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HAHAHAHA.
all u charter oak haters dont say nothing now that they beat glendora. everyone the predicted glendora to blow out charter oak should not go on this blog any more

dirty mike

I Do wish Charter Oak the best of luck

They can move to Kiefer stadium anyday as long as they bring the Raiderettes with them and get rid of those fat Chubby cheerleaders.

I hear Al Davis is moving the Raiders to play at Kiefer Stadium. Losers stick with losers..Amat 0-3 Raiders 0-2....That useless Booster red head FEMALE PRESIDENT should change the Amat uniforms to Silver and Black.

JUST WIN BABY

JC

Good answer. Desi & Ray were bro/sis. They lived behind District Field and used to spend time at Pacinos restaraunt. Their mom died many years ago and Sal only recently.

Not the Lancer But, I believe i saw Msgr. C wearing one !!!!

What will they think of next....an eye patch on our beloved Lancer?

Fellow Alumni,
I for one would like to have a bonfire at Homecoming and we could throw all the shirts and banners to keep the fire burning. I guess this is just part of the new breed of boosters and parents who caused the problems at a baseball game earlier . They just do not know what it means to be a LANCER and to take pride in the fact. It brings great pain to my heart to see this kind of bulls_ _ _ going on at our school . What used to separate us from the rest is slowly dissapearing.

I AM THE ORIGINAL BLEEDS BLUE AND GOLD...

Amat 80s, Joe, and What,

If you think the T-shirts are bad, there are now banners hanging on the front of the school and the gym that say 50th Anniversary "COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Who the hell allowed THAT gem to be placed on the school? I'm telling you, someone is calling shots and it is not being reviewed by a anyone with common sense.

OH OLD SCHOOL DAYS -- SAL PACINO DID INDEED OWN A RESTAURANT IN COVINA AND WAS MARRIED TO A COVINA WOMAN, I WAS FRIENDS WITH HER DAUGHTER, DESI...HAVEN'T SEEN OR HEARD FROM THEM IN YEARZZZZZ... I THINK MR. PACINO AND mRS. LOKAR HAVE SINCE PASSED... IS THIS ALL COVINA HAS?? HELLO - MOTLEY CRUE BOYS AT ROYAL OAK, WHEN IT WAS A HIGH SCHOOL!!! REPRESENT

Joe Amat,

Coach Lokar???

Joe Colt

Ted:Your stepmom is cute.
Bill: Shut up, Ted.
Ted: Remember when she was a senior and we were freshmen?
Bill: Shut up, Ted!

Ted: Dude, I can't believe Missy divorced your Dad, and married mine.
Bill: Shut up, Ted.

HOW MANY OF THE 50+ PLAYERS ARE ACTUALY HACIENDA HEIGHTS RESIDENTS??/. AND THE THE LAST COUNT 14 ASST.COACHES.. SO FANS WHEN YOU CHEER FOR YOUR TEAM, ARE YOU REALLY CHEERING FOR YOUR HOME TOWN, COME ON DOWN TO NORCO HIGH ALL HOME GROWN STOCK BIG AND STRONG. DONT NEED OUTSIDERS, OR RECUITS AS YOU ALL PUT IT.. I SAY TRAITORS...........

"Everything is different, but the same... things are more moderner than before... bigger, and yet smaller... it's computers...

San Dimas High School football rules!"

--Ox Robbins

WYLD STALYN, That was most excellent. Can you do another one?

Ysidro "Sid" Garcia - Eyewitness/ABC news reporter - Bassett HS

Hey Sid, you need to lose some weight dude!

Phil Spector is guilty and OJ is innocent!

Amat 80's,

I felt the same way when I saw those shirts. Then I see that Tierra is performing at the Extravaganza and knew that things have certainly changed at Amat. It is getting a little ghetto-fabulous if you asked me. Must be the East LA influx. What ever happened to the parents that used to wear preppy polo shirts? now you see Parents wear T shirts and hats that read "Mack's hauling services" or "My kid can beat up your kid". Maybe they should raise tuition to keep a better class of people.

WHATT??!!

'80,

I feel your pain!

JAA Bruin Observer,

I see that a few loud parents have offended you? Maybe you can elaborate, but football is a very passionate and emotional sport and parents who are the kids biggest supporter can be loud which is understandable. Abusive language or unacceptable/obnoxious behavior should not be tolerated but loud parents? Give me a break, maybe you should watch golf!

Just picking up "Orig's" comment...

Was at the Amat game a few weeks ago and I hadn't noticed, but had a buddy point out the "Amat Nation" shirts.

