Fred J Robledo is all over this on his prep sports blog, where there are some interesting comments, including one casting aspersions on Fred's reporting ability.

For the record, we ran the story on the news side after Fred got a tip about Coberly. The same story ran in the Daily Bulletin. We weren't "scooped."

This from Tania Chatila's story in today's paper:

LA VERNE - Police are investigating allegations that a Bonita High School girls volleyball coach behaved inappropriately with a player, police and school officials said Wednesday.

La Verne police Lt. Jim Strona confirmed a complaint was filed, but declined to give more specific information.

School officials said the allegations were made against Morgan Coberly, who is also listed as a coach at the Claremont Colleges and at a private club in La Verne.

Reached by phone Wednesday, Coberly, who is from La Verne, denied the allegations.

"No, they are not true," he said, "and I don't want to talk about anything until the investigation is over."

 

Here's video from the web featuring Coberly and some of the Bonita players:

And don't forget this famous shot from the Bonita-San Dimas Volleyball game:

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**The coach has been identified as Trib's 2007 volleyball coach of the year, Morgan Coberly.

**Coberly also girls volleyball at Claremont Colleges and for a travel team based in La Verne.

**The travel team is also investigating allegations.

**The allegations apparently involve text messages between Coberly and a freshman member of the Bonita team.

La Verne Police are investigating allegations that a coach at Bonita High School had inappropriate contact with a student (perhaps a player) during the school year. The coach is on leave from the school, sources said.

This is from an article I wrote last April regarding the district's attempts to stem sexual abuse allegations (hardly seems like a year ago):

In 2006, Allen Avenue Elementary School teacher Debra Lynn Pence, 48, of La Verne pleaded no contest to one count of molesting Matthew Wanamaker. She received five year's probation and was required to register as a sex offender.

Just two weeks before Pence's arrest, Bonita High School math teacher Walter Babst was arrested in an Internet sting for soliciting sex from what he thought was a girl under 14.

Babst, 43, of Corona continued to teach at Bonita High for several days after his arrest by Riverside County Sheriff's Deputies. Officials said they had no idea Babst had been arrested until his attorney notified the district.

In February, Babst pleaded guilty to attempted lewd acts with a minor under 14, and possession of child pornography. He will be sentenced May 11, according to Ingrid Wyatt, spokeswoman for the Riverside County District Attorney's Office.

"I think should have known who these teachers were," Cheryl Wanamaker said. "Whatever's happened to all stems back to (the molestation)."

In the 1990s the district lost two lawsuits after teachers Dave Dangleis and Jack Kelley, a soccer coach, were charged with molesting students.

The Kelley settlement ultimately cost the district $3.5 million in damages, according to court documents and published reports. Both Dangleis and Kelley served criminal terms. Dangleis now lives in Indio and is a registered sex offender. Kelley is a registered sex offender living in San Diego.

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This from the Daily Bulletin:

SAN DIMAS - An Asian man was stabbed in the face and torso during a hate crime attack at Lone Hill Middle School on Tuesday evening.

Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies said the attackers - a 15-year-old boy and a man in his 20s - shouted racial epithets while stabbing the man. "They were shouting out 'White power' or something like that," said sheriff's Lt. Roxanne Hart.

A white man who was walking with the victim at the school at 700 South Lone Hill Avenue about 8:30 p.m. received cuts and bruises from being punched by the pair, Hart said.

Paramedics flew the Asian man to Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center where he was listed in critical condition.

Deputies identified the 15-year-old suspect and arrested him. The man in his 20s was not in custody, Hart said.

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4:55p.m. UPDATE Missing man identified as Frank Wykofka, 60, a Vietnam veteran.

A car has been pulled from the reservior and a body recovered.

SAN DIMAS -- A sheriff's underwater search and rescue team continued to search the murky waters of San Dimas Reservior Thursday for a man reported missing earlier in the day, officials said.

Family members reported the man missing at 11 a.m. when he failed to return from a trip to the Angeles National Forest. Officials believe the man had gone to the forest to release a feral skunk.

Divers apparently have located a car in murky waters of the San Dimas reservoir. They have also found other evidence consistent with a car accident at a paticularly dangerous curve on San Dimas Canyon Road, officials said.

The search is underway at the dam

The man's name has not been released.

http://www.insidesocal.com/sgvcrime

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