Saturday Morning Quarterback: South Hills beats Rowland; Bishop Amat rallies for 22-21 win over Crespi; Azusa, Rosemead, Charter Oak and West Covina all win

Players who did not leave the team 1

Posers who left the team 0

Hope that passes the mustard Fred.

:-)

"QUITTERS NEVER WIN AND WINNERS NEVER QUIT!"

scoreboard

Spartans 1
Quitters 0

amnot (as in when you must say "amnot very smart

wrong joe"blowing hot air"amat-more like amnot gonna believe the crap you post and not gonna support a team that is carried by out of area kids.

whoever posted the comment about morrrison and the seniors is an idiot plain and simple

amnot (as in when you must say "amnot very smart")

For what it's worth, the Lancers (whose campus borders La Puente and West Covina) have more players who attended Junior High in La Puente than any other city... with West Covina a close second.

Really, because we have student/athletes representing all the SGV cities, we should be THE team in the SGV. There is probably someone from YOUR city that you can come and root for that is representing your community at the highest level of competition.

Here's an interesting breakdown (at a quick glance) on the football team, for what it's worth

La Puente 18
West Covina 12
West San Gabriel Valley 10
Covina 8
Chino Hills 5
East Los Angeles 4
Diamond Bar 3
Baldwin Park 3
Whittier 3
Hacienda Heights 2
El Monte 2
La Verne 1

...of which 48 went to a private or charter school while 26 went to public schools

I agree with the statements about the LP administration. You have a Principal who has no backbone at all. If it's not the district punking her, it's the old guard of teachers on campus who punk her (she was a home econ teacher back in the day at LP). A head coach should have the right to bench or cut who he wants, especially if the player(s) have become a cancer on the team.

However, I still say Hernandez shouldn't have quit 4 hours before a game. He probably felt backed into a corner, but he shouldn't have quit. What are you teaching the kids who respected him and still wanted to play the season out with proud? You finish what you start. If it had been me, I would have told Smalley this: "There cut, it's my team, and if you don't agree with it, fire me!" That way it puts the ball back in the administrators court. Or I would have not suited the kids and then quit after the season was over.

Bottom line is this: this is another mess the football kids at LP have to endure. I really feel for those kids.

amnot-they played in back to back seasons in 05 and 06 school years. Amat won 28-0 and 34-7. CO decided not to renew-so I guess it was settled. keep tryting.
Blow Hard-go away-you add NOTHING to this blog

Posted by: reality czech

So it was settled? So what's tickling your nalgas that you have to post the question to all the sgv schools, that they have to call amat to schedule a game. If you are so sure they would say no, have amat call and offer to schedule a game. If the other schools decline-then you can talk all the crap you want, which you do anyway. being that amat is head and shoulders above all the SGV schools, go and find another blog where you can throw your bs to other D-1 schools. Now if amats star players were area kids-I guarantee amat would get more support in the great SGV!

Without naming names, how many seniors quit the team this year?

Total ?

I find that so incredible to believe. Given all the hassle I've seen there about playing time and being part of the in crowd. Most of Dads have been fixtures at practices and helping with the booster duties. I am simply floored by the recent turn of events.

Wasn't this team picked to win a Championship as Freshmen?

Answers about Damien...pure and simple.

Q: Why did seniors quit?

A: Morrison has decided to prepare for next season (his son's senior year).

Is this a good reason to quit? No, but Coach Morrison is wrong to have quit on this senior class.

Examples...(without naming names)

QB: A jr starts over a senior. The senior is better...and more productive.

RB: A jr starts. No problem here. He's the best RB on the team.

FB: A jr is getting more reps that the sr. The jr. is good, but no better than the sr. The sr. should start and get more plays.

TE: Before he got hurt, a jr. was starting over a sr. (who started all last year) Here both players are similar...the sr should have been the starter.

WR: Here it gets wierd. The rotation before the season included 5 srs and 2 jrs. One sr. tore his MCL pre-season. He was replaced by a jr. The sr. has rehabbed and returned, but he has been left out of the rotation. One sr is the designated go-to guy from last year, but he is often on the sideline while the jrs play. 2 other srs never get the ball thrown their way.

That's just offense. Defense is having similar issues especially at LB.

2 of the kids that quit were seeing diminished playing time in favor of jrs. The other was never able to battle back from an injury. All were on defense.

I won't chastise those kids. They will eventually regret their decisions in the years to come...but, we all make mistakes.

Are you kidding me SH line backers need some help and #34 was clueless he looked lost out there, see the films. The only backer that was doing anything was #44 come on SH you have to have some one else.

Everyone has a comment on the defence for SHH because of 1 maybe 2 key players being hurt. I have to say #34 is doing an excellent job and is HELL OF A PLAYER, #20 is also doing a good job, both LB are really stepping up without a question.

amnot-they played in back to back seasons in 05 and 06 school years. Amat won 28-0 and 34-7. CO decided not to renew-so I guess it was settled. keep tryting.
Blow Hard-go away-you add NOTHING to this blog

amat#???????????-didn't hear anyone complaining about recruiting when we had basically the same guys, but we were 3-7 and losing players! the tune changes again: you suck, 0-10, barrio, 1-9, OLu was a fluke, 2-8, raider fans, 3-7, beer drinkers,5-5, won't win a league game, one and done-and now we recruit. what's next?

Posted by: reality czech

thats only because all your recruits were transferring to other schools

hey liljoeamat
you seem to be nramat, if amat is up to it schedule co, lets settle this once and for all, or are you just joe *blow hot air* amat, prove it to us

F C Apples ect.
AMEN TO THAT.
WHY DON'T YOU ASK CURRENT CHARGER SENIORS ABOUT THEIR COACHES AND TEAM?

ASK PERI, WILLIAMS, ALLEN'CHAN AND RYCROFT. THEY HAVE NOT HAD A LOSING SEASON AND USUALLY GO DEEP INTO PLAY OFFS. THIS YEAR COULD BE ALL THE WAY.

I have known coach Ray Hernandez for a long time and I know him a class act. La Puente administrators are nothing but a bunch of jack asses. How could you fire a coach for not playing people who deserve to not play? What a joke and I hope a program like your never has success.

Very sad to say about la puente football coaches stepping down because of principle Smalley didnt agree with them about them cutting three players that are a cancer to the team. one player cusses out the head coach just before the homecoming game, another i heard a captain also cusses at the coaches because he missed a few practices and complained that he should play becuz hes a senior, i mean its a universal rule if u miss practice on game week and u have no excuse u dont play, all coaches preach that. And the last player was hurt and supposedly brought a fake doctors note to clear him to play during homecoming. A very terrible decision on Ms smalley part, these coaches r teaching these young players on life and not just about a team but to show them responsiblity in life. For instance if your a manager in a store and a few of your employees are late to work all them time, cusses you out or just are a lazy bunch of workers u fire them and to have the supervisor say that your wrong as manager bad decision making. and i also heard one of the assistant principle was present when this all went down that all of the sudden he says he heard nothing when it happened infront of him, this really sounds to me like ths asst princple is worried about his rep with the students. when u win la puente a league title u dont fire the coaches after a year just becuz they are having a bad or rebuilding year. not all teams can have win back 2 back titles in the montview league. ms smalley needs to hire them back. since the wards left theyve done the best job at La Puente. another thing is why r u gonna force them to step down, those coaches r lp alumnus except Hernandez.

JOE

JUST TRY AND SHUT UP FOR ONE WEEK. I WOULD BET THAT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR YOU.

PLAYING BY THE RULES YET?

attn, king stud, poor lou had to fill in his schedule with tough local teams? say what? or do you mean when he got cocky and thought Amat was down and he could get some pub by beating them? tell me , please how those 2 games turned out, as I recall it was an azzzzzzzz whipping both times, and did big lou want some more of that, no he didn't did he! CO is the cream of the crap! just a team that plays a bunch of half way decent teams, never challenges themselves anymore and still takes transfers from anywhere,anybody,anytime, face it they are wannabees

apples and tortas, wise up...............you're lucky that Amat does not have the resolve to pay our coahes what the public schools can, just look at where some of AMATs finest have ended up, yes.........COs principal is an Amat person, how about your baseball coach Martinez, now he's a big wheel, they come to Amat for the love and to get their feet wet and then they're off to public schools, deal with it, we are now at the top of the beloved CO............

