Sierra League prediction: Quad champs!...(just kidding)
WIth Sierra League play beginning tomorrow, here's how I think it'll play out:
Chino Hills: 4-1
Glendora: 4-1
Ayala: 3-2
Damien: 3-2
Diamond Bar: 1-4
Chino: 0-5
In all seriousness, quad-champions (if that's even a real term) aren't out of the question this year. Tri-champs were fun enough last season, but a revamped Damien team is added to the mix of contenders in 2009. If a team wins this league outright, I'll be shocked.
Damien is the perfect example of why this league is shrouded in mystery. The Spartans, who won three games last season, are 1-4 but absolutely deserving of league title consideration - for crying out loud, they lost to a defending CIF champ by 3 two weeks ago.
Then there are the tri-champs of last season, all of whom are on the level again. Chino Hills (4-1) had five turnovers in its lone loss against a tough nonleague slate. Glendora (3-2), which played the best nonleague schedule in the Sierra League, lost its two games by a total of 8 points. Though its schedule was the softest of the BIG FOUR, Ayala (4-1) lost only to a CIF-title caliber South Hills squad.
If there is such a thing as an upset in this league, there will be plenty of them.
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Clay Fowler has been covering high school sports for six years in California and Texas. He was born in Dallas, attended the University of Texas and worked in Central Texas before joining the Daily Bulletin staff in 2006.
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