Man, I couldn't believe it!! So true what you said Orig...

Amat has turned into St Paul and don't see it changing anytime soon.

Teams win and lose and no defending that here... We're in a downward period right now, it'll get better. But "Amat Nation"???? WTF??

Raider fan here, but never, never in my wildess dreams would I have put Amat in that class.

These are the same parent's that when my older kids were playing Baseball at Walmerado, loved it when anyone would leave the park to play "travel-ball". That way their "Blue" or "White" team kid would now (and the parents too!!) could be on the Almighty "RED" team!!! and get that "RED" hat/jacket/tshirt!!

LMAO!!

How the hell did Manzo (the AD) approve that shirt??? He and the LADY Booster pres must be PRETTY CLOSE!!!

SAD, SAD

Bill: It is indeed a pleasure to introduce to you a gentleman we picked up in medieval Mongolia in the year 1269.
Ted: Please welcome, the very excellent barbarian...
Ted, Bill: ...MR. GENGHIS KHAN!
Ted: This is a dude who, 700 years ago, totally ravaged China, and who, we were told, 2 hours ago, totally ravaged Oshman's Sporting Goods.

Randy Rhoads went to AMAT!!!!!!!!! Okay Amat all is forgiven.........I'm riding out of this blog on the CCRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAZZZZZZYYYYYYYY TTTTRRRRRRRRAIIIIINNNNNNNNNN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"Be excellant to each other"

--Ted Logan

Isnt the band WYLD STALYNS from San Dimas? They are awesome, Dudes

TO- West Co Midget Parent...
As I sat at that game Sunday,just as a family support to my niece... after listening to a few loud mouth parents, I thought to myself, I hope their son doesn't come to my kids High School. I was embarrassed for your team. The boys looked great & so did the cheerleaders....
The parents-get a grip!

Anthony Robbins. The self help guru went to Glendora. Class of 78'

Joe Colt,

Good call.

It was Pacino's stepsister (nitpicking - but a small difference) that went to CHS and played softball and her older bro (Al's stepbrother) went to Amat and came back to be a pretty successful head coach there as well.

Trivia time!?!

Farrah Fawcett lived in Covina Hills and The late Randy Rhodes of Black Sabbath went to Amat.

Can't believe the number of posts here..Hello all, just back from a long and extended weekend in Vegas...Little backed up here, but I'll have some new threads up soon...

I was not SURE on the Spelling but Audie was in my brothers class @ RHS 75' . THE SGV has had many a star especially in the ROCK N ROLL world . FYI Mike "Anthony" Soboleski FORMER Van Halen BASS PLAYER Arcadia HS . THE BEST FORMER APACHE though is Bruce Matthews NFL HOF class of 2007. THIS LIST COULD GO ON & ON & ON & ON . But lets talk HS FOOTBALL NOW .

TM

Audie Desbrow, former Great White drummer from Rosemead.

and btw Al Pacinos father owned a restaraunt in downtown Covina and his half sister went to CHS.

The guy from Barretta also lived in Covina Hills back in the day.

Joe Colt

1999-2002
Three League Titles and a .780 winning percentage. I know I played on three of the teams. We were competitive and had pride but the administration screwed it all up.

Joan Jett... The former Joan Larkin... CHS in the late 70's.

and like someone said, the former drummer from Great White is from Rosemead, I actually interviewed him for a job after he left the band.

His first name isnt Otto though.

Joe Colt

Anonymous - whichever one you are - you make me laugh.

Haden and that law degree he's the leader of Riordan, Lewis & Haden, a firm founded by Richard Riordan. Remember him? The former Los Angeles mayor. Not your run-of-the-mill law firm. THey invest in high-tech startups and probably make a ton.

The TV thing (and it's NBC not CBS) is a pretty cool weekend hobby - don't you think?

I think Pat's doing just fine. And you?

Week One: 9-16-07

SGVJAA Midgets:

WestCo Bruins - 50
Claremont - 0

Next week: Covina Vikings

dan
yes i am, no hard feelings, those were my true thoughts, and i do root for locals over others,i would have kept quiet about gano but really got tired of people trashing him and dont know him,i think u said your a bulldog, good luck to you to, im sure we will both need it, we have 3 thursday games this year so ill be at fridays game somewhere and usually saturday all so, and yes i know dr has a lot of talent, gl against lock

rqd2626,
I probably don't know that much about football cause all the late hits & penaltys that you & the other poster caught didn't stick out in my memory, but I agree with you, if their playing
that type of game they better clean it up, cause it will come back & bite them, good luck to you & your team this year, I take you a Los Altos fan.