The CO and LA argument never made sense to me years ago and makes even less sense now. Joe why the issue here. I'm really trying to understand. You know I think the world of you but as a friend, why?

CO is coached by Lou, his son and his son's best friend since high school. That's pretty admirable if you ask me. While Amat during that period has had a succession of coaches with bigger plans and ambitions.

Asking Charter Oak to play or mirror Amat is baseless and rather crass. Charter Oak is Div 6. Amat is Div 1. That's comparable to understanding the difference between living and attending public schools in La Puente and Trabuco Hills. Big difference.

Joey, let it go. CO doesn't need to do anything different. They serve their community, compete against Div 6 OC teams and play the cards they are dealt. Middle class in OC is not Middle class in LA county is it?

At my gym one of the Trainers played for Coach Lou. I asked him, "What's Coach Farrar like?" His face lite up. 'He's the best. Tough but fair. Just don't get on his bad side. He'll ride you. HARD. He EXPECTS ALOT!"

I asked a kid at the local Sam's club the same question. He gave almost the same exact answer but added. "He just wants us to be the best we can be!'

I think that speaks volumes about CO and Coach Farrar seeing as these two former players are 12 years apart. How many coaches has Amat had in the last 12 years.

I know it's acceptable for Amat backers to scream, "Nut up and play us" but I still don't understand the benefit to CO and it's community.

Why play Amat when all that will happen, or at least Amat HOPES will happen, is the BEST PLAYERS WILL WANT TO ATTEND AMAT INSTEAD.

Isn't that the real reason Amat wants to play LA, SH, Damien and now DR? To attract those schools best players? Let's be honest here. The local Parochial school don't produce the best athletes as they once did. CYO football has been replaced by so many other "travel" coaches.

What's in it for CO? Now if CO, SH or Damien really wanted to test themselves they'd play Carson, Norbonne, Dorsey or Servite. Win and you have bragging rights. Lose and you lose absolutely NO PLAYERS. And yet you've tested yourself and played tougher competition haven't you?

So once again. Amat should stay out of the "you should man up" business and focus in on their level of competition, Div 1.

Look at the DR game. That game ALONE ALMOST BROKE THAT TEAM AND IT'S COACHING STAFF. Is that what Amat is all about? Breaking and robbing the local school of it's TALENT BASE?

Try and accept that every once in a while a local team will come together and every year Amat will compete against the best in California.

End of sermon. Sunday's almost over. let's all enjoy our SGV Champions. Nothview and Bishop Amat both won this year. Which Championship means more? Local kids playing with their friends since grade school or the group that was assembled for Amat? I think the kids don't care as mouch as the adults. Best of luck to everyone in the playoffs. Enjoy it while it last!

FRED PLEASE GIVE US THE UPDATE FROM THE LA PUENTE SITUATION!!!!!!!!!!!!

Joe,
BA is a division 1 program and should be playing the top dogs every year meanwhile CO is division 6 and doesn't get to pick from the pool of players BA does. Remember BA can get players from all over so cal meanwhile CO gets all the local covina kids plus maybe a few others who decide to play for a winning school. CO does get transfers but as you know is a different situation than your lancers. Comparing CO to BA is difficult because of the different parameters involved in both schools. I believe Amat has a huge advantage in getting players because of their reputation of the school over the years.

CO could schedule good teams week after week but at what cost? The goal is to win a championship and if playing division 1 teams week after week when your a D6 school would only wear down CO for their playoff run vs the OC schools. I believe a good mix in a schedule is a good thing meaning some top dogs mixed in with a few cream puffs. It challenges you when you play solid teams but also allows your kids to build some confidence while playing games you should win. Amat found out last year playing all those tough teams what it can do it to a team with that 3-7 record. By the way Joe what is the enrollment different between CO and BA? I am curious.

Finally Donkback are you ever going to come up with something new? You keep regurgitating the same thing week after week about FC and myself. Do you have so little life than you need to keep track of what we are saying? How about a new take for once? Try and use that cranium God gave you.

ANNON

Did I hit a nerve?

I'll take that as a compliment. However, in that case, I'd prefer "Joshua" !:?)

Now are you suggesting a strategy that teams in the valley should take. "The only winning move is not to play?"

How about a nice game of chess?

ANNON... Explain further as i am also confused with your post,or maybe your team won on friday and your still having too much fun.

To all people,

If you ever watched the movie WAR GAMES Joe Amat is "WOPR" he knows all, so be afraid.

ANNON,

explain that one. I think I missed something.

Joe, I cant believe that of all people you still cant differentiate public from private. You pay to win while the rest are lucky to have transfers. Good programs are typically the magnet and welcome them in like alum. Did i miss something?

ANNON,

I can only imagine.

I know that there is no love loss between KW and Big Lou. Essentially, a conflict Mr KW had with Lou years ago led to his dismissal as the CO basketball coach so, to be quite honest, I'm impressed they have kept it "professional" on the surface for this long.

I've been waiting for some "fireworks" for a while.
(ironic choice of words - huh... Lou... fireworks.... get it !:?)

Not bashing Lou in the least. He's done too much for too long in the SGV to do so. He's earned his right to go out on his terms. Nothing better than doing it with a championship.

Here's to Lou!

KS,

Welcome to our world!?! "...when you are a winning program like CO that's a lot harder to do..." Really?

I understand their dilemma... I just don't have much sympathy because that's been our struggle for years. Games are out there - if you are WILLING to play ANYONE in the pre-league portion of the season and find those games that still challenge you. That's how we ended up with a schedule a year ago that included Los Osos, OLu, Hart, Rancho Cucamonga, Carson, St. Paul, and Alemany. Of course if you are worried about too tough a schedule... then you have to be more picky and it becomes more difficult and you get stuck with a questionable schedule.

Maybe if our previous coach had gone out and found some Aliso Viejos, Pioneers, or even Etiwandas he may have padded his record and might still be coaching today.

Of course that strategy isn't working so well for our basketball coach, and most are losing patience with that program too. Scheduling down just to get a few wins does not go over that well in Lancer-land.

Joe Amat,

I wish I were at liberty to expand on the KW issue. It is so bad and divided that I wouldnt know were to start. Coach lou has earned his stripes yet is under a lock and key from this person. You can all bash coach lou on the outside but you have no idea of the crap he has to do on the inside to keep the program winning. Support might be nice.

I am not amazed that Frank came in here with yet another, tear jerker story that is somehow suppose to be insperational, and heart warming, and a story that makes you feel all so fuzzy inside.

Oh, did I mention that the story it had something to do with Damien too ? No green paint this time ??

But what I am amazed at, is that Donkey Boy didn't throw another slam at him.

The fact that we got an almost weekly two for one from these guys was almost a given.

I guess it's ok this time around, considering that DB is allot more civil towards FC now.

But can it last ?

Another brokeback moment

Joe,
I have to disagree with you on the contract issue. Lou has had the problem before of teams dropping CO from their schedule. I can recall a few years back CO had to travel outside of the SGV(huntington beach) just to fill in games. He had to add Damien, Diamond Bar and tough local teams just to fill out the schedule. Keep in mind this was a few years back whn DB was a solid program. I do agree that a staggered scheduling is the best but if a lot of teams keep dropping having those contracts won't help. It's all about getting teams to agree to play you and when you are a winning program like CO that's a lot harder to do.

JFR,

Can't blame that on anyone else... Lou's smart enough to know you need to have staggered two-year contracts so that doesn't happen. A guy with his experience has no excuse.

He also had a pretty good game a few years back that he could have kept going - but HE chose not to renew it. Good game, the valley wanted it, big gate. I wonder why? You tell me. And my guess is that KW won't let that happen again anyway, which is why no Upland renewal as well - correct?

The bottom line is that people don't really care about the reasons - they just want the facts. And the fact is the only team that CO has played to date that will finish the season with a winning record is the only team they didn't beat.

And all their other opponents have a total record of... hear this...

****FIFTEEN wins and FIFTY-SEVEN losses****

That's unavoidable and I'm not making it up.

THAT'S an accomplishment that they can be proud of? It's a shame, because how can a really good team like CO find out how good they actually are with that ahead of them?

Big Joe Amat, Everyone has bashed CO for throwing together a preseason schedule in a matter of months because everyone dropped them except Damien. Attention SGV,after one game pioneer has dropped CO so we have an opening in week 1. If your schedule is open contact Big Lou!

