PRESEASON: 2006 new SGV football coaches ...

Agreed 03' would have killed any other class LP could have put together..Spectacular Defense and Gene Ortiz and a Sophomore RB Perry Martinez that took over for a injured Brian Porter..the kid ended with 1,500 yards and 10 TD's not bad for only starting 7 Games. Lavea brothers were the best combo ever! The entire Defense was the Original Pineapple Express!

To answer your question George. Tofi, Faatui and Taiso are brothers who spend there intire childhood life in the city of La Puente. John and Jake first cousin to Tofi, Faatui and younger brother taiso also lived in the city there whole childhood. Infact they all play little league baseball, pop-warner for the local la puente team. Last John Malele also a frist cousin to this group of amazing talent was going threw alot at home moving from hespirea to aunty heldas house whos a great mother, and freind of mine. A fact John Malele had never play sports until 03 season. If you have any questions about anything please keep your thoughts to your selfs.lol, and as i said in Aug,2006 I and my brother samson are planing to coach at La Puente High.

P.s: Coach espi, i hope your ready to make hitory.

WARRIOR PRIDE

what about tofi, faatui, taiso purcell and there cousin's john, jake and johnny?

comments to the LP coaching staff.

First of all I stumbled upon this site from googling my name! 2nd. To everyone who has questions about "Samson and Andrew Lavea being recruted the answer is "NO!". . . We were not Recruted. 3rd. For anyone who was speculating the matchup between the 2007 and the 03' team we'ed smash on that team. NO MATCH it be an upset. Last Me and my brother are going to coach there after we persue our careers and dreams. we just despise DIV 10 and want to beat that lame of a curse they have in playoffs...

Samson & Andrew Lavea

p.s:belive the hype 03' football team was the best the school has ever had in history.

GO WARRIORS

comments to the LP coaching staff.

First of all I stumbled upon this site from googling my name! 2nd. To everyone who has questions about "Samson and Andrew Lavea being recruted the answer is "NO!". . . We were not Recruted. 3rd. For anyone who was speculating the matchup between the 2007 and the 03' team we'ed smash on that team. NO MATCH it be an upset. Last Me and my brother are going to coach there after we persue our careers and dreams. we just despise DIV 10 and want to beat that lame of a curse they have in playoffs...

Samson & Andrew Lavea

p.s:belive the hype 03' football team was the best the school has ever had in history.

GO WARRIORS

Better a glorious death than a shameful life... Gentile

I am only going by what was told to me. The person that told me would have known better than anyone. Diego and Ken probably wouldn't have known because they are fine individuals. Espi wouldnt have known if it was staring him in the way (he's not that bright). Matter of fact, Espi was the reason Hernandez got hired, so that should tell you he isnt that bright! Anyway, they were and are still losing kids to Wilson. This problem will never stop regardless if they have a new field or not.

You never answered my question about Burns. Where is he coaching at this coming season?

I'll have to talk to Diego Lowe then. He is the only other brother combo that coached at LP. But his brother coached 1 or 2 years of JV softball. Or better yet ask Jose Espinosa or Ken Cassidy. They know the truth. . They weren't recruited and anyone who is telling you that is sour grapes. And regardless they lost so many kids to Wilson high school that those kids at best kept them where they would have been had just their kids gone to the school.

Whatever the case may be, Burns wasn't offered the varsity spot nor was he offered a coaching spot in the program. If he had been more of a team player, he would still be there right now. I am curious, where is Burns coaching this year?

As for the former LP players, say what you want: I know for a fact those kids were recruited. I'm not going to name names, but a very good source told me (I'll give you a hint: he was part of a brother combo that coached at LP).

As for this year's squad, you are correct they could have done a better hire. Hopefully he stays for a longer period of time than the last 3 coaches.

If you are talking about Samson and Andrew Lavea you are wrong. Samson went to Los Altos. In the fall of 2001 he got sent to LP because of discipline problems. The district allowed him to play football since he had never played prior to 2001. He sat out and really never played untill 2002. His brother came to LP in 2002 because he wanted to go to school with him. He never played football in high schooluntil his senior year.

