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Fans fight in the stands during Bonita's victory over San Dimas

I know it's a rivalry, but ... You have to give it to our photographer Keith Birmingham, he never misses a thing. And parents, fans, or whoever you're, you should be embarrassed. That's why we're throwing your childish act on the blog.

The latest: Two adult spectators caught on camera fighting in the stands during last week's Bonita-San Dimas girls volleyball match have been contacted and disciplined, a school district official said Monday.
William Brinegar, the assistant superintendent in charge of human resources at the Bonita Unified School District, said the names of those involved and the sanctions will not be released, per district policy.
"We're certainly disappointed it occurred," Brinegar said of the altercation. "You never want that sort of thing happening. But given that it did, actions have been taken regarding those involved."
According to an eyewitness who asked not to be identified, the fight started after fans began throwing food and other items in the stands.
The witness said an adult approached a student he felt was responsible for throwing items, and that's when another adult became involved, resulting in the altercation between the two adults.
"Bottom line is there was a disagreement and misunderstanding and it resulted in two parents getting into an altercation," Brinegar said. "We don't generally get into specifics because there isn't much benefit to it.
"However, the person we've identified as being responsible for starting it has been contacted and is receiving appropriate sanctions. The others involved that we have identified also have received appropriate sanctions."
No assault charges have been filed, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's department.
"As far as an assault being committed, it's up to the individual who believes they were assaulted to file a report," Brinegar said. "That's something for the appropriate party to consider. There's not much we can do about that."
San Dimas High School principal Kristine Kulow also would not elaborate but appeared frustrated by the attention the altercation has received.
"The people involved know what's happening," Kulow said. "Why don't you just let it die? It's being handled."
Thom Simmons, director of sports information for the CIF-Southern Section, said he was aware of the incident and was satisfied that both schools acted appropriately.
"The sanctions should come from the schools," Simmons said. "We can make suggestions, but to our understanding they've taken it in-house and are acting appropriately.
"The only time we would step in is if an obvious egregious act had occurred and the schools did nothing about it. But that's not the case here."

Back to the real action.

Above: Bonita players celebrates five-game victory over rival San Dimas, winning 15-5 in the fifth game.

Above: San Dimas players feeling the sting of five-game loss.

By Pete Marshall
SAN DIMAS - You don't expect a girls volleyball team trailing in the fifth game to reel off 11 consecutive points.
That is, unless you're Bonita coach Morgan Coberly. Bonita surprised many by scoring the final 11 points en route to a 25-23, 19-25, 25-13, 17-25, 15-5 victory over San Dimas on Wednesday in a heated nonleague rivalry in front of a raucous crowd at San Dimas High School.
"With this team, I almost do expect it," Coberly said. "Early this season, we've been really streaky."
The Bearcats trailed 5-4 in the fifth when Kristen Phillips' kill got things started by tying the score and giving the ball to Kaitlyn Mang to serve. Mang didn't give it up and served an ace on the line for the second-to-last point. Katy McCreery's kill on the final point then finished off the Saints.
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
(As of Monday)
Division I-AA
1.Mira Costa; 2. Redondo Union; 3. Los Alamitos; 4. Vista Murrieta; 5. Santa Margarita; 6. Newport Harbor; 7. Long Beach Poly; 8. Lakewood; 9. Rosary; 10. Long Beach Wilson.
Division I-A
1. Marymount; 2. Santa Barbara; 3. Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy; 4. Harvard-Westlake; 5. Notre Dame Academy; 6. El Dorado; 7. Brea Olinda; 8. Upland; 9. Valencia; 10. Arroyo Grande.
Division II-AA
1. Laguna Beach; 2. Corona Del Mar; 3. Norco; 4. Oxnard; 5. Bishop Montgomery; 6. Walnut; 7. Ayala; 8. St. Lucy’s; 9. Diamond Bar; 10. Beckman.
Division II-A
1.Elsinore; 2. North Torrance; 3. El Segundo; 4. M.L. King; 5. South Torrance; 6. La Cañada; 7. Pasadena; 8. Burbank Burroughs; 9. Arcadia; 10. Hemet.
Division III-AA
1. Warren; 2. La Reina; 3. Oak Park; 4. Downey; 5. Oaks Christian; 6. Santa Ynez; 7. California; 8. Garden Grove Pacifica; 9. Lancaster; 10. Cypress.
Division III-A
1. Brentwood; 2. La Quinta; 3. Bell Gardens; 4. Bonita; 5. Cerritos Valley Christian; 6. Maranatha; 7. San Dimas; 8. La Mirada; 9. Palm Desert; 10. Mayfair.
Division IV-AA
1. Mayfield; 2. Westridge; 3. Viewpoint; 4. Ontario Christian; 5. Arrowhead Christian; 6. St. Margaret’s; 7. Providence; 8. St. Paul; 9. Rio Hondo Prep; 10. Gladstone.