Michael Anthony, former Van Halen bass player, lives in Glendora and roots for the Tartans!!

Roosevelt74 was unanimously voted jerk off of the year by all the bloggers hands down.

biggie smalls that song was by ice cube

Roosevelt 74 was named jerk off of the year 2007 on Freddies blog.

How bout Tupac Sukur from So. Central L.A. "TODAY WAS GOOD DAY"....

I met Dutchboy Eddie Van Halen when he was dating my hot looking cousin who attended Monrovia H.S. in the 70's. Still can't believe his rise to stardom.

Pat Haden.....my all time favorite indeed. A Rhodes Scholar at Oxford, did he ever do anything with his Law Degree? Still commentating for CBS?

Tell me we are not bragging about motley crue. How about our sports heros? Hello Amat. Thats your cue..

Tommy Lee (Tommy Bass at that time) went to Royal Oak afetr transferring from South Hills, but did not graduate. Vince Neal, to my knowledge, was not a Roman.

Van Halen actually played a concert at Keifer Stadium on Amat grounds in the late '70s after playing some parties in North Whittier and making the connection with some lancer folks

And how about "Fergie". Didn't she go to Wilson HS. I think her dad taught at Rowland for many years.

TM, Rockin, Others:

Vince Neil and Tommie Lee both went to Royal Oak HS. Kenny Loggins grew up in Alhambra about the same time as the Van Halen boys were growing up in Paz. For the older crowd, Stevie Nicks attended Arcadia HS.

The Black Eyed Peas are from nearby, Walnut, HH, and El Monte I think.

Vicki Carr is from Rosemead but Snoot doggy is from Long Beach, went to Poly, and Tom Petty is from somewhere in Florida.

That's all I can think of for now. Wish the short term memory would come back.

CHINESE POT FARMS ??? Where @ , I need a RX refill ....LOL.

what about...

Los Tucanes De Tijuana Banda - Jose Maria Sanchez Rodriguez is from the El Monte area.

It's getting political in here, hey why not, I'm a political science major. Why not mix politics with sports?

I agree with butthead74 that there are good and talented kids from the LP and BP areas that choose not to play for their respective hometown high school for obvious reasons. Gone are the days of showing your true loyalty towards your school and playing with kids you grew up with. Gone are the days where you proudly wear your letterman's jacket to show where you live and go to school. It's like that in the business world, you move on where someone else will pay you more, guess it all comes down to greed...maybe globalization has reached an all time low. Because there is no such thing as LOYALTY in the business world nor in sports.

Heck, if all the real athletes played where they are suppose to play, you'd see more parity in the local public schools section but then again Los Altos would just be another mediocre team.

Chinese Pot Farms in the homes of the SGV...nice! "hey must be the money"

TO YOU NORTHVIEW FEW, I WAN TO ASK YOU WHY ARE YOU HERE?
WHY ARE YOU SHOWING UP AT COVINA DURING PRACTICE?
WHY ARE YOU SHOWING UP AT THE GAMES STARTING FIGHTS AND TALKING TRASH? (5 VS 100'S) WHAT POINT ARE YOU TRYING TO MAKE? YOU MUST BE LETTING EVERY BODY KNOW THAT YOU CAN GET OFF AFTER DRINKING AT YOUR TEAM PARTY? OH, YOU WON A FEW GAMES AND YOU ARE BIG DOGS NOW!
HOW COME YOU'RE NOT MAKING THE TRIP TO SAN DIMAS PRACTICE OR GAMES, WALING AROUND TALKING TRASH? BETTER YET WHY NOT YOPU GO OVER TO BALDWIN PARK. COME ON IT JUST 5 OF YALL, YOU CAN TAKE ON THE WORLD.
DON'T YOU THINK SHOWING UP ON COVINA CAMPUS WOULD PISS OFF THE TEAM. WHAT ARE YOU SO WORRIED ABOUT? ALL THESE LITTLE THINGS WILL ADD UP AND MAKE IT WORST FOR THE REST OF THE TEAM. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW TO RUIN IT FOR ALL.
WHY ARE YOU HERE??? YOU HAVEN'T PROVEN ANYTHING YET.

USA USA USA . LOVE it or LEAVE IT ...

Life is what we make of it ...

Carpe Diem ...

SGV is MY Paradise .

I will fight for my HOME !!!

Snoop Dogg - Diamond Bar

It wont be long before the Chinese own their own sports franchise...money talks and bullsh-- walks..The Chinese are strutting their stuff right now. The Americans, well we put Bush in the White House and we are fighting a winless war...I guess we are BS.

