Breaking News: Joe Kanach out at Alhambra, AD Jerry DeSantis in

By Keith Lair, SGVN

Football coach Joe Kanach has been let go at Alhambra High School.
“He is no longer a teacher or a coach,” athletic director Jerry DeSantis said.
The athletic director said he was instructed not to make any other
statements or give a reason for his dismissal. Neither school
principal Brad Walsh nor Kanach returned phone calls on Thursday.
Kanach did not attend last Friday night’s 30-13 Almont League loss
defeat to Bell Gardens and DeSantis said the decision to no longer
have Kanach on staff happened on Tuesday.
DeSantis will coach the Moors for the remaining four regular-season
games, including tonight at Keppel.
DeSantis said the position will open up at the conclusion of the
season.
“The kids took it well,” DeSantis said. “I think we’ll be playing a
good game this week. The boys are up.”
DeSantis was an assistant coach for longtime Moors coach Gil
Ruedaflores and for Lou Torres, who resigned after to seasons last
season.
“I’m going to let the coordinators run the game, but I’ll make the
big decisions,” DeSantis said. “We’ve changed a few things. We’ll be
back to Alhambra football.”
Alhambra, which returned the most experienced team in the Almont, is
2-4 on the season.
DeSantis said that the Moors could have won the league opener at Bell
Gardens. The Moors were stopped at the 1-yard line with Bell Gardens
ahead, 10-7, in the fourth quarter.
“Then the dam broke,” DeSantis said. “If we get into the end zone,
it’s 14-7 with six minutes play.”

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