ourselves locally in the manner of the dialog below. We should be focused on encouraging our teams to schedule each other so we can watch the head-to-head matchups. Isn't it great that La Salle and Maranatha finally settled it on the field. I thought it was awesome that Monrovia and Arcadia finally put that game back on the schedule. The other long-overdue game is Muir vs. St Francis. It's a joke that the two teams who regularly finish with #1 and #2 local rankings do not schedule that game.

This was a good week for the Rio Hondo, as TC served notice, San Marino established a running game (with Mooney as O-Line coach this should not be a surprise), and Monrovia won one of our three rivalry games.

The dysfunctional "organization" that is the CIF actually had Oaks Christian and St. Bonny in the same division as La Salle just a few years ago. Didn't La Salle actually meet OC a couple times over the years, with similar results as Muir's recent matchups? That is not to take anything away from what sounds like a very competitive first half delivered by the Mustangs.

Stangfan,
Just think what type of posture the Stangs would have had if they had simply taken a knee and gone into half-time with a close score, rather than throwing the interception for the touchdown the other way prior to half-time.

Stang Fan,

Venice has dropped their first two, 13-6 and 20-0. Nonetheless, I would beware anybody who calls themselves a "gondolier".

One very good match up next week, La Salle versus San Marino.

Come on,

Cute. Very cute. You told us so, right? You told everyone how both Muir and Arcadia would not be competitive. "Blah, blah, blah," hunh?

I am glad that Miguel went out and covered the LS/"Natha" game, it turned out to be a competitive hard fought game. Congrats to BOTH schools, and way to fight hard boys.

But "BLAH, BLAH, BLAH?" C'mon "Come on." You know you don't really want to go there. Out of respect for both schools and ALL their players, coaches, and fans I will not go there with you. All I'll say is that noted LA Times Prep Editor, Eric Sondheimer DID come out to report on our game. Of course, he was there to see how legitimate Oaks Christian was, but his commentary on the Stangs was quite favorable. So "Come on," I'll give you a "trash talk" pass this time, but next time I won't be so nice bro. Btw, here's the link to Sondheimer's article:

http://www.latimes.com/sports/highschool/la-sp-sondheimer13-2008sep13,0,7716159.column

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

Scott, I've got your back.

Hal Lamaster said: "If Oaks Christian has some openings next season, maybe La Salle or Maranatha would like to take the challenge and add them to their schedules."

Stop bashing on Scott and Miguel. Miguel is doing a great job so far.

Scott:
Come on dude. Who from Maranatha said we could play at the same level of Oaks Christian or Muir? Is that clean NM air getting to you?

O-cat,

The playoffs? BTW, Arcadia has played in a tougher division than Monrovia for how many years? For a long time it was D-3, then D-5 now D-7. And you guys are still below Arcadia. So maybe you shouldn't bring that up considering you aren't playing as stiff of competition (in the playoffs). Oh and St. Francis did not make the playoffs last year. Good point.

O-Cat,

My apologies for my response. I got a bit fired up on my last post. You didn't deserve my harshness.

I wouldn't play the injury card except for the fact that Arcadia has 27 guys so when 1 or 2 guys goes down, that is a HUGE impact on their team. It's not an excuse for losing. There is none.

Kentera,

St. Francis whooped Arcadia. Plain and simple. SF was firing on all cylinders and Arcadia had no answer. They are the overall best team in the valley IMO.

My main argument is that I think that these injuries should really have been mentioned in the article. I just think it would've made sense that Lowden would be mentioned being hurt in the Monrovia game and Golper, Rambeau, #5, and the linemen as well. It's not an excuse, just a courtesy for the readers.

I agree with Goldenarm. The Mustangs should be applauded for putting a powerhouse like Oaks Christian on the schedule.

They will be better because of it.

No one from MHS said they could play with Oaks or Muir. We know the truth. Take it easy.

truth,
just for the record, Monrovia beat TC last year, and did so by a sizeable margin.

Over 25 years, the record is TC 13 wins, Monrovia 11, and one tie. Not exactly ownership, but the makings of a solid rivalry.