DID ANYONE EVER HIT IT BIG ?!?!?!

Motley Crue ...Tommy Lee is SGV

Great White ... Ottie Desbro Drummer RHS

COUNTLESS Rock N Roll ACTS ...

VIKKI CARR RHS
I KNOW OLD ACTS , but RECORD SELLERS !!!

Tom Petty from Reseda in the San Fernando Valley.

Not the mention we are borrowing billions from China to finance the war in Iraq. Our dollar is going down the Sh#t hole against the Euro and the Yen. Looks like some day the China Man will own the NFL and the NBA and our kids will have to work forever to pay off the current National Debt. Thank you Bush!

Mr Anonymous or Mr nobody they mean the same no affiliation no team or community, not even a set of nuts.

You seem to knock all that I say listen clown boy I did not say Gano would come over all i was stating is that if a coach of his caliber were to come over they would keep thier local talent and attract the other key athletes.

As allways you are such a boy that you cant stay on subject, the main point is that in a city of that size there are at least 4 kids who are 6'2" or bigger and over 260lbs no doubt and there are more than a few good specialist and with a well respected coach a couple of other kids would come on in, its the same all over the so cal area.

Now squirrel brain if we go way back about 7 or 8 years ago the L.P.youth program had a championship caliber team, that is to say they were beating all the other S.G.V. teams as 10 yr olds, as of this date none of those kids ever went to L.P. high they actually choose thier way into Amat, Los Altos and some even went to setvite high, that is a fact peanut head the kids are there, but they wont play for a no name coach right now.

And as the other blogger was saying give this guy a chance im not knocking him I hope for his sake and the kids, that he does a good job, this is a great thing for the area if the school does good. But many will tell you the same thing if the kid is a decent baller and only has on average two seasons to play, why take the risk on this guy being just another patsy or friend of someone, remember knuckles the kid playing ball only has 20 games to play and the preperation of two years built into that, whos taking the risk here.

One last point here is if this guy is a loser and wins one game or maybe two and he gets fired or gets a better job someplace else he can move on easily, how does the kid get back his 20 games to do over, try that one mr Nobody.

But listen there are good talented kids in La Puente but believe me if you have many of your top kids playing thier pop warner ball in Hacienda heights "and you do" then you will never keep thiose kids in your high school, there are even home grown talent going to wilson and as I said earlier Amat and Servite have gotten thier share.

I AM THE ORIGINAL BLEEDS BLUE AND GOLD....

The demographics of the valley speak for themselves, this just isn't the same place we grew up in. What used to be athletic power houses are undergoing change, yes even us. Now everything has gone to the O.C. or I.E.

Tierra at the extravaganza? They aren't too bad but what do you expect from the same people who put "AMAT NATION" on the new T-shirts? You know what kind of crowd rules the roost now.

I heard that Van Halen played at Amat back when they had student concerts in the early 70s before they hit it big. Now I could see Sammy Hagar going back to Fontana High and play there. Hell, did anyone from the valley ever hit it big?

Thanks saladays...who QB'd during his playing days? Maybe it is my mind finally slipping into darkness! LOL!

The sports of today in the USA are going to piss. We have all the latins in baseball and now the Chinese, Korean and Japanese players have come in, sorry to say our african american kids do not have as much intrest in playing pro baseball anymore. Moving on to Basketball yes we do have our African American players but now the influx of european players are now taking to the NBA and it is a open league much like baseball. Hockey WTF happen there can you even prnounce their names? I cant even identify with american Hockey players. Football is the only one sport we are clinging on to and with all those other sports taking in all the non american players intrest is it just a matter of time before we see Football get the europeans to come over here now that there is NFL europe. Soccer is international and the U.S.A. has made big in roads here but we are still behind as far as the mens teams. What it come down to is our American people have lost their hunger towards are sports programs and are letting the other countries send their players here to take over. Just like China trying to take the lead as the next superpower over the U.S...It is just a matter of time before they ask us how much do we want to sell the U.S for? and we hand them a price...we need to get a hold of our country we are being slowly but surely swallowed by the Chinese govmt. You think the lead in the toys was a mistake..heck the best way to kill us is to kill our generations....China wants this country and will stop at nothing to obtain it......

Conq 76'

Roger Boden played for LA in the 80's went to stanford.

Yes I am old school ...K M E T
WHOOO YAH !!!
Can not wait till Van Halen comes back to town ...

