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I was at Arcadia 1991 to 1993. I wasn't the most skilled player but good enough and was on the team soph and junior year. Then Meiers cut me and four other seniors two of which were pitchers one of which started as a junior on Varsity. Basically, he was telling you as a 17 year old your commitment meant nothing to him. He had no clue how to keep a team together and build a unit. He put his players against each other and loved doing it. It took too long to fire him.

BTW......the best player that ever played for Meiers was named Ryan Humphert. The guy had the greatest arm I have ever seen and he told Meiers to stuff it senior year and didn't even play. I was there, Humphert was the kind of kid who wanted to be left alone and just play. But Meiers couldn't let him be and ran off the best player in the school. The guy was a total loser!!!!

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Speaking of great players. I played in Temple City. I used to play against a guy in 1991-1992 I believe his name was Ryan Humphert or Humphry. I have never ever seen an arm like his. My gosh, we used to just marvel watching him throw people out from centerfield. He was another player Meiers screwed up and did wrong I noticed. Playing against Ryan in many leagues I had never seen a centerfielder come close to what he did. Nothing fell in front of him and he threw the ball like a blast from a cannon. Other guys really came on strong in those times that I played with and grew up playing against in Pony leagues and summer leagues.

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The worst thing that ever happened to Arcadia was having John Meires as head coach. He had no clue where to play his best athletes and it was all about booster donations. He never won anything other than an easy Pacific league with the almight Muir baseball team.LOL He cussed out his players, he was a jerk who was clueless how to form a consistent lineup and ruined many kids careers in baseball. Coaching is an art and a specila talent to mold young kids minds that are going through many changes. He could never figure that out and so players like Doug Smaldino who had no arms and little natural ability became his favorites and it cost AHS so many chances to go deep into CIF. Thank goodness they fired that pervert eventually. What a waste he was! John, you have to live with this the rest of your life. 30 years of ruining good and great ball players all for your pathetic coaching ability and bad baseball moves. I can think of several guys alone in the early 90's that were studs! They could run, hit, and gun the ball like a cannon, and he screwed them up! There were others in the mid 80's that he messed up as well. Sad......

Monrovia beat Arcadia 12 - 8.

South Pas at St. Francis this Saturday. Let's see if South Pas can beat them again this year.

monrovia and arcadia play tomorrow at arcadia at 430

I have been watching a lot of summer and winterball games this offseason and in my eyes the guys at st francis have the best one two pitching combo with Berglund and Bramschreiber. Maranatha has one rele good pitcher in Covey but it takes more than one guy to carry a team

No School Affiliation:

All that is fine and dandy, but when was the last time Arcadia went deep into the CIF Playoffs?

The demographics are changing and it is impacting some of their programs. BTW, winter games don't count in the standings or ratings. Let's see how they play the last two weeks of the Pacific League and into the Playoffs.

Don't forget softball top 10 Mayfield is loaded 6 Travel ball players Best team around here with pitching

Overrated? Demographics catching up to Arcadia? Last year was another 20 win season, A Pacific League Championship, an Elks Tournament Championship, and a Finalist in the Arcadia Invitational. They haven't dropped a notch going into this year, they have simply reloaded. Tons of winter league victories including wins over programs like Bishop Amat, San Dimas, and Claremont bode very well for the "Overrated Apaches." Demographics catching up? As my dear friend whose son attends Arcadia says, "Hell give me all the intelligent Asians you can find!" An API score near 900 and a winning baseball tradition, it doesn't get much better.

This seasn starts in2 weeks...can we get a top 10?

Baseball fan,

That is unfair to the great Arcadia High's baseball success. ;)

Just because under Coach John Meiers, AHS was often knocked out in their first home game of the playoffs, despite all the tourney wins and Pacific League titles.

Now, the demographics are catching up to AHS.

Arcadia basebll = overrated!
Except for larson and tuck.

Check it out! the 10 Threads about other sports like soccer,girls water polo etc. got maybe a dozen comments total!

See Miguel people just like to complain.

And now there is a Girls Soccer thread, and no one is posting on it (well there are 6 posts).

huarachelover3215

St. Francis is pretty even with Arcadia for DIV II Team in this area, but they still are probably 3rd in their League behind Notre Dame and Crespi. Arcadia has to deal with CV who always fields good teams, and Pasadena could be a Dark Horse in the Pacific League.