To La Salle and Maranatha. Do you really think you could even compete with Oaks Christian? La Salle had trouble with Santa Clara, so I'd say they'd have no shot against Oaks. Neither team would fair well against Muir either, although maybee they'd have a shot against Pasadena.

The true said:

You are funny dude. Monrovia is in a rebuilding state and with that in mind if the "truth be told" if it were a perfect world and everybody stays healthy and at their perspective schools we would hands down embararass a team like Arcadia year after year, but since this isn't a perfect world Monrovia will still come to play and hope that what we do what it takes to get better as the season rolls along. When was the last time you guys went to the Semi's let alone the finals? can we say one and out?....well join the other Arcadia fans and come and see some post season football at Muir or Monrovia or for the private school Arcadia Fans St. Francis might be your cup of tea.

arcadia fans,
Stop crying about your lack of dephts. Every year muir is lucky to get 30 players. Last friday they had 32 players and only about 16 played. So lack of depths is nothing new for any PUSD school. I think arcadia is getting their excuses ready for the poor season their about have! Get some of the band kids to come out.
go stangs!

arcadia fans,
Stop crying about your lack of dephts. Every year muir is lucky to get 30 players. Last friday they had 32 players and only about 16 played. So lack of depths is nothing new for any PUSD school. I think arcadia is getting their excuses ready for the poor season their about have! Get some of the band kids to come out.
go stangs!

La Salle vs Maranatha -

The way I look at it, the game was a 26-26 tie, with Maranatha getting a bonus point for home field advantage.

We now know that the home field advantage is worth at least one point.

PS - Tell Maranatha to fire the guy running the clock!!! Momentum would be building, and play would have to stop so the referee could go to the timekeeper and tell him how to do his job.

mtown & o-cat,

You guys come from a losing program that has lost to TC, Arcadia & La Salle for two years in row. Those schools own you. For that reason, you guys get zero respect on the blog. You have all of the talent in the world, but always fall flat on your faces. Keep talking because it means nothing.

If Maranatha played you all, they'd probably roll you up too.

congrast on the monrovia win. You guy played hard and won fair ans square. i think as the season goes on we will be a better team hopefully we can get another shot in the playoffs. Duarte could have won that gamebut they didnt. So my hat goes off the monrovia hopefully we can get another shot at you guy. good luck against rosemead.

La salle or Mhs doesn't want muir on their shedule next year! It will be a waste of Muir's time. At the best they are 3 or 4 place teams in pacific league.

JJIMENEZ

If you are out there - congrats on THE MEAD's big win.
It looks like you may just tear it up this year. Keep it going.

I don't care if all the Arcadia players were healthy, St Francis would have rolled them anyway. It would be like saying "If Beanie Wells had played for Ohio State on saturday, USC would have lost" No chance. St Francis was clicking on all cylinders. They are just a better team than Arcadia. You have to give credit where credit is due.

I don't care if all the Arcadia players were healthy, St Francis would have rolled them anyway. It would be like saying "If Beanie Wells had played for Ohio State on saturday, USC would have lost" No chance. St Francis was clicking on all cylinders. There are just a better team than Arcadia. You have to give credit where credit is due.

The statemnts below from guys who believe their school has a legitimate shot at beating Oaks Christian are really flying the flag of optimism. Why rag on Muir for losing? Obviously no one scheduled this game hoping to assure an easy "W" for the Stangs. I know for a fact that TC benefitted from the ass-whoopin we got from Mission Viejo a few years back. I am willing to bet the Muir kids do the same.

SHOOTER - good recap of the TC/Arroyo game. In addition, our special teams players did a great job. Alhambra is a bigger team with different challenges - and coming off the loss to Glendale, I would expect them pissed and ready to get back on track. Should be an excellent game.

anon,

actually, in the Arcadia game, Lowden only played in half of the first quarter before getting injured and only had a few more plays after that. Actually, the whole offensive line had injuries. Did u see us crying afterwords and telling the writers to put that in?

anon,

actually, in the Arcadia game, Lowden only played in half of the first quarter before getting injured and only had a few more plays after that. Actually, the whole offensive line had injuries. Did u see us crying afterwords and telling the writers to put that in?