TM

The only way things will change is to have these folks assimilate and embrace the American Culture. I went to one of their local grocery stores to grab some beer and it amazes me that almost no one speaks English....from the cashier to the stocker. Why is it so hard to learn English, hey our grandparents and some of our parents learned because it was the right thing to do. This is a big problem to me, because in a way it disrespects the American Culture and our tradition. So what does this all have to with football? Simple, this also translates that they don't want to learn and accept American sports.

Make no mistake, Gano was the choice of Despain who was seeking a coach who could continue the tradition of success at LAHS and not someone who would simply say what he wanted to hear to get the job.

Gano truly is a beleiver in the systems Despain established at LA for over 30 years, he "drank the kool-aid". How do we know this? Gano runs, for all intents and purposes, the same offensive scheme Despain used during his long tenure. I can say with confidence that it is my belief, that no LA QB has ever taken a snap that was not directly under center.

Gano was not just a "yes man" but understood the theories Despain employed and I would think that now, after 10 years and a number of championships of his own, he could make any changes he desired. And yet, last Friday, there were the tigh-ends moving from one side of the line to the other prior to the set call. There ws the familiar man in motion being prompted by the same leg movement used by both Hertels, Sproul, Smith, Hill, Aguilar, Castaneda et al.

There were the same mis-direction hand-offs to backs cutting back against the apparent blocking schemes.

3 years ago I saw LA get crushed in the opening round of the playoffs by Aliso Nigel who blew LA away with a spread offense. I remember thinking that Gano should consider it.

LA truly sticks to the philosophy of making the player fit the system rather than building the system around the avaialable talent.

My bad, K M E T....it's been a long time. You must be an old timer too huh?

K M E X ? Did you mean K M E T

Great ANSWER , I know you are NOT a RACIST , just a FACT .I hope things change . Yes there may be a FEW exceptions , but as a WHOLE that area is EXACTLY how you stated it .Too bad , ALOT of BIG BOYS who could be BAD ASSES on the field , not just in the GANGS .

Keep our borders safe,

That makes sense. Can you have the same argument for Amat? I heard Tierra is performing at their Gala Festival. I guess they like oldies but goodies, what ever happened to the KLOS/KMEX crowd at Amat?

The problem with keeping decent coaches (Smolin, Ward, LeGro) at these schools are because they suffer firstly, from poor community reputation and secondly, have poor administrative and community support and thirdly, lack of player quality. These administrations at Bassett and La Puente, Sierra Vista just don't give a damn about football and what good it can bring to the community. They rather have taco stands at their swap meets and have bandas playing "camaron" in the background. Not being a racist here, but the bottom line is demographics play a major and integral role, you have first generations of Salvadorians and Guatamaltecos etc. pouring into these communities that grew up with soccer...football? noooo futbol! So if they ever decided to assimilate and learn to play American football, would be tantamount to teaching an American to speak Chinese. The results are poor football programs played by inexperienced kids that cannot compete with a program with kids that played since their JAA days.

Whatt happened to Koffler @ La Puente . Why did he leave & or did he get asked to leave ?

Go Vikes! at September 18, 2007 08:19 AM

Hey jerk off. Do you understand pre-season schedule when written?

Weak,,, Weak pre-season except Bonita.

We'll see you in league.

Vikes way OVERRATED.

Yeah, Hernandez at LP has his boys playing hard. That program has made tremendous strides.

To-go colts.....
Are you kidding me? Typical Colts talking....
You can hardly wait till we play Bonita what about when we play COVINA?? You've already discarted your Colts... whatta fan.

Sorry but what "MARQUEE " coach would EVER consider La Puente . Maybe a Norberto Garrido ...does he Coach ? ...would he Coach ? Someone from the NEIGHBORHOOD/ AREA THAT HAS LEFT & DONE SOMETHING .What about a Anthony Munoz ...a HOF player go get em ' rosie 74 , you seem to know all ...maybe you can recruit & coach . Maybe you can call Tom Flores , he could get some players ...

NO WAY WOULD Gano GO TO La Puente. It would be nice for the LP fans but give Hernandez a CHANCE , what has it been 12 games , the cupboards are BARE over @ LP . KIDS PLAY NOT THE COACHES , you can not teach HEART . Believe me , I know Hernandez & he CARES , not only about a paycheck , he is a FOOTBALL GUY ALL AROUND & would love nothing more than to make La Puente a WINNER .When was La Puente EVER a competitive FOOTBALL program . Marshawn Thompson ...wait was that Bassett ? Be patient , give La Puente a chance with Hernandez ...ONE GAME @ A TIME .

rooseveltalum74,

You made some very valid points about demanding high expectations within the community. Call me a pessimist, but I don't believe that a "markee" coach will make a difference as immediate as next year. It would be great, but it's a difficult task to take on.

