Friday Night Aftermath: Keppel snaps 40-game losing streak, wins 36-0; Temple City earns first win of the season; St. Francis shuts out Rio Mesa; Monrovia wins, needs work; Muir goes down, 9-6; Flintridge Prep pulls comeback; Marshall avoids scary moment.

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TONIGHT'S SCORES

Burroughs 9, Muir 6 -- Muir was up 6-0 from the second quarter but just couldn't hang on. The depleted Mustangs gave up nine points in the last 2:14. Burroughs scored from 8 yards out before Muir blocked the PAT. The things is, the Mustangs fumbled on the ensuing kickoff as Burroughs recovered at the Mustangs 21-yard line. Burroughs converted a 21-yard field goal with 21 seconds to win the game. Wow.

Temple City 27, Rosemead 13 -- Our Keith Lair will have the recap in tomorrow's sports page.

St. Francis 41, Rio Mesa 0 -- Speechless.

Monrovia 48, La Salle 14 -- Our correspondent Guillermo Tovar says Monrovia is NOT the No. 1 team in the WSGV, not after what he witnessed Friday night Four fumbles, and lots of penalties. Tovar says they played complacent. Monrovia has to be careful not to play down to its opponents, which sounds like it may have done against La Salle.

Pasadena 21, Hoover 13 -- Would you look at that!! Bulldogs are 1-0 to start Pacific League action.

Brentwood 44, Marshall 16 -- Brentwood scored early and often and built a 20-10 lead at the half before running away. There was a scary moment when the game was stopped for 20 minutes in the second quarter. Senior running back Bijon Callum sustained a neck injury on a kickoff return. He was transported to a hospital and was released three hours later with a pinched nerve. "He may miss a week," Pickens said. "He felt good enough to come back but out of precaution we'll hold him down."

La Puente 62, Duarte 3 -- At least the Falcons got on the board.

Flintridge Prep 23, Malibu 20 -- Flintridge Prep took advantage of a Malibu miscue and overcame a second-half deficit en route to a 23-20 win in nonleague action Friday night. The Rebels (1-3) took a 14-13 lead with 40 seconds left in the second quarter after Chris Wirphlin scored from 2-yards. Malibu (1-3) scored early in the third quarter to take a 20-13 lead.
Flintridge Prep had a chance to tie it, but Eric Kazgian fumbled at the goal line midway through the fourth quarter. Fortunately for the Rebels, the Sharks went three-and-out before a bad snap at the Rebels 20 was recovered by Flintridge Prep for the safety, pulling to within 20-16. After another Malibu three-and-out, the Rebels marched to the Malibu 6-yard line where Kazgian redeemed himself and scored to seal the win for Flintridge Prep. The Rebels played stellar defense to make the score stand.

La Canada 42, Firebaugh 6 -- Spartans built a 28-6 lead at the half en route to the win. LC gets a big test at home next week against Arroyo.

Hacienda Heights Wilson 42, Blair 0 -- LoooOOOOooOOoong season for Vikes ...

Alhambra 30, South Pasadena 6 -- Moors go on the offensive in win.

Keppel 36, Mountain View 0 -- Absolutely huge win for the Aztecs. Huge. Edson Pena scored three touchdowns in the win.

Pasadena Poly 21, Webb 6 -- Hunter Merryman threw two touchdown passes and rushed for another to lead the Panthers (3-2, 1-0) in the Prep League opener at South Pasadena High. Running back Adam Burpee rushed for 247 yards. Kevin Capehart and Jack Porter each caught a touchdown pass for the Panthers, who led 14-0 at the half.

San Marino 21, Cantwell-Sacred Heart 6 -- Solid win for the Titans.

Pomona 18, Gabrielino 7 -- Is it baseball season yet?

123 Comments

Cool Guy said:

As a Keppel alumni I'm glad to hear that Keppel FINALLY won a game.

Philly B. said:

I just got done watching the highlights of the T.C. rosemead game. You know what I like that coach over their at T.C. He's confident and dedicated to bringing a new look to T.C. He doesnt care about the alumni giving him grief because it took him 4weeks to get a win!! He's a young guy and I think he'll bring a little swagger that T.C. never had. They've always had tradition but never swagger. As far as what I saw. T.C. has a QB, that has a nice touch with the ball. But our DB's at monrovia should be able to handle. Number 8&7 are studs. I cant wait for the showdown between Monrovia-T.C. Also on Defense as usual T.C. has some big boys upfront. But it should be a clash of the titans. I think T.C. is beginning to get the spread. I was skeptical about it, but I figured it would come around by this time. Good Luck to the rams, but be ready for nothing but speed, speed and more speed with the cats

Philly B. said:

first I'll say congrats to keppel, and t.c. on getting wins. Monrovia's gotta play better going into league but im sure that we'll be taking care of. Ok some people are saying Monrovia played down to their competition against la salle. but the final score was 48-14????? usually when someone says you played down to ur competition, that team that should of beaten the team inferior to them loses to that inferior team. Monrovia did no such thing. No I didnt see the game, but the score says enough to me where Im not worried about the penalties and fumbles.

Coach C.
You're still protesting about how monrovia is overrated???? Come on now!!! You can say what you want, but we're not gonna get the match-up this year. And probably wont get it next year, because your star player is going "D1" and what is st francis gonna do when he leaves??? I know one thing you wont be as good a squad without riley. Monrovia has depth at all the skilled positions!!!! You think your defense wont get tired of chasing down Bueno, Ramierez and Co.!??? Just let it go. I wont say anything about the cats playing oaks christian, but unless its this year, I dont even wanna play st francis. I rather go east play some tough teams in the ESGV. Go ahead and beat up on the weak teams of the Pacific League!! yeah you have a tougher schedule, and yes Monrovia AND T.C. is in a league that is beneath them, but what can we do about it??? Nothing!!!! So just BE QUIET already!!!

New York,
Thanks for putting that Coach in his place hahaha.

Stang Fan Good luck with the stangs this year, they cant afford to lose anymore in league though. Burroughs is a good team, but gotta handle the rest of pacific league.

Hal Lamaster said:

Burbanksports-
Burbank fans have waiting patiently for a season like this. Well, some, not so patiently.

Friday night is another big game for Burbank. Muir will not go down easily, but if Burbank takes care of business, they may not lose another regular season game.

If the Burroughs side of town hasn't taken notice yet, they will after Friday.

Looks like "THE BIG GAME" may decide the league title.