The RHL Championship has ran thru Monrovia the last 4 years, but this year looks to be even tighter than usual
TC, La Canada, return starters and San Marino only came up 1 game short of winning the RHL last Season.

Maranatha should take the Alpha League and DIV V CIF as long as Covey stays healthy.

Big Baseball Fanatic

This is true. Who do you have as the toughest team, or teams?

huarachelover3215

St. Francis usually fields a good team but looking at their Record from last season they lost to Temple City the only RHL team they played and TC didn't even make the Playoffs.

Miguel:

Can we get a new post? Reno done farted in Church and most of the hounds eat up this one.

Reno - Damm I always love your visits. Pretty positive old Hallday gave up one of the Skylab shots to Gott. Will you be playing in the Buck Owens Invitational this year? Word has it that pops are allowed for throwing strikes?

GA - It might have been that Chelsea shirt u were wearing, but any stout from the old St. James Gate is good for breakfast, and good for what ails you. I remember when they would cue in line for the pubs to open after the last Sunday Mass. Man, Dublin has changed.

Rams will be good this year. Need some young arms to step up, believe in Reno, and have confidence in busting inside.

The farthest ball Ive ever seen hit was back in 05, Trevor Bell hit a ball into the library parking lot at Arcadia. The best outfield arm is probably Jonathan Larson when hes in the outfield. The toughest pitcher is Covey, hes solid. The shortest field is hands down La Salle. They have that short porch in right. And the best baseball player that played football is Garret Tuck or Nick Bueno. I cant name 5 power hitters but the best power hitter has to be Lonnie C from Burbank.

Curious,

maybe there is no "Hat" in Hawaii

How about we talk about baseball you knucle heads.

tcchamps

Why do people in Mexico, Spain, Italy, and other places take siestas? They were watching soccer!

Big Baseball Fan,

Hey, again, I like baseball....sorta. You can say that more people like baseball, but I wonder what the numbers are of kids in swim or track or even soccer is vs baseball.

My high school baseball games have about 6 parents and 4 or 5 friends. Not any more or less than other sports, football works for its social aspect, nothing more.

Why do I come here? I want to see when Fred writes and I got a kick that parents from other sports were so tired of being overlooked they took a blog.

Here is fact though, baseball is slowly dying, not my opinion, check the ratings.

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/ws/wstv.shtml

I think St. Francis and Arcadia will be the toughest.

I think St. Francis will be toughest in the tourney. They really seem to have no weak spots. It should be interesting to see how the tourney goes.

tcchamps

Wil Do - cross sport athlete extroardinaire.

His sophomore and junior year at OLB - unreal. He basically could not be blocked - and with Joe Reasoner in the middle...not a bad set of LB's. His kickoff return against So Pas, Wildcat against SM and one of my favorites was when Bishop Diego was kicking our a@#$ - and he chased down a kid from 15 yds behind him and knocked the ball loose at the goal line...killing a celebration. Do absolutely hated to lose...

Wondering why a team from Hawaii would travel to play a team like Alhambra??

We are going to need to ship in some hooligans from Manchester United and a busload of Philadelphia Philly fans to make this argument any more interesting.

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WHO IS THE TOUGHEST TEAM IN THE ELKS TOURNEY THIS SEASON? I KNOW SAN MARINO, ALHAMBRA, HOOVER, BEVERLY HILLS, EL MONTE, ARCADIA, TC, DUARTE, AND WESTERN CHRISTIAN, SO. PAS, LA SALLE, GABRIELINO, SIERRA VISTA, PAS. POLY, ST. FRANCIS, PASADENA, MT. VIEW, SAN GABRIEL, MONROVIA, WILL BE PLAYING.

*NOTE THIS YR. KALANI HIGH SCHOOL FROM HONOLULU WILL BE TRAVELING TO CA. TO TAKE ON ALHAMBRA ON A DOUBLE HEADER ON 3/16/10, THEN MONROVIA HS ON 3/17/10. COME SUPPORT MOORS BASEBALL! GO MOORS!

I'm just wondering why in the world are we talking about soccer on BASEBALL BLOG?!!!