Again, I agree that having a "name" may attract kids to the school, but one or two players do not make a team. It takes time to build a quality program and coaches/administration seem to come and go before anything consistent can be established. Unfortunately, the community and the surrounding establishments have created such a negative reputation that it would be very difficult for any parent or student to feel comfortable in the area. I don't feel like it's a bad place. Its reputation is a lot worse than what people give us credit for.

Anonymous at September 17, 2007 01:13 PM

Your school enrollment comparisons are meaningless. The real studs are drawn to programs with a rich history. Charter Oak has the football history over Glendora and, subsequently, gets the cream of the crop.

To Glendora's credit, this year they have built probally one of the best programs in the Valley, dispite the lack of history and transfer oppurtunity. This team is made of local Glendora superstuds, not big time transfers. Charter Oak has the resources, history and oppurtunities Glendora does not.

Having said that, Glendora, by far, has the much stronger team over Charter Oak and a tougher league to boot.

Glendora will be this years bench mark where all other programs are compared and rated.

Just read the blog about L.P. high and do feel kind of sad for you guys, looking at all the other schools and thier pride and all the winning history they can all brag about.

The problem here and the remedy are both very simple its obvious the kids are there, thats not even a Question the real problem is the markee coach, plain and simple.

The two or three extra stars needed to win at a decent level would come if you had a markee coach no doubt, you see if the coach is this snail looking guy who exudes no confidence or no charisma then no one will play for him, but if he has a name or a history with winning or winning programs then the good kids will stay in the area.

La Puente highs first problem is no one stays in the school they opt for Los Altos or some other local school. Its simply the gate test open the gates and where do they go and in the warriors case they leave, thats it plain and simple. The Browns live in La Puente and there are several others out there that wont have anything to do with a looser.

Example where did Mc Bride go , thats right not to La Puente, or what about all the others over the years on Los Altos roster from choice you see its very simple, dont blame the community or the kids, the issue is someplace in the admin or the coaching and probably both.

Try this one Gano leaves Los Al and goes over to La Puente C.I.F. title next year no doubt.

Hey there are guys in the S.G.V. who can get and keep kids in your school and win at an unbelievable rate and the community will rally around, everyone loves a winner, but what will the admin do.

Dont feel bad we can always use the new field for soccer.

Now here is the real kicker will anyone in that community go and demand a winning program.

yesss at September 17, 2007 08:16 PM

Lets get real... Northview first 4 out of 5 games are against weak teams. Bonita will be there first test...

They are overrated at this point, especially given there pre-season

conq 76,
a little more about gano, i continue to read all the negative stuff on here about him, and really, people dont know him, first of all hes a good dad to his freshman daughter, a couple short stories to share, i have a good friend who's nephew plays freshman football at another local school which i wont name, hes a big guy, keps tearing his 2x pants, coaches say they cant get him bigger, so i placed a call to greg, was up at practice today, he took about `15 minutes of his time away from his practice to to take me in the equipment room to find a pair of 3x, very kind of him,especially with this weeks game against damien, and we know how important mondays are going over opponents team, next story, i used to coach at royal oak, one of my old players graduated from charter oak, and was another of those chargers that hate any and everything to do with los altos, he came to me on the field after the c0, la game 2 years ago, said you know what, coach gano is really a good guy he got to know him a bit, im sure other coaches have same situations but wanted to tell about greg, a pretty good guy.

yes i do agree with bonita/ northviews comment.

not great but legit offense

Chavez and Robles both are amazing but the difference is the league. camon valle vista and the mirmonte league, wich ones better?

buy i think northview will go undefeated.(sorry saint fans) and will make go very deep in the playoffs probbably championship game. But if they run into oak park or oaks christian their season is done. As long as they can stay away from those 2 then they will do great.

Coach Gano played QB at APU and my brother-in-law was his center...he is a gracious guy, gave my dad an LA hat awhile back, he is 83 now and still goes to several games a year and climbs those stadium steps in stride. Coach always asks about him when we see him.

conq 76,
i to saw mcbride last friday night, i agree with you , im thinking of jeff obert from charte oak, in 1985 i believe and mike vicino royal oak in 1972, i put him up there with those too, with maybe more speed.i know gano very well, in fact was there for a few today,hes well aware of bring tamayo around slowly, i to thought they were very good and smooth friday, still aways to go but getting there, i saw dr saturday, will be a good game with them,and of coarse against co anything can happen, like ive said in the past, a lose in there league to anyone is not a bad thing, every team is good and have good coaching staffs. i was impressed with the number of polayers doing well friday not just a hand full

dan,
i to am not here to argue with you, obviously you know football very good, first of all if i make a mistake i admitt it. you are correct on cajons 2-0 start,but as you have read another obserever saw what i did about dr being a good team but needs to clean up the act, be lieve im allways for local teams over outsiders.

