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All-Mountain Valley League soccer

BOYS SOCCER
Coach of the Year Rubidoux - Brian Miller

Name: (Print First, Last) Grade Position
1st Team - JH Offensive MVP - Hector Estrada 11 Mid
1st Team - JH Oscar Medina 10 Defense
1st Team - JH Andres Manzano 11 Mid
1st Team - JH Jose Flores 11 Mid
1st Team - JH Francisco Higuera 11 Forward
1st Team - JH Walter Zavala 11 Defense

All-Mountain Valley League basketball teams

BOYS BASKETBALL
Coach of the Year Citrus Valley - Yon Okorodudu
MVP Citrus Valley - Justin Snavely 11 F
First Team Grade Position
1st Team - CV LJ Harris 10 G
1st Team - CV Alec Carda 12 F
1st Team - CV Stephen Harper 12 G

Mountain Valley League all-league football team:
Offensive MVP: Jacob Taylor, Jr., RB, Rim of the World
Defensive MVP: Daniel Young, Jr., SS, Rubidoux
Special Teams MVP: Crest Hollis, Jr., PR/KR, Jurupa Hills
Coach of the Year: Pete Smolin, Citrus Valley
MVP Utility: Jason Snow, Sr., Citrus Valley

FIRST TEAM ALL-LEAGUE OFFENSE
Jose Sanchez, Sr., OL, Rubidoux
Zack Black, Jr., OL, Rim of the World
Adam Stallings, Jr., OL, Citrus Valley
Tang Yang, Sr., OL, Banning
Nick Hospodar, Jr., OL, Citrus Valley
Alec Bogh, Sr., WR/TE, Citrus Valley
Patrick Means, Sr., WR/TE, Citrus Valley
Mario Windbush, Jr., WR/TE, Jurupa Hills
Andrew Gonzalez, Sr., QB/RB, Citrus Valley
Daniel Young, Jr., QB/RB, Rubidoux
James Madison, So., QB/RB, Banning
Deonte Washington, So., QB/RB, Rubidoux

FIRST TEAM ALL-LEAGUE DEFENSE
Andrew Vega, Jr., DL, Citrus Valley
Stanley Glass, Sr., DL, Citrus Valley
Jose Sanchez, Sr., DL, Rubidoux
Donovyn Gray, Jr., DL, Banning
Matt Spoelstra, Jr., LB, Citrus Valley
James McGregor, Sr., LB, Rubidoux
Carlos Martinez, Sr., LB, Rim of the World
Tyler Drake, So., LB, Jurupa Hills
Deontre Washington, Jr., DB, Rubidoux
Evan Lucero, Jr., DB, Citrus Valley
Michael Coglietti Sr., DB, Banning
Joseph Marquez, Jr., DB, Rim of the World

OFFENSIVE MVP - ANDREW RAMONES CITRUS VALLEY JUNIOR SS/3B
DEFENSIVE MVP - RYAN BORDEN CITRUS VALLEY SOPHOMORE P
COACH OF THE YEAR - RON CARMODY CITRUS VALLEY

1ST TEAM -
CONNOR MCCOY CITRUS VALLEY
ISAAC GONZALEZ CITRUS VALLEY
ZACH RODRIGUEZ CITRUS VALLEY
BEN DUNCAN NOTRE DAME
CHRISTIAN BECK NOTRE DAME
JACOB BOUCHER NOTRE DAME
TONY MANZO RUBIDOUX
GLENN GUARDAMONDO RUBIDOUX
TREY BAUDERS RUBIDOUX
CODY ELLS RIM OF THE WORLD
MIGUEL MEDRANO BANNING
TYLER DRAKE JURUPA HILLS

2ND TEAM -
CITRUS VALLEY - ART GOMEZ, FIDEL SANDOVAL
NOTRE DAME - MATT GIFFIN, KEVIN OCONNOR, DALTON WEEKS
RUBIDOUX - ERICK PEREZ, ROMAN ALVAREZ
RIM OF THE WORLD - WYATT MCGILVERY, RYAN LOZOYA, ANDREW THOMAS
BANNING - JUAN GOMEZ, ISAAC LINARES
JURUPA HILLS - BRYAN C. SANCHEZ

HONORABLE MENTION -
CITRUS VALLEY - JORDAN BABBITT
NOTRE DAME - TYLER PEACOCK
RUBIDOUX - HUGO CORNEJO
RIM OF THE WORLD - JUSTIN SOTO
BANNING - RYAN FISH
JURUPA HILLS - NICK MENDEZ

Catching up on some all-league teams.