Knight Change,

Is that the same Willie Reyna that got fired from El Rancho because they went winless in his last season. Is this the same Reyna who got busted from CIF because of all things, recruited a Workman kid. C'mon bro, get a clue.

TM did you check out the Cathedral/Harvard Westlake score?
17-6 with the Phanthoms coming up short. Next week's game against Serra should be very interesting.

Cathedral threw 5 INTs, most in the RED ZONE, to put tremendous pressure on the defense that was undefeated previously.

What was your score against them. Shock and awe me. lol

Pretty good huh?

your answer

John Mc Cain said it best:

"We are Americans! WE DON'T QUIT! WE FIGHT! WE DON'T RUN FROM HISTORY...WE MAKE HISTORY!!!! WE ARE AMERICANS! AMERICAN DON'T QUIT!!! I DON'T QUIT! I FIGHT!!!...BECAUSE I AM AN AMERICAN!!!"

Hope they realize a lesson from Sen ator Mc Cain that no matter whether Mc Cain lost, or whatever poor decisions he made in his campaign, he never spoke truer words.

I once saw a senior Captain get punished for a perceived slight by his coach. The last three games of his senior season this Captain saw his playing time diminish more and more. Every time I wondered what was going on. He seemed healthy. Yet his playing time just kept getting cut.

I traveled to Canyon Country to see if he would play come playoff time. Seeing as it was his Senior season and had barely played in his last Home game I went with hope the rift would have passed. IT DIDN'T.

This senior barely played. Time and again his services would have been needed and he rarely played. Mind you, this kid was B*lls to the wall 100% give everything for the team football player.

Well in true Spartan fashion and in truer Lucero fashion. This fine young man did what made his late Dad proud.

He cheered his team mates with the same passion he played the game...ALL OUT!!! . He became the best cheerleader from the sidelines. He talked to his replacement on the sideline everty time he came off the field. He was a model for everyone to see. Team first! Team first ! TEAM FIRST!!! No sulking on the sidelines, no drama for everyone to see, and no poor body language to bring attention to his plight.

I waited for this Spartan hero after the game outside the locker room at CC. I told him I didn't know what happened but I thought he showed tremendous courage. I told him his father must be very proud of him. He never once mentioned why or what only shook his head in acknowledgement.

Then he said, between tears, lloking me straight in the eye, "Thank you sir." Never complained. Didn't talk about what if's and anything against anyone. He just cried like all seniors do when they play their last game. That spoke volumes about him and his family. Courage under fire. Once a boy and now a man.

This year his father, Coach Frank Lucero, showed tremendous courage as he faced his greatest challenge. A monster that would take this great man from us way too early. The last time I saw him he only said, "Hey it's a small world" Yes it it Coach and you made it better.

What did his son do during that crucial time when every day could be his father's last? He continued coaching Damien Wrestling team as his father would have instructed him. NEVER ONCE BETRAYED HIS FATHER'S ILLNESS TO ANYONE. Same with his Uncle Dan, Coach Frank's brother.

They never quit. They never quit. They were examples to everyone. Finish what you started. Show courage under fire. A man must face his success and his fears with equal gusto. To the end.

Wrestling teaches you to never quit. Coach Lucero taught everyone to compete with honor and courage. Quitting is never an option. I've seen kids limbs strecthed beyong belief, wrestlers have shoulders put back in to contunue the match...even though they are behind and walking away would have been understandable.

Where ever Coach Lucero is today, and I know he is in Heaven drinking Vino Fino and telling stories and making everyone laugh, I want to thank him for teaching Damien students and parents alike a lesson about honor, character and sacrifice.

Quitting is never an option. The best of us will be tested. Everyone is tested. But what a man does when he is faced with adversity will either haunt him or honor him for the rest of their life. That was the lesson Coach Frank taught everyone. Again, "Courage under fire."

I share this story not to embarass anyone but to remind these young men that pride can be your friend in good times but it can be your enemy in trying times as well with equal appearance.

The Spartan code is:

"With my shield or on it" is it not?

Run 220's until you puke, run bleacher stairs until your legs betray you, bear crawl the field until you eat grass and ants climb into your ears, swallow your pride and ask the coaches and team mates to let you cheer for them on the sidelines in uniform as a previous Captain so valiantly did before you. But don't leave Damien with this decision. You are all better than that. Coach Lucero taught you better than that.

In life I have learned not from my victories but my defeats. I have learned that regret is a terrible insidious companion that never leaves. The only hope is redemption. Do something for someone else. Make a stand. Do the right thing. Never quit, especially when everyone tells you, "it'll be okay."

Best of luck young Spartans. I hope you understand my message and hopefully I haven't offended you. Everyone can learn from the choices of others. Believe me when I say I wish you all tremendous life success.

Rosemead Shock & Awe Defense! One game at a time Panthers and you are in it to win it!

Huskie Faithful,

I have not heard ONE "complaint" (find one) about potentially not making the playoffs, only people discussing the scenario, and certainly no one playing the victim. I find it astonishing and tragic that out of teams like Mater Dei, Orange Lutheran, St John Bosco, Santa Margarita, Servite, Notre Dame, Crespi, Loyola, and Amat - THREE of them will stay home. Some will judge them as failures, yet praise other playoff teams in lower divisions as a success. Seriously?

And even so, absolutely not a soul is saying anything about handling the schedule. In fact - just the opposite. What you hear are those embracing the competition and feeling that we would much rather face that competition than have a schedule like Charter Oak and rack up a bunch of wins against teams that are a composite 23-57-1 and up to now playing only ONE team that will finish the regular season schedule with a winning record - and they didn't win that game. THAT earns someone a number #1 ranking. Seriously?

I also find it interesting ironic that, of all people, a Huskie is complaining about only picking from students in your area. Be careful what you wish for.

Here's the truth of the matter. I'll give you an example from the recent past to illustrate a point. Most of us at Amat feel relatively proud of a season like In 05-06. Disappointed - but proud... note the difference. We went 6-4 and did not make the playoffs losing and infamous 3 way coin flip, and many readers include that among a string of failed seasons. Sure, there were a couple of slip ups (St John Bosco, Santa Margarita) . However during the season we had some good wins over teams like St Paul, Mater Dei and Loyola, who went on to win CIF. Not to mention the dismantling of Damien, Glendora, and Charter Oak, solidifying the notion that is being expressed today - Amat should be "off the board" when it comes to SGV Rankings. Does that mean that in a given year that any one of those "next tier" teams can't "hang" (for Dan) or beat Amat? I said before the season that there was not a game on our schedule that we couldn't lose. You still have to play the games and things happen. Once in a while teams that "should win" lose to those that "could win". Ask OLu and Crespi. It happens.

Then there are schools that in the same year, 05-06, don't challenge themselves in the regular season, then beat teams like Santa Ana, Arroyo, South El Monte and Orange - get to call themselves CIF Champions and then claim to be the "best" in the area because they "won" a championship and another team didn't make the playoffs. Best in their *division* absolutely. Great team *for their level*, for sure. Best in the area - Not a chance. Like everyone is saying... 9 times out of ten - you're fighting for #2.

I'm tired of Amat portraying themselves as victims in the SGV. All I hear is "We have a hard schedule" and "We play better teams than SH, CO, SD". Look if Amat is looking for a #1 posting, then pick from within the neighborhood the school is in. Don't bit** and whine about how Amat is not getting it's kuddo's and how unfair that they will not make the playoff's because of a 3rd place league finish. Stop the excuses, if you can't handle the schedule then just say so. Maybe CIF can bring you down a division.

im not a Amat fan but Amat plays some of the best schools in southern section. The teams that south hills , Co, and San dimas play are not even rated in the top 30 in socal. maybe expect LOs osos! but other then that Who have these teams played. Look at Amats 2 loses los osos and loyola. both teams have a calprpeps rating over 40, and the rating comes from quality wins and strength of shedule. .Amat will blow south hills out of the water. South hills will lose to DR! san dimas will ask for a running clock by the end of the first quarter. It will be a closer game between co and amat but amat wins by 2 td's. Amat shouldnt shedule any local teams to prove a point keep playing the powerhouse type shedule. local teams will only bring you down.
Stang nation is alive!

sgvfootballfan ,
You guys need a qb that can get the ball down field. In the game the qb throw alot of short routes and the couple down field throws were ints or over throws.
But it we be a defensive battle.i see muir winning because of muirs improved passing game. DR corners are questionable. The kid going to ucla isnt a corner , he is safety because his foot isnt that good but he is a solid tackler !
If DR is matched up against south hils, sante fe,california ,la serna. i think dr pulls off the upset.

