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BIG RED:

"Can you tell us any news about the southeast division changing with the Almont, Del Rio, Miramonte, Pacific, San Antonio, in it. Have the coaches in your area said anything"

I don't know what Fred can tell you, but I hear that one has been finalized.

I like the "kids who play multiple sports" potential topic, but it is obvious some of the posts here (i.e., #1 fan) are tooting there own kid's horn (hey-appropo to Walnut being the band school that it is???) - I read this blog now for just entertainment - it used to be informative and insightful -

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Oaktown:

Amat had 7 champs & that was with 4 of their top wrestlers no longer competing ! it's going to be tough to repeat as Dual Champs w/o them ! Good Luck !

Have you ever seen Rhodes play basketball he sucks. He is the reason the Walnut lost to SH. For football is there wasn't a rule that so many player for a team have to be 1ST team all league no one from Walnut football would be on 1st or 2nd team. As for Garcia I hear that he has brought up his grade and his Dad is going to let him play this year. 2nd best Waterpolo play in League after Cheng. I don't think he play soccer since 7th grade. He made V first time out give me a break. Yes I played with a pickup game of football and Cooper was there. He kick his butt.

Posted by: #1 Fan at February 4, 2008 8:31 PM
To:#1 fan
Leonard Rhodes 20 points yesterday for Walnut in a loss. Does not look like he sucks to me. Tell me where Stransky and Garcia put up numbers like this #1 fan? He is the starting runningback for football and he is scoring 20 points in a basketball game and you claim he sucks. You #1 fan are talking out of your - - - .

SAN ANTONIO LEAGUE FINALS (WRESTLING)
103 SH...WAL
112 SH...WAL
119 SH...WC
125 WC...SH
130 SH...WC
135 SH...WC
140 SH...WC
145 SH...WAL
152 SH...WC
160 SH...WC
171 SH...WC
189 SH...WC
215 SH...WAL
HWT SH...WC
ANY QUESTIONS?

Oaktown,

Come on now.. Your coach was wrong and CIF agreed..I wished we would have dualed too. How different do you think the result would have been?? Amat are the Defending CIF champs, if they are "average" then what does that say about your team? You have to give the credit where its due. We had 7 champs and you had 2. Silva pinned your guy, and did it quickly. I think we have an excellent chance at sending a few guys to the state meet. I don't want to get ahead of my self. Cif Duals are next week. We need to be ready for that.. Good luck to your team at individuals..

Shoot pin Grin,

Yeah your team brought it that day. but that was after the fact. We should have dualed that day your coach pull your guys off the mat with his little tecnicality BS. Your team is ok but they will not get far in the masters and none of them will get to the state. Avg. team at best.

What ever happened to Aram? He started this blog went off and hardly, if ever came back to post his thoughts on certain topics. He cannot be that busy.

Rhodes scores points in basketball and is in the tribune box scores. He will carry your football team next year. Cooper, if you are saying Garcia kicked his butt that is not giving him much credit. Cooper is not a great or impact player. Garcia is all talk. waterpolos second best player. what? Baseball and football he has lost touch with his game. was never really that good even as a little leaguer avg. at best. Rhodes is a true athlete and Ryan Clarke could be a stud if he can make up his mind what sport to play. Other than rhodes and possibly Clarke Walnut has nothing to write home about in the football baseball basketball category. it is bad over there. Nobody will play there and would much rather play at Diamond bar or diamond ranch or Nogales. good acedemic school but horrible sports school for boys but then again the smart Asains are what bring up their test scores and the dumb jocks fail on the field. Its onlt Walnut tho, it is not like they have a history of winning like SH, Los Altos or Bishop Amat.

Have you ever seen Rhodes play basketball he sucks. He is the reason the Walnut lost to SH. For football is there wasn't a rule that so many player for a team have to be 1ST team all league no one from Walnut football would be on 1st or 2nd team. As for Garcia I hear that he has brought up his grade and his Dad is going to let him play this year. 2nd best Waterpolo play in League after Cheng. I don't think he play soccer since 7th grade. He made V first time out give me a break. Yes I played with a pickup game of football and Cooper was there. He kick his butt.