Baseball Jones

Thats a great name too. Reno never got to see T. Bell smack a ball but he heard about Trevor. That must have been quite a poke. Reno played baseball for the local Taft VFW and we qualified for a tournament in So Cal. Jim Gott mowed us down that day and was never out at the plate.('Ol Reno even tried to knock Gott down: I am a Prick in baseball too). Reno never played and will never play that "futbol." The only "futbol" game Reno ever watched was the game with Slyvester Stallone in Victory.

Highschoolsoccer:

First of all, I did play soccer at times and even coached it a bit along with baseball, football, and basketball. Teaching kids to play soccer is by far easier than tackle or even flag football, basketball, and baseball.

Hitting a baseball is the single most difficult thing to do in sports; albeit, many baseball players are not the best athletes in sports, but they are no slouches either.

Part of the problem vis-a-vis soccer and baseball is that many soccer people tend to have an air of superiority as a "world game" toward more traditional "American" sports, and poo paw those of whom that play other sports and don't like their game.

Frankly, if the CIF could drop any sport from its list of approved sports, soccer would be the first to go because of all the problems is incurs. Last year, 2008-2009 had close to 600 ejections in the first eight weeks of their season, by far the tops of any sport in the Southern Section. This info comes to me from someone who knows and works with many people in the CIF-SS office.

I will not go into a soccer thread to bash their sport, but I will defend football and baseball in our threads. In reality, soccer is a fine game, but not my, nor many Americans "cup of tea" as far as spectator sports. The local professional team moved from a venue that hosted an Olympic finals, and both a men's and women's World Cup to a venue that seats about a quarter of the Rose Bowl simply because they can't fill the seats.

Frankly, soccer, especially the men's variety, is a niche sport in the US. They have been saying soccer will be big here for the past 50 years, it just does not seem to take in the spectator department over the other games. Deal with it and leave us alone.

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Swimming/soccer etc. is about as exciting as watching grass grow and twice as dull to read about!

STFU about soccer! Lets talk baseball!

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I admit I do not like Miguels writing, his arrogance and his attitude towards most small schools and sports other than ball sports.

Two things should be read from this thread, a) He has blown it by not writing to soccer/swim/track fans like myself. I cancelled my subscription due to him and him alone.

OR B) He finally has more than a few football fans reading his blog and he did by using soccer fans and their passion!

I like baseball, yes it is a sport but the numbers are on soccers side.

You baseball guys swear soccer is the simplest game ever. Soccer is not even a game to us hardcore fans and players. Its a lifestyle. AYSO IS NOT SOCCER. So don't generalize based on what you've seen or experienced at those games. Its not as easy as you think. Unless you've played at a competitive level, such as club soccer, high school or college. So don't judge. I apologize for my comment. But if you cant take the comments, then don't dish em out either.

I thought it was called Futbol. At least the guys playing in our center field call it Futbol. I asked one of the chaps about this. He said Soccer is something you do after you have told her twice. I thought that could lead to a red card and perhaps some time in a penalty box, or is that Hockey. Now I'm confused?

Bob Anon:

It is a combination, first most baseball people loathe soccer as well as those people usurping this thread.

Ask most HS baseball coaches about soccer and they often go off in expletives worse than any missed call by an umpire.

To the soccerphiles:

A few years ago my son was playing Pony Baseball and one of his teammates said he was not going to play baseball next season because "the ball was too small and kicking a soccer ball was easier."

I think many baseball and football people have problems with soccer is that the season never seems to end and it has cut badly into the youth Pop Warner, Junior All-American, and youth baseball programs.

It is not just a winter, fall, spring or summer sport and it is harder to play more than one sport these days which has caused a lot of resentment.

Also some of the local AYSO programs have convinced local school districts to give them priority in use of their fields. I know a few years ago Muir's baseball team could not use their own facility because of soccer.

There are also non-sanctioned leagues or groups of soccer players squatting on city parks hampering permitted activities like official league practices and games, especially at Recreation Park in Monrovia where MYBL officials had to call the local constabulary (MPD) to get these squatter off the field. They stash goal behind the bushes and just set up even during games at Rec Park and also have seen similar situations at Rosemead Park over the years.

AYSO was able to use lights at PHS for years but the neighbors balked to let Friday night football played at their own field.

Let's say there is quite a bit of bad blood between the gridders and ballers regarding futbol.

highschoolsoccer:

Soccer and the metric system go hand in hand. Neither one of them is worth a damn outside of Europe.