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San Dimas Soap Opera, I mean Baseball is always entertaining to watch...You sit and you wait for some drama in the bleachers or in the dugout. If you see a few games, it will happen. If you're real lucky, you might seem drama from the bleachers go into the dugout. The bus stories are now buzzing around the city. IF they are true, I don't see how you could keep the current coaching staff, like I said IF. Rumor has it that there are pics of these happenings...True/False? Anyone know for sure?

The comment about going to APU makes you a Christian was pretty naive to say the least. A lot of students for there for athletics. Sad, but true. That comment was like saying that because I sit in my garage, that makes me a car.

I heard they play beer pong with the kids at SD.

Proff has been documented and presented to the district that's why the investigation is on going!

Just because they are APU grads doesn't mean squat!

You'll find them at the bowling lanes or Micheal Angelo's sucking it up!

The Autistic boy in the yellow shirt will be on my show next week !

San Dimas coaches are APU grads, that means they're Christians...I don't know about open containers on the bus...Got proof?

AMEN BROTHER!!!

San Dimas coaches are APU graduates and that means they're Christians, so I don't know about open containers on buses. AMEN BROTHER!

Open containers on the bus? I heard something like that before but didn't understand what it was that happened on the San Dimas baseball buses. What is it you're implying?

Also, the poor autistic kid in the yellow shirt looks so angry in the pics. Why is he alone and not with his parents at the game? Little guy probabally got his clock cleaned.

Typical Kulow, loves to sweep stuff under the carpet!

I presume, we will never hear the outcome of any investigations. It seems all under the rug. What ever became of the Autistic child in the yellow shirt? And to answer LWs' question.. The answer is, you are.

what is Kulow toe??

ITS THE DISTRICT OFFICE, NOT KULOW!

Bonita-Live and Let Die. Answer one question. Who is doing this so-called investigation? mmmmmmmmm?

Last time I checked open container while driving home from baseball games are against the law.

Now, it’s really cool and charming for coaches to allow alcohol on buses for the past five years and to participate in the drinking with the players! Wow, what a role model?

Documents have been presented, verified by players and parents, and polygraphs conducted. Talk about sweeping it under the table or “Let it Die”…

Hey superintentdent, step up and do something right for a change!

What laws are being broken by San Dimas Baseball Coaches? A parent from South Hills told me that the San Dimas coach was very charming.

Thanks Fred. I agree with you and Joe Amat. Why do people get bent over the pictures. Only guilty people panic..

Joe Amat & Fred

This situation is nothing compared to the investigation that is going on with the baseball coaches at SD.

Its really a shame that the paper hasn't ask questions about real LAWS being broken!

Sanctions, suspensions, it's all the same thing. Joe Amat, I agree with you. This is a public school, and in a situation like this it's important to know what kind of action the school is taking, not simply say we're handling it.

FRED,What is a sanction?

Why wasn't the parent of the kid that got choked disciplining his son prior to the incident. I can attest that my son would not be acting inappropriate and throwing things especially bottles of urine at ANYBODY had I been in the stands with him. This parent should have taught his son better than that. I'm not condoning the Bonita parent who did the choking...he should be arrested.....but parents come on.....take control of your hoodlums!


HAHAHA HONESTLYY DONT POST THINGS YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT.. THE PARENT DIDNT DO ANYTHING TO HIS SON CUZ HE WASNT THE ONE THAT THREW IT! THEY ALREADY PUNISHED THE KID THAT DID AND THE MANS SON WAS LAUGHING WHEN THE BONITA MAN CAME RUNNING UP THE STANDS THATS WHY THE BONITA MAN ASSUMED THAT IT WAS THAT KID. ARE YOU GOING TO PUNISH YOUR KIDS FOR LAUGHING AT A GROWN MAN THREATING TO "KICK SOME ******* ASS" I WOULD LAUGH TO WHAT A JOKE THAT BONITA MAN IS...

Why wasn't the parent of the kid that got choked disciplining his son prior to the incident. I can attest that my son would not be acting inappropriate and throwing things especially bottles of urine at ANYBODY had I been in the stands with him. This parent should have taught his son better than that. I'm not condoning the Bonita parent who did the choking...he should be arrested.....but parents come on.....take control of your hoodlums!