As for Ivan Torres and Tony Avila, they both went to Sparks JR. High which is located across the street from LP. They were there for 4 years. So I don't know how they transferred.

Gabe Burciaga, another All CIF wideout was a Workman kid who went to LP from 1998-2002. He played freshman football when Kuni was the Head Coach. Did Kuni recruit him? Doubt it.

And yes, Burns did coach three years of varsity football because I was on staff with him for two of those years. (97-98)

Facts about LP:

1. If Burns was such a good man, why has every LP head coach from Ward to Hernandez wanted nothing to do with him? If he was such a good man, why has he been passed over for varsity head coach 3 times (the previous 2 times, they did not want a teacher to be head coach). And for the record, Burns never coached a down on the varsity staff. He was hired to coach the freshman team. Coaching freshman to undefeated records does not make you a good varsity coach (ask the many pop warner coaches who have tried this).

2. I don't have a bone to pick with Burns. I am just stating the facts. He says one thing to your face but then says something different behind your back. If you think this is a lie, ask all the coaches he has worked with. Not one of them would vouch for him with the new coach at LP.

3. The recruiting of kids was the 3 WR's and the Samonan family that attended LP during the Ward years. Not one of these kids lived in the LP or HLPUSD area. All of these players played key roles in helping LP win 3 straight league titles. These kids lived in Baldwin Park, West Covina, and Rowland Heights. None of them had intra-district transfers. Noone checked because it's LP were talking about.

4. I will agree the league was better then than it is now.

You are right, this thread is about the new coaches. It just kills me when people try to prop of something one that does not deserve it.

As for me being overly honest, myself and many other people have said these same things to Burns and his cronies for the last few years.

Facts:

1. Don Burns is a good man who has dedicated much of his time to LP.
He has been the head track coach since 1998 and was hired by Kunishima in 1996 to be an assistant coach.

2. Snake in the Grass - you must have a bone to pick with him.From my experiences he has always been brutally direct. Hard to be a snake in the grass when everyone can here you rustling around.

3. LP did not recruit players. In fact most of the best players went elsewhere. The 2003 Wilson Team had four Sparks JR. High kids playing for them and All Valley QB Gene Ortiz went there as a Freshman. Bottom line - who cares they made their decision. Yeah, some Workman kids went to LP but they were always doing that even when LP was going 3-7 or 1-9, etc. That is more because LP is the "Old School" with roots than anything else. I challenge you to find 1 LP player that will say the staff at LP contacted him to come and play there. And if you do let me know.

4. I think the fact that LP had not won a league title since 1969 and the fact that they had not won more than 7 games ever makes the accomplishments of those kids spectacular. You say watered down but nobody has won the league three times in a row. Although I think Gladstone will do it this year. The league, in my opinion, was better then than it is now and had some good coaches. Smolin at Bassett, Sanchez at Gladstone, Lynch at Duarte, Lujan at Azusa.

But isn't this a tyhread about the new coaches? Why do these things seem to deteriorate into a pissing contest about who people don't like?

The funny thing is that peo-le are always overtly honest about their negative opinions on message boards but then hide the real way they feel when they are in public. That sounds more like a snake in the grass to me.

For for the past week we have these facts...

Hernandez is a bad coach that looks like he has never stepped foot on the filed. Who Has"no enthusiasm, no heart, no fight" and hires kids to coach kids and wont let Burns back

Zavala has a "Darkside" defense that has got him fired from a couple schools and escorted out of another, and now is at a school where he wasnt good enough to be the head coach in the first place "Cant beat them, join them"

"Willie Reyna" spilling news about his staff, setting record straight and showing some guts on this blog, while underachieving with good athletes.

And all the other coaches are good and getting ready for the season.

Thats good- Just to sum it all up.