My top for teams :
1.muir
2. co
3.sh
4.dr
If theses team play to their level they will be in the semifinals and then it comes down to who wants it more!
stang nation!!!!

amat is number 1 and we all know it. We are cocky because we are good. We would beat every sgv team.

Why???

they had certain reasons why..wasnt because of the record they had this year.

Notes on Amat

Like I said, a Loyola loss is (was) bad news for us.

While it is true that we are in a position to get a share of the league title, we are also in a position to sit out the rest of the season.

Here is the reason:

We are 1-1 now. At best we go 2-1 with a win next week against ND. But, if we lose and if Crespi wins against Loyola (and BTW allot of people are calling it that way) then it becomes a 3 way tie for second (or even last place).

From what I understand, there would be a coin flip to determin who gets what order of finish in league play (and thus, who ends up getting into the playoffs).

Even if we win our last game, it could still be a 3 way tie with a Loyola win against Crespi.

Again, there would have a coin flip to determin the order of finish.

Keep in mind that all this talk about the third place team from the Serra getting into the playoffs is not a guarantee, it's only a rumor that has'nt been substantiated as of yet.

Imagine all the screaming and shouting behind closed doors when they pick out the teams that are going to play.

Sure we have an impressive resume, but, with so may good teams in the Pac5, it's gonna be tough to decide who gets in and who gets to stay home this year.

By the way Fred, you're a lot shorter than i thought you were. I guess I'm just still used to chatting with Aram at Amat events. Sorry just an after thought.

I'm a pretty die hard Amat fan, oddly enough not an alum. I like the idea of not putting Amat in the rankings. There is the occasional year that teams (such as CO this year) can compete well or have a good game against Amat. With new Amat coaches and the talent that is likely to be up and coming ie: from the junior ranks, incoming freshmen, etc. The field of competition in the SGV will most likely get smaller. Key word likely: not a for sure thing, like I said there are good teams that on any given year can compete with Amat so don't get upset and go into Amat bashing mode, I'm a reasonable Amat fan. I think the rankings should say something like Amat (7-2, 1-1) Having their best season in years, looking good under the new staff and with a challenging schedule. Or say they had a terrible year.. Amat (4-5, 0-2) Improved but still struggling this year, but Hag and the new staff are still on the rebuilding process... Just something that describes their season and strength of schedule then the rankings (or after the rankings, I don't really care). Amat fans like to see how their teams is doing in the season not necessarily if they are the best in the SGV (Most, no matter their record, will always think Amat is the best SGV team. you just have to get used to it). The LA Times rankings mean more because that's where their playoff competitors and league opponents will be not in the SGV (no offense). Its just a lot of travel to play other D1 schools, but its not like they aren't making an effort for a solid schedule even if it is playing the locals. Right? Anyway just my take.

Nevermind, I heard wrong.

Hey I head FSN was at the Amat game. Does anyone know if they posted highlights?

Home Cooking...I agree with you. Its kind of like Concord, De La Salle this year. I'm not too sure as far as the foundation behind it, so everyone is welcome to discuss or research the topic if you want.. but from what I understand is that De La Salle, wins league play every year. This caused CIF to allow De La Salle to play a "leagueless" season. The reason behind it is because the teams within their league never had a chance to compete for league championships as long as De La Salle was with them. I'm not saying that Amat is De La Salle, but if there is a team the Spartans from up north would play in the sgv, it would be Bishop Amat. Amat should not be ranked in the sgv simply because of the level of competition they play plus the league they rival against. A loss to Loyola and or (and I hope it doesnt happen) a defeat against Notre Dame causes Amat to go 7-3 and maybe miss the playoffs, which is a record worse than Charter Oak, South Hills, and San Dimas...So does that mean Amat is #4 or worse in the sgv? A defeat to Loyola and Notre Dame does not even measure to a tie against Rancho Cucamonga or a defeat by "Bonita." Amat should not be ranked with everyone else. Amat should just be the sgv's representative in footballs toughtest division of the southern section. Lets be honest, they are a great program and they play against the best competition. As long as this coaching staff stays together...Amat will once again be a team within the national spotlight. Even FredJ is going to the Amat game next week along with other regional and national media outlets. And if Amat makes the playoffs, FredJ would probably make a sports page dedicated for Amat. Amat shouldnt be ranked. It just isnt fair to schools within the sgv.

Thanks for the RED TAPE news. Great way to honor a fallen friend. Tough to lose a kid in his senior season. Didn't another younger kid die in that car accident as well? What a needless tragedy.

What's with Damien having several Seniors quit before Senior NIght? Some of them starters, what gives? Two games to go, last Senior Home Game and you quit? That doesn't sound right. Well it didn't seem to have hurt the team seeing as they put it on Diamond Bar pretty good. Would have been an awesome way to go out on a tough season. Winning at home! Someone should have told those seniors that in life seeing things to the end means something and quitting is a bad habit once you go that route. That's a stark contradiction between South Hills seniors, and their red tape gesture and Damien seniors pulling that stunt.
Anyone know why they quit the team if it isn't too personal?

The LA Times has just "apologized" to the Amat Lancers by posting this late article...

http://www.latimes.com/sports/highschool/la-sp-prepnotes9-2008nov09,0,7111523.story

Respect is earned.

Stang
If you remember we gave you great field position every time you had the ball and you still had trouble scoring against us. You only scored one TD against us on a pass play and the other points were a gift.Our QB has improved and we should be ready for CIF.I know it would be a defensive battle like the first game.

sgvfootballfan,
THAT QB IS NOT STARTING ANYMORE. HE PLAYS RB/WR. DR has no offense so i dont see you guys scoring. if you remeber the only td you guys score came from a turnover inside the 10 yard line.your offense couldnt move the ball.Our team speed is too much for DR. YOu guys cant runn the ball outside the tackles , cant throw the ball down feild ( we will pick it off)! Muir has to beat its self to lose to DR!
But i think DR will upset someone in the playoffs . they have a strong team , they need a better game plan , coaches play calling is questionable.

South Hills spatted red in memory of lost teamate Daniel Lewow-Stroud. Stroud would have graduated last year but was a great friend to all.

!!!FEAR THE MEAD!!!WAR PANTHERS!!!!

Stang
DR would like to get another shot at you guys.If QB for Muir goes down then forget it. There done.

La Serna - Santa Fe
Charter Oak - Bonita
South Hills - West Covina
Nogales - Diamond Ranch
-- you all play thursday , it would be a good idea to come see muir play on friday at the rose bowl. so you guys can begin to prepare for their high power offense!

What's with the South Hills players taping in RED????

Anyone know why???

HLP President and brother in law Midget hhead coach busted cheeeating!!!!! after 3 years

Those Mustangs are gearing up for the playoffs. I'm with Stang Fan on this one. There defense has gotten better each week. I have vivid memories of that Aracdia game where they were just putting the hurt on the Apaches. 3 Apaches KFO'ed!!! By the way ESGV teams I hope you don't have to play them on that new turf everyone is going too! Ouch!!! I see Muir going deep with all that speed. Alot of players are coming back from injury also.

To MVL Fan and Superfan,

Singiser needs to go! Someone that played under McKinnon needs to take the helm. Would like to see Reyna comeback. No matter how bad of a preaseason Arroyo would have they never lost league games under McKinnon. There needs to be a change!

Maybe what Amat should do is what Northview did last year during baseball season ...with a twist.
Northview refused to give their team stats and Amat should refuse to be part of the SGV ranking.

Bare with me. Let's say for the sake of argument that Amat really does, in a couple of years, come all the way back. What are we suppose to do....everyone plays for the 2 thru 10 spots?

Amat is a Div1 school. This is essentially a Div 4 -9 Valley. Bare with me some more. Imagine Mater Dei in the San Gabriel Valley. Get the point? How long would they have held the Top Spot? Like FOREVER?