BigFatFan said:

Curiousgeorge, Moors!!! good luck to you guys the rest of the way too.

agent_football said:

that 4 qtrs "phase" is getting freakin OLD, just play that damn game until time expires.

i might be contridicting myself on this, but South pasadena QB's had no chance against alhambra mighty defense!!! the defense have to be more discipline ,but ill take the friday night's effort an A+. CAZZ had a better game (contridciting myself but he stil over hyped with bad playcalling) however, ALHAMBRA OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR NEEDS PLAY ACTIONS TO GET CROCK AND Becerra THE BALL FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!!!! WE ALWAYS HAVE THE DAMN DEFENSE HONEST!!!!. That late hit was legal i dont what you say, plus the punt return for a touchdown, was an dumb call that was a clean block from the side. evr since when the side of person is considered the back?

curiousgoerge said:

Golden,

If we were 1-3 or 3-1, it don't matter to some DUDES,
were damned if we do; damned if we don't.
Also appreciate your HONEST opinion on our team this year.
We need to improve every week and I believe these group of boy's understand that.
As far sticking to my word I don't care what anybody thinks, In my opinion TC will be battling for the RHL crown against Monrovia!
Not bad for such a horrible pre-season opponent that we play!LOL

MOORS!!! said:

BFF:

CURIOUS SAID IT, I SAID IT. PLAY 4QTRS. THATS IT. UP BY 30 OR UP BY 45. PLAY 4 QTRS! YOU SPEAK AS IF THIS WAS FLAG FOOTBALL. I'VE SEEN HITS LIKE THAT EVEN ON A JR. ALL AMERICAN LEVEL. SO RELAX WITH THE ''YOU CANT TOUCH THE QB'' NONSENSE. BESIDES ALL OF THIS ITS NOT LIKE YOUR BIG QB COULDNT TAKE A HIT. THE BOY IS HUGE!! I UNDERSTAND YOUR FREUSTRATION. BUT YOU GUYSHANG IN TOUGH. GOOD LUCK THE REST OF THE SEASON.

curiousgoerge said:

BFF,

Call it how you see it if that's your opinion.
Our boy's play 4 qtr's no matter what the score.
Also you mentioned that Bernardski threw the ball down field better than Cazz that night?
If anybody was @ the game they would tell you the only DOWNFIELD ball that Bernardski completed was a 12 yd curl route. Any other throw was picked off 3x including one for a long TD that got called back. Like I said, you guy's keep playing hard, your Qb is a BIG tough kid, you guy's compete well. I know Keppel's in our league and everybody's routing for them, I just can't see So Pas losing to Keppel. Good luck on Friday!

BigFatFan said:

Moors!!! I dont want to curb your enthusiam for the AHS football, but that shot by #82 on Bednarski was uncalled for. with less than 2 mins left in the game, you guys are winning 30-6, and #82 gives the QB a helmet to helmet shot after he releases the ball. come on now, dont try to defend that kind of shot as "just football". especially at the HS level

BigFatFan said:

Curious: that was a nice strike downfield by Caz, no doubt about it, caught the WR right in stride. you guys have some speedy dudes on your team. without the three picks on our side, maybe the game is closer. Again, I thought our OL and LBs put good pressure on Caz all night long. But it just burns me when we had you guys on third and 29 and we let Caz scramble for 30 to move the chains. thats been our season so far, lots of blown chances. we've been in just about all of our games so far.

SP Fan said:

BFF,

It is coaching that is the problem, it has been for a while. Good routes and good tackling are taught and reinforced by coaching. It is time and I don't think that a lot of people who have watched it over time would disagree. I am surprised that the booster club can't get it done. Keppel and Blair next... I hope that they can keep it together for these games.

New Field, New...

MOORS!!!! said:

BIGFATFAN,

THIS UNSPORTSMANSHIP YOU SPEAK OF IS CALLED PLAYING FOOTBALL. YOU MUST PLAY 4QRTS! THERE WHERE NO DIRTY HITS JUST A FREE DEFENSIVEMAN DOING HIS JOB AND GOING AFTER THE BALL. THATS WHAT DEFENSE IS TAUGHT. IF YOU WANTED SOME MERCY THATS A WHOLE DIFFERENT STORY. AND THE 9 20 THAT CAZZ THREW WAS FOR 200+ YRDS, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW. ALSO, YOU PLAY AS A TEAM YOU WIN AS A TEAM. DONT POINT THE FINGERS JUST AT YOUR DB'S OFFENSE DID NOT FINISH EITHER!

curiousgoerge said:

BBF-

Cazz will get the rock where it needs to be to make a play. If your cb sits 12 yds deep he will hit Crock on a simple hitch throw and let Crock get 60yds out of it,
and Bernardski would do the same. He's a tough kid and in mu opinion your team was much more improved than last year. As far as sportsmanship?
Trust me when I say, our boys play hard on D but they in no means play dirty. The lil incident your talking about is when #82 de-cleated Bernardski right smack in front of the same terrible ref's that flagged us all night, called 3 td's back, and threw a sidleline penalty with 15 seconds left in the game. I'm quite sure they would have thrown the unsportsman like penalty had it NOT been a clean shot.
Anyways you guy's hang tough, improve every week,
and you guy's will compete. Oh yeah and by the way,
Cazz threw a 71 yd beauty DOWNFIELD for a TD!

BigFatFan said:

Goldenarm: AHS has some great athletes, Crockom, Peko and now Becerra. we ended up with some tough match-ups, particularily in the open field. I was not too impressed with the AHS sportmanship, some pretty nasty looking tackles that in my mind went over the top, in particular a clear helmet to helmet shot on our QB by a lineman that was not called by the refs.

BigFatFan said:

Goldenarm: I was pleased to see that our main RB, Chavez, rushed for over 100 yards against Alhambra. our O-line was getting the job done from the rush blocking standpoint. I am not sure why Bednarski did not run more in this game. he has shown to be very effective outside runner, and yet he did not get the call to run outside the tackles all game. D-line did an awesome job, harassing Cazarin most of the night (he was only 9-20 passing), some strategic blitzing helped out. again, our main downfall are the DBs. just cant seem to cover, nor tackle one-on-one.

Goldenarm said:

BFF,

if you recall my advice list was "you must tackle" to beat AHS, and your post makes it clear why. 90% of the completions are under 20 yds, with all the big yards coming after the catch. Credit the athleticism of the Moors.
Does SP have a ground game this year??

Matt,
too late dude, I had the ribeye and some of that killer stew last week. Arroyo has some very well timed pass routes that are difficult to defend, and Rivera can throw and spray balls all over the field. They have a quick little dude coming out of the backfield.
We had them beat and let up mentally, and took a 3 point loss and hopefully some knowledge away from the game. Max had a beautiful kickoff return TD.
They are not big but play hard and will fight you for a yard.

burbanksports said:

Hal-
Can't argue with your predictions yet, but Burbank will beat Burroughs this season. That's the win they want the most.

BigFatFan said:

SP Fan: yes, another painful outing. we need more consistent play out of the QB position. three picks to kill drives really hurts. but our DBs can not make open field tackles. If they do, then Crockom is stopped for a one yard gain, not a 50 yard TD run. that is one thing that is misleading about the Cazarin's stats, he does not throw the ball much down field, instead relies on his one-yard pass to the WR, then lets them run with the ball. Bednarski on the other hand throws downfield all the time, mostly accurately, but he needs some help from the WRs to run the correct routes.

Huckster!!!!! said:

I'm so happy for the Muir football team and their coaches! You guys make me laugh so hard I could barley think! Antwan Simms, is the greatest O-cordinator in the WSGV! Throw the ball to Karl Holmes if you want to win! LMAO!!!! No, better yet you should run the ball on 4th and 22! That'll get you the first! To think somebody could beat "Kevin Mills" makes me scream out with laughter! I'm only getting started, because this will end ugly for the "Mighty Mules"! They wont make the playoffs this year and they wont score in the Bowl either. We gave yawl some of our players too and yawl still sorry! I know deep in the Muir faithfuls hearts they think they'll still win the "Tussle" but I cant wait until we put a bashing on that a$$! I mean a good ol bashing! Go Dogs!!!!!!