Most Valuable Offensive Player - Elizabeth Caporuscio, Sr., Rim of the World
Most Valuable Defensive Player - Nikki Hoffman, So., Citrus Valley
Coach of the Year - April Finazzo, Citrus Valley

First Team
Jasmine Canez, So, Jurupa Hills
Chandler Geary, So, Citrus Valley
Katie Gyll, Sr, Notre Dame
Hayley Jaquess, So, Citrus Valley
Halle Luna, Sr, Notre Dame
Felicity McCafferty, So, Banning
Ashlyn Morris, So, Citrus Valley
Sarah Tribe, Jr, Rim of the World
Taylor Tribe, Jr, Rim of the World
Melanie Vidaurri, So., Citrus Valley
Haley Young, Fr, Notre Dame

Second Team
Vanessa Aguirre, So, Jurupa Hills
Laura Becerra, So, Banning
Brianna Chairez, So, Citrus Valley
Jamie Garner, So, Rim of the World
Julie Goldsberry, So, Rim of the World
Taylor McCafferty, So, Banning
Nichole Moore, Jr, Rim of the World
Sophia Ortega, Jr, Citrus Valley
Monique Rojas, Fr, Jurupa Hills
Stephanie Sandoval, Fr, Rubidoux
Austin Schmidt, Jr, Notre Dame
Katie Schoenauer, Sr, Notre Dame
Andrea Villegas, So, Banning

Honorable Mention
Jesicah Lara, Jr, Banning
Sonia Lopez, Sr, Rubidoux
Brianna Meza, So, Jurupa Hills
Kalene Needham, Jr, Rim of the World
Bailey Powell, Jr, Notre Dame
Katie Witherby, So, Citrus Valley

The newest league is last but certainly not least. Like the Ambassador, the automatic playoff berths and seedings have been decided.

1. Rubidoux (6-2-1, 4-0): The Falcons have clinched a playoff spot and the No. 1 seed out of the Mountain Valley League regardless of what they do Friday against Banning due to its head-to-head tiebreaker advantage over Notre Dame.

2. Notre Dame (6-3, 3-1): The Titans have clinched a playoff spot and the No. 2 seed out of the Mountain Valley League regardless of what they do Friday against Citrus Valley due to losing the head-to-head to Rubidoux and owning the head-to-head over Rim of the World.

3. Rim of the World (3-6, 2-2): The Fighting Scots are eliminated from automatic playoff consideration due to losing the head-to-head tiebreaker with Notre Dame. However, a win over Jurupa Hills Friday might put it in consideration for an at-large playoff berth.

4. Banning (3-6, 2-2): The Broncos are eliminated from automatic playoff consideration due to losing the head-to-head tiebreaker with Notre Dame. A win over Rubidoux could help toward an at-large berth, but Banning would probably need Rim to lose as well, as the Scots defeated the Broncos earlier in the season.

5. Citrus Valley (3-6, 1-3): Eliminated from playoff consideration.

6. Jurupa Hills (1-6, 0-4): Eliminated from playoff consideration.

Jurupa Hills coach Edward McMillon spent most of the summer trying to find some sort of stability with his brand-new Jurupa Hills program. Considering that he was dealing with a group of inexperienced freshmen and sophomores and practicing at a junior high, that wasn't an easy thing to find.

"There's a lot of stuff you just don't anticipate that you have to take care of as a new program," McMillon said. "We were practicing at Southridge Middle School on a field without hashmarks, which was a challenge. You are constantly unwrapping stuff in plastic. It's different."

McMillon is invigorated by the task, which is to get a Spartan team that barely has any personnel that can drive legally to compete in a Mountain Valley League schedule with the likes of Rim of the World and Riverside Notre Dame right away. The enormity of that task has the Spartans looking to accomplish simplistic goals.

Rim of the World equipped itself nicely in the Mojave River League, making the playoffs seven of the last eight seasons and winning a league title in 2006. Despite that success, Fighting Scots coach Bob Gradillas wasn't upset about the school leaving the MRL for the Mountain Valley League.

"To be honest, we are too small of a school for that league," said Gradillas of the MRL. "Especially with the way our enrollment has slipped, we needed to go to a league with schools that were more our size. I enjoyed the MRL and enjoyed the schools and coaches we competed against, but I think this is the best move for us."

Whether the rest of the Mountain Valley League agrees with Gradillas is up for debate. The Scots thrived in the MRL and the Eastern Division last year, taking second in the league and advancing to the quarterfinals with a 10-2 record. In a lower division with a talented team that is led by star running back Dillon Pretzinger, aspirations of Rim's first CIF title since 1976 seem perfectly reasonable.

The best part of Citrus Valley's inaugural season, in which the Blackhawks went 2-8 with a team of freshman and sophomores, is the fact that it its over according to Peter Smolin. As the Blackhawks head into year two, Smolin is confident that the worst of the building process is behind them.

"We feel that the gray clouds are behind us," Smolin said. "It was a lot of work establishing a program and a culture in a tough year on the field and we really think that's going to pay off this year. Everyone is back and there's a lot of excitement right now."

Citrus Valley is also excited about its new league, as it goes from a freelance schedule to the Mountain Valley League. The MVL is a hodge-podge of different sorts of schools, with Rim of the World, Riverside Notre Dame, Banning, Rubidoux and brand-new Jurupa Hills High School in Fontana forming a peculiar combination. But its a combination that the Blackhawks feel they can take advantage of right away.

A quick cheat sheet of what it will look like the next two years.

Football playoff divisions for 2010 and 2011

CENTRAL DIVISION (one at-large)
Mt. Baldy (4 teams)
San Andreas (4 teams)
Desert Valley (3 teams)
Inland Valley (4 teams)

EASTERN DIVISION (one at-large)
Desert Sky (3 teams)
Mojave River (3 teams)
Sunkist (3 teams)
Mountain Pass (3 teams)
Sunbelt (3 teams)

EAST VALLEY DIVISION (four at-large)
Ambassador (2 teams)
De Anza (2 teams)
Mountain Valley (2 teams)
Academy (2 teams)
Alpha (2 teams)
Frontier (2 teams)

INLAND DIVISION (zero at-large)
Baseline (3 teams)
Citrus Belt (3 teams)
Sierra (3 teams)
Big 8 (4 teams)
Southwestern (3 teams)

An expansion of what I blogged about last night in reference to the new football realignments. Got a hold of some coaches on the topic. This will also run in the Sun and Bulletin tomorrow.

The playoff alignments for various sports, including football, for the 2010-2012 seasons were released by the CIF-SS offices Monday, with some interesting changes in football.

The Baseline and Sierra Leagues, which were in the Central Division the last two years, will swap back into the Inland Division to play against the Citrus Belt League, the Big 8 and the Southwestern Leagues. The Inland Valley League will swap out, moving back to the Central Division with the expanded San Andreas and Mt. Baldy Leagues and the Desert Valley League, which moves up from the Eastern Division. The Sunbelt League switches places with the Desert Valley, moving into the Eastern Division.

These changes will make life tough on the Baseline League, which ripped up the Central Division in both seasons in it. Three of the four semifinalists during the last two years were Baseline teams, with the Central Division title game being an all-Baseline affair (Rancho Cucamonga over Upland in 2008 and Upland over Los Osos in 2009) both seasons.

Another change that will impact the Baseline is the zero at-large entries in the Inland Division. Considering that the Central champion this past year, Upland, was an at-large entry from the Baseline, a brutal league will become even more cutthroat.