Amat is only in the running for 1st when they are down because of level of competition and history and the role BOTH play in separating themselves from the rest of the Valley.

To belabor the point some more.

Amat only competes with maybe 4 schools for the top spot. South Hills, Charter Oak and sorry who is 3 or 5? Bonits? San Dimas? Damien? With all due respect to those teams .....not on a yearly basis.

So Amat, who I admire and respect, it's a recipe for hatred when anyone, and that counts Joe Amat, comes in here and begs for the top spot. NO dignified way to whine guys.

That's not to say DR, CO, SH or someone else couldn't beat Amat once every 7 years it's just that even when Amat loses it's hard to compare losing to Loyola with losing to Bonita.

Give it a rest Amat and maybe consider my point. Get out of the SGV rankings. You have bigger fish to fry and the SGV loves being big fish in a little pond. Friends playing friends and neighbor upping neighbor. Like a friendly game of the Hatfields and the Mc Coys.

Besides who didn't like La Puente winning a league championship last year? What's that you say? Their coach stepped down? Point proven. Not consistency. What's do you say? Amat transfers dominated their new schools? Point proven. Wells/McBride?

Fred do the right thing an exclude Amat from the Rankings. Take a lesson from boxing. The best boxer pound for pound is rarely the Heavyweight Champion of the World.

Belabor last time. Do the rankings and like the LA Times (bracket) their Div. for everyone to see. To add perspective.

My Top 5

Charter Oak
Bonita
San Dimas
Northview
Rowland

Amat do you really belong on that list?
Notre Dame's JV team beats them all. Hnads down. Okay that was cruel....but you get teh point.......don't you?

Come on Dan don't offend Amat fans with that kind of comparisons.

If CO played Amat's schedule they'd be 2-7 right now. Win over DR and Damien...that's it. Can CO hang with Amat? that's another insult.

I know this will piss off alot of CO fans like the Homos were pissed they can't marry each other anymore.

1 more week until the stangs comeback to ESGV! I hope yall are ready! Stang nation is alive

Amatrocks
Sorry to break your rocks but "YES" their is a letter and it wasn't sent by CIF but by the the official from that game.That should have been a DR victory.I think the toughest teams we have played are in order.
1.Oaks
2.Muir
3.CH
4.Amat

if bonita beats charter oak do they deserve to be in the top 5 in your oppinion and are they still ahead of bonita and san dimas

Final Score from Glendale;

Notre Dame 34 - Loyola 0

Amat will have their hands full !!!! ND has lots of team speed.

"If Amat can play a crappy game and CO can play a good game and the end result is the same score, who is the better team?"
Sorry Amatrocks the end results where not the same,
23 to 7 CO over Dr. vs 16 to 7 amat over DR, if it was just this one game for comparison then I give the edge to Amat, but with the
Rancho C. beating Los Osos
comparison I would have to say you have to give CO credit, and for now I think CO is in the same caliber as Amat, I'm not saying they are better just saying it would be a good game & I don't know who would win. This also
leads to the assumption, [and I know this will offend some of the Amat fans], that CO may even be good enough to hang with Loyola & Crespi this year.
Unfortunately this years Amat & CO teams will not play, so all we have are these comparative scores, just like CO, South Hills, & Glendora from last year would have all been great
matchups against Amat.

Posted by: AZTEC PRIDE | November 8, 2008 8:08 PM
“I dont disrespect nobody on this board! All I ever do is say a few good things about the AZTECS,and that can't be too bad!”

Daggone it A P, you are right.

When I think about it, the kids who play in the Montview are really what this whole football thing around here is about. Under-attended, underfunded, and undersized kids who bust their booties for four years in the weight room and on the field for little or no recognition. Kids with way more heart than talent, playing for teams that get little attention in leagues which are ill-considered in games that are lightly covered.

They play though, by God they go out every week and risk health, well being and sometimes community support to play for their local school. Good for them and God Bless you boys.

Azusa? Great season so far; now use your success and build the program. Excite the community, get the kids “Aztec'ed” and make sure that every athlete in your area longs tobe black and blue . . . wait, that's not right . . . well, you know what I mean.

RED-RYDER BLUE,

good looking out on the "LOVE".LOL... and that's pretty cool of you to say that! But the truth is, all I do is cheer for those boy's! Like Don, said,those BOY'S have been playing their AZZES OFF on offense and DEFENSE! RED, you know AZUSA doesn't get much respect on this board, but this year AZUSA is about to do something it hasn't done in (10)years. Maybe to the bigger schools this is nothing, but to the people of AZUSA, this means something.

I dont disrespect nobody on this board! All I ever do is say a few good things about the AZTECS,and that can't be too bad!

Don, you are so wrong! I do need your predictions on how FAR AZUSA will go in th play-offs? and by the way, why did you forget too mention anything about AZUSA anyways??? hahahaha!

AZTEC PRIDE!

Notre Dame 27 - Loyola 0 at the half. ouch !!!!

Thanks Howard ...

Link to see Loyola game live is; www.ibnsports.com

Loyola update:

Notre Dame 20 - Loyola 0, only in the 2nd qtr. ND to much team speed for Loyola.

betty crocker-what was classless about amatrocks questions and comparisons?

Re: SEM-Arroyo
Maybe Coach Singiser should be more careful or watch what he says, but wasn't what he said true? All you SEM fans should be asking yourself this-how does a team with that much talent and athletic ability-which began the season ranked #2 in CIF-lose to El Monte and Gabrielino, and be totally out of the play-off picture by the 3rd league game?
Mayne Arroyo isn't a great team this year, but they did beat both El Monte and Gabrielino, and despite the tough loss lasy night, they are still in position to play for the MVL title-and will finish no worse than 2nd. They will continue their impressive streak of 25 consecutive play-off appearances, while SEM will start basketball practice.
So it may have been harsh, but it is the truth.

Amatrocks you're the recipe for Amat haters.

Case closed!

Classless to a fault.

For the last time...The CIF sending letters of apology in regards to a bad call is as old as an urban legend as they come.

THERE WAS NO LETTER OF APOLOGY FROM THE CIF.

The call was justified and anyone can see this who has this game recorded.

The fact is that Amat played a horrible game vs. Diamond Ranch. It was Amat's penalties at the worst possible times that kept that game close. On the other hand, Charter Oak played a good game against DR. Charter Oak played a much cleaner game than Amat did and therefore seemed more dominant against the Panthers. If Amat can play a crappy game and CO can play a good game and the end result is the same score, who is the better team?

Furthermore, the CO/Damien game was a close one until the middle of the third quarter when Damien self destructed by committing several back to back turnovers resulting in CO scores. In comparison, the Amat/Damien game was over before halftime.

The debate continues...

Does anyone know how to get Notre Dame-Loyola updates on tonight's game ? I would appreciate

SHHS may have won the game but they got thier ASSES KICKED. The Rowland defense hits HARD, I haven't seen a defense in the SGV that hits harder. If there was an automatic rematch rule SHHS wouldn't show up.
#1 They'd still be recovering from the hits.
#2 They lost thier helmets and can't show up.
All the experts on this blog know you need your helmets to play football.
Now, first and last post. Bloggers need to grow up. You are all discussing HS football like it is College. Live your life, don't live your life through your son.

R r B,

I'm pretty sure that I don't have anything that Aztec Pride needs.

But, how about this: Best wishes to all of the kids in the valley who have played off their azzez all year.

ALL you guys make us ALL of us proud.

Best Wishes from Tio Don

read my lips-there was NO letter! never happened-would never happen-will never happen. Diamond Bar was given FIVE downs in a CIF Championship game and Upland never got a letter of apology. it doesn't get any worse or blatant than that. so you're dreaming. plus-it was the right call anyway

but then Amat would never have had the ball if the correct call was made. CIF and teh official sent the letter so no arguing that point again. Wonder what would have happened to BOTH teams had DR won that game with the momentum from that game. Would that have broken Amat. Some say it might hav ebroken Dr somewhat. Well we'll never know.

Both teams will hopefully get to the playoffs and see what happens then. No arguing just making a point to RC.

COCOCO-DR "barely losing" to Amat was strikingly similar to DR "barely losing" to CO. IN fact the stats indicate that Amat controlled the game a bit more and the Lancers passed up a chance to score by running out the clock at the end that would have made the spread greater.

Don.... You forgot AZTEC PRIDE , He needs the love too .