Miguel,

Don't rank us! Please! I'm begging you! The only team I think could be PHS is probably St. Francis, but the rest of the WSGV is flat out terrible! Oh, Monrovia is good too!

SP Fan said:

It's Time!

Matt said:

Goldenarm

You are back in my good graces. You can now return to Taylor's. I don't know much about Arroyo, only what I have read on here, but it should be a good game. Arroyo better figure out a way to stop LC in the air. They have two great receivers and about four good ones. They will spread it out. Moore is playing great. He has thrown for about 650 yards and has 7 touchdowns and no interceptions. They need to run the ball to keep Arroyo honest.

Goldenarm said:

This week 2 RHL teams will get a chance to show what they got against better competition.

SM versus SG
4-0 San Marino gets SG, a good team beaten by better teams (Cathedral, etc)Most see SG winning, my call is the Titans find a way to win and remain undefeated. San Marino edges by a field goal.

La Canada versus Arroyo
The way to beat Arroyo is to outmuscle them, and I believe LC can do that. Rivera is the most accurate passer TC has seen this year, and if given time, he will pick apart the secondary of LC, or most secondaries for that matter. This is a good challenge for the Spartans, TC should be watching very closely!
LC by 7.

And of course, TC versus La Salle.
RAMS WAKE UP - DO NOT OVERLOOK LA SALLE!!
Some TC'ers are making a huge mistake and seeing this weeks game a simple "show up" and win affair. It is not!!
La Salle always plays us well and was in the game last year, were it not for some clutch defensive plays on Rettig, TC could have lost, despite Ruckle's break out performance.
Please Rams, work on strengthening our run game and get our O-line back in order! With 2 of the fab four returners from last year hurt...we need to shore up our power unit!
TC down 7 at halftime....comes back to win 21-20.

Goldenarm said:

For a team that is doing well early on, Alhambra sure is getting a heavy load of criticism.

I agree that they are not playing at full potential, but this year's team has displayed greater heart, less individual smack player behavior and better decision making than last year's squad....by far. This alone shows the Moors CAN move from the undisciplined play that has hurt them in the past and been at the heart of the underachievement for AHS - that cannot be argued.

IF and a big if, they can run the ball, they should run the ball, to compliment and open up the passing game, which they definitely have. They have the lineman on hand and backfield talent to make a run game work.

I'm sticking with my call back in April that Alhambra will win league and could make a good showing in the playoffs.

guck the fiants suck the fteelers buck the froncos said:

S3nd em all to south hills geoff n milesB fine examples charter oak d-rufus .... send them east...message is GO EAST, BALLA...GO EAST, FOOTBALL PLAYA...PHS is the gate, jmhs is some island in the ocean

muirfan said:

...others were good and kept us true but guess what this is high school football and they can't stay forever thats why you need good Coaches from freshmen-to varsity ,coaches that teach. In till that happens ...all the promising players will tranfer else where. I know of 7 that would be at muir
October 4, 2009 10:58 PM

Blueberry said:

JFMAT,


hahah thats whats so fun about it! What team do you think keppel has the best chance of beating in league? Montebello?


Goldenarm,

Yeah dude, i agree with you, i apologize for undermining the whole team. I didnt mean to but i guess my sentence came out all wrong. Congrats to them and keep working hard boys!

agent_football said:

all im going to say in 2010 i understand its going to be a rebuilding year and i dont mind at all. it was a rebuilding year last year. you never know maybe coach jones (no disrespct to san gabriel) might come back to alhambra. alhambra has more athletes to run the veer aka spread offense. alhambra is capable of beating winning record teams. if you want to win championships i want to play la harbra, schurr (which we are in 2 weeks), or any other competition not some 0-4 and 0-3 records. your not looking at the whole picture. All im going to say if we dont win against schurr thats goes our chance at league especially if we lose at san gabriel its going to be even worst thats the game i look towards all year. MARK my words if Alhambra loses these 2 games iam going to be very disappointed and i want the coaching staff GONE!

yeah 2 years ago we ran 85% of the time because we had running backs such as brown and smith. We have Pelko for crying out loud and we have i think number 83 who is a bruiser power runner. GO BACK TO THE I formation or Wing aka single back formation and play alhambra football. OFF the SHOTGun PLEASE DDDDD SISastah!

muirfan said:

hey no name, lets just not put the o-line out there and just let the qb run the ball, I know u know the program well(smile) how many guys on this team played varsity last year? how many returners on this oline how about defense. this year your oline is your d-line they go both ways. receviers nothing can compare to miles and graves, if they didn't catch the ball neither was the defender. we havent had a tail since youngblood. devine, aguilar and others were good and kept us true but guess what this is high school football and they can't stay forever thats why you need good Coaches from freshmen-to varsity ,coaches that teach. In till that happens all the promising players will tranfer else where. I know of 7 that would be at muir

Anonymous said:

I agree with you BB Muir is not a good team. It starts with the Offensive Coordinator how can you go on 4th down 5 times and not punt the ball. Muir defense was playing a great game till the offensive coordinator called those horrible plays on 4th down. The only thing that Muir has is a good Defensive coordinator.They should get a new Offenisve coordinator. #24,#2,#4,#3,#7,#55,#21,#34 and Bingo were some good players. I guess the players won some games for Muir last year not the COACHES.
Keep on speaking your mind BB I guess the truth hurts. We went to the game and offensively MUIR has no threats to speak of Except the Quarterback he is the only one with a big heart.

Someone who knows said:

Moor till I die,

You have got to admit the Moors have more talent but don't seem to have the titles to show for it. Why is that? The Moors seem to often underachieve.

I saw their game last Friday, and beating South Pas is often not a good measure to see how they would compete with a Schurr or other playoff caliber teams. Alhambra simply had better athletes than South Pas.

Moor Til I Die! said:

Yo Agent Blu man,

Everybody's entitled to there opinion
and every spectator/fan should be able to
criticize THEIR team. There's a positive way
and a negative way. I also agree on Crockum not getting
the ball enough, and I am confident that our staff,
including the HORRIBLE play caller will make the right adjustments. Maybe there's some O-line issues that their dealing with along with injuries. I guess some fans forget just two years ago the same horrible play caller who supposedly passes TOO much, ran the ball 85% of the time with Anthony Brown and Dushine Smith. Different day different team guy and in my opinion your criticism is very very negative and sounds personal. How can you sit their and say the MOORS qb
is overrated, makes bad decisions, HORRIBLE OC,
and yet you say we should still win league?
With all that horrible and negativity going on with
YOUR Moor team?
Give me a break blu man and be more positive if your
such a die hard MOOR!

JFMat said:

Blueberry

Damn I don't even know if you're a boy or girl, lol!