Is the hatred of soccer because of its intrusion onto this baseball blog, or because [insert favorite school here] does not have good soccer program(s)?

I see the baseball point-of-view though and think it is the former, not the latter.

Regarding the Soccer Bloggers -

Let's not forget that "Everyone's a winner" and is rewarded with a trophy for being able to run and kick a ball around. Yeeeaaahhh! We tied today!!

I'd like to Kick something. I'd like to Kick Soccer right out of the this country!!
I'd also like to kick all of the soccer players off of our our baseball fields every year!!

If a sport was ever so completely annoying, it's soccer!!

Featherhead:

That's classic.
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bfx2,
It won't matter if there are specific threads (no one is interested as post volume reflects). Soccer kooks just post here to draw response and to iritate. Sooner or later, they will all assemble to have their snack and bag juices then nap.

Miguel, can you set up a Girls Soccer thread so we can send these folks that have an interest in girls soccer off to their own planet to share ideas amongst themselves. Their comments do not belong a a baseball thread.

To Reno Hightower
Is it true that "When Reno Hightower was a P**** he was the greatest quarterback in the history of South Kern County?" God I love obscure movie names!

P.S. Trevor Bell hit a ball in 2005 that landed in the hedges that are on the lawn at the Arcadia Public Library. It was the only earned run given up by Nick Kennedy (Who is now the closer at the University of Kentucky) in one the the many classic Crescenta Valley-Arcadia match ups over the past 15 years. Bell now pitches for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

HIGHSCHOOLSOCCER:

THAT IS A VERY BOLD AND IMPULSIVE STATEMENT YOU MADE. YOU OBVIOUSLY HAVE NOT PLAYED BASEBALL OR SOFTBALL,(WHATEVER YOUR GENDER IS). BASEBALL HAND AND EYE COORDINATION IS VERY TOUGH TO GET. WHETHER ITS PLAYING DEFENSE TRYING TO STOP A LITTLE WHITE BLUR COMING BACK AT YOU 30+MPH AT TIMES OR ESPECIALLY TRYING TO CONNECT WITH 90+MPH BALL. MAKE SURE IF YOU SPEAK YOU SPEAK WITH EXPERIENCE. IF YOU HAVE PLAYED FOR A MAJOR LEAGUE TEAM AND MADE MILLIONS DOING SO, AND CAN PROVE IT. BY ALL MEANS SPEAK YOUR MIND, BUT EVEN THEN YOU WOULD KNOW HOW HARD IT IS. SO PLEASE KEEP YOUR IMPULSIVENESS AND DESPERETISM OF WANTING TO PUT SOCCER ON THE HIGH SCHOOL MAP, TO A LOW. I RESPECT THE KIDS THAT DO GO OUT FOR SOCCER AND THE ENDURANCE TRAINING THEY GO THROUGH, HELPING THEM STAY OFF THE STREETS, BUT SOCCER WILL NEVER TOP THE CHARTS AS FOOTBALL AND BASEBALL DO. THANKS FOR YOUR COOPERATION!

GO MOORS BASEBALL!! BRING HOME THAT 6TH-IN-A-ROW!!!

@hishschoolkickball,
Return to your communist roots along with the other obscure and annonymous commrads, and leave our baseball thread alone. SOCCER SUCKS!

highschoolsoccer,

Please stick to what you know.

Baseball is the only sport in the world where you swing a round bat in an attempt to hit a round ball coming at you very, very quickly.

A fastball coming at you at 95 mph from 60 feet 6 inches away gives you approximately .434 seconds to react before the ball is in the catchers glove.

I won't even get into trying to hit the slider or a wicked curveball.

Regarding fitness.....I urge you to talk to any high school, collegiate, or professional baseball player and inquire about the speed and core training necessary to be successful.

Trust me...the fat kid sitting on the couch all day playing video games would never be successful on a baseball field!

Big Baseball Fanatic,

Wow..hand-eye cordination. Is that it? Any kid gets great hand-eye cordination from playing a simple video game. There are NO skills required to play your so called "sport". There is no fitness required in the hobby of baseball. All you do is wait and watch with an occasional sprint here and there. NO SKILL REQUIRED.

Miguel:
Please be fair to the baseball folks and give soccer a GENERAL thread of their own to blog on.