HAHAHA HONESTLYY DONT POST THINGS YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT.. THE PARENT DIDNT DO ANYTHING TO HIS SON CUZ HE WASNT THE ONE THAT THREW IT! THEY ALREADY PUNISHED THE KID THAT DID AND THE MANS SON WAS LAUGHING WHEN THE BONITA MAN CAME RUNNING UP THE STANDS THATS WHY THE BONITA MAN ASSUMED THAT IT WAS THAT KID. ARE YOU GOING TO PUNISH YOUR KIDS FOR LAUGHING AT A GROWN MAN THREATING TO "KICK SOME ******* ASS" I WOULD LAUGH TO WHAT A JOKE THAT BONITA MAN IS...


To have a principal say, "The people involved know what's happening,"..."Why don't you just let it die? It's being handled."
is frightening.

I realize that it is her school that looks bad and is the brunt of this learning opportunity for everyone else. But when the public starts talking about it - that's when we can figure out how to prevent it from happening again. Did the Pistons, Pacers, and the NBA try to sweep things under the rug, or did they jump in with both feet and try to get to the root of the problem and put things in motion to address the problem.

It is important to Publicize the Action Taken. The information that someone has been thrown out of a game or banned from attendance needs to be widely disseminated. You don't necessarily want to use the person's name, but Social Learning Theory says that people learn how to behave by watching what other people do and what happens to them! If nothing happens to adults who misbehave, then others will be more likely to follow suit.

On the other hand, if people hear that bad behavior leads to getting thrown out, this will send a powerful message about what is tolerated and what isn't. So, to be an effective leader you want to find ways to let people know that misbehavior has consequences.

Not to sweep it under the rug and "...let it die!"

What about the kid who got choke? Is that another lie? Didnt happen? San Dimas telling stories again. Figures.

THIS WAS THE STORY IN TUESDAY'S EDITION....

Two adult spectators caught on camera fighting in the stands during last week's Bonita-San Dimas girls volleyball match have been contacted and disciplined, a school district official said Monday.
William Brinegar, the assistant superintendent in charge of human resources at the Bonita Unified School District, said the names of those involved and the sanctions will not be released, per district policy.
"We're certainly disappointed it occurred," Brinegar said of the altercation. "You never want that sort of thing happening. But given that it did, actions have been taken regarding those involved."
According to an eyewitness who asked not to be identified, the fight started after fans began throwing food and other items in the stands.
The witness said an adult approached a student he felt was responsible for throwing items, and that's when another adult became involved, resulting in the altercation between the two adults.
"Bottom line is there was a disagreement and misunderstanding and it resulted in two parents getting into an altercation," Brinegar said. "We don't generally get into specifics because there isn't much benefit to it.
"However, the person we've identified as being responsible for starting it has been contacted and is receiving appropriate sanctions. The others involved that we have identified also have received appropriate sanctions."
No assault charges have been filed, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's department.
"As far as an assault being committed, it's up to the individual who believes they were assaulted to file a report," Brinegar said. "That's something for the appropriate party to consider. There's not much we can do about that."
San Dimas High School principal Kristine Kulow also would not elaborate but appeared frustrated by the attention the altercation has received.
"The people involved know what's happening," Kulow said. "Why don't you just let it die? It's being handled."
Thom Simmons, director of sports information for the CIF-Southern Section, said he was aware of the incident and was satisfied that both schools acted appropriately.
"The sanctions should come from the schools," Simmons said. "We can make suggestions, but to our understanding they've taken it in-house and are acting appropriately.
"The only time we would step in is if an obvious egregious act had occurred and the schools did nothing about it. But that's not the case here."

Oh and the bonita football players would definatly know that cause he put the hurting on us. he used to be the free saftey for san dimas but we havent seen him play this year. is he still playing? oh and our new field was paid for by the city of la verne. the school district didnt pay a single dime.

OH THE PIP SQUEEK RUNT IN THE YELLOW? WEIGHS AT LEAST 180. size doesnt always matter.

How is the CIF investigation going?

Heard enough,
You're right - they are no different ...it was sarcasm!?!?

The papers are not different at all. That was just a summary of all of the things that posters have said about the Trib (and Fred) over the past few days.

good one though! lol 2

The fight also made news in the LA times. http://www.latimes.com/sports/highschool/

Now the whole world knows that SD/Bonita have classless parents and students.

Posted by: Joe Colt at September 24, 2007 10:19 AM

Just for the record I didnt post that, seems I have an imposter floating around...

Joe Colt

Joe, How are the Trib and the Times different? Didnt mean to upset you. We all want facts. btw.. I think the guy in the blue shirt was trying to bring down the white man. lol

Joe, How are the Trib and the Times different? Didnt mean to upset you. We all want facts. btw.. I think the guy in the blue shirt was trying to bring down the white man. lol

The PHOTOS are facts.
Everything else just does not matter. No where did I place any blame on either parent or either cheering section (and I use that term loosely) I really don't care.
At some point prior to that photo, something else could and should have been dome to prevent the situation from escalating to that point.
PERIOD!