LEAGUE games I'm looking forward too : ALHAMBRA VS SCHURR. KEPPEL VS MONTEBELLO. SG VS BG. Keppel might win their first league game in who knows how long??????

curiousgoerge said:

AGENT-DUDE? aka SPICOLLI! ha

It's pretty obvious that you have some sorta hatred going on inside of you,DUDE!
You obviously dislike the OC, you made it a point to call YOUR Qb from YOUR team OVERRATED!
Yes we all know that pre-season doesn't count these games are for making adjustments and get ready for league.
Yeah I know were SUPPOSED to beat crappy teams like TC,
LA Wilson, ect...
Trust me DUDE come 2010 when coach Rudy is gone,
and all that he's done for our program the past 20 yrs,
be careful what you wish for DUDE aka Spicolli aka
Coach Rudy and staff hater!
Make sure you sit on the Spartan's side of the field
in two weeks, DUDE! Ha

New York said:

Miguel,
Are you doing a feature piece on a Keppel player this week? I think it's commendable to play even when the odds of winning are not great.

Agent_football said:

curiousgoerge

what in the blue are you talking about. ima moor hater and cazz hater. dude you better check yourself, because iam not impressed the way alhambra is playing. there are times mitchell crockom is open and there times that alhambra should be running the ball. iam only saying what should be done. ALHAMBRA IS PLAYING NON WINNING TEAMS! I REPEAT NON WINNING TEAMS!. Ive seen better alhambra teams with better playing calling. 1,000 yards in 3 games is just statz. i dont care if alhambra wins non league games. yes W is a W but is isnt good enough when its agains non winning teams. when a team know they should win, they should win. curiousgoerge how long have you been with alhambra, your probably some young kid or something i dont know i aint going judge. all im going to say his u better re read what i posed because, how can you say imma hater what iam CRITIzing my OWN FREAKIN TEAM.

P.S IF ALHAMBRA DOESNT WIN LEAGUE OR WINS 4 GAMES IT PROVES MY POINT. ALHAMBRA FOOTBALL TEAM NEEDS A CHANGE STARTING 2010, IF WE DONT WIN LEAGUE!

Agent_football said:

curiousgoerge

what in the blue are you talking about. ima moor hater and cazz hater. dude you better check yourself, because iam not impressed the way alhambra is playing. there are times mitchell crockom is open and there times that alhambra should be running the ball. iam only saying what should be done. ALHAMBRA IS PLAYING NON WINNING TEAMS! I REPEAT NON WINNING TEAMS!. Ive seen better alhambra teams with better playing calling. 1,000 yards in 3 games is just statz. i dont care if alhambra wins non league games. yes W is a W but is isnt good enough when its agains non winning teams. when a team know they should win, they should win. curiousgoerge how long have you been with alhambra, your probably some young kid or something i dont know i aint going judge. all im going to say his u better re read what i posed because, how can you say imma hater what iam CRITIzing my OWN FREAKIN TEAM.

P.S IF ALHAMBRA DOESNT WIN LEAGUE OR WINS 4 GAMES IT PROVES MY POINT. ALHAMBRA FOOTBALL TEAM NEEDS A CHANGE STARTING 2010, IF WE DONT WIN LEAGUE!

BB said:

what have i been saying i told everyone that muir was not going 2 win againt BB now they gotta face a better team in Burbank once again i hate repeateing my self muir is nothing without (24) #2,#4,#3,#7,#55,#21, and Bingo. Now what are you going to do with out now of these guys look at yall 0 wins hahahahah

tussel phs 30 muir 13

Muddy Waters said:

TRUE: What an unbelievable win for Amat over St. Bonaventure. Grats to Amat fans, players, and coaches. I am sure there was a party in La Puente Friday night.

Hal Lamaster said:

After one week-
Pacific League takes shape.

1. Burroughs
2. Muir
3. Burbank
4. CV

5. Is Arcadia on the outside looking in?

Either (6) Pasadena is not as good as I expected or (7) Hoover is better than many thought. Maybe a little of both.

8. Glendale - back to normal.

Game of the Week-
THIS Friday Night. Burbank hosts Muir. Will the Bulldogs jump to the top of the Pacific? Will Muir rebound from last week's heartbreaking loss? I hate to go against the Mustangs but Burbank may have too much.

Goldenarm said:

Sombody asked if TC's win over the Mead felt especially wonderful, since Sumler and the Panthers plowed us so bad last year.
The team is so young, with so many kids who did not play last year - I doubt half of them knew there was cause for retribution.

Either way - it was unrelated. The bottom line was we had to come out of there with a win, grumpy tudes and faces were multiplying and the time had come. With two 3 point losses and a tie, it just starts feeling like LOSSSES, close games or not.
We will be up and ready for La Salle and more confident...as we should because we are improving. Improving with a long ways to go.
Go Rams

Goldenarm said:

blueberry

go to maxpreps.com and start clicking until you find the almont league 09-10 click "leaders" and you can look for Pena. He needs two games and a couple yards to make the board. Keppel is in the Almont, yes? The above all hinges on whether the coach is submitting stats.

Beckman is a good QB and could start at many area schools. It is never cool to talk one guy up (Pena)then turn and rag on the rest of the team. Keppel is better coached and disciplined this year and just got a win over Mtn View. It is time to crack a smile on campus and be a teeeny bit optimistic.

Blueberry said:

Btw #2 for keppel Edson Pena can put up some decent numbers if he had a better team. Great game he had. Also the qb i dont know his name but he was pretty decent in the shutout. Is there any way of knowing how many rushing yards Edson Pena had since i doubt anyone covered this game.

blueberry said:

lol nah man, im too good for that place. Just left that comment to keep you pondering:). Btw no malicious intentions are intended. And yes im someone you know.

Tom S said:

Anon
That’s exactly what happens next year. It has been announced that Maranatha will join the Olympic league which I think is great.

Pacific League said:

Were there really signs on the muir campus that said buck furroughs?

MoneyTalks said:

CatsFan,

Thanks. Like I said, Arcadia has so much young talent. I think next year it will show. Yeah, the stuer bros are great. I really enjoy watching them play because they are fundamentally sound ...thanks to coaches like you.

Woo Hoo. Los Dodgers Rucked The Fockies! 5-0 said:

Burroughs 9, Muir 6 -- Buck Furroughs picket signs printed en masse on JMHS campus. May be on Sui-watch after loss to PHS at the tussle.

Temple City 27, Rosemead 13 -- Hosemead got chonked. Insult to injury next as they have to take on los South Hills Perritos at their place. WELL DESERVED TC

St. Francis 41, Rio Mesa 0 -- DRiley

Pasadena 21, Hoover 13 -- Rather, its really "Would you look at that!! Bulldogs ONNNLY beat HOOVER 21-13 ... no, rather...coach Chris Long came up with a magic formula like overnight

Brentwood 44, Marshall 16 -- Put marshall in a league with ganesha, duarte, blair in a barfening gridiron chonk-fest.

La Puente 62, Duarte 3 -- Blame it on the a-aa-aa-a--a-ad-ad..ministration for f-fo-fo-fo-f-fo-fo-fo-firing Crut..crut...cra..crut..cra..crut..cra..cr..Crutchfield

Flintridge Prep 23, Malibu 20 Considering the foreboding game they had the wk before against Campbell Hall this win means as much to them as Amat likewise to their St Bonnies chonker.

La Canada 42, Firebaugh 6 -- yawn

Hacienda Heights Wilson 42, Blair 0 -- Blair and Duarte should play for the SGV Dirt Bowl

Alhambra 30, South Pasadena 6 -- (burp) (cough cough) (sneeze) (gas)

Keppel 36, Mountain View 0 -- Congrats!