"BLAH, BLAH, BLAH Stang fans"

If Oaks Christian has some openings next season, maybe La Salle or Maranatha would like to take the challenge and add them to their schedules.

Okay well I am definitely not a gloter and I hate to say it, but I told you so. Muir gets BLOWN out and Arcadia gets BLOWN out. HMMMM what was the best game??? La Salle game was the best!!! That finish was unbelievable (Happy Birthday for Maranatha, cause the refs won that game for you). Hey Miguel GREAT pick for the Game of the Week. That kind of silences all of the critics. BLAH BLAH BLAH Stang Fans.

Okay Im never about excuses, but that pass interference call against La Salle, at the end of the game....Are you serious, what did the referee see. Someone please tell me, Im a little lost. La Salle got robbed all night. Also...That was a great game. Hey whoever asked if La Salle even had a chance, what did I say again...Ohhh, of course they did, was my reply. Maranatha, got sooo lucky.

seems like every year this happens to arcadia but usually its at the end of the season when their star players get hurt because they play so many minutes on offense and defense during the season. arcadia hs is a huge school, why do they have such a small team. can't they get some bodies from the jv team?

Big A:
I have been quiet, The fact of the matter is that Monrovia did of course have Williams in their line up this year but You guys sound like crie babies, Let's see who Monrovia did'nt have in their line-up this year, had it not been for a few major first game jitters and rookie mistakes and Monrovia litterally handing you guys the game you would be 0-2 and that matter Monrovia's Varsity still held their own against you guys....For starters Dwight Smith, Josiah Thropay, Brandon Golden, Brandon Brooks, Leon Yougblood you dont see us crying do you?....I'm commenting on last year because Arcadia fans came out of hiding when the going was good. Now that the shoe is on the other foot all I see is tears of uncertainty flowing down Duarte rd. So you play a team with all of their cards to give you guys a test of your real skills and somebody gets hurt, suck it up like you said in your blogs last year, "Good Football team win no matter what" Remember that?.... so from now on I will be quiet because we may not have to much to talk about this season from Arcadia after Nov. anyway! Stay warm in the stands, It will be a short cold season ahead.

O-cat,

Be quiet. Seriously...the injury bug plagued Williams last year and you guys got whooped 41-20. This year the bug did not plague him, and you STILL lost 41-27.

Arcadia has 27 players, obviously if their two star players go down that MAY have just a little bit of impact on a significantly limited team.

Get a clue.

Observantcat-

Re-read what the guy was saying about the article. He was saying that good journalism would have indicated two of the team's top players were injured. What in the heck does that have to do with the Monrovia game last year? If Monrovia or any team for that matter were playing without its top players , that should be mentioned in the article. And if you don't think Golper and Rambeau are the big keys to this year's Arcadia team , you must be asleep. Of course injuries happen, but the writer should at least mention injuries to key players. BTW, Miguel did not write the article. If Williams and Loudon or Boggs were hobbled and could only play part of a game , I would think Monrovia fans not at the game would like to know that.

Temple City looks like they are for real. Their Offense appears very strong. The Defense is on the small side but very quick. Backus has to be happy with what he saw last night. The San Marino game could be the game of the year in the RHL. Alhambra will be a good test next week.

Curiosity said:

You cant have it both ways. Last year when You faced Monrovia your fans had a field day claiming that it was just part of the game injuries should'nt matter. How quickly you forget. Leave Miguel out of this, He's reporting what he see's not what he hopes will happen. I hope Arcadia takes this game as a reminder that it is important to stay in shape and try to avoid injury as much as possible. Now it looks like you guys are in the basement of the Pacific league due to these injuries. Pride may get you some close games but being a comeback team is going to get harder and harder as the season progresses.

Anyone ever notice a pattern with blaming the coaches. When do players or players parents admit that they have A LOT to do with a game not going well? Its this culture of "aint my fault" that creates horrible pro-athletes. Does anyone besides me know what these coaches are paid? It it RIDICULOUSLY LOW, most of the time its more like volunteer work.