Trojan Man,
DR, didn't lose this week but they beat a very good team in a close game, they have the two best quality wins in the SGV under their belt and their only loss was a close one to Edison which every other team in the SGV would have loss to. [sorry Glendora fans just being honest], Either way I would love to see a game between Glendora vs D.Ranch, or vs Amat ,or even Los Altos.

Northview is sounding a lot like Bonita from last year...

QB/Offense with good hype, not expected to be that good but offense 'legit':

Chavez/ Robles

I think they sound awfully alike..Northview should fare better though, maybe.

Northview is sounding a lot like Bonita...

QB/Offense with good hype, not expected to be that good but offense 'legit':

Chavez/ Robles

I think they sound awfully alike..Northview should fare better though, maybe.

Amat Guy,

You tell me to go get some players I tell you to go get a real coach , we got the players. I dont think you pay attention or are not even there to watch the way a current Amat practice is being run. Can you say Amature. Nothing going on there but clowning and going thru the motions...if you cannot see it you must be a blind MF. They better wake the F up there are 7 mores games but from the looks of things we are totally screwed. If we cannot hang with O-luth and Hart well I hate to break it to you but Sherman Oaks Notre Dame and Crespi are not that much of a drop off from those two teams if not better than those two teams dosen't this spell doom for a staff and team that do not seem to be taking this season serious.....you go ask any Seniors dad right now how they feel seeing there senior kid get his ass kicked all over the place....they are fed up with this yound minded immature coach we were dealt....

dr is going to schock everyone this year and go really deep in the playoffs if not reach the final. they got the talent and have played hard teams unlike all the other schools in the sgv

What the F&*K????

Last time I checked, those pop warner boys at Amat got their A** Kicked - count ;em - ONE, TWICE THRICE!! (is that a word), but yes, THRICE!!! i.e. for most of you in the San Gabriel Valley, that means three, 3, tres, troi.. Yes, they are THREE-n-Oh... Oh my F*ing god! Who is ranking this Shee-At! My Charter Oak boys should at least be #52... Out, WhatDf&*%$

BISHOP AMAT #118
CHARTER OAK #143 (SORRY GUYS)

This shows how stupid the rankings are!!!

Anonymous at September 17, 2007 01:13 PM

WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY CATCH UP?

I DIDN"T KNOW THAT GLENDORA WAS EVER BEHIND CO.

SIERRA IS A TOUGHER LEAGUE THOUGH.

Glendora 2721 Students
Charter Oak 2136 Students

By my calculations that is approximately 150 more Jr and Sr boys for Glendora to pick from.

It's about time Glendora competes with CO! Took you long enough to catch up.

Amat Guy :
Your take was ...SORRY !!! Telling Big Blue to
"Get some guys on the team" . STOP making EXCUSES & P L A Y !!! Focus on your game this week , they are NO SORRY TEAM . If the team did indeed sign this , they are DONE for this season . Bishop Amat of OLD would not wait for help they would help themselves . It really is a sad situation . I was & always will be a Bishop Amat Fan , WIN OR LOSE . KEEP PRAYING FOR HELP ....YOU ARE GONNA NEED IT !!! To all the Bishop Amat family , I am here for you in your time of need call on me ...I'll BE HERE ...AS ALWAYS .

JOHN 3: 16

Your pain was felt all the way over here.

Big Blue complained like the whiner she is. Practice went on with a serious attitude. You keep on printing things that are false in hope of bringing the program and us down. You should instead be focusing on getting some players into the school. Geez, I'm glad you have our backs.

Signed the team

Big Blue,

Great post from your heart. Your pain was felt all the way over here. The season is still young, hopefully Amat coaches and players can get down to busness before league. Your right though, the first step will be mental strength. They need determination from the top down or there might be some terminations coming up!

FANatic has left the Blog! The wife has allowed me a little more freedom to post on the blog. So, you might be hearing more from me!! Oh No!!

At the extreme risk of being accused of excessive hyperbole, I likened McBrides performance Friday night to Reggie Bush. He seemingly stopped on a dime, made impossible cuts, immediately resumed full speed and when needed, strong armed his way through defenders.

I must say I am at a loss, was Boden an LA alum or did he play for South Hills?

In 2003, LA had a back named Brown who is who Gano compared him to. Are you perhaps thinking of Binky Benton?