You have to be talking about Donnie Burns. Let me give you a simple reason why Burns is not the head coach there: Coach Burns is a snake in the grass who can't be trusted. Every head coach that has been there in the last 6 years (Ward, Koffler, and McMillon) all hated the guy. Burns would talk smack about the head coach and purposely try to sabtoage their teams. Each head coach I mentioned offered Burns a chance to coach varsity, but he always declined. You can be the greatest X and O person in the world, but if you have no integerity, you wont be head man. When McMillon fired him, Burns got exactly what he deserved. Hernandez came in talked to everyone involved and decided that Bruns needed to stay gone.

And for the record, Kuni didnt bring Burns in, Ward did. Hiring and keeping Burns for so many years is one of the MANY mistakes LP has made with their football program.

This coach who has been left out at LP doesn't get recognized by some maybe because he's a off campus coach, LP was a perennial loser until former coach Kuni took over and brought in some good assistant coaches (about 12-13 years ago) and he's been there ever since, to bad the school won't consider him because he's not a teacher they should want the best coach for the program not the best teacher, we here have viewed him through the years no matter what level he's coached he has always put a winning team on the field one example the last couple of years his teams are so disciplined it's at least going into the 4th to 5th game before the team even gets flagged for a penalty but don't take my word for it just go ask the now to be Jr's & Sr's and parents who's the best coach or the the administration who didn't consider him.
We don't want to name him and start a coaching war there.

To LP Alum: You never did answer the question about what former coach Hernandez should have kept. I don't think LP has chance either this upcoming season, but explain to me why you think Hernandez is a bad coach.

Did Hernandez even play football? Looks like a bald gardener, no enthusiasm, no heart, no fight? This is LP, how much did he pay koffler for koffler to keep him on staff? This guy is lost!! LP Administration- is this the only guy who applied for the job?!! At least we have turf though. thats one nice thing on the field.

Who is this LP coach that Hernandez has left out of his coaching staff? LP has not won anything in years (Rick Ward's 3 water downed league titles do not count). LP has no history and also has no chance of winning. The top 3 teams again are Gladstone, Duarte, and Sierra Vista.

Mr. Hernandez at La Puente has put together a staff of outsiders and kids just out of high school within the last three years and has left out one of the best and most sucessful coach La Puente has who knows the athletes and coummity better than anybody. Gladstone, Duarte and Sierra Vista top teams

One thing about that Cal Hi vs Los Altos game you guy's forgot to mention is that the score
was like 21 to 7 in Los Altos favor with about 5 minutes left in the game [I don't remember the exact numbers but it was close to that] then all of a sudden Cal Hi explodes for three scores and went ahead by a Touchdown before Los Altos made that game winning drive, what a wild game that must have been.

hey "El Rancho"...great call on the '00 Cal Hi / LA semi final game. That game was incredible, steller athletes on both sides, home game for Cal Hi, and they lead with just under two minutes with LA about 85 yards from the endzone. And what did LA do....YUP, drive almost the length of the field for a winning touchdown. But it was always about the miramonte league back then, no ifs ands or buts, from what i recall, i think two years (not sure of the years) 3 of the 4 semi finalists were from the Miramonte league (Los Altos, charter oak & Garey) and i think one of those years, Garey was the At Large entry.

who really cares about the past thats all i here about is the past lets move on and talk about the up coming season.

I am not familiar with El Rancho. What has Willie Reyna done that has pissed off so many people? At least El Rancho has some sort of winning history. LP has been horrible like Keppell for years.

Yes I clearly remember Q taking one of the first plays of the game about 70 yards, and then we were up 7-0. Then we got the ball back and were in position to go up 14-0 but unfortunately Q fumbled in the red zone and that was that, there went all our momentum. El Rancho could have stayed in that game, but then we opened up the second half with the razzle dazzle offense and it back fired on us, one of those half back passes was picked and taken into the end zone for a TD. I dont think there was to much of a talent difference, the difference was in the coaching staff and knowing how to win games. In 00, Cal High lost at the end of the game against LA in the semis, in 01 Montebello had LA on the ropes for most of the game. ER played CO tough for a while. The Miramonte could have been dethroned plenty of times, but the coaching combined with the talent in those schools were just enough to pull off those close ones.