JOE AMAT. How do you know their facts arent straight? You werent there? If, so what are the facts

I'm gonna wear a raincoat and boxing gloves at the next Bonita vs. SD volleyball game.

LA Times...2nd rate fishwrap...national enquirer wannabe... unprofessional... they weren't even there... they need to get their facts straight... just trying to sell papers... why aren't there pix of the game-that's what people care about..they get uneducated stupid idiots to comment...what is the Times doing...condoning these actions?... they're just trying to bring the white man down! ...LA Times!

What a surprise, the Times used our picture and put it on their blog. You can send your complaints to them also.

Why wasn't the parent of the kid that got choked disciplining his son prior to the incident. I can attest that my son would not be acting inappropriate and throwing things especially bottles of urine at ANYBODY had I been in the stands with him. This parent should have taught his son better than that. I'm not condoning the Bonita parent who did the choking...he should be arrested.....but parents come on.....take control of your hoodlums!

You mean?

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/varsitytimesinsider/san_gabriel_valley/index.html

The fight also made news in the LA times. http://www.latimes.com/sports/highschool/

Now the whole world knows that SD/Bonita have classless parents and students.

CJ

Bonita doesn't have 2 sets of stands in their gym neither so stick it in your ear.

The La Verne community surrounding Bonita has more money and more class plain and simple. San Dimas doesn't and never will. The kids from San Dimas tend to be more rough around the edges, unkept, rowdy, whatever so for you to say that the Bonita fans think they are more superior, they are and thats the bottom line. Open your eyes.

Aram 'Tollhouse' Tolegian would devour that stupid kid in the yellow shirt, Aram's got to weigh like 350 and that pip squeak runt is lucky if he weighs 145. Good to have you back Aram!

It doesn't really matter what we didn't see because what we DO see is the inappropriate response to WHATEVER we did not see.

What no one here saw is that the Bonita fans were taunting the San Dimas fans starting in the Freshman games. Bonita High students think that they are superior to San Dimas and that they can do anything they want when they are in SDs house. This superiority starts with the way Bonita Unified School District treats the schools, giving way more to Bonita while SDHS doesn't even have stands on two sides of the gym to keep the fans away from each other. I have even heard stories of Bonita parents coming to San Dimas high school the day of Smugepot and puting there names on the seats on San Dimas's side of the field? Gee, I wonder where their kids get it.

Hey Aram, I know the guy in the yellow and uh haha you would not eat him alive... And what you dont see in the pic is all the bonita kids rushing over he was just yelling at them not to come over. Also, no baseball kids from SD were involved in this. I have no clue why that keeps getting mentioned.

Anyone who justifies that fans...* "throw things," start some fights, swear at opponents or opponents fans by saying,"They're adolescents, its in their nature". "Stop being blind sited to the rest of america, every other high school has issues like these"*...doesn't understand the real meaning of competition.

When your kids smoke, drink, do drugs, or violate any of societies laws and codes of ethics do you say the same,""They're adolescents, its in their nature". "Stop being blind sited to the rest of america, every other high school has issues like these"

No big deal...kids wil be kids....right?

I read all these comments all you people write, whether it be that san dimas students are hellians, or not. Yes san dimas has been known to "throw things," and start some fights. They're adolescents, its in their nature. Stop being blind sited to the rest of america, every other high school has issues like these. But a comment i would like to make is, San dimas has spirit. They may be rowdy, but watch them. One of the few crowds that actually stay loyal to their school. Think about it, haha, sd lost the smudgepot how many years in a row? Yet every year they try, cheer, and act like they will win it. I hope they actually do just because of their spirt and hope to. Bonita high school doesn't have any spirit for sports they know they will lose in, they give up. You CANNOT say the same for san dimas..so i praise all of you SDHS students, from whatever class you may be from.


also to parents: If you do not appreciate students spirt, dont sit right next to them ;)

I'd love to take that kid from San Dimas in the Yellow shirt one-on-one and see how he could do against me, I'd eat him alive, literally.

-Aram Tolegian

Never been to the Smudge Pot game, but I'm looking forward to it.

Hey Fred the big guy on the left looks like Mark Cuban and from the looks of things he sure is acting like him too, glad he got punched that S.O.B.

San Dimas fans are dirty. Peeing in empty water bottles and then peppering the rude Bonita fans is pretty low. I can't wait to see, hear or read here in a couple of weeks what Giovani Mier and the Bearcart Baseball team do to 'one-up' their dirty little rivals at Smudgepot.