Pasadena Poly 21, Webb 6 -- Bah humbug

San Marino 21, Cantwell-Sacred Heart 6 -- Solid win for the Titans.

Pomona 18, Gabrielino 7 -- throw em under the bus like u jus did. the status quo EVERYBODY follows is pick on Gabby when they chonk & jump on their bandwagon when they win. Nothing ever {}ing changes

Anonymous said:

Tom S-

Good win by Maranatha. they should win out the rest of the regular season. They're the biggest school in the league (with the exception of Marshall) and every team in the league (other than Maranatha) has a negative rating on calpreps. In reality, Maranatha should move over to the Olympic league and play similar size schools...or at least get rid of all of these schools w/ 250 or less students now in the Alpha. It doesn't help the Minutemen get ready for the playoffs.

Witness said:

Salesian wins the "Battle of the St. John Bosco Boys".... Salesian 30 Bosco Tech 14.

curiousgoerge said:

AGENT_,

Trust me bro you are NOT a Moor fan your just a typical
Moor hater or shall I say a Cazz hater. What judgement are you talking about?
judging the right Wr to throw to?
When it counts to get the "W"?
Like I said all that counts is 2 weeks from now
and will see who's OVERHYPED!
Keep doing what you're doing Cazz,
get the "W"!

Tom S said:

Maranatha over Calvary Chapel 38 to 8. The winning ways are back

New York said:

Congratulations to the Rams and Apaches for getting a win. Also, a big congratulations to Keppel.

St. Fart said:

OOOOO Lawrence, we are so sorry to insult your intelligence. How's this...Great job everyone! You are all special and number one. Keep up the good work Miguel, your reporting is stupendous!! God bless everyone and God bless St. Francis.

Go back and read it with a British accent and its hilarious!!

lawrence said:

I dont' know if some of you guys are really St. Francis fans, but if you are, please have some class. You are embarrassing the rest of us that want to have some intelligent dialogue with other teams' fans.

JFMat said:

blueberry

Yeah unless you're the Manger how did you know? that guy only hires WOMEN, besides it was a year ago, now I have a decent job :)

Congrats to KEPPEL, I knew they where going to win but not a shutout....wow. SAD for MV lol.

agent_football said:

alhambra had its way for non league competition. i dont care about that. league is coming and thats what matter. If the moors are goin to win league, they have to run the ball more. i think Alhambra's QB is overhyped. reason why i say that because alhambra passes too much!!!!! i went to the south pas game, horrible judgment by alhambra Qb plus who ever is the play caller horrible play calling. Ive been a Alhambra fan my whole entire life, i never seen soo much passing in alhambra for the last 2 years. just because the Qb of alhambra has 1,000 yrds passing does not impress me. Alhambra has to run the ball with pelko and play action pass with some rollout as well. Alhambra is playing against non-winning teams for the last 2 games! that why it doesnt impress me as a moor fan. I WANT CHALLLENGES, I CANT WAIT FOR SCHURR!!

Fannn said:

I think sf would play monrovia if they didn't fear for their lives. Monrovia is gang infested.

Fannn said:

I think sf would play monrovia if they didn't fear for their lives. Monrovia is gang invested.

sfhs92 said:

All you Monrovia fans need to chillax. First of all anyone who calls st francis st franny is not a supporter of the school. We have to much pride in our school to ever call it st franny. Obviously this was some yahoo trying to get you guys all riled up and it worked. Also Dont say SF is a one man team. We have the best player in the vally and arguably the best QB (posthuma, LB (Cabrera), and not to mention a solid offensive line and some emerging weapons on offense

CatsFan said:

Money Talks: I didn't include Rail, because I knew he was out for the season. I actually know AJ, since I was his first tackle football coach with the Indians. Actually, I coached many of your players.(Maldonado, Arnett, Stuer bros and many others)So in a way, I root for you guys during the season except when you play M-town. Good luck to the rest of the season.

burbanksports said:

Miguel
Big game in Burbank this Friday. You going to watch?

curiousgoerge said:

Moors get it done. It's time to get ready for the games that count. South Pasadena keep your heads up keep playing hard and things will get better.
Cazz over 1000 yd mark in only four games(LC game cancelled) led the team going 9/20 269 yds, 3td's.
Crockum 4 rec/132 yds/2td's, J Martin snagged a beautiful long ball 72 yd scamper for a td, Peko had 2 amazing long td runs called back(I was told by AD same refs that f'd up the TC/ARCADIA game,HORRIBLE!) We had like 4 td's called back on us last night that were unbelievable.
Oh well that's the way the flags bounce sometime and
a "W" is a "W"!

Golden,

I was pretty much on the dinero buddy!LOL
Congrats on the 1st Victory there will be more coming your way...

AMAT BEATS ST. BONAVENTURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! said:

I'm sorry to intrude but something HUGE occurred last night that rocked the Southern California High School football world...


Bishop Amat defeated the #3 ranked team in the State and #17 ranked team in the nation in St. Bonaventure.


If you know ball like I do, you know how gigantic this upset is. BA and Muir should hook up like they used to once upon a time.

Have a great day!!!!


MoneyTalks said:

CatsFan,

Arcadia is missing TE/safety AJ Rail for the year with a ACL injury. He is by far the apaches best player. Arcadia is going to be really good next year. The make up of the arcadia team is mostly sophs and juniors. Against glendale, a soph QB started for tuck and completed 8 of his first 9 passes mostly to Lagace who is only a soph. Lagace is turning out to be one of the valleys best WR.

CatsFan said:

Let's clear the air once again about M-town vs Arcadia!!! Arcadias' roster was healthy going into the game. Maldonado, their starting TB started the game, but was later injured on a Derrick Johnson tackle. Maldonado makes a big difference for the Apaches. He would have been about 60% of their offense. He nor his backup Arnett, played against sf. M-town didn't practice for nearly 2 weeks before that game and about 10 players didn't suit up. Maddox tried some kids out at different positions and didn't even start a true RB. Arcadia vs sf would be alot closer game if they had their full roster healthy. And don't kid yourself.

eagleball said:

"Pomona 18, Gabrielino 7 -- Is it baseball season yet?"
...like watching paint dry. When will this end?

Billy Jacobs said:

Observant Cat,

If were going to compare scores from previous games and judge it, lets bring up the Arcadia v MHS game. Ok so yea SF only beats CV by a TD, but lets remember SF played the worst they have all season, and the Falcons played pretty well. Alright so anyway, lets remember that MHS beat arcadia 28-13. How can this MHS defense be for real if they let up 13 to Arcadia? Also I just fail to see that MHS has a supporting cast around Bueno if they only put up 28 to this Arcadia team. SF was winning 37-0 at half i believe. So if you really want to compare scores to past games, be my guest, but there you go. MHS let arcadia score 13 on them. pity

New York said:

Coach C,

So your first comment is to call me out, rather than coming on to praise your own team? Haha. Ok.