DEAR MS. AMAT WILL SHINE,
IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, DIAMOND RANCH BARELY LOST TO AMAT. ONE OF THOSE LOSER TEAMS YOU CLAIM THAT IS IN C.O.'S LEAGUE. DO A LITTLE HOMEWORK FIRST SO YOU DON'T LOOK SOO DUMB. BESIDES, R.C. IS ONE OF THE BEST TEAMS RIGHT NOW WITH ONLY ONE TIE TO C.O.

Way to go Huskies! Good to see my boy Behr's name in the box score, we are always thinking about our old teammates over here.

To our Lancer Pals: Again, unexpected, (unpredicted), thrilling and just flippin' huge. I hope that fans in the SGV realize that an renewed and energized program at Bishop Amat is nothing but positive for every school in the area that aspires to be great.

For the Saint faithful: lots more football to be played yet this season. Keep the faith baby.

MY buddies at C O: Nothing too surprising so far, (except Dom's new love of the on top game, huh Chris?). Great work so far for a classy program, see you next week.

You little Devils, you: Great work against the Braves, you guys have more guts than a Zacky Farms processing plant.

Bonita: You are starting to worry me a little. Defensive comeback against all odds Friday was awe inspiring, there is nothing, but nothing like watching a 135 lb LB or a 120 lb safety take on a 235 lb+ running back. WOW! T, terrific as usual.

Spartans: Great win, I knew it was in you. Keep letting the “adults” bark, you guys just keep playing with pride and heart.

Tartans: OK boys, so much for the easy part, now you have to play to the early expectations. Trust each other and turn it loose Friday night. Make us all proud.

Call if I forgot anyone.

Don

Cuople of thoughts.

1) Bowden filled out. One year makes a difference.Too bad I never seen this kid play.
2) Deen is not div 1 and is div 1. Locks onto receivers. Makes alot of throws. Great athlete. Fast and mobile. Big arm but all those deep balls will get picked at next level. One other thing. On one play the TE was at least 30 yrds open with no rush. Deen decides to scramble? and then run it himself? The crowd was yelling HE'S OPEN!!!!!. If I'm a D! scout I pass on that alone. He'll be a MSAC and have to prove he can improve. Then I take a chance on him.
Rowland had the better athletes and better prospects.
3) Bogan is a bully. Bullied the scorekeeper so bad the announcer had to ball out Bogan. Fans bullied the "clock" when Rowland made a first downand teh crowd yelled for the clock to begin...AGAIN...bullied into starting the clock.
4) Never seen Bowden "late hit" as people have said here for years but really SH late hits all night. Pretty classless. SH must bus in their own refs. That was ridiculous. Look at teh film. Time and again the player is down and the whisle blows and a hit comes in helmet first on a player on the ground. That's cheap.
5)Rowland's #10 is the real deal. OUTSTANDING PLAYER. BEST PLAYER ON THE FIELD LAST NIGHT..BY FAR.
6) WICKED A$$ HIT BY #24 ON SH PLAYER! ALL CAPS BECAUS EIT WAS THAT AWESOME. BRINGS THE WOOD AND NEVER EVEN GET'S DIRTY. WOW WOW WOOOOH!
6) SH players are as complacent a team as I have ever seen. Talking to fans in the stands. Getting coaching tips from Dads. mingling while the game was going on. Absolutely no passion on the sidelines. Never seen that kind of disconnect before.
7) On one play, a long bomb bt Deen the receiver is tackled just shy of the goal line. The ref on the ball side places his foot just shy of teh goal line. The other ref comes towards him with no signal and they stare at each other an dteh ball side ref moves his foot and signals TOUCHDOWN...the crowd went crazy! Incredible.
8) SH fans are pretty cool. Great loyalty and great atmosphere.
#55 mom is a great looking woman and dad looks like he could suit up RIGHT NOW! Great family.lol
9) Kid who got hit by #24 showed alot of guts coming back and playing.
10) #20 from SH looks pretty good. Size speed ...any one know his story.
11)...why 11? Spinal Tap...why the RED TAPE? SH players had their ankles and wrist bands in RED ...anyone know why?

Anyway. Great gae. Both teams played as high school game sshould be played. All Out. Leave it on the field and shake hands. Great to see players talking to each other as friends and competitors.

Last point. SH showed alot of class in announcing senior moments for each senior player and cheer person. THRU OUT THE GAME...Made me get chills from time to time. CDF is a great place to see a game. Parking is actually pretty close and the people there are very cool.

I say Steve or Fred should do a story on South Hills Recieving Core along with Deen. Deen has reached the 2000 yard mark on the year with one game to go. Those 5 are undeniably the best passing attack in the SGV. And the chemistry they have is amazing!

EX-RAIDER, do you know what your tired about? YOUR TIRED OF THE HUSKIES WINNING.Remember this EX-RAIDER, everybody talks about the winners of the world, and NOT the losers! Maybe someday they'll write about your RAIDERS! Even if it is the SGV Tribune paper.

Maybe you should do some relvaluations on your opinions? Think a little before you write, remember HUSKIE FANS HAVE OPINIONS ALSO!

Husky,

What's the status on your two linebackers? Can you seriously continue to play at high level without them and how long until they return to the lineup? I keep reading the second week of the playoffs. Is that true? And in your opinion who is the best athlete on the field for you on Friday nights? Honestly, I am a West Covina fan but truthfully I don't see us being able to compete with you next week and winning. Sorry Bulldogs I'm just being truthful. My belief is we go in as a #3 team and beat a number #1 team like last year.

I give a big up to south hills. there offense really did show up tonight. and i disagree. Cameron deen played great tonight and he has a lot of tools that make him a D1 prospect. We had our chance to win. We just made to many mistakes. had too many stupid penalties. That came out and really played. The result could be different on another night. But no way should we have given up 45 points. that was our fault. Great game though. congrats huskies. Hopefully we see you in the playoffs on a different field where we can utilize our speed a lil better. and hopefully we show up on both sides of the balls should we meet again.

EX-RAIDER???

"CREDIT" Come on X-man, we don't need empathy! Bottom line is the score was 45 to 38, and we came up on top. I don't understand how you could say we scored 38 points on the Huskies and their overrated? what about the 45 points we scored! Oh Yeah, but that's irrelevant to you. Come on , you just don't make sense... You said you "expected to see a better team tonight" HELLOOOOO, THE BETTER TEAM WON LAST NIGHT!

EX-RAIDER we don't need you to tell us about CHAMPIONSHIPS! WE already have them!

EX-RAIDER, quit with the APOLOGIES, because it looks WEAK!

OH, and by the way, we can't wait to see what happens next month! EITHER...

HUSKIES#1

A few photos from last night's game and story:

http://amatnews.com/

Congratulations to our Lancer team! WHAT A HUGE VICTORY OVER THE CELTS!

Husky,

I do believe I gave South Hills credit for the win?? And I dont recall crying about losing. So your comments are very minimal to me. I also feel that "this" quarterback did not beat Rowland. Last time I checked, football was played with 11 men, not 1. I do apologize for singling him out, but Im a little tired of hearing about the same teams on here. Yes, South Hills is overrated, I will not apologize for that, its my opinion. I expected to see the best team in the SGV last night, but that was definetely far from it. I mean if your #1 in the SE. You dont give up 38 points. That doesnt win championships. Bottom line we will see what happens in another month.

COACH SINGISER, MAN YOU SHOW NO CLASS, ADMIT YOU GOT YOUR BUTT KICKED, AND GO ON TO THE NEXT ASS KICKING.......COMMENTS ON SGV TRIBUNE...ROSEMEAD SHOW NO MERCY ON THIS GUY..GO PANTHERS

EX-RAIDER???

Do YOU know what's one of the worst things you can do after a game?

Is cry about losing! Then you take it a step further by stating how the HUSKIES are overrated and also start singling out the quarterback, on he is not D1 material. UUUHHHHH, this quarterback just beat your school right!

Come on bro, have some class, and take your lumps!

SCOREBOARD AND WHAT IF,JUST DON'T LIE!

HUSKY'S.