Thank you,
Steve Lesse
Alverno Soccer

Odd fields in the area:

1. Southwestern Academy. Last time I checked there was a tree in right field and the oddest ground rules in town.

2. Pasadena Poly. Very short porch on right field since the construction reconfiguration, the gym roof HRs, and forever in left field possibly ending in the softball game.

3. Rio Hondo Prep. Odd shaped field, short center field, a huge bank and outfield nets.

4. Blair. Track running through the field, not kept up very well, odd ground rules.

5. Flintridge Prep. Well they don't play at home anymore, but this was right up there with Poly, and Southwestern.

6. Duarte. Not bad, but they have first base out of play situation, fans possibly in the in play area, short center field porch, and communist kickball players messing in right and center field.

7. Arroyo. Another field not sealed from fans coming to the game and some odd ground rules. The roof on the fieldhouse and bullpen area and an open right field.

Speaking of communist kickball (Association Football AKA soccer), stay in your own threads.

Baseball is Reno's second sport, behind football and only in front of golf and bowling (where a few cold pops are involved). Reno witnessed a few Jim Gott Shotz at SM back in the day. One of those towering missles reportedly brought down Sky Lab. Gott played in the majors for awhile. Also Mario Molina from Alahambra hit a ball 475 at Dos Pueblos in a CIF game that shut up the home crowd as the Moors advanced to the CIF Semi Finals under Roger Lawson. Molina was drafted by the Angels.

Montebello High has short field. Also look at Calabasas, Chaminade...

If any of you have ever heard of Faith Baptist (notable 8man football powerhouse) in Canoga Park,,,
their baseball field -- RIGHT FIELD is 200 ft!!! NO KIDDING...they do have a ground rule where if you hit OVER the shortside fence (right) of the telephone pole it's given a double, all to the LEFT of pole is HR.

Oh and their left field hovers around 280-290 I think.

highschoolsoccer

That might be true in whatever country you're from but in the USA only small children and Girls play soccer.

I mean c'mon you don't even have to have any hand-eye coordination to play, just the ability to run and kick the ball.

That's why anyone can play!

i agree with anonymous we should make a preseason team. miguel can help too

Oh and buddy its Chris Burkholder. Scott is his dads name.

Hey I got a good idea. How about all the blog people put together an all wsgv team of all seniors. And an all wsgv team of juniors and sophmores. Just for fun to see what talent is out there. Instead of a top ten for teams in the area.

Without question, Covey has far and away the best arm from the outfield. I've seen him throw guys out at home from 280' out in center field and the ball was never more than 6' above the ground still gaining speed when it reached home. Yes, he throws in the 92-95 range, but his arm is most impressive from the outfield.

Soccer is the worlds greatest sport. You cannot compare baseball to soccer. Baseball isn't even a sport. Its a hobby. Yes, a HOBBY.

We finally get a baseball thread and Soccer thew-up all over it!!
I guess thats why they invented the scroll feature on my mouse.
From what I've seen during Summer/Winter Ball this is going to be a great year with Tons of talent all over.

Poly has the short right field fence and the gym in center... although no left field fence.

GA:

Here you go:

1. TBD – Good Coaches know who not to throw to in certain situations.

2. I’d prefer to mention the no fence field at Blair. That’s the field were the track runs through center field and games have been known to be stopped to witness a 4 minute mile attempt. Balls hit to the gap have been witnessed rounding the far turn with Trevor Denman doing the play by play and Coaches grooving HR stats on Max Preps.

3. I think Will Do hit one across Duarte a few years back when visiting Arcadia. I remember a shot to left center at San Marino that Scott Smith hit in 2003. It landed on the roof of the buildings out there and was part of a 3 homer day for him. Seen a few balls hit across the wash at Stengel. That’s a shot. Rumor has it that Rob Nelson gave many a pitcher a sore neck too.

4. Covey, hands down. 90 + and if control is not established yet, a batter tends to not want to dig in. I still recall some bone bruised batters from a pre-season chuck and duck outing last year.

5. TBD - but I’m still impressed with Arcadia’s Huntzinger from last year. Dude threw beebees from right to third and home.