Listen, a lot of the “analysis” on this blog would suggest that Burbank’s victory over CV would PROVE that Burbank would handily beat St. Francis. Simply looking at comparative scores will lead to that conclusion. So “coach,” stay in your simple realm of waiting to read what I write next and I will keep cheering for Monrovia, as well as for the success of all the local players. I certainly never suggested that Monrovia would beat Oaks Christian. However, not being “ready for Oaks Christian” is not even close to getting beat by St. Francis…that would suggest that St. Francis is ready for Oaks Christian…LOL! Remember, Coach Riddell left St. Francis and went to a school that would support a powerhouse football team.

I respect the hard working players and coaches at St. Francis, and for the sake of WSGV football I really wish that St. Francis were dominant. SF definitely plays in a strong league and I do believe that strong competition makes teams better than they would be otherwise. This is why I believe Coach Maddox and Co. will seriously strengthen our schedule each year. Sit tight.

New York said:

Tommy D Trojan,

Thanks for the Monrovia love, but we have had roughly 1,800 students the past couple years. 3,000 would be Monrovia combined with either Muir, Blair, or Duarte.

Private school student enrollments don't always tell the story. Frankly, neither do those of public schools now that students are more mobile than they once were.

A "small" private school can be dominant if they have the usual 5 D-1 signees that Oaks Christian gets. Likewise, a 3,600+ enrollment like Arcadia does not equate to powerhouse football.

La Salle has an opportunity to climb the ranks if your admin gets onboard and admits a handful of athletes each year.

New York said:

Nice win for Monrovia. Use the bye-week to self-scout and fine tune. Hopefully you guys are not reading the blogs/newspaper clippings...best case senario is 9 more games. Have fun with it and enjoy every minute. Once it's over, you become a blogger...

FB Einstein said:

The officiating this season has been horrible. These crews are getting to involved in the games. TC has been on the wrong side of horrible calls in the past but this year is extreme! That P.I. early in the game last night was very very bad. The officials egos are getting in the way and changing games. They remind me of a 20 something police academy grad who just cant wait for that first bust....power-trip anyone!???

Big Football Fanatic said:

Monrovia did take their foot off the accelarator against LaSalle but still got the Win.

Played down to competition? Maybe...but more importantly, they play up as well.

Someone who knows said:

Goldenarm,

There is a new sideline rule about the coaches and players keeping back because of what happened in Texas last season when a coach was too close to the sideline and was hit by the officials on a long play. That coach was seriously injured and had to retire from teaching and his insurance company sued the official and his Association.

Like any new rule, it will be enforced until teams better comply. It is a huge paradigm shift for many staffs, and besides, the first one is a warning and no yardage, but a flag is thrown.

Big Cat said:

Guillermo who... Really this gus a joke, I agree with the previous comments mabey he should go back to the Duarte vs Gladestone games.

3000 students? The last time I talked to administration,which was this week, our
enrollment is around 1700. I get what ur sayin' though.

This is just my opinon is why does anyone in M-Town care about St Frannys
and last time i check being #1 in the valley doesnt get us a RHL title or a CIF crown,
I mean thats what were working for right

Big Cat said:

Guillermo who... Really this gus a joke, I agree with the previous comments mabey he should go back to the Duarte vs Gladestone games.

3000 students? The last time I talked to administration,which was this week, our
enrollment is around 1700. I get what ur sayin' though.

This is just my opinon is why does anyone in M-Town care about St Frannys
and last time i check being #1 in the valley doesnt get us a RHL title or a CIF crown,
I mean thats what were working for right

Big Cat said:

Guillermo who... Really this gus a joke, I agree with the previous comments mabey he should go back to the Duarte vs Gladestone games.

3000 students? The last time I talked to administration,which was this week, our
enrollment is around 1700. I get what ur sayin' though.

This is just my opinon is why does anyone in M-Town care about St Frannys
and last time i check being #1 in the valley doesnt get us a RHL title or a CIF crown,
I mean thats what were working for right

Goldenarm said:

thanks pantherman

diaz came back to the huddle from captain duties and got the group pretty fired up. however, he must not be 100%, because I don't think I saw him catch a pass at all.they need to deliver the ball to him on those crossing routes over the middle like last year
just my guess but I think their is some heart - but just NOT EVERYBODY has it.
also diaz is lining up inside the tackles on D, not outside at DE yes? he terrorized Ouelette last year going inside out to the QB from the DE position
Who is #79, he also played strong

What? said:

Coach c, did you watch the Monrovia/La Salle game? Or are you just going off what Tovar said? I believe he left at the start of the 2nd quarter.

Looking for respect said:

What do you mean..."At least the Falcons got on the board."?? You picked them to win! La Puente may just be the most improved team in the SGV this season. The Warriors came out like a buzz saw last night, rolling up 49 points (in the first half) before they pulled their first string early in the 3rd quarter. What coach Rohrer and his staff have done with those kids in such a short period of time is remarkable! I have not seen an LP team come into a game as prepared as the 2009 Warriors since the Rick Ward era (Three X League Champs).

"The Voice of the Warriors"

pantherman said:

Golden Arm you are right Rosemead is missing something and it is heart. The quarterback is not a leader and Joey Diaz is the leader is only at 20%. Last year it did help having Anthony White as the eye in the sky over looking the offense. They will compete in league but they need someone to step up and play with heart. I wish the best for Temple City and Anthony White.

Tommy D Trojan said:

Monrovia Wild Cats,

3,000 student body versus a 500 student body. Monrovia’s 50 players versus La Salle’s 24+ players. La Salle doesn’t have the horses to compete with the Monrovia’s of the SGV. Hats off to La Salle for even playing such a tough team/schedule. It will only help La Salle once league starts. This does beg the question: “Why is La Salle in the same league as Oaks Christian & St Bonnies?” CIF, you got some splanin’ to do.

Cats, that was a well played game against La Salle. I am a La Salle fan and Tovar is football challenged for the comments he made. Miguel, are you sure Tovar was even at the game and not moonlighting somewhere else? Hummm.

Simply put, Monrovia dominated both sides of the ball. Yes, Monrovia fumbled and had a couple penalties that hurt. That isn’t unusual for any team. It just happened in a short period of time. Once they bounced back, they played exceptional on both sides of the line and had success every time they touched the ball.

We all know how good the “O” is so I won’t discuss what everyone has been raving about. (The “O” has so many weapons to beat you with) The “D” was far better than I had anticipated. The speed of the linebackers took many of the passing lanes away and did a very good job of picking up receivers. This took much of what La Salle can do away. This caused La Salle to pass in traffic. The results where multiple interceptions. The speed on the edges was also impressive. The front 4 on “D” also played well with good pressure and disciplined lanes. The Cats have the “WOW” factor, no doubt about it. Are they better than St. Francis? I don’t get paid to make to make those prognostications.

Unlike in years past, Monrovia’s coaching staff and players showed a lot of class. Monrovia’s team also looked much more disciplined and sound on the field. That doesn’t bode well for the rest of the SGV for the years to come. Hats off to the Monrovia coaches for a well played game and carrying yourselves with a lot of class. A salute to the Monrovia Faculty for taking the time to bring the right coach on board. Keep up the good work and best of luck with the rest of your season.