THE REAL EAGLES SHOWED UP LAST NITE AGAISNT ARROYO..AND YOU CAN READ THE HATE IN COACH SINGISER COMMENT SGV TRIBUNE..YEAS COACH SINGISER, WELL BE PACKING UP NEXT WEEK THE SAME AS YOU BEEN DOING FOR THE LAST FOUR YRS..NEXT WEEK LOOK FOEWARD TO GETTING YOUR ASS KICKED BY ROSEMEAD..AND THEN AGAIN ON THE FIRST ROUND PLAYOFFS..COACH JUST REMEMBER ANY LEAGUE TITLE YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH SEM WHICH YOU HAVE FAILED..ARROYO DAYS ARE OVER.............

jcaz,
before you make fun of "whiskey pete", you should know he has been walking the sidelines of south hills football games for over 30 years. those are not suspenders he is wearing, but it is a high resolution, expensive camera, around his neck. he is an incredible sports photographer. anyone who has suited up for the SHHS since the 70s has photos in their scrapbook from the guy. if you ever played against south hills, there is probably a picture of you somewhere getting flattened by a huskie. i think he works northview and covina games, too.

"Huskies show why they deserve No. 1 ranking in Southeast Division, and will play West Covina for the outright San Antonio league title next week."

Are you kidding me? This is so wrong its not even funny. First of all, South Hills is completely overrated! First round knock out, maybe 2nd at best. All the hype about this Qb for south hills is ridiculous, great arm but definetely not a D-1 QB. That #5 is a hell of a ball player though. Second of all, Rowland played an outstanding game. You fix a couple of those small mistakes and this game was easily a Raider win. However, its still a good win for the huskies, but lets be real this Husky team is not the real deal.

Amat Posters,
Great win over Crespi, you should be proud, I'm not a hater and I give Amat credit when they do well.
The problem that I and a lot of bloggers have with some of your posters is your gloating over the rest of the SGV, as if it's impossible for some of our lower level powers in the sgv to hang with Amat. If the trib rankings
don't mean anything to you then why come on here thumping your chest and gloating your superiority over the rest of the sgv?
If the tribs rankings don't mean anything to you then why even bring them up in the first place? Its because the trib rankings do mean a lot to you. It annoy's you when you don't see the name of Amat in the #1 position.
At least guy's like Joe Amat and a few others show a little respect for other programs in the sgv.
Charter Oak has a good team this year, personally I think they could hang with Amat, most years they can't but this year and last year I think they could, along with last years South Hills team,
This year I don't think SH could hang, but I think CO could.

cojo -Ahh CO now you know how it feels. who gets' "disparaged" more? you know even when the lancers were 3-7 they "hit the weights, the skids, watch films and those things all teams good and bad have to do to prepare for each new week" too.
in all reality here is the real difference. You never heard the University of San Diego (D1AA) or Occidental (DIII) claiming that because they were undefeated they should be ranked ahead of USC if they had a loss. no newspaper guys or scouting gurus would ever think to make that claim. they had enough common sense to realize the difference. those here don't.
does that mean that San Diego wasn't great - for them? or Oxy-for them? stick with that -being great-for you- it's real and believable. the other claim is absurd.

I just saw the video of the South Hills game and two things really stood out for me here.

The first thing was that one hit that was put on the SH player. It was vicious. I hope he did'nt get too shook up there.

Second. Remember I told you that I saw Whisky Pete at the game Thursday night ? well, HE IS ON THIS VIDEO !! He shows up at the 8:28 mark of the stream, but you get a better look at him at the 8:34 mark.

Only thing though. He must have taken out that feather from his hat because I don't see it in the shot.

Tooo funny.

congrats to amat on their victory against crespi

TO ALL AMAT FANS,

Get over it, perhaps you should be back in 1st
. So what. Dont disparage the Chargers, they hit the weights, the skids, watch films and those things all teams good and bad have to do to prepare for each new week. Give credit where its do and rally your team and stop kntpicking. Look out Bearcats here we come, See you thursday. Go and have the time of your life!

South Hills-Rowland game was a great game for the spectators-Hard hitting and lots of big plays. I would have enjoyed it more if Raiders would have prevailed obviously...Our kids showed a lot of heart while being down most of the game. We cannot continue to turn the ball over multiple times-three in this game-and expect to beat the tough teams. Rowland did show that they can play with the best in the Valley-Amat aside.

So Fred how does the Mid Valley look now ? whos in first, second, etc.....

I'm with you Reality Czech.

These haters will always find never ending excuses to hate.

Damn if you lose Damn if you win.

Go 3-7 and you suck.

Beat OC finest in Olu and its a fluke.

Beat West Covina by 40 pts and you're picking on smaller teams.

Beat a big time powerhouse football team #6 Encino Crespi and now you cheat.

What would you haters say next if...and when we take the Serra league crown? Sooner or later it's gonna happen whether you like it or not.

Your excuses are lame, accept the fact...Amat is back!

AZTECS,

Good job last night. Next week we should wrap it up.

Good Job Coach Scherf, and your staff . GOOD LUCK in the play-offs!

AZTEC PRIDE!

If you want to see top rated quarterbacks in the country Matt Barkley and Mater Dei. There's only one team that has a chance to play em: Amat.. If you want a chance to see nationally ranked Long Beach Poly there's only one team that has a chance to play em too: Amat. If you want to see UCLA's next QB...Amat already played Los Osos...Want to see highly ranked talent nationally...Amat already played Anthony Barr of Loyola, Crespi and Orange Lutheran. There's only one place to see the sgv play California's best...and it's Bishop Amat. Hey FredJ, need a ride to watch state power Notre Dame. Amat's playin em' next week. Unless you want to watch some of that div 3,4,5,6,7 stuff....Amat representing the sgv all the way win or lose...

Two Way-that has been the MO all season-but they play sparingly on selected plays on offense-which was Hagerty's plan all along. Seals had 3 TDs in short yardage situations back against OLu.

Lancer Fan,

Seals (LB) was used at RB on "O" along with Price (DB) at reciever ????

Amat could be running out of gas towards the end of the season and playing the likes of the Serra is a huge hurdle to handle. Change and play kids both ways , absolutely not!. You go with what got you there to 6-1 and do not jerk with the chemistry. If they go 0-3, fine the other teams had more talent but to scramble now would be diasterous, talk about confused trying to cram these defensive studs into the offense? keep it as is, work the line harder in their blocking schemes, throw some short and long passes and mix in Gaise and Anderson and let the Defense do their thing. The offense needs fine tuning and they are working on it this week. I see Amat coming to play friday and beating Crespi. This season is not over for Amat. The coaches are too good to go out FLAT now.

Posted by: Amat will win Friday | November 4, 2008 3:55 PM

No Way,

You are right, I'm not jcaz and I'm not Amat73 either.

No Way,

Yes Way !!!!!!!

dickless and ball-less tracy,

I'm not jcaz stupid. If you have something to say, you know where I am.

Bishop Amat!

Good Job on representing the SAN GABRIEL VALLEY!

People wake up,and show some love! Instead of all this negativity.

Come on NOW, they just beat CRESPI!!! I don't run with AMAT, but even I know what they did is BIG!

Good Luck to your team in the Finals! I hope you win your DIVISION.

WIERD UP!

I'm hip to your game now! I see all you DO is go around bashing team.

Here you are BASHING BISHOP AMAT NOW!

AMAT, just did something big Friday night, that no other SGV VALLEY team PROBABLY can DO.

Why don't you do us all a favor,and quit blogging crap,AND DO SOMETHING PRODUCTIVE, LIKE STAND AT THE END OF THE CORNER AND TWIRL A SIGN ALL DAY!

(WERD UP)! Why don't you (NUT UP)!

Didn't anyone see the Ayala and Chino Hills game? One of the greatest endings to a football game I've ever seen! Ayala 18, Chino Hills 17. Thanks David Quiroga!