Remember in 01, El Rancho got off to an early lead, but a couple of turnovers gave Charter Oak a ton of momentum. Yes, CO was twice the size of ER, but talent difference wasn't that big. I'm not saying ER would have won if there was a different coach and if Ernesto Guerrero was around, but you can't expect an ER team with a coach that didn't understand his players to win a game against an opponent like Charter Oak. Things may have been different.

Forgot to mention, Montebello had Los Altos on the ropes for most of that 2nd round game in 01, and this was with a backup QB starting. That was the year where someone could have dethroned the Miramonte League because the gap wasnt as huge as it was in 00 when LA had Sean Cody.

I always ask myself the same question, why is it that the PR Dons are usually very successfull, and yet it seems to not carry over to El Rancho. I guess it has to do with the way things are run now, a few years back the PR Dons would run the same stuff that was run at ER, now things are different between ER and PR. Another thing, El Rancho used to have the Junior All American night usually one game a year where all the PR Dons would get in for free and would be ball boys and water boys, for some reason we dont have that anymore. I would like to see Willie Reyna take some time to go to some PR Don games, but I doubt we will see that any time soon. In 01, Ernesto would have made a difference against Charter Oak, but unfortunately he wasnt part of the team and there is no what ifs in football.

I agree 100% with anti17! CO/LA were in a league of there own a few years ago. I went to El Rancho and now live in Charter Oak. I was @ the CO - ER game back in '01 (I think) and when I saw my alma matter take the field I was amazed at the size & talent difference between the schools. I knew from that moment ER didn't stand a chance! If the players in the Jr. All American youth football league in Pico are a barometer of talent for ER, then I can't understand why the high school team is not more competitive. Because let me tell you something...those young players can bring it! Is ER losing the talent pool to other schools? Anyways…..GO C.O.!

dont wanna get anyone in an uproar here, but no one but Los Altos or Charter Oak was going to win CIF back in the early 2000's in divison VII, not even El Rancho, those two schools were in a class by themselves. Now yes, i am a Huge Los Altos backer (both my sons graduated from there) and ill be the first to admit that i know absolutely nothing about Arrellanes and Zavala, but a coach that i just recently found out left the los Altos staff to join the northview staff will help out greatly. Im not sure of his name, Coach Urreata (sp?), this kid was good. Great with the kids and really understands the game. Was probably Gano's top offensive assistant over the past few years.
Good luck Northview!!

I dont know if you're around the ER program much, but from the looks of it Willie Reyna does not care for the kids at El Rancho, If you care for your kids you dont tell your QB to take a knee with 2 minutes left when your down by 14 with the season on the line. I agree that back in 01 and 02 ER had some dam good talent, but these past 3 years the talent should have been good enough to at least get out of the first round. Last year the team should have been solid, yet ER went 4-6 and no playoffs. There is obviously a problem at El Rancho when your 2 best Linemen that started on Varsity as sophomores are currently playing on JV as Juniors for no apparent reason. Of course Willie Reyna is not the correct fit for the ER program, heck he wasnt even the correct fit back in 01 when ER should have made a run at the CIF title.

I still dont understand why everyone thinks the Rosemead staff was the greatest of all time. If you dont win a CIF title, how can you be considered the best ever? Hernandez going to LP will only lower his coaching star. LP is a no win situation. The only coach that won there was Rick Ward and he had to recruit kids outside the LP area to win. What amazes me is Koffler didnt warn Hernandez about the mess he was getting himself into at LP. Koffler realized he couldnt win there and left after 1 year. I predict Hernandez will stay there 2 years and then bounce.

As for the new Northview coaches, I think they will do okay, but they wont win their league. Covina has too much talent.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. They'll be getting their own blog soon, not that they should stop coming here because like The D.O.C. said "No one can do it better."
Uh yeah, no coaches like message boards, but so what? They're here to stay. Welcome to the 2000s where everything you do can/will be scrutinized in real time.