There were only three photos of the fight. Keith's gallery included game-action and excited fans in the stands. Are those the extra crowd shots you're complaining about. You have a problem with a photo journalist trying to capture the energy of the crowd? Give me a break. And as far as coverage of the game, I believe it was front page in the Daily Bulletin and in our newspaper with pictures as well. The article vaguely mentioned the fight, and that came late in the story.
So, to throw comment back, how is this showing bias?

I'm sorry but I believe Keith Birmingham did miss something. The facts and the game. 6 action photos, 10 stands, fans & benchs??????? Come on...leave your bias at home when your working.

sports doesn't only build character-
it reveals it!

Honestly, people need to get their facts straight about the reason the fight was started. I play for BHS volleyball and I have friends who go to SDHS. Yes, we have a rivalry, but some people choose to let it get out of control. Don't label the whole school/s for this brawl that happened involving only a few from each high school. Smudgepot is going to have a lot of security, it's just immature people (including some from my school) that ruin it for the rest of us.

Btw. I was at the game, and most of your facts aren't straight. I suggest you try to find SOME truth before posting an article, thanks.

honestly, is anyone even aware of the reason the fight was started?! san dimas students/fans were throwing lettuce, mustard, etc. at the bonita fans. when the bonita parent found out who one of those people were, he confronted him. it's a high school game, the parents did something wrong, BIG DEAL. it was a rivalry game, obviously things were going to get a little crazy, but people need to realize that that isn't the true nature of the parents (i'm hoping). everyone needs to get over it, and let it go.

Extremely poor journalism on the part of JGVT. From the article to the photo gallery. Shows the quality of their paper. Right up there with Larry Flint's publications.

from
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) -

fight –noun
1. a battle or combat.
2. any contest or struggle
3. an angry argument or disagreement
4. Boxing. a bout or contest.
5. a game or diversion in which the participants hit or pelt each other with something harmless: a pillow fight; a water fight.

–verb (used without object)
7. to engage in battle or in single combat; attempt to defend oneself against or to subdue, defeat, or destroy an adversary.
8. to contend in any manner; strive vigorously for or against something

–verb (used with object)
9. to contend with in battle or combat
10. to contend with or against in any manner

need I go on...it was a FIGHT

Now it's the caption someone has a problem with ... amazing.

what about the volleyball players?
your caption for the san dimas picture says "San Dimas players feeling the sting of five-game loss." but in fact san dimas was doing really good. they lost the last game. but they did really good the other 4 games. why arent you talking about that????

this entire website is stupid. all your focusing on is the fight. and you cant even get that story straight!!

check your facts buddy.

Anon, I don't know this to be true other than the blog comments posted. Obviously, if a parent attacks a child, that person should be arrested and banned from attending games the rest of the year.

it does say that these parents were fighting during the game. this was not a fight. it was simplyy a man coming to the rescue of his son. these pictures show the man in the blue throwing a punch but they do not show the man in the black chocking a young kid. or hitting the man in blue first. nor do they show the man in black coming up the stands yelling at high school students threatening to "kick their asses" who is this man in black does anyone know? it seems to me that everyone should just forgett about this and let it all go.. its done and over actions from the schools are being taken now can we all please just get over it...

fred, you still havent addressed the issue of the man in black attacking a student...

maybe thats where your focus should be on. not the man in the blue shirt that was in the right.

fred, you still havent addressed the issue of the man in black attacking a student...

maybe thats where your focus should be on. not the man in the blue shirt that was in the right.

And all this talk about Bonita fans this, and San Dimas fans that, let it rest. I'm sure from all of your experiences you know that the overwhelming majority of fans and parents at high schools events are first class. Don't judge the schools or their fans because of a few isolated incidents.

Thanks Joe Amat, there are many more pictures of the game than the incident in the stands. I've read all the comments and there seems to an overwhelming majority who feels a student was attacked by an adult, and that an adult reacted in that kids self-defense. If this is true, and since these are blog discussions it's a complete hypothetical. But assuming this is true, then the question we should be discussing is how incidents like this should be handled. How should parents react, and what is the responsibility of the schools? This is something we can all learn from, I'm sure both people involved in the picture regret what happened. But lets do all of us favor and talk about how this can be prevented in the future.