Go Bulldogs

great game south hills. nice to see us battle like that.

but, again i ask, where in the hell are the paramedics at district field?? are you kidding me? 5, yes 5 covina p.d. but not a medical person anywhere. so, i guess we are saying that we're ready for a fight, but not an injury............
NICE

in blog format i ask,
cvusd,or, who ever the responsible person is, pull your headout of your ass!!!!
last night, another legal, but viscious hit, and 'trainers' attend to the player. yeah, he got up,walked off, and re entered the game, luckily,thankfully.
what can we as parents do??? fred? steve?

amat first round exit in the playoffs. enjoy the win now because it wont last. werd up

Uh, excuse me. damien didn't finally put it all together. DBar's quarterbaec, Hunter Warren, was suspended from school for two weeks on Thursday. Game over. He was second in the Sierra League in pssing (over 1000 yds) and seventh in rushing (450). He wss our punter, played safety last game after Barlow's concussion put him out for the season) and had eleven tackles. He was the heart and soul of this team. With Warren I truly think we win this game 30-21. DBar had no offense. The replacements tried, but Hunter is a one-of-a-kind athelete. I like head coach Martin, but I realize this will be his best season at DBar. A couple of players that he banks on as his future shows that he really has no clue of talent. At least two of the Junior starters (only four on team and one sophomore) already are sayint they're not playing next year. The sophomore starter Martin loves is a great kid and would have been an average JV player. Martin started him the last six games on varsity! Players disrespecting coaches at practice...no JV talent at all and maybe two Freshmen keepers. That's it. Next year 1-9 if we catch some breaks. So Damien parents, congrats, but you didn't beat our real team.

amat#???????????-didn't hear anyone complaining about recruiting when we had basically the same guys, but we were 3-7 and losing players! the tune changes again: you suck, 0-10, barrio, 1-9, OLu was a fluke, 2-8, raider fans, 3-7, beer drinkers,5-5, won't win a league game, one and done-and now we recruit. what's next?

a very important note to amat-you won a game for your team -not the sgv

get off your high horse , the sgv does not want to be represented by a team that has recruited from out of the area

Southills Huskies are fortunate to still have a very young team stacked with talent. Running Back Miles Bevel who is deserving of his Jersey number 1. He is a lean mean fighting machine he has proved from preseason play against centiniel that he can find a hole when there isn't one and he can take a hit dirty or clean whatever the game brings he adapts to the situation. This kid is a class act and you gotta have serious respect and luv for this kid you'll continue to see the Bevel shine!

I can honestly say that McClanahan from Amat crossed the line before his knee was down and before the ball was knocked out. I was about a foot away right next to the ref. The ball crossed (barely but it did).. knee hit.. ball knocked out(the only good call by that ref). A couple of the Crespi players should have had penalty flags throw for unsportsmanlike conduct with the language they were using, but like a few other people said it was poor officiating mostly by the home sideline judge. Congrats Aamat! I'll see some of you there next week!

You all seem to criticize the officials in the Amat game. Well, the head referee just got back from being an umpire in the Utah-TCU game, so I'd trust his judgment. The other officials are all college-level as well, so they're abilities on the field are well-respected. Before you're so quick to criticize, learn the NFHS rules and officiating philosophies, and maybe you'll understand it all a little better.

Do you know what happens when you throw eggs at people from moving cars?

THEY SEE YOU.

Do you know what happens when they see you?

FIND OUT MONDAY.

COUNT ON IT.

jcaz, what the hell is a 120 degree turn? put down the bud lite, unless you've got a couple for me too, actually I only drink Leinenkugels now, red,spice or Brett Favres Voo-Doo Spice, Amat did shine tonight,

Amat Lancers!

We are all truly proud of you! Big kudos to Joseph and the O-line, you truly made the way for Jay and Gaisie. And Jerry, way to pull it together time and time again. Haters or lovers don't truly matter. The joy of a good game at the end of the night... now that is worth it all.

Thank you for wonderful memories!

Jcaz is mark lujan dad? please say it ain't so!

the bifocal guy is lujan ?

no way!

i have tosaythis everytime thatcancer crutchfield is not on the feild the kids play better duarte get ridof that sick infested coach

I don't think anyone can say with absolute certainty that McClanahan crossed the goal before it was poked out of his hands. I was right at the corner too and couldn't tell, it was that close. But what a call by Hagerty to go for it in that situation.
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I can't see how the Lancers miss the playoffs now, regardless of what happens next week. Worse they finish is 7-3 with wins over Orange Lutheran and Crespi. That should be good enough for the at-large...
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About the rankings, hmmm, obviously makes you reconsider :)

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And to the person asking about being at Lancers games, yes, I'll be at the Notre Dame game too. Hate me. Next week's schedule is nice, the San Antonio, Sierra, and Miramonte titles are on Thursday, with the Montview, MVL and Serra games on Friday. No excuses, go see some games.

OH MY GOD MILES BEVEL # 1 GOT LIT UP TONIGHT!!!! KNOCKED HIS HELMET CLEAN OFF! one of the hardest hits ive seen. . . . get ready for some laughter in fils lol but ouch dude

Whitey, of course you point is correct about the ball and the goal line.

However, it just seemed as if his knee went down "BEFORE HE GOT THE BALL OVER THE GOAL LINE" thus no touchdown.

Anyway, it's all water under the bridge here right ? We won and they lost YEAH !!!!

One more thing, sevenduce made a great point here in that the offensive line had a 120 degree turn around on this game here.

Crespi did not do as well a job against our run plays as did Loyola. It seems rather odd to me that Gaise and Anderson had such a great performance against thier defensive team.

BTW, I hope that Gasie is ok because, he, along with McClanahan really got racked up good during that game tonight. Both of these guys should have called 911 the way they were smacked arround out there.

Anyway, it off to bed for me now, and all I know at this point is that I will sleep very soundly tonight.

Good night all !!

Stang Fan
SH has lost two key line backers, and yes they will be back for the playoffs. So if you actually make it past the first round, get ready for C town! AINT NO PITY IN HUSKY CITY! yea raiders romp tonight>>> sike hahahaha AINT NO PITY IN HUSKY CITY!!

jcaz, once again .....if there is a 3rd team from the Serra league it'll be Amat and hopefully we'll get a 10 or 11 seed in the playioffs, and after the first round it's a crap shoot in the 2nd(upset city) go Lancers!

Trust me everyone. I was working security at the game and I was right at the end zone. The ball crossed the line....the touchdown call was correct.

ROSEMEAD MVL CHAMPS!!!

jcaz, it's not where you knee is at when it hits, it's where the ball is when your knee hits or hip,back et al..........c'mon Amat guys need to know the rules too, it's part of what separates us from the rest of second tier FB teams in the sgv

Dropping Amat from the LA times top 25 was a complete disrespect for the SGV.

The way I look at this win is

SGV 22 LA Times #6 Crespi 21

This was a huge win for Amat and a bigger win for the SGV. Can the SGV finally get some respect LA times?

after last weeks game against loyola, i stated that losses like that have a way of refocusing a team. i misspoke. sometimes a loss can refocus an entire program and everyone involved in it. tonight was a great game for the lancers. believe it or not, that defense played a much better game tonight than they did against loyola. it was good to see the offensive line take over the game in the third quarter. it seemed as though fatigue set in on crespi. the d-line stepped up in this one and truly shut down a really good running back in #42. johnson's and cacares's interceptions were awesome. truly athletic plays. great game. next week vs. notre dame should be truly exciting.

Wow!!! Congrats Amat!!! Huge win for the valley. This is exactly what I wrote about this past week as far as supporting the Lancers whether you hate or abhor them. Lol...

Sondheimer, you better squeeze BA back in the Top 25. Two QUALITY wins. More than ANYONE in the valley combined.

Great job Lancers.

SH gave up 38 to Rowland? Hm, hm, hm.....I can't WAIT for the playoffs!!!

Look dick,

All I can do here is be objective. That's the way I am, and believe me when I tell you that you are not the first to give me "caca" about my takes on this teams performance.

I call it as I see it, and from my vantage point, he did'nt get in.

keep in mind however, that the ref's blew a whole lot of other calls that did'nt go our way. But in the end, it all evened out right ?

As for the times, man they are total idiots, because when they took us out of the top twenty, they alsoo posted a real hurtfull comment to go along with it.

Now I wonder what they will say and what verbage they will use to justify us being back in the top 25.

BTW dick, how did you know I wore bi-focuals ? ha ha ha.

Hey Lujan, OOPS ! I mean Jcaz. You can't even see 2ft in front of u with those bifocals, how the hell could you see the call ???? More fuel for all the haters !

The LA Times made a HUGE mistake when they bumped Bishop Amat out of the top 25 teams.

They made an even bigger mistake by leaving Orange Lutheran in at the #9 position.

Now Bishop Amat has defeated Crespi...the LA Times #6 ranked team.

What does all of this point to?

The future. The future of Lancer football. The shining