Ray Maholchic leaves as Serrano football coach, but Diamondbacks will be OK

I wasn’t completely surprised that Ray Maholchic stepped down as Serrano football coach. He had been hinting that it was coming soon. After all, he was retiring soon from teaching and would have to retire as coach by then in order to collect his retirement. I’m a little surprised that it wasn’t announced until mid-February.

Ray Maholhic and the Serrano program are class as evidenced by his press release:

 

It can be jarring when a long-time coach leaves. Redlands is going through that with Jim Walker’s departure. It happened when Dick Bruich left Fontana, when John Monger left Chino and it will happen when Tim Salter leaves Upland. In many of those situations, the next coach doesn’t stay  too long. The coaching staff splinters and it’s up to a new coach to eventually start a new tradition.

I don’t think that will happen at Serrano, and here’s why: it’s not to take away from Maholchic’s greatness as a coach. In fact, it’s because of it. He is in a one-high school district and most of his assistant coaches are on campus. He expects some interest among those assistants. so it wouldn’t be surprising if most of the rest of the staff stays intact. Maholchic also said, coaching hires are made on-site, so they don’t need to go to school board approval. So he and the administration can pick his successor.

In addition, Maholchic isn’t going away. He’ll still be the school’s athletic director and is willing to be in the booth during games to help the new head coach. Some of the roles will change, but the winning shouldn’t change much.

In my original story on his resignation, I hadn’t reached Apple Valley coach Matt Rohrbaugh. The coaching staffs at the two schools are very close. So here are Rohrbaugh’s comments on why they are close. “I think we have very similar philosophies and hard-nosed football,” he said. “It’s about holding kids to a standard and I respect how they do things.”

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CIF-SS first round football playoff picks

After going 22-5 picking winners in Week 10, I finished the regular season with a 161-62-1 record. I got 1 more margin exactly right, when I said Colton would beat Bloomington by 28. For the season, I have 7 margins exactly right and 1 score exactly right.

Here are first round playoff picks:

Division 1
Rancho Cucamonga 31, Orange Lutheran 23
St. John Bosco 52, Upland 24
Division 2
San Clemente 31, Chino Hills 20
Redlands East Valley 28, Great Oak 18
Division 3
Serrano 21, La Serna 19
Rancho Verde 35, Oak Hills 26
Division 4
Cajon 30, Redondo 28
Colony 42, Palm Springs 21
Placentia Valencia 24, Etiwanda 21
Lompoc 35, Carter 7
Division 5
Redlands 21, La Quinta 17
Division 6
Summit 42, West Covina 40
Yucaipa 42, Palmdale 16
Division 7
San Gorgonio 21, South Hills 14
Golden Valley 28, Ayala 19
Division 8
Yorba Linda 28, Kaiser 7
Don Lugo 48, Moreno Valley 20
Northview 28, Chino 16
Division 9
Silverado 35, Perris 22
Division 10
Leuzinger 35, Apple Valley 14
Grand Terrace 33, J.W. North 17
Aquinas 38, South Pasadena 20
Division 11
Jurupa Hills 28, Twentynine Palms 24
Covina 23, Victor Valley 21
Division 12
Calvary Murrieta 42, Silver Valley 22
Pacific 49, Santa Paula 21
Hillcrest at Big Bear (I won’t predict, because as I write this the game is over, even though I don’t know the score)

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Week 10 high school football scores

Thursday’s Games
Palomares League
Glendora 31, Claremont 14
San Andreas League
Arroyo Valley 35, Rialto 33
Friday’s Games
Ambassador League
Aquinas 28, Ontario Christian 19
Linfield Christian 14, Arrowhead Christian 6
Riverside Notre Dame 67, Western Christian 0
Arrowhead League
CSDR 14, Upland Christian 6
Baseline league
Etiwanda 46, Damien 42
Upland 63, Los Osos 0
Rancho Cucamonga 45, Chino Hills 7
Citrus Belt League
Cajon 16, Redlands 6
Yucaipa 55, Eisenhower 18
Carter 36, Miller 0
Redlands East Valley 51, Citrus Valley 7
Cross Valley League
Excelsior at Silver Valley
De Anza League
Twentynine Palms 41, Yucca Valley 22
Desert Sky League
Barstow 50, Adelanto 20
Silverado 61, Granite Hills 12
Hacienda League
Diamond Ranch 28, Chino 20
Miramonte League
Bassett 41, Ganesha 28
La Puente 16, Garey 14
Mojave River League
Apple Valley 28, Hesperia 14
Ridgecrest Burroughs 33, Sultana 28
Serrano 21, Oak Hills 18
Mountain Valley League
Pacific 59, San Bernardino 7
Mt. Baldy League
Colony 49, Chaffey 8
Don Lugo 56, Montclair 0
Alta Loma 44, Ontario 14
Palomares League
Ayala 21, South Hills 20
Diamond Bar 35, Bonita 34
San Andreas League
Indian Springs 41, Rim of the World 20
San Gorgonio 42, Jurupa Hills 0
San Joaquin League
Webb 56, Capistrano Valley Christian 27
Sunkist League
Colton 34, Bloomington 6
Grand Terrace 46, Fontana 3
Summit 55, Kaiser 31
Valle Vista League
San Dimas 48, Covina 21
Saturday’s Game
Cross Valley League
Riverside Prep vs. Big Bear at Big Bear Middle School, 1:30 p.m.

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Cajon’s Nicolas Wilson not seriously injured

Cajon also suffered a key injury in the game against REV that didn’t turn out as bad as first feared.
Running back Nicolas Wilson injured his hand when he was tackled hard late in the fourth quarter before REV rallied. Wilson wasn’t in for Cajon’s final two offensive plays after REV took the lead.
Wednesday coach Nick Rogers said Wilson will play.’
“He’s going to play,” Rogers said. “It’s not broken. It’s just a sprained hand. For precautionary reasons, he might wear a glove and we’ll limit him in practice It was swelled up pretty good.”
It is Wilson’s left hand and he carries the ball with his right hand, but even so, Wilson isn’t facing contact in practice this week and Rogers will monitor him during Friday’s key game against Redlands to see if he can keep playing.

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