6. Soccer invading a baseball blog when they won’t support their own.

7. Best football player playing baseball – Bueno, Big fan of Tuck too.

la salle definately has the shortest dimensioned field. As for toughest pitcher to face, dylan covey is by far the number one choice

Facts on Soccer:

Here's a list of Soccer blogs in the past 3 weeks:

02/05 Soccer Blog = 3 comments
02/05 Soccer Blog = 7 comments
02/03 Soccer Blog = 1 comment
02/02 Soccor Blog = 2 comments

01/25 Baseball Blog = 57 comments
02/09 Baseball Blog = already 24 comments of which 1/2 are now Soccer. Time for the Red Card, go kick around your own blog.

Miguel:
Plenty of interest in Soccer! I do agree with you that Baseball is of gret interest to your readers, and why not it is a great USA sport! Your number one blog thread as, far as comments go, so far this year was your first general baseball talk thread---57 comments; your number two thread with 37 comments was your girl's top ten soccer post way back on Jan. 6 nothing else has come close, including all your football posts! I know you hate soccer "Why soccer?" but hey give us soccer lovers a general thread to post on and transfer all these soccer comments to that thread so Base ball folks can have their thread and soccer folks can have their thread.
Thanks for all your efforts!

Steve Lesse
Alverno Soccer

Funny that since no one cares about soccer that there is something happening later this year called the WORLD CUP...

hhhmmmm.....

Goldenarm,
What are the rules about collisions at home plate as well as pitchers brushing back batters? There seems to be inconsistency between Prep and Professional.

Not sure about the long-balls. Monrovia once had a very deep left field and left-centerfield fence...it was Madison Avenue at one point in time. There were always urban legends, but I'm not sure if anyone ever cleared those old dimensions.

Have you guys found a QB yet? How is that freshman transfer from Glendale working out?

Exactly!

Hey TC, actually, a lot of people care about soccer. I would argue a lot of time, money and effort gets dumped into soccer.

I sincerely wonder how many kids play soccer between 9 - 13 compared to other sports?

I played FB and wrestled in SGV but I see the merit of a good soccer program.

I plan to put both my girl and boy into this sport simply to develop them, I think the other sports are listing their rankings because no one else seems to be?

GIRLS BASKETBALL

1. La Cañada (21-3)

Already clinched league title

2. Pasadena Poly (17-3)

Stumbled against Chadwick

3. Flintridge Prep (18-6)

Still could win Prep title

4. Alhambra (19-4)

Plays at Keppel on Friday

5. La Salle (16-7)

Lancers need to win out

6. Rosemead (17-4)

Ready to sweep league

7. Muir (15-7)

Can close out Pacific

8. Pasadena (13-10)

Big win over Crescenta Valley

9. Keppel (11-13)

Seeking revenge vs. Alhambra

10. South Pasadena (12-12)

Could finish in second place

STAR-NEWS RANKINGS

BOYS BASKETBALL

Pasadena (18-6)

Rare loss last week in league

2. La Cañada (19-5)

Earned share of league crown

3. Renaissance Acad. (16-8)

Ranked No. 1 in Division 5A

4. Flintridge Prep (16-6)

Routed by Pasadena Poly

5. Pasadena Poly (18-4)

Wohl, Merryman lead way

6. Arcadia (14-11)

Three wins to stay in fourth

7. La Salle (17-8)

Lost to St. Monica on Monday

8. Keppel (19-5)

Got the best of Montebello

9. Temple City (10-8)

Trying to hold on for second

10. Maranatha (16-9)

On a 3-game winning streak

baseball.....ah crap
OK...
I am going with power questions...somebody out there must have a clue, TCChamps - you have been dyin to unleash a flurry....

1 who are the area's top 5 power hitters, I am talking about crushing the deep ball, not place hitter's or finesse swingers, but the angry, strike out or launch the pelota deep into the Station Fire THC bong cloud kinda hitter.

2 shortest fence in the WSGV

3 longest ball you baseball fanatics can recall being hit in prep play

4 this year's scariest pitcher to face down

5 best arm in the outfield

6. Worst rule or what needs a changin'

7. Best football player playing baseball

Baseball Lover,
You are correct that Arcadia hammered Bishop Amat but it was 12 to 3. Arcadia may not have a Trevor Bell or Ryan Tucker but they are loaded with good pitchers. Sean O'Leary has worked wonders with this young staff. We all know offense sells tickets but championships are won with pitching and defense. Arcadia has both. With Maranatha, St. Francis, Monrovia, Temple City, and Pasadena all fielding good teams it should be a great season.