Conq 76'

do you think Mcbride is better than Boden was?

RIP ,

Kick us when we arwe down and thats ok, it is your ghetto coming out of you for good reason. Amat has not exactly done its part in trying to put fourth a good season and quite frankly as a backer of Amat I will and still have hope for them to be at least competitive and return some respect to the team. In all honesty I feel we are lying down to teams and are not showing up and this goes for the players and the coaches. Game one was ours and we let Los Osos back in, we did play with allot of intensiity and heart that game. Orange Lutheran we were scared shitless, players and coaches then on to Hart where more of the same occured put the tail between our leggs and lay down. both players and coaches. It is in our heads right now that we cannot win and the coaching staff last weds. before the Hart game proved what I am saying by having a lax practice and were screwing around themselfs, knowing they were 0-2 and with Hart coming up next you would think they would put in their work and prepare...from the looks of things they were laying back at Weds. practice with no intensity and the game was decided right there that they were not going to come to play...result 43-11 I knew it going in we were going to get our asses kicked...now here comeS Rancho Cucamonga then a Bye before Carson. We will get beat by RC if we dont come to play and the coaches have given the kids the right to throw the season since it seems like Verti and all his clowning around is a great example why this team is embarrassing us right now....Verti will be fired after this year the way things are going...I know deep down we dont have the talent as in the past but we can at least play with some courage and heart and have a more diciplined coaching staff...I see allot of joking and laughing and non preparation going into games...Who is the genius behind our offense..very predictable and you have the mind of a flag football or pop warner coach...Look at Hart and their formations they are very classy and awesome Look at Amat and you see the same O...nothing special at all to our offense...who the F designed that crappy playbook... Playing 1 on 1 coverage with our D backs ...heck a good spread O will kick our ass all the time........long season ahead unless we get serious both coaches and players. 0-3 that is pathetic 1-2 ok with RC coming up would have been about right but 0-3 facing 0-4....give me a break that is not Amat.

I have seen Both game highlights & YES Ahmud- Mcbride looks okay .What was I thinking , I guess I will just replace him since we are BISHOP AMAT , we have PLENTY on the bench ...

Or do we ?

0-3 on our way to 0-4.
Maybe Mc Cutcheon can suit up

CONGRATS TO THE ROSEMEAD PANTHERS .

It's nice to go to beat up the Nortenos ...

TM

I am a fan and an alum of Los Altos and I do want them to succeed, but I cannot help thinking about last year when they crushed Rosemead, defeated Long Beach Wilson, beat Damien and South Hills, were looking good and then lost four in a row to St. Francis, Western, Charter Oak and Diamond Ranch and needed to win a coin-flip to even get into the play-offs.

In those play-offs they returned to their early season ways, blasting Rowland and (it was either Kennedy or Foothill, I get those teams mixed up) before giving El Dorado their toughest game of the year except for their opening season loss to Esperanza.

Last years team had what was considered a stronger QB, but I was not impressed with Castaneda all that much. I believe his lack of arm-strength and height and inability to both read El Dorado and throw over the charge, kept Los Altos from scoring at least a second TD and possibly a third, which would have propelled them into the championship game.

My hope is that Gano can keep these kids focused because I agree they looked very good in terms of execution and tenacity. The O line was quick and got to their assignment ahead of McBride giving him the only thing he seems to need, a very slight hole.

I have seen just about every LA team since 1972 and when I got home Friday evening, I told my son I think he, McBride is the best back they have ever had and he is one of the best I had ever seen period.

SGV PRIDE ...DR is good , but you still LOST . A LOSS IS A LOSS 1pt. or 100pts. Wait until playoffs come & championships banners are hung . Glendora as of TODAY has a better shot @ a CIF Championship . At least that is the way I see it . I DO NOT EVEN CONSIDER DR a SGV TEAM ,but just the same ... Best of luck to you & the boys @ DR .

TM

I CAN NOT WAIT TILL FRIDAY !!! I hope CO will @ least make this a close & competitive game . Anybody planning on tailgating , or a pre game warm up somewhere ..???

TM

JFR,

Appreciate your support! As far as your observation of "hearing glendora fans non-stop on this blog", Well, there are plenty of true blue fans and lots of new fans from SGV rooting on this team. I know this is way to early, but many people are hoping this team has what it takes to bring some glory to SGV in the CIF finals. Whether that happens or not, I say lets worry about each week as it comes. I'm very glad to see new fans broaden their perspective by including the Tartans in their "support prayers".
Usually, this doesn't happen till playoff time, but, I'm glad to see it comming early!

Can't wait for the CO/Glendora game!

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