Football: East meets West in 30th Hall of Fame Game
30th HALL OF FAME GAME
WHEN: Friday, 7 p.m.
WHERE: Bassett High
WHO: East (coached by Northview's Jim Arellanes) vs. West (coached by Rosemead's Matt Koffler)
LAST YEAR: The West snapped the East's six-game winning streak last year, winning 34-14 behind South El Monte wide receiver Tommy Cogburn, who stole the show with three touchdowns.
SERIES: East leads, 17-10-2
RELATED LINK: Koffler, Arellanes ready to square off
Alright guys, you've asked for it so here it is. The 30th Hall of Fame game is Friday night and as the game approaches we'll be bringing you live reports from the East and West practices. Robledo will be heading out to the East practices and I'll be reporting from Rosemead High where the West is practicing. The West practices today through Thursday from 5-6:30 p.m. I'm thinking of taking my laptop to tonight's practice and bring you the latest, so keep an eye out for that. Seems to me the East is getting a lot of the hype as we approach Friday. Here's what Robledo wrote:
Both teams already have been practicing in preparation for the 30th anniversary of the senior game, and once again, the East appears to have a star-studded roster for Arellanes. Charter Oak quarterback Chris Allen, the Tribune player of the year and Southeast Division MVP, will be joined by Chargers teammates Tyler Perri (DT), Evan Williams (DE), and Kiely Rycraw (WR) - all of whom won a section title the last time they played. "Those Charter Oak kids are the real deal," Arellanes said. "They're as good as advertised. They obviously have been coached well. Their knowledge of the game is unbelievable, and they have been flying to the football with a passion." The East is loaded in the backfield with Bishop Amat's Deshawn Gaisie, Rowland's Brandon Stansell and San Dimas' Daniel Joseph, who has transitioned well from the Winged T to an I formation.
Call it a dis or call it motivation, but If memory serves me right, it was the folks over on the East (cough cough, Robledo) who predicted San Dimas would handily beat Rosemead in the quarterfinals. Uh, no. Rosemead came out burning on all cylinders and took care of business and reached the CIF-Southern Section Mid-Valley Division finals. Koffler said he's looking forward to Friday's game and the West has practiced like it's a championship game. "I know on our side we're approaching this game like it's going to be very physical," he said. "I'm not sure what's going on on the other side, but our practices are very physical; that's the way we coach and that's the only way we coach. We're not slowing down just because it's an all-star game. We're picking up the pace and showing the rest of the San Gabriel Valley how we do things at Rosemead."
Ding! Ding!
By the way, when is someone at Muir or St. Francis going to put together a video highlight reel like this one from Bishop Amat? C'mon, guys!
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Melendez worked as a correspondent for the San Gabriel Valley Tribune for three years and later landed a job as a freelance writer at the Los Angeles Times before accepting an offer at The Orange County Register covering high schools. Melendez covered Major League Soccer at The Register for three years before being promoted to report on the Lakers, Angels and Dodgers for the Web. Melendez also worked for the Daytona Beach News-Journal, Fresno Bee, Oakland Tribune and The Boston Globe. E-mail opinions, suggestions and tips to miguel.melendez@sgvn.com. |
nostalgia of my hitting days @ the meads
gives me chills down my back
like koff said
rosemead hard nose style will show friday
I agree with you Miguel. That highlight reel is very well done. Ours was way over done last year with awful music. The editing was good but the music always makes is or breaks it. Great job Amat! That is how to do it right.
as far as arcadia, todd golper is off at ucla so he would not be able to attend. nick lacroix is injured and playing with gcc, and brian rambeou is dealing with family issues
oldschoolpanther,
As far as the TC players, they were around for graduation last Friday....but nobody was saying much.
Ryan Watkins was one intense pass rush specialist, many deflected passes and "hurries" ...he could have helped the West in that regard. Nick Conora rarely missed a tackle all season long, and has ties to the Mead....Ouelette....why they are not there? This TC supporter does not know.
Again, the biggest disappointnment with the HOF game is the absence of ALL 6 WSGV players that earned scholarships. I REALLY wanted to see Bingo and Golper in this game! But hey, I guess they've got bigger fish to fry, especially Golper who starts at UCLA this week.
BTW, it is very odd to see no kids from Arcadia, PHS, and TC on the roster.
I had a chance to see the west team pratice last week and they can really hit. The linebackers and cornerbacks are something to watch and the lineman from St. Frances is a beast. I am thinking to in a row but I wonder why Temple City and Arcadia had no shows?
i don't have a team highlight of muir but heres one of bingo thats crazy.
http://video.aol.com/video-detail/reuben-thomas-football-high-light-reel/1159962656
I like this Bishop Amat video a lot! I think it has a lot to do with how the clips are synchronized with the music, which is very cool. Yes, we will have a video guy. Freddy and I will do in-game interviews and Steve Ramirez will cover the game for both the Trib/Star-News. This will be my first Hall of Fame game involvement, so I'm excited about that.
I like highlight videos better. This is cool too but are you going to film the Hall of fame game this year? =]
The Mead likes to hit, and has since the 1970's.