Coaches are to blame some of the time but lets all admit that having a bad game is a collaborative effort.

aracida will lose to glendale!!

That article is awful. Talk about a disrespect to Arcadia. No mention of all the injuries that plagued its team. Golper limps the whole game. Rambeau limps the whole game. Their starting O and D lineman goes out. #5 goes out with injury. Come on. With a 27 man roster, you have to at least mention in the article that these guys went down.

St. Francis was more prepared, more fired up and ready to play. They have a great squad. Riley looked pretty good at RB but I think he looked even better on D. Is that where he is being recruited? (blows my mind at the moment) St. Francis completely gashed Arcadia time and time again.

Arcadia needs to heal up and get ready because with their two stars limping across the field, that is not good news.

hsfbfan,

Malik Speed is indeed a starter on the SFHS basketball team (was the regular starter as a Sophomore). Very good athelete who will get better as his career progresses.

Curiousity - completely agreed with you on your assessment. Though the scoreboard reflected a bad beating, the injuries are much more of a concern than the scorebard (and no mention was made in the article).

Bob,
The players do not make the game plan ( the coach do)the play calling was good. Its just the couple questionable calls by the ref ( like the backwards pass that was scooped for a td by oc)The muir players made a couple mistakes like turnovers! do not blame the coaches!

Cur,

One of arcadia's top linemen hurt his knee in the 1st series of the game. The replacement for him wasn't as good of course and he was playing like a bull fighter if you know what I mean..From there, players were dropping like flies. This is supposed to happen in the middle of the season, not the 2nd game. The injury bug strikes early for the apaches. But, give all the credit to SF.

I'll give my report on the game a little later, but just a quick tidbit:

Friday, Sept. 12, 2008:

PUSD opponents- 189
PUSD schools- 26

O-U-C-H!!!!!!!

Wouldn't it be good journalism to write an article about a game and point out if one of the team's star players were hurt? I read the article in the paper on the StF- Arcadia game and figured the Arcadia players didn't show up. Not a thing was mentioned that Golper was hurt,limped the whole game on defense , played no offense and Rambeau was hurt. Then I read this blog board and see the Arcadia players were hurt , What's going on with the lousy reporting? Correspondent writer or not, why wasn't that mentioned in the article?

If I was a Duarte fan, I would be very concerned about the season. Especially with the coaching staff and their lack of humility. In the first half alone, with the game still up for grabs, they decided to go for it on 4th down and long. Not once, not twice, but THREE TIMES! And all three of those 4th downs were on their half of the field. Needless to say, all three of those attempts failed miserably, giving the ball back to Monrovia with less than half the field to work with. Whatever happened to winning the field position battle? And then in the final quarter, only down by 8 pts, Duarte manages to use up all their timeouts with well over 4 minutes left on the clock. Maybe it was just a bad night for the coaches, but someone in the staff should have said something. The defensive coordinator should have told the head coach to punt and to trust in their defense to stop them. I'm glad Monrovia won, but that was just a horrible job of coaching on Duarte's side.

Hey fb fan,

I think you mean loser, not looser.

Observantcat, mtown,

Again, No Jordan Canada, no victory. As you both stated he was inefective. The injury certainly had a lot to do with that. Tough break for the Falcons. No Jordan Canada (not literally, figuratively).

Kentera,

I don't know that I feel like a genius. Like our boy fb fan stated, I picked Arcadia to win the game but this of course was based after its performance over Monrovia. I still hadn't seen St. Francis but after Friday they must have looked really good, albeit Arcadia did lose quite a few key players. Lets hope Brian Rambeu, Todd Golper and others are not seriously hurt. Gotta love that bye week huh Apaches.

Monrovia's D is only going to get better game by game.

As far as Glendale, is it likely the coaching staff changes played a role in team performance? Was it an off night for the Moors?

No Jordan Canada?....