P.S. Scott Burkholder from Monrovia (Freshman) and Eric Trask (Arcadia) are 2 youngs pitchers to watch

tccchamps-

I love your Soccer Top Ten list!! So true!

Can we PLEASE get soccer off of this baseball thread and talk about an American Sport???

Soccer is, plain and simply, a LAME sport that nobody watches, aside from the players parents and those that use english as a second language!!

PLEASE!!! Soccer SO Completely SUCKS!!

GO Mighty WILDCATS!

PSN Top Ten Boys and Girls Soccer:

1. Who Cares?
2. Doesn’t matter.
3. Can’t Remember.
4. Beats Me.
5. What’s their name?
6. That red and blue team.
7. That team that kicks good.
8. Slipped my mind.
9. That team with those Moms.
10. All of the above.

GIRLS SOCCER

Flintridge S.H. (16-1-3)

Six consecutive shutouts

2. Pasadena Poly (10-4-2)

Prep League showdown Friday

3. San Marino (11-4-2)

Can go unbeaten in league

4. Mayfield (9-5-1)

Played Poly to 1-1 tie

5. La Salle (12-5-5)

Playoff berth slipping away

6. La Cañada (7-4-2)

Three games this week

7. Ramona Convent (9-6-5)

Lost Sunshine League lead

8. Alverno (13-5-1)

Are Jaguars playoff-ready?

9. Maranatha (9-5-4)

Needs to beat Brentwood

10. Arcadia (10-6-2)

Firm hold on third place

BOYS SOCCER

St. Francis (7-10-2)

Closed regular season Monday

2. La Cañada (19-2-1)

Undefeated in league?

3. Monrovia (11-7-3)

Hoping to catch fire in time

4. Muir (8-4)

Rose to second in Pacific

5. Pasadena (7-3-3)

Bulldogs are third in Pacific

6. Duarte (12-4-3)

Falcons 5-3-1 in Montview

7. Rosemead (9-8-3)

Forfeited nine games last week

8. South Pasadena (7-7-3)

Played La Cañada tough

9. Maranatha (8-8-3)

Minutemen 5-2-1 in league

10. Pasadena Poly (9-8-6)

Second in Prep League

In my experience coaching baseball, most teams who get their paperwork in on time get placed in the tournament. Am I missing something here or is the Elks Tournament simply anti-Maranatha? Please clarify!

Ok, thanks Miguel for giving it up for the baseball fans. Something I want to talk about is pitching.

Who is going to emerge as the next big pitcher in the WSGV?... other than the usuals. Who are the pitchers on the rise?

Fantastic Miguel! I already put the word out to all the players and parents.

Tom,
It was a game I was looking forward to all season! A game we really needed! I would have thought that a little lightning would have just helped the kids play a bit quicker! Good luck to Maranatha in CIF! I hope we can play next season!

Steve Lesse
Alverno Soccer

"Tom S said:

Steve: Too bad the Maranatha vs Alverno game was cancelled today. Would have been a good tuneup for both teams as they approach the playoffs. I was looking forward to watching the match"
February 9, 2010 6:23 PM

The bottome line is the only teams that are good are... Maranatha, Arcadia, and St. Francis. Who eles am I missing?

Steve: Too bad the Maranatha vs Alverno game was cancelled today. Would have been a good tuneup for both teams as they approach the playoffs. I was looking forward to watching the match

About the Elks tournament, its sad that those who control the tournament won't give in a little and let Maranatha in. It would be better for the entire local baseball community if they were, for many reasons. I'm not sure the reason, I've heard many different things, but it kind of feels like no one wants to take the chance of losing to a small school. It'll be interesting to see if they are allowed in next year. Good for La Salle, San Marino, and Poly for taking them on this year during the season.

Any news on what area soccer teams are going to CIF???

Glad that's over with... does anybody have a bracket for the Arcadia Elk's Tournament they can post?

I was not there but I heard from multiple sources that Arcadia beat Bishop Amat 11 to 3 in a winterball game.

anyone wanna talk about who they think are the top returning players? teams?

Hey Miguel:
How about a couple of area top ten lists for winter sports?
It has been over a month (Just about the entire league season!) since you posted any top ten soccer list, boy's or Girl's!

Steve Lesse
Alverno Soccer