Anon,

Check the Trib Gallery on the Prep Sports page.
whole gallery of photos

Your right, your photographer Keith is a spectacular artist. How about some pictures of what everyone cares about. Not the fight in the stands. Not the bench of each team at their respective good or bad points in the game. Let's see the game photos. Let the players see themselves in action. Not this amateur photo contest that you call news worthy.

is this the san gabriel valley tribune???? or the national enquirer

fred yer a jackass and maybe you should go after the 6FT 5IN 280 LB ANIMAL that was choking the 5ft 150 lb inoccent kid and thanking the man in the blue shirt for saving the poor kid

No,no. pictures don't lie. Mr Blue Shirt threw a punch - period. that is not in question - it is a fact. the photo is something that happened and appears on this blog. no one has printed a story. the only thing that has been printed here on the blog is,
"And parents, fans, or whoever you're, you should be embarrassed. That's why we're throwing your childish act on the blog."
thats pretty accurate - isn't it?

I know the man in the blue shirt very well! This is not the type of person he is. But i think all of you parents would agree if anything was happening to your child (as in being choked) you would react in the same way! And in this case pictures are not a thousand words. Before you print a story make sure you have all the facts correct!!!!!!!!!!! And to all you parents posting stuff about being a bad parent etc. I do agree with you maybe this wasn't the way to resolve things but... you can't fault a parent for protecting his child! For those of you who are parents i think you would agree you would protect your child no matter what!

I seriously doubt that GMIER made the comment about the Bonita baseball team retaliating towards the San Dimas baseball team. These two teams have played each other 1 or 2 times every year and have handled themselves with nothing but class, and he personally has more class than that.

I find it funny how 1 or more of the FORMER San Dimas baseball players, who either were removed from the team for disciplinary issues or had known drug problems, or their much more mature parents are accusing current San Dimas baseball players of instigating this fight.
They all need to learn how to deal with the real world and realize that if you don’t get your way it’s not everyone else’s fault.

ll

bonita and san dimas need to both check themselves and have some class!
they need to win with poise anmd loose with poise.
not act like a bunch of snotty b*tch*es with no respect whatsoever.
lets not forget why we play volleyball.

bonita and san dimas need to both check themselves and have some class!
they need to win with poise anmd loose with poise.
not act like a bunch of snotty b*tch*es with no respect whatsoever.

No players from SD baseball were involved at all. just would like to make that clear. reagan is obviously a decent coach is his team went so far in CIF last year.

YOU ALL REALLY SHOULD GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT BEFORE TALKING ALL THIS TRASH.

really.

what are all of you?
40's? 50s? ADULTS CORRECT?

so how come children can get on this,
post comments that are more mature than your own?

Do you realize how ridiculous you all sound?
Someones CHILD was physically ATTACKED[choked]

and youre all gonna sit here and tell me
you wouldnt do ONE thing about that?

you would let a 40-50 year old man put his hands
on your child?
for something he wasn't even sure if he did..
if you would tell me that you wouldnt.
youre all a bunch of liars..

and i dont know about the bonita parent..
but how DARE YOU call the san dimas parent
a "drunkard" for protecting his child.

YOU ALL REALLY SHOULD LEARN SOME FACTS
before you start putting your "opinions"
all over the internet.

you all really should be embarassed
for talking so much trash.
when really you have NO IDEA WHAT WENT ON.

god bless the man in the BLUE SHIRT for protecting his child :]

Have charges been filed? If someone chokes my kid, I press charges. Who cares about some CIF investigation? What good is that. I think, Phil Spector and O.J. are requesting a CIF investigations for thier cases. Whats the deal?

point being

1-someone threw something
2) someone got ticked off and took the matter in their own hands
3) said ticked off person retaliates to the wrong person
4) all hell breaks loose

That , exactly, describes the "Malice in the Palace" between the Detroit Pistons and Indiana Pacers.

Have we not learned?

Just to let all of you know one of the facts. The kid that was attacked did not throw the bottle at the Bonita parent!!! He was just laughing at him because the man was going crazy and yelling and swearing. So the man assumed that he had thrown it. You know what they say about assuming!!!!!

The Trib did nothing but post the photos on the website. Photos are facts. Those photos were not doctored. They depict actual events. Thta even IS subject to interpretation of what *led up to* that which is pictured. So his actions are justified by what happened "prior to" the photo. Is that what we want - to live in a vigilante society where some dad feels that it is ok to attack a kid because he threw something.? And then it becomes ok to retaliate? You CAN'T take things in your own hands. Unless you are willing to suffer the consequences.. and publicity. The Trib (and Fred) have refrained from reporting anything until *facts* are determined. Sounds like protocol to me.