Baseball Nut,
Best Baseball Scrimmage on Sat. Feb. 23rd is Charter Oak vs. Northview. I have NV #1 on my poll with Charter Oak #2. SHould be fun.

I think you should have a follow up blog,"Was baseball nut right?". Then put in your own top ten Fred. Also make sure to mention Baseball nut's top two going at it at henderson field March 1st. You heard that right folks,CIF defending champion #2Bishop Amat against the CIF defending champion #1 Charter Oak.Also later in the week the matchup everyone wanted at dodger stadium,Northview vs. Charter Oak. Will it be a homerun derby in the small confines of the pony field? Or will pitching and defense make runs a premium? Show up and find out. Good luck to all teams and keep the info coming in on all of the great baseball programs in the sgv.

Does a couple of pounds make that much of a differance? They should have let them wrestle. Does it not come down to manuvers and skills in wrestling..I could see if someone was 5 to 10 pounds over but 2?...come on someone is punking out here. Amat nut up, maybe you guys did not want to see Silva get beat again by our boy.

Posted by: oaktown. at January 16, 2008 8:41 AM

HEY OAKTOWN!!
I told you to becareful what you wish for. Did we "nut up" enough for you?

what about the valle vista wrestling leauge finals? could'nt find it in the paper

Fred
Can you tell us any news about the southeast division changing with the Almont, Del Rio, Miramonte, Pacific, San Antonio, in it. Have the coaches in your area said anything

Multi-sport Successful Athlete.

Los Altos High School

Chris Lopez, Senior

Sports:

Cross Country: 4-year varsity cross country,2-year Captain, 2-year team MVP. Three years CIF prelims. 2007, Miramonte undefeated league champs.

Track: 4-year Varsity Track, 3200, 1600, 800 meters, Captain, 2-years 2nd place 3200 Miramonte league, 2-years CIF prelims. 2006 Track and Field Miramonte league champs.

Soccer: 3-year varsity Soccer-Captain, one of the top scorers.

Current GPA-4.00

Several University contacts for running and Soccer.

OR...let's talk about those that have such a good life that they are able to have a lot of time on their hands : )

Lets talk about how some people have too much time on their hands and need to get a life

Lets talk about how Coach Layton at Diamond Ranch is exercising undue influence by coaching snoop dogs 9th grade all star team at the San Dimas sports complex. Cif has asked the school to due thier own investgation. Come to the next miramonte principal meeting or ad meeting to here whats up!

WHAT FOOTBALL HC JOB OPENINGS ARE OUT THERE?

I played a pick-up football game against the younger McBride...the kid is goooood...and headed to LA!

Hacienda Heights (Calif.) Los Altos TE/DE Raymond Rodriguez, one of the top two-way players in the state, has made his college decision.
"Raymond committed to San Jose State," said Jonathan Rodriguez.

In Rodriguez, the Spartans are getting a solid prospect on both sides of the ball, who comes from one of the most consistent programs in the state.

#84 Raymond Rodriguez 2007 Highlights: Watch Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6As-rN_vnE

Western Christian High School has Senior Thomas Fraijo signing with New Mexico Highlands University in Las Vegas, New Mexico..a D2 school.
He was given a very generous football scholarship from them.

Thomas is one of our local guys going on to play at the next level, he may come from a small school but he will do well out there! He was a big part of the defense for The Fighting Lancers this year.

Congrats to him!!!

Boys Basketball Varsity West Covina beating Nogales.....

soccer=boringggggggg

Boys Miramonte League. Los Altos beat Charter Oak 7-0 this week, but had a tough loss to Diamond Ranch in a battle 4-3. The sad thing is that the goal scored by Diamond Ranch to go ahead 4-3 was offsides, which even the Diamond Ranch coach agreed with.

Freddy...

Best story in the valley right now is how close the Miramonte Girls Soccer League is! There are FOUR teams that have a legitimate shot at winning league going into the last week of play. That games this week will determine who goes on in CIF and who stays home...it's anyone's guess!

You gotta cover these games brother!!!