Goldenarm said:

fb Einstein

it was ugly at times, but we tackled fairly well and for the 4th straight week we black and blued our opponents QB. #5 was a tough kid, because he has green and gold teeth this morning from the shots he took.
without question we outhit the Mead - and that is a positive thing, this year or any other.
As usual, the reports Diaz and Diaz would not play - bogus.
I was impressed with the Meads D line, they had good forward body lean and kept coming, pressuring JS. Like us, the panthers secondary is not fully dialed in yet.
Yes, Yes, Yes...they are not the Mead of last year. I know. Their play selection went stagnant in the 4th quarter....their QB can toss the ball long...it just does not go accurately to wherever it is headed.

La Salle versus TC is always good.

Goldenarm said:

The Lancer,

You will not be comprimising La Salle's chances one way or the other if you name a couple kids who had an outstanding game against M-town.
If the TC staff utilizes this blog for game prep, we are in a world of hurt.
But, I guess everybody has sleepers and undiscovered talent wishing to remain in the shadows and one day emerge the next Adrian Peterson.
I hope the TC crowd treats the La Salle faithful as good as the home town La Salle crowd has always been to me.
As far as preparing to play TC, I have not a clue what we will throw at you.....except the spread.

ROSEMEAD is not horrible, which I see others believe they are. They made too many costly mistakes (ball held too long by the punter, repeated offsides and motion penalties, unspor conduct, PI, holding, etc...that killed their momentum. I still say they will compete with Arroyo for MVL top spot. The Mead field was in good shape.

Is it me or the refs flag happy more than usual this year? Fart on the sideline and you get a sideline violation, breathe on the wide out, you get PI. And man, the Mead clock operator had some serious ganga in his cigaro.

CatsFan said:

Coach C: Stop worrying so much about M-town. You guys don't have to play us this season. Maybe you should focus on the rest of your schedule.

La Salle 4life said:

Monrovia played way beyond what I would call exceptional. That #6 is one of the best high school players I have seen in some time. It seemed as though everyone of their running backs had a chance to score the moment they touched the ball. Penalties plagued them in the first half or the score might have gone into the 60's, I see La Salle learning from this game and making us a better team going into league. Now TC will be another challenge for us. As far as St. Francis and Monrovia are concerned I think it would be a good game but I do think that Monrovia will win and probably win big, these guys are no joke on the D.

Observantcat said:

Coach C:

We would have a much better showing in a Big game like Oaks Christian than St. Francis. Maybe not in water Polo but in football YES! Its is senseless to talk about what St. Fran (aka) La Salle West could or would do against the CATs because I think Bonds wouldn't really want to find out. Yes it was a bad day at the office with the fumbles but, if Maddox chose to keep in his starters I couldn't begin to tell you what the final score could have been. Monrovia just shows class regardless of how many great athletes we have playing. By the way do any of the Monrovia fans know what happened to Isayah Daniels? or Michael Harris? didn't notice them suited up tonight. By the way Coach C. Looks like you guys are just a notch above La Canada & CV just a 7 point differential. Lets see what the Cats do to your neighbors come crunch time. And as for now you should get on your knees and begin praying that you make the playoffs this season otherwise it's going to be a disappointing future in years to come.

Anonymous said:

Coach C: What exactly do you coach? Actually, Monrovia has a better chance with Oaks Christian than you guys @ sf. Your school is a very overrated, one man team.

Kentera said:

Miguel,
Speechless? I waited all night for details of the game, since I live out of town, and I get speechless? WOW.

M-town Fan said:

Tovar;
What an idiot.A little hint.I know your trying to get a story but you need to stop talking out of your @$$.
When your up 41-7 at the beginning or I mean 10 seconds into the 3rd Qtr.seems like a big letdown to me to.Did Monrovia play there best game ? Hell no ! Did they whip La Salle ? Hell yes !Its funny Tovar didn't say how Monrovia was up 21-0 with 9:00 min. gone in the first qtr.The game was over then.The Cats for the next 3:00 min. literally fumbled 5 times.and went into halftime 35-7,"complacency".Does Monrovia have to hold the ball a little better ? Yes.By the way, just how many quality games has this Tovar(non) been to.I guess Kepple or Mtn.View are better because I know those are the only games your covering ,those and Monrovia Blow-outs.

English Major said:

Monrovia played "complacent" against La Salle ?

Miguel, have you ever heard of an adverb ?

Since "complacent" follows the verb "played," it should be "complacently."

Thank God for editors, eh ?

Sheesh.

Coach C said:

O'Cat and New York,
You have an average team in a horrible league. You did not look good tonight. I am sure you THINK you are ready for Oaks Christian. St Franny would spank you twice on sunday. Come on guys!!! LOL.

FB Einstein said:

Congrats Keppel

TC looked ok. That game should have been over at halftime. Rosemead looked very soft from the start. I was hoping TC's D would keep them from scoring but like years past the Rams cannot defend the pass or the big play. Great win for TC but I see problems ahead. That was not a Rosemead team...I'm sure coach White knows that better than anyone.

Billy Jacobs said:

Impressive win by Burbank. Hats off to them

The Lancer said:

Well La Salle did not look too good tonight, but honestly Monrovia is very, very good. They will have to work on keeping the ball, but I really do not see it as a problem. Monrovia has two great backs, huge guy in number 6 and a smaller back that is quick and shifty. Their defense is very good, may be a little susceptible to the pass not, sure though. I am very confident in this La Salle coaching staff though, they are really doing as well as they can with the talent they have...With that said I do feel they should have gone for it on fourth a couple times (when playing a team like Monrovia, who is far superior athletically, you need to keep their offense off the field). La Salle has some good talent also...I don't really want to put the La Salle players names that looked very good, and could hang with Monrovia, because hopefully they will come as a surprise to TC next week. There are three or four guys that stand out and are as talented as any player I have seen this year. La Salle needs to take this as a learning tool and come back strong next week. Keep fighting guys!!!

Angry Dena Dog! said:

First and foremost CONGRATS to the kids on Hellman Ave!!!!!MKHS,fight,fight,fight.

To my Dena Dogs, CONGRATS on a good win!!! I hear something off in the distance, sounds like a "BELL" ringing on the "Eastside" of Dena!!!!!!!!!

M-town dad said:

The CATS are just fine. We had a shaky start and still won by 5 TDs. Not too many teams have the luxury of having such firepower.

Observantcat said:

GA: Monrovia did play down to the competition, We started De La Nuez at RB and he made it look easy so I think the Cats got a little complacent and began playing a bit too relaxed and allowing for a few fumbles and several holding penalties. That was more penalties than they had all season thus far combined. Individual players seemed to still look good. Monrovia won the game tonight on pure athleticism, it seemed like everyone who got the ball at some point or another scored. La Salle had a few bright spots tonight as well. The QB has a pretty good arm although he began to stumble after the first quarter and started throwing right into traffic. I dont think that Monrovia has a lot to learn, I just think that they played over confident tonight and let their guard down which cant happen in the RHL. Perhaps the most exciting run of the night came on the opening kick off in the third quarter, Ramirez took it 100 yards to the house to make the score 41-7 at the beginning of the third quarter. Our second and third teams took over from their. Christian Blanco had some very powerful runs throughout the second half to keep the game stable and to help seal the Cats victory. They will be ready for league foes in 2 weeks.

lanie ARK said:

YAHHH!!! Go La Canada Varsity team thats kool you won this game keep up the great work you guys are doing great... You only lost one game, and wonnn two games so fantastic your the number one team this year thats for sure!!!

goteamgo said:

RHP83 -

The fumbles and the vast majority of Monrovia's penalties were by Monrovia's first team - they are a good team, but do need work - those mistakes will hurt them later.

Goldenarm said:

the blog editor has killed me....
time to hit the rack

Goldenarm said:

kepple 36
mtn view 0
party time on Hellman Ave CONGRATS TO KEPPLE, hard work pays off.

amat beat St Bonnie - Fred's site is going to crash!!

how can you say m-town "played down to la salle"...the final was 48 to something...48??

we need some work at TC, but tonight was just what the doc ordered.

Goldenarm said:

Rosemead came out talking.
Temple City came out hitting.

It was the physical slamfest I thought it would be, and for the first time this season, all 11 Ram defenders played together as a unit, stifling Rosemead
with excellent tackling and physical play up front.
Rosemead is big and strong, with Simpson, Diaz and #79 being the big 3.
TC got a huge game from O'Malley and Sutton, who were relentless on the Mead's backfield combo of #5 and #20.
Behind them our backers and DB's got physical as well, with Mendez, Stanton and Sanderson all stepping up and having a big game.
Sutton blocked a punt textbook style and Justin Smith went to work at QB, both thru the air and ground. It was a quiet night for Ruckle, who Rosemead defended well, although our spread is not exactly a creative running platforn for Ruckle to work from. Once again our option fizzled...but smith's good speed enabled him to break free of the pocket and deliver a couple TD strikes.
Our youngster, Brandon the freshman, who had looked timid against Arroyo and Alhambra, has been eating raw meat somewhere...he had two picks and was super aggressive in the run game as well. Brandon, you showed us something tonight....good job.
Our OC made a nice call on a play action fake and throw to Ruckle, with Max making a good snag on the throw - TD.

Yeah Miguel - I am happy!,,,,but feel bad that Steven Fei sustained a knee injury. He has been playing great.

Congratulations to Coach White and our staff and welcome to TC football. Give our kids what they need, groom their skills and they will dig deep and come through!
Rosemead is a good team, but is missing something, they made far too many mental errors. They gave our offense some strange looks on D, clumping 5 players together, but I could not see that it had any effect.
I think they will do fine in the MVL.

RHP83 said:

Monrovia had removed most of their starters from the game, 5 minutes into the 3rd quarter with a 28 point lead. The only "work needed" is with the 2nd & 3rd teams.

Anonymous said:

Muir lost 9-6. the game summary is the first one at the top of this page

stangs_03 said:

What's the score of Muir game anybody?

Bob Anon said:

Solid win for Yoder and LC.
Good luck to them next week against Arroyo.

Congrats also to TC and Monrovia. #2 and #1 (respectively?) are going to be fine.

blueberry said:

Jose Mondragon, remember when you applied to work at mcdonalds? i remember. You werent good enough to serve burgers.

former ram said:

Congrats TC on your first win. Let's hope this builds for the rest of the season.

Hal Lamaster said:

Burbanksports-
Congratulations. Your Bulldogs are for real.

burbanksports said:

Burbank 42
CV 14

Big Football Fanatic said:

TC draws first blood! 6 to 0

Goldenarm said:

curious g,
underdogs don't do sandbagging, calpreps has the mead victorious
we are not the same team as last year either...

oldschoolpanther,
glad to hear J Diaz is back in the line up....
will the Mead crowd boo or cheer when White gets introduced tonight??
good luck at 7pm

GA

Big Football Fanatic said:

TC should just pound the line with runs and short passes. Cats ran all over the MEAD and they started taking out first string in the 3rd quarter.

Keep it simple and protect the ball. Good Luck!

oldschoolpanther said:

Gotta like the Panthers tonight with the return of Joey Diaz who did not play against Monrovia and Harvard Westlake. Koffler has to make the right calls or else they lose this battle.

CuriousGoerge said:

GA,

Stop "Sandbagging" bro let's keep it real,
I love Koffler and his staff, classy bunch of guys,
but the MEAD is not the MEAD of last year. I've seen them
this year and I've seen TC. I stick to my prediction and the Rams win BIG tonight. Oh yeah and by the way, Covina is not a very good team this year. Good Luck

Goldenarm said:

good question NY.

I would have to say the early games were needed as a foundation to understand exactly what the kids needed to do on the varsity level...4 were juniors. That and exactly what you mention....play calling and focus changed to a different drum beat too. Seriousness got ratched up...and with it came a pride that drove the group to excellence. Myself and many others in the TC crowd regularly hailed down praise and words of encouragement to our line as they would come off the field. No way can a real fan go without acknowledging the work of the O and D line...that's my opinion at least. It is worth losing your voice for.

New York said:

Goldenarm,

Play-calling, schemes and a commitment from the top can seriously impact how good or average an offensive line looks. Do you think that line would have come of age earlier last year if there had been more of a downhill emphasis from the start? How about this year?

JFMat said:

What is keppel's losing streak up to now? they should be able to beat MV. No more picking keppel after this game that's for sure. Good luck.

Goldenarm said:

curiousg,

TC is not favored to win and it is easy to see why.
The Mead beat Covina 23 - 20, then lost to M-town 33-7 and got their clock cleaned by H Westlake (30 power rating)42-0.
No disgrace in losing to M -town or HVWestlake. I think it will be a real battle tonight and a hard fought, helmet to helmet war. A gut check for the Rams.

Our O line IS NOT jelled like last year, that is clear. But last year it was not until AFTER Rosemead that Ouelette, Sutton, Lumary, Smith and O'Malley FOUND THE GROOVE and Ruckle /Stewart began breaking off their blocks for big gains. Ruckle is already there.

I believe in our line.

sstress said:

I'm really hoping Blair comes away with a win. We were not too bad w/ Bosco Tech and La Salle during the first half, it’s just as soon as they make an error they loose it…So come on guys put in work and let’s get a win!

curiousgoerge said:

GA-

My gut feeling is TC wins BIG tonight.
I'm usually right on the dinero' baby!

On the other side of town my Moor's will handle
the Tigers, and BIG night for the A-Town offense.

Friday night lights, I love it!

Small School Fan said:

Miguel,

Malibu over Flintridge...BIG!
Change your pick.

Goldenarm said:

on offense, the rams need to beware diaz and solario, sackmasters.

If we don't show up anticipating a black eye - we are in trouble. Nobody likes losing less than the Mead, so "letting up" is not an option.
Better wrap up on White's little bro, Fregoso, saw that yesterday at the JV game, RB's walking through the arm tackle.
I really like the play of our backers and D line, getting better every game. Mendez, Dominguez, Stanton, Gibson, O'Mall and the greatly improved J Sutton.

Prediction - Bragg will get TC's first interception tonight.
Prediction 2 - Simon Gunsingmeasongallnightlong - big return/runback.

Last weeks prediction of fumbled option play - 100% correct. How about a nice trap/counter instead?

Rams - remember last year, the Mead DESTROYED US AT HOME!! Time to return the favor.
Go Rams!!!!

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Miguel Melendez is the Preps Editor at the Pasadena Star-News.

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.

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