Aram, I told you people who support Whittier Daily News schools would come out and El Rancho isn't even the topic at hand.
I'm sure Willie Reyna wouldn't appreciate a "represenative" coming on here and making himself look bad. I'm pretty sure he hates these kind of message boards.
Anyway, Northview has a good modivator in Zavalla. He doesn't do anything incredible as far as the x's and o's, but he's still a solid coach and he'll have his guys ready on Friday nights...
El Rancho,
I don't know about players willing to die for Zavalla. ER guys would die for their teammates, but ever since Setlich left (even though he was only there for a year) there hasn't been a coach that players would run through a brick wall for. The reason ER hasn't been that good since Zavalla left is because the talent decreased. When Zavala was there they had sick talent like Steve Quijada, Jamario McClain and Felix Esqueda just to name a few.
To the Willie Reyna "represenative,"
As far as the Zavala/Reyna discussion going on here, Zavala is a good coach and that's all that should matter. Reyna is a good man who cares about the future of his players, but he may not be the right fit for the HC job at El Rancho. Sometimes he seems to be more concerned about fundraising and hosting passing tournaments than winning and upholding the Blue Pride tradition. I think we all know that if Setlich would have stayed, The Ranch would have been much better off...
All in all, I hope the best for Reyna at El Rancho and Arellanes at Northview. These are all coaches who want nothing but the best for their players and that's all that should matter.

Ohh yes, im sure you're just a representative for Willie Reyna. Ya right and I play in the NFL.

Northview sucked last year - they will suck this year. Get over it.

Thanks for putting us back on track Max. From what I hear Northview has some talent at the skill positions, particularly running back and receiver, but the question is whether or not they have a qb to get them the ball. I'm sure Arellanes could develop an average quarterback into a solid leader.

Ok, first and foremost let me say this so-called "Dream Team" that included the likes of Ray Hernandez, Jim Arellanas and Brian Zavala is nothing more than the Rosemead/Koffler product of a system. Since Koffler arrived to Rosemead in 1999 as HC he has always instilled a power running game, smash mouth defense, and great special teams. What did that "dream team" do different last year?.... Besides beat up on TC, SM, MV, Gabri, and EM, before getting thumped by LS??? Koffler could've taken that pool of talent headed by Deon Sumler and went 10-0 himself. Where was his coaching staff? Probably too concerned with players talking during the team meal! As a matter of fact, I think since the 2000 season with star RB Jose Samano, Koffler has lost a combined 6 games as HC at Rosemead. Great hire in DC Anthony White and regarding those Northview guys, Rosemead hated to see Arellanas leave, but loved to watch Zavala go!!!

Obviously, I am just a representative of Willie, but i am using his thoughts and words. let me ask this would it be more unprofessional to deceit future coaches into hiring him? he was a great position coach, but the unprofessionalism off the field with 'another' teacher and the constant challenges of what we were trying to do as a program was just too much. I do wish him luck with the future, but do have to set the story straight on his coaching prestige. If i am wrong on this, please contact all the head Coaches he has worked with in the past to Validate 'off the record'. Jimmy was a great Head Freshmen Coach here and I have no doubts he will do his best there, I just hope Brian has learned his lesson by his 5th new school. GO DONS

I seriously doubt that a head coach is posting about one of his former coaches. I believe that Arrellanes and Zavala will do a good job a Northview. They look really undersized and I heard they are very young but they look like they are getting the most out of their players in summer passing leagues. The problem seems to be their offense with QB's who aren't very accurate and not much speed at WR. We'll see.