In this day and age ANYTHING that you do may get captured on film or tape. It might be a good idea to live your life knowing that. Lord know, Britney can't go out without undies before the whole world has the photos. Remember the wrestling dad who came out of the stands to throw a 9 yr old off his son as he was about to get pinned? Or the youth football coach who leveled a player that hit his son after the whistle blew? He had some time ALONE to think about those actions. How about the high school coach from San Pedro that was caught moving the yard marker so his team could get a 1st down-and was caught on an opponents scouting tape? Then that leads to the Little Leaguer from Michigan on ESPN at the Little League World Series who spit in his own hand before shaking the winners hand after the game.

Maybe we should worry more about the ACTIONS instead of the photos.

Big Brother is watching you!

You mean that wasn't intended for me? I take everything back :)

Message intended for Thom Slick... You need to check yourself.. Your worthless opinion on here is taking up space... Don't be jealous because you’re a worthless housewife in drag. You have anger issues yourself! Now back to the point!!! All of those poor poor unsuspecting BONITA parents could have notified someone if that was taking place at the game... I know SD officials would have taken care of the problem. In regard to the media comment, they’re the problem. They only tell you what they think will sell. They get uneducated stupid idiots like you to comment. Who are you to judge and say SD parents don't know how to raise their kids. Look at your parents they failed you. Shame on them. FYI if there were more housewives maybe there wouldn't be idiots like you commenting about them. You should call Dr. Laura; I think she can help you!!!

Glad some of you recognize my opinions are worthless. And I like how you talk about my anger problems with an exclamation point, followed by a triple exclamation point. Go easy on the keys.

Frobledo, you need to check yourself.. Your worthless opinion on here is taking up space... Don't be jealous because you’re a worthless housewife in drag. You have anger issues yourself! Now back to the point!!! All of those poor poor unsuspecting BONITA parents could have notified someone if that was taking place at the game... I know SD officials would have taken care of the problem. In regard to the media comment, they’re the problem. They only tell you what they think will sell. They get uneducated stupid idiots like you to comment. Who are you to judge and say SD parents don't know how to raise their kids. Look at your parents they failed you. Shame on them. FYI if there were more housewives maybe there wouldn't be idiots like you commenting about them. You should call Dr. Laura; I think she can help you!!!

Karen, I'll say it again, The Tribune has not published a story on this incident, however we're looking into it. If there is an investigation by CIF as one blogger suggested, we'll make phone calls on Monday to confirm it and report the latest. Everything you read are blog comments, not news reports. And there was no hesitation in putting these images on the blog, which was not only accepted, but encouraged by top management. In fact the pictures were on our galleries page long before I published them here. Incidents like this could get thrown under the rug if we don't report them. And when school districts and eyewitness are unwilling to speak, then sometimes all you have are images to tell a small portion of the story. If there is a CIF investigation or even a police investigation, you can bank that the exposure of these images helped spark it. If, as you suggested this was a parent defending his child, then you would expect arrests or charges to be filed, but as of this post, we have no knowledge of even a complaint being filed. If someone feels there reputation is taking an unfair hit because of these images, you can call us to tell us what happened. We would be thankful to hear what you have to say. We won't know the truth until people, especially those involved, start talking. And Karen, I'm far from a saint who lives a perfect life. I haven't met anyone like that yet.

the media is not the culprits, you people love this kind of crap, face the music stupid parents, you can't raise your kids right so they act like retards at a game then the same parents that don't know how to raise their kids get in on the action then you get uneducated emotional housewives spewing their venom and worthless opinion on here, yet you all take it in,
this is the talk of the town, coach reegin from san dimas should punish his baseball team for urinating in bottles to throw on unsuspecting bonita fans, dirty little boys i hope you guys have a craapy season, and heres to karma

the media is not the culprits
you people love this kind of crap
face the music stupid parents
you can't raise your kids right so they act like retards at a game
then the same parents that don't know how to raise their kids get in on the action
then you get uneducated emotional housewives spewing their venom and worthless opinion on here
yet you all take it in
this is the talk of the town
coach reegin from san dimas should punish his baseball team for urinating in bottles to throw on unsuspecting bonita fans
dirty little boys i hope you guys have a craapy season
and heres to karma

Athletic Director's from Bonita, Eric Podley & from San Dimas Nikki Bonomo are meeting with CIF this week to come up with a resoloution to these despicable parents. I have heard that along with Thom Simmons from CIF they are working on a enforcing a lifetime ban from all high school sporting events for these two drunkard parents.

