Star-News reporter Sarah Favot was there on Wednesday a.m. when the Arcadia school board met and took no action in the case of fired cross country coach James O’Brien.

Also, read Sarah Favot’s story for the latest on the situation.

Monrovia outlasted St. Francis last season. The two teams will meet again to highlight the 2013 area schedule.

The 2013 football season is a little more than a month away. Here’s the West Valley week-by-week schedule and what we feel at this time are the games of the week. The schedule is based on the schedules on Calpreps.com. If there are any mistakes or omissions, please let me know and I will update it.

2013 West Valley Games of the Week
Week 0: Cathedral at La Salle, Aug. 31, 7 p.m.
Week 1: Alemany at Muir, Sept. 6, 7 p.m.
Week 2: Monrovia at Arcadia, Sept. 13, 7 p.m.
Week 3: San Dimas at Monrovia, Sept. 20, 7 p.m.
Week 4: Damien at St. Francis, Sept. 27, 7:30 p.m.
Week 5: St. Francis at Monrovia, Oct. 4, 7 p.m.
Week 6: Pasadena Poly vs. Flintridge Prep at Occidental College, Oct. 11, 7 p.m.
Week 7: Muir vs. Burbank at Burroughs HS, Oct. 18, 7 p.m.
Week: 8: Bishop Montgomery at La Salle, Oct. 25, 7 p.m.
Week 9: Temple City at San Marino, Nov. 1, 7 p.m.
Week 10: Pasadena vs. Muir at Rose Bowl, Nov. 8, 7 p.m.

Week by week schedule is on the jump
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The L.A. Times reported Tuesday that former St. Francis football standout Dietrich Riley has been forced to end his football career due to lingering issues from neck and shoulder injuries.

Here’s a video that Riley did with our Tyler Drohan a few months ago about his ill-fated return.

Former Pasadena guard Andre Spight and reigning Star-News Player of the Year Andre Spight has left UTEP and plans to enroll at a junior college, according to his Twitter account.

WELL another Bump in the Road For Me. unfortunately, I CAN'T attend UTEP anymore.. Somethin outta no where Didn't Qualify Me.

— EAZYMONEY!™ (@DreSpight24) July 16, 2013

Spight went on to stay, in another Tweet, that he will play at a junior college this season in hopes of earning another D-1 scholarship.