Willie, what the heck are you talking about, you were part of that James Woods recruiting scandal, if you were really concerned you would have put an end to the James Woods tranfer from Workman to ER. You were part of it as much as Brian. Remember you were also suspended for the Del Rio league title game against Santa Fe. Why is it that the 2 years that Zavala coached at the Ranch players seemed to like Zavala more than you, why is it that Brian seemed to run practice at ER. Why is it that no one wants to play for you Willie??? Why is it that El Rancho has players like Andre Flores transferring out of the program. Why is it that most of your captains from every year you've coached at ER have hated you?? You better be careful or some of your key players will be on their way out very soon, but then again you really dont care since your on your way out of the ranch. You really dont care if ER doesnt make the playoffs this year, the same way you allowed last years team not to make the playoffs. Heres a suggestion right back at ya, please just coach your kids so that they can actually compete in the Del Rio league this year and make the playoffs.

Wow! I hope that really isn't Willie Reyna's comment above, just someone pretending to be him because that would be super unprofessional for a head coach to be coming on here and talking bad about his former DC.

It would seem to me that Zavala is working his way up. We went to HS together - good player back in the day for the Rams. Anyway, it seems he's gone from position coach now to DC and someday big headset if the progression continues.

LUIS your right. ZAVALA IS GOOD. "WORKMAN TOP QUALITY GOOD." He's so good he's been passed up on numerous Head Coaching jobs not to mention Northview where he is the DC, and if you say your from El Rancho, you should try to sing his praises, since he did get suspended for trying to bring athlete's in from WORKMAN, (Like Aram said earlier, "WHY WOULD YOU WANT THAT?"). He has been at numerous schools over the last 5 or 6 years because he has a "DARKSIDE DEFENSE?" -PLEASE- Just Coach your kids and stop talking about the good old days at Workman and El Rancho, cuz honestly the coaches I know from through the years at the places he's been say he's terrible.

Thanks Aram Im glad to hear you have nothing against Mexicans. I just thought I would chime in a bit here. I look forward to the discussions we will be having now and in the future.

El Rancho,

Nice to see you post something here. I've read your insights about ER and other things on other boards. Hope you like this site, and don't worry, our moderators like Mexicanos and all other races here (unlike some places)!

Zavala is a dam good coach, he is the type of DC that players will die for, he is a very motivational coach, since he left ER things have not been the same on the defensive side of the ball. Players would die to be part of his starting Darkside Defense. In fact Zavala is the coach that was able to keep things from getting out of hand at ER, Willie Reyna got rid of a dam good coach. Northview got 2 good ones in Arellanes and Zavala.

So, Mister FOOTBALL_FAN It looks like you know some history. Well first off if you get coached by pro coaches Im sure you can transfer A little of that to your own team, I think Arellenes will do a good job for what he has with his young squad at NV. Well with the Zavala "thing" You cant put a whole year on two Linebackers to win ballgames, Its seem that ER hasnt won that much since Zavala left, Your right about the suspention but it seems it was all paperwork, but He is one of a few coaches I followed and I am glad he is the DC at my Alumni and if there are kids that want to follow him, that has to tell you something about him and his coaching. Well he is still young and it actually seems the whole varsity staff is young. Well im sure they will have a good year, will see at the end of the season. GO VIKINGS

FYI, Northview has slim pickn's from what I have seen. They lost a lot last year in James, and with Quinseys exit. Good luck to them though. It will sure be fun to watch.

Northview has some legit players and should be like Covina in a couple years. Arelanes was a good player, but it doesn't mean he'd be a good coach. He's only been a head freshman coach and I don't know if he ever was a varsity OC, but he could end up being a good coach.
Zavala isn't a great DC and I don't know about him running things at Rosemead. When he was at El Rancho he was lucky enough to have two good linebackers named Medrano and Guzman who were experienced enough to run the defense themselves. He was even suspended at ER, I think because he helped a Workman guy transfer. Don't ask me why ER would want a Workman guy
From what I hear though, Northview should dominate and if someone can tear it up in the pros, he probably could come up with a good offense.