I think this is really sad in this day and age. I feel that everyone needs to take a deep breath! I know that things were being thrown around at the game but, that parent choking the kid over reacted!!! He could have notified someone. I was sitting 3 rows down from where the fight took place. I saw several school officials in the area watching over the students making sure they weren’t getting too out of hand. Kids will be kids. I'm not saying what they did was right, but the adult should have known better to do that to a child! Mrs. Kulow was in front of the area on several occasions watching over things. She even made a comment when asked by someone in the crowd. "Why aren’t you watching the game?" She replied, “Because, I'm watching them." That parent had every opportunity, and could have walked up to her and told her what was taking place. Everyone knows that emotions run high at rival games. But, that parent has issues. All of my children have attended San Dimas H.S. It is a great school; all three of them have played sports for them. This is the first time I ever witnessed something like this at our games. I think that a reporter should get the story straight and post comments under people’s pictures correctly on all Pictures Posted! on San Dimas Saints because, he made us really look bad. He did not talk about how well we did even though we lost the match we gave them a run for their money! We were clearly the better team this year, in this match. Even though we lost. Bonita just got lucky this time. Bonita does have an arrogance about them when they come to SD because they have beat us in this game for many years but our girls are wonderful talented players who come from parents with class.

First of all, why don't all of you bother to really find out what happened before you make judgements about other people!! You have to realize the source of your information! This is the media. I have always been told to take what they say with a grain of salt because they embellish the truth. Now I know first hand what they are talking about!! They take a picture and a small bit of info and build it up into whatever story that will excite their readers. THE FIGHT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH WHO WON THE GAME!! What it had to do with is an adult physically attacking somebody's child!!! ( He was choking him) Then when the man in the blue shirt went to rescue his son the man in the black shirt hit him. So he hit him back. If all you stuck up people would be perfectly honest with yourselves, you would admit that if somebody was attacking your child you would do the same thing he did!! I am a woman and I know my mother instinct would come out to protect my cubs and you just react!! And I say you are a liar if you say you would not do the same thing!! As for the reporter not being able to get a comment, they fail to mention that the reporter just walked onto San Dimas HS campus and was specifically asking all the students where one particular person was, who they thought would have some info. But these kids were smarter than the reporter and told them they did'nt know where the the student was.(The student was sitting right there!!) So Fred Robledo, do you think that maybe you should have gotten some of your information first and had some sort of compassion with your judgement before you posted this blog for all the world to see!! These are people with reputations and lives and who are you to decide to air all of this!!! I hope that you live an immaculate sort of life and that you or yours don't come in contact with the same sort of person like yourself in the same sort of circumstance.

guys,

take it to the cellphone and do your txt-ing from their

haha no way i didnt know it was you.. how come earlier you were saying do work like rv does? and why does it say hey mh its jc? whatever idc. why all the outcry when they dont even know what bonita was doing to us?

its ZE. DOME BOY. whatever you call me. UH GO UNC!!!!

yup i was there... whose this?

hey uh JC were you even at the game?? do you even know what happened?

yeah umm were not fighting I played basketball with robbie

ohh there talking about centennial when they went after chaz

Here is an appropriate article that happened to be in USA Today yesterday also. BHS/SD are not alone. It's a nationwide epidemic-fans are just screwed up.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/columnist/raasch/2007-09-20-raasch_N.htm

your head line should be :

A 40 SOMETHING YEAR OLD MAN CHOKING A KID!!


sorry the other dad got involved to save his kid.

you all are flat out idiots.
im embarrassed that you cant even get the RIGHT story before posting a blog like this.

Only white parents would do this.

Only white parents would do this.

I cant find my schedule. Who will San Dimas be throwing bottles of urine at next week? No police report? No complaints from parents? No outrage? Maybe this normal behavior for San Dimas and Bonita. Just another day, I guess

Not that I'm aware of. We had reporters working on it yesterday, but they weren't getting much cooperation from the schools. If there is no police complaint filed, there isn't much we can do unless eyewitnesses come forward, or the school district decides to publicly take action.

Fred:
Any more news about this fight?

Hey Rob Hommie and JC why don't you both check into a motel room or something, who cares what you think of each other.

Its cute to read about San Dimas and Bonitas Rivalry. A couple of Div 6 schools going at it. Undiscipline snotty little brats. Truly the shame of the San Gabriel Valley. How proud you must be. A bunch of finger pointing babys.

BIG ROB HOMMIE

i remembe reading it in the trib. bout the fight. one of last games of the year or so. all im saying is the "white" people be getting crazy at these games. i was at a fall league basketball game last year around this time. and ayala parents where bout to fight with the other team. and this summer bonita JV in basketball was 8-0 and west covina basketball was 8-0, and they pl;ayed each other, with bonita losing. the parents went nuts. it was crazy

Isn't the man pictured in your photo gallery throwing the punch a Covina Valley Unified school teacher?

Bonita is overrated...did they win league last year with all those great club players and coaching staff?? Anyone remember who won their lea