#1 fan,

Stransky is horrible at football and is a coward to hit, got benched and replaced by a sophmore and was reassigned to special teams. No ballz in football. Baseball he is known as the strikeout artist. Has power but that is when he hits the ball. his strike out to hit ratio. hum you do the math.

Steve Garcia: Poor grades full of himself pretty boy Wanker. ok waterpolo player baseball he is horrible and Soccer what a shame he even plays the sport. Football he does not even try.

The only real player you have over there is Rhodes in Basketball and football.

Your chess club and tidylywinks clubs rock!

Walnut #12 has USC looking at her. #2 is going to UC Baker-Field on a soccer Scholarship.
Just thinking about how many 3 sport athletes at Walnut. Not to many Most of the kids are one sport and club teams. Here what I have.
Senior
Cameron Stransky Football, Soccer, and Baseball
Brendon Cheng Water-polo C league MVP, Soccer C, and Swim C
Derk Nakamoto Water-polo, Wrestling C, and Swim
Junior
Steven Garcia Water-polo, Soccer, and Baseball
No girls. Boy is that sad, but that the make-up of Walnut. We have a big band

CIF ALINGMENT...

Nice article by Steve Ramirez on the Northview Baseball Camp the other day. I'm taking my nephew to the Northview Baseball Camp tomorrow at 11:00. Word has it that Sergio and Jaime Pedroza are working the camp, along with Hector Estrella and Gil Urbina. Those were some great players and I think they all are in pro ball and doing well.

jcaz is number 1 hands down

I also like the idea of showcasing kids who play and succeed at multiple high school sports.

Girls Soccer : East San Gabriel Valley Players

Who is in Contention for Player of Year? Walnut / South Hills, Los Altos, Bonita, Diamond Bar Glendora St. Lucys

Who will be attending College on a soccer Scholarship i.e. Div 1 2 3 NAIA
Goals and assists this year Overall Ability.
Club teams they play for and State Rankings of their club teams Regional and National rankings also

Anyone have info on Players:

Here are a couple I have seen

Walnut: #12 and #2 Technically sound and speedsters #2 All around Best player I have seen

South Hills #19 Strong and determined . and I believe center Mid Not sure of # solid at mid field.

West Covina Left Striker. #?
Just needs Help from Teammates

Los Altos. Center Mid Good vision

Glendora Sweeper Technically sound

Diamond Bar: Right side Striker Fast

Anyone have info on these players please send in your comments

I sorry to say that things have gotten a little sour here. It's to bad becasue there was some very good post's here reciently. Especialy considering the news about who the new head coach will be and the new CIF realingment. Some good stuff if you ask me...

But then came the "never ending" (but expected) slam on Amat, and on La Puente in general. Followed by the the Mexican and Soul food jokes, and your "mama cleans my house" put downs, which in turn got us a "slam" on Chinese food and culture.
Before you knew it, Wham ! People were on some loser list....
Man oh man, these Anti Amat people really have penis envy sometimes dont they ?

I like the multi-sport topic as well. It's getting harder and harder to succeed at more than one top sport at the bigger schools. Let's hear some nominees.

nothing much... other than the fact that SGV athletics are still the running joke and punchline of southern california.

Don,

Great topic!

Hey Freddy, hope you are feeling better soon.

I'd like to see a list of the best all-around/three-sport athletes, male and female, in the valley.

It would be interesting also to see how many kids play multiple sports at the schools noted for one or another sport in particular.

Would like to see who's signing letters in SGV on National Football signing day next Wednesday.

LET's GET STARTED ON THE BASEBALL SEASON! BASEBALL IS THE HEART OF THE SGV AREA. CANNOT WAIT TO SEE WHAT THIS SEASON BRINGS US FANS

Thanks for the wrestling write-up Steve!
Do you have plans of attending any of the local league finals. Also, Amat wrestlers took it to Bonita lat night. Making them league champs!!

Whose the biggest loser on this blog?

A: Joe Amat
B: Mean Machine
C: Jcaz
D: All Bishop Amat bloggers
E: Suggest someone

Cast your votes now bloggers

Jordan Salley, the transfer from amat, has been granted his hardship by the CIF and is eligible and playing at La Verne Lutheran.