The "best ever" comment was pure sarcasm - kind of a running joke betweem me and some friends/co-workers. Anyway, give them their props, those guys were a good and deep staff. And they did a good job last year Weeks 1-10. Many of them are going to/have gone onto become head coaches.
I don't need to do any homework, I know that most people view last season as a disappointment after the team went 10-0 and lost in the first round of the playoffs.
I've written before that I didn't see what all the Koffler hype was about when he came back to Rosemead. But you can't argue with what he's done since he's been back. What are they? 18-3?
Not many people like me around Rosemead, including some/all of that staff, but I can be objective and give credit where it's due.
About Koffler being too plain - I think Rosemead fans are being very presumptious about their talent level if they think Koff should go five wides and throw the ball all around. He gears his teams and its style to the talent. Rosemead doesn't have the kids to have a wide open passing attack. Like I told Koff the other day during a phone call, Rosemead has the same types of kids every year. They're very tough, not oversized or overly fast, but they play with a major chip on their shoulders and with great tenacity.
You don't go to a wide open offense with that type of talent. You go I-formation, pound the ball with your best offensive player at tailback and play wicked defense. And that's what they do.

Are you serious about Rosemead having greatest prep coaching staff ever? I'm falling off the couch laughing right now. What did Rosemead win? Nothing against Rosemead, but when you make comments like "best ever", you gotta do some homework. Koff has done good at Rosemead, but failed miserably at La Puente and didn't get a shot at the other school he was hired at. Wow, "Best Ever"

0K, so you lose Paramo, Zavala, Hernandez and Arellanes, but you pick up Anthony White - not all is lost. Koffler and Pat Ah-Hing and maybe Harisay (not sure) remain. Koffmead will be just fine. They were successful before the dream coaching staff and they'll remain that way. I just want to know whose going to serenade me from the stands while I'm out covering the same game that they're scouting?

The staff at Rosemead did break up, But two of them went to Northview. Jim Arellanes and Brian Zavala. Jim we all know played for the Rhein, and Zaval was DC at El Rancho and it looked like he was pretty much running Rosemead from behind the curtains, So Im looking at Northview to do real well this year. GO VIKINGS

The turf feel will not help. Gladstone and Durate still have a sizeable advantage in talent.

Ray Hernandez has LP's field turf in his corner.

Ray Hernandez will have a tough time at La Puente. The talent pool is not the same as Rosemead.

Last years Rosemead staff was not the best ever in high school football. If they were that good they would not have lost to a weak La Serna team in the first round of C.I.F.

Look for Ray Hernandez to do something at La Puente in the next two years.

I think Hernandez will do something in such a weak league. He will be missed ar RHS good luck!

no question about the Miramonte League being tough. The Garey-Diamond Ranch swap worked for both but I can't help feeling the Panthers may overly ambitious again in 2006. Both CO and Los Altos play tough non-league schedules which may work to the advantage of Coach Podley's Bonita team as facing the likes of Damien, S Hills, St. Francis and Glendora might wear down the Conqs and the Chargers.

Wilson really looks to be easing into league play with non league games against La Puente, Glenn, (now there's a week off), Schurr, and Montebello, finally seeing S El Monte October 6t

Coach Layton seems to be a high energy guy that the kids like - a great thing at DRanch. I have no clue how his Xs and Os are, but they better be good because he gets no breaks against Gano, Farrar, Oviedo and Podley.
I'm telling you all, the Miramonte League is going to be a death march this year.

Its Ray Hernandez. Should be Ray Hernandez-Koffler. No one has benefitted from coat tails-more!

Coach Leyton is nothing if not an optimist. His pre-season looks as if it were scheduled as a bad joke on a first year Coach. Diamond Ranch starts week one against Huntington Beach Edison followed by Chino Hills and then Servite. Week four is a breather of sorts against Ayala with Oaks Christian on the road rounding out the “warmups�.

Greg Gano's Los Altos squad might seem like a passing league game after all that.

criag snyder is a defensive mastermind and hes doing a find job up to now AND WE ALL NO DEFENSE WINS CHAMPIONSHIPS cant wait for the season to start GO RAIDERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!