What game where you covering. Jordan came in at the end of the first quarter and played until the end of the third. But for what it's worth he was truly ineffective. But for the sake of Duarte, I find it very careless to have your number one back playing in a game where he could have ruined his whole season. I'm wondering is he going to suite up for South Hills. I wonder if Coach Crutchfield was thinking, maybe Jordan can sneek in and win this game for us. His other running backs were way more consistant and had it not been such a smart defense without the services of Josh Lowden Duarte may have been more effective on offense. What ever the case he Duarte should save this kid for league play, Because every one in the Montview league is waiting to chop some falcon feathers.....Good luck Duarte.

didnt melendez pick arcadia over sf. he also picked sf #1 in the area. what a looser. the star news needs a knew prep sports writter.

wow i thought arcadia was going to bring it last night.Hopefully everyone remembers this at the end of the year.

wow i thought arcadia was going to bring it last night.Hopefully everyone remembers this at the end of the year.

Final score was Glendale 44, Alhambra 28. The Moors rallied for 3 TD's in the final quarter.

Alhambra's #1 Mitchell Crockum and #3 Vailele Peco are both talented players, but just didn't get the ball enough. Alhambra played strong 1st and 4th quarters but the middle stanzas were a give-a-way party.

Glendale looks a lot better than a year ago, though. No stars. They are small but gritty.

the maranatha vs. la salle game was the best game ive ever seen in my life. is was ana amazing game. i loved wat i saw from our offense and defense,so im not really worried when i go to the games. overall,i wasnt really impressed by the la salle qb. he didnt really make big plays. all he did were little shorts screens and shuffels and threw tds but within 10-20 yrds of the endzone. if we didnt give up all the ints,then the game wouldnt have been so close. but all those ints didnt matter when tht last drive came. man,it was heart-stopping to watch the game on the field,the time on the scoreboard,and playing my drum lol.but tht last pass was amazing,and after it,we erupted like ive never heard before,and i hope we can continue. this game was definately for you Chavey. we love you man.

MARANATHA BABY!!!

mitchell crockum was a stud out there with a couple amazing catches. it was too bad that the moors OC just kept reaching into the hat to pick plays instead of putting together a game plan. the offensive line was great. and so were the recievers and running backs. it didnt help that the officals were throwing their laundry all over the field. but hey when the going gets tough the tough gets going. way to keep fighting moors. goodluck next week.!

Congratulations to Coach Maddox and Monrovia on the victory over our neighborhood rival.

No Jordan Canada, No Victory????

Canada played the last series of the first half
and played the whole second half
he was healthy
but the Monrovia Defense shut him down

Miguel:
It was great to meet you in person last night and spend a few minutes talking to you about high school sports. Hope I didn’t bore you with my touting the Maranatha Athletic sport’s program and that you enjoyed your Double-Double from the In-Out truck. I’m sure you’re happy with your decision to make this the Friday Night game of the week after seeing the scores of the Muir and Arcadia games. I can’t believe the crowds that came out to see this local match up. The end of that game was amazing and both teams played their hearts out. I’m sure we’ll see you at future games on the Maranatha campus.
Tom S

Miguel,
You are looking like a genius with that St. Francis pick as #l.

SFHS89,

Malik Speed from SF is was great also. Was he a basketball player that decided to play football? He impressed me. More basketball players need to play football. Arcadia has many basketball player that would be good at football, but they all think they are going to make the NBA and don't want to get hurt.

The last five minutes of the 2nd quarter was tough for arcadia. if you take that piece out, the score would have been 30 something to 7. That's when the poop hit the fan. ...the flood gates opened. Arcadia's QB had a rough night. I think he threw 4 picks and two for touchdowns. Good luck again & i believe SF is back on the map and is going to do big things.

Golden,

What a burner last night. The crazy this is, the refs stopped the game 3 or 4 times to fix the clock because it ran off for so long they had to. There were another 5/6 plays that the timer started before the refs noticed or after the play ended that where never corrected. If you saw the last 5 minutes of that game, EVERY second counted for both teams. In the end, scoreboard rules. Maranatha won. La Salle put it self in a position where the timer played a large part of the game in the end. Hats off to Maranatha for making it happen and La Salle for a solid performance. Both teams gave the fans a great game. Fire the time keeper! :)

hsfbfan,

I watched the game with my old Algebra teaacher (I graduated from SF 19 years ago and yes - he sill teaches there) and we were both talking about how Arcadia's lack of depth. I did see one lineman go down on the first play from scrimmage (knee) and man - you gotta admire the heart of those kids playing thru injuries and also playing just about every down - especially considering how tilted the scoreboard was.

Hope Arcadia heals up and does well the rest of the way.

Muddy Waters,

bout time you unplugged your amplifier cord and sat in on this jam session!

Sounds likes a conversation was needed with that Time Keeper...once maybe twice, but three times allowing the clock to keep ticking??

When you bust your butt over the off season and the coaching staff does a great job of preparing you - sometimes everything will come together in your opening game.

Such was the case last night at TC, with a sure-tackling, well positioned defense and solid special teams play really closed down Arroyo across the board.

It is just one game, but a great start.

The report I received from the Muir game was that Muir was extremely fast and very very talented. Also, that Oaks Christian was not a better team than Muir, Just Better Coached. It was reported that all the Muir's coaching staff do is yell and scream at the players instead of coaching them up. Just Imagine how good Muir would be if they had a coaching staff. The possibilities are endless...

golpers fine he just needs some rest and thank god for that bye week.. he does everything for that team and hes an absolute beast at LB. they definetely need more depth though cause once the threats got hurt, the offense struggled terribly and could not produce. hats off to riley but arcadia definetely did not have the fire power to give st francis a true fight

The Golden Knight played a great game tonight. They looked sharp from the get go. My heart goes out to Arcadia. They had everyone going both ways and they just got tired. SF has some very good skill players and little scarria was exciting to watch. I can't wait to see how D. Riley progresses this year. The Golden Knights have a long way to go. Their next few games do not seem too tuff, and I do not know anything about Rio Mesa, but after that comes the big schools. It should be a great challenge ahead of them. I'm excited to see how the season will unfold.

Was Schilz the only guy that played in the game? What about the other QB?

Anyone know what happened to Alhambra? Was Mitchell Crockum not effective, not thrown to or anything? 7 points is just pathetic with a player of his caliber and a good offensive line.

Golper hurt both his ankles badly.... I hope he's okay. Rambeau sprained his ankle and his status is unknown. Arcadia has a bye next week and needs that time for rest.

Arcadia needs more players. Everyone got hurt. After tonight, I think they are down to 23 players. My hat goes off to Golper. He made some amazing plays. I would say he had 26 tackles and he was limping around. if he doesnt start for UCLA next year, Id be surprised. SF's Riley is a special player. I can't believe he's only a junior.

Congrats SF

Anyone know had badly hurt Golper is.?He could barely walk tonight and played no offense at all .Rambeau hardly played too and was limping pretty bad .Once those guys got hurt Arcadia looked pretty bad and SF took advantage of zero speed on Arcadia.

Wow Arroyo Who? 34-0 LOL.....Hatch delivered Bakus "D" with #6 Conora was swarming to the ball and #34 Joey Stewart who ran well wasn't making it any easier for the Knights to take down....Bring on the Moors

Wow Arroyo Who? 34-0 LOL.....Hatch delivered Bakus "D" with #6 Conora was swarming to the ball and #34 Joey Stewart who ran well wasn't making it any easier for the Knights to take down....Bring on the Moors

OK John S, you can talk your smack now. It is deserved. The team took a big step forward today. Close game, coulda gone either way but this time it went ours. Schilz needs protection, under pressure it got pretty ugly, especially with those interceptions and high passes but the team's defense kept us in the game. Well done. Terrel has some good hands, favorite part was Cornell the Sophomore intercepting which set up his brothers touchdown the next play. Kopplin and Osmond were also stand outs.

La Salle, well done. You played hard and with class.

Now Murphy (who is simly amazing) has to keep their heads on right. If they get too cocky he should line them up against St. Francis, they seem unstoppable.

The Golden Knights put an absolute show on tonight at Freidman Field versus Arcadia. Wow.

The Golden Knights put an absolute show on tonight at Freidman Field versus Arcadia. Wow.

I hope Muir wins, as well as USC and BYU.

I think you're awesome, Miguel, I just think you should leave your collegiate bias off the blog.

the stangs will win in a close one 38 35