The Stang Fan last week: (TSF, anyway you can e-mail me your picks/results?)
Melendez last week (overall): 14-5 (95-52-1)
Last week: My five losses were Pasadena (lost to Crescenta Valley); Alhambra (lost to San Gabriel); Bosco Tech (lost to Cantwell); La Salle (lost to Mary Star); and San Marino (lost to La Caada). PHS and San Marino made it close, but can’t say the same about the rest.
This week: This week’s “game of the week” is still up in the air. Does La Caada have a chance against Monrovia? Not many expected the Spartans to come into Titan territory and knock them with a dose of reality. What about St. Francis at Alemany? A huge Mission League showdown. Both teams are 1-0 in league and the winner all but claims the league title, something St. Francis hasn’t done in quite a while. For the record, Calpreps has the Golden Knights winning by 10. My only problem with this game is that it’s way over in Mission Hills, and with a 7:30 start it could get ugly come deadline. Then we have Schurr at San Gabriel, a HUGE Almont League showdown. The winner of this game gets in the driver’s seat for a league championship. I hear folks at San Gabriel are worried I might pick the Matadors to win. As you recall, every time I’ve picked San Gabriel to win they’ve lose and every time I’ve picked them to lose, they’ve won, except for the Keppel game. Nevertheless, the nod here goes to Schurr because lets face it, the Spartans own the Matadors. Most likely I’ll be covering PHS on Thursday night. It’s homecoming, isn’t it? The 30 minute halftime show should be fun. So we’ll have PHS in the cover Friday, a school TBD in the cover Friday.
THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE — WITH PREDICTIONS
THURSDAY’S GAMES
Pasadena vs. Burbank at Burroughs, 7 p.m. — Burbank
FRIDAY’S GAMES
Monrovia at La Caada, 7 p.m. — Monrovia
Bell Gardens at Alhambra, 7 p.m. — Bell Gardens
Schurr at San Gabriel, 7 p.m. — Schurr
Cantwell Sacred Heart at La Salle, 7 p.m. — Cantwell
Arcadia vs. Hoover at Glendale, 7 p.m. — Arcadia
South Pasadena at Temple City, 7 p.m. — Temple City
Glendale at Muir, 7 p.m. — Muir
St. Francis at Alemany, 7:30 p.m. — St. Francis
Duarte vs. Workman at La Puente, 7 p.m. — Duarte
Rosemead vs. El Monte at Arroyo, 7 p.m. — Rosemead
Keppel at Montebello, 7 p.m. — Montebello
Viewpoint vs. Flintridge Prep at Oxy, 7 p.m. — Flintridge Prep
Maranatha vs. Marshall at Paadena, 7 p.m. — Maranatha
South El Monte at Gabrielino, 7 p.m. — South El Monte
Blair at San Marino, 7 p.m. — San Marino
SATURDAY’S GAMES
Rio Hondo Prep at Pasadena Poly, 2:30 p.m. — Rio Hondo Prep
Serra at Bosco Tech, 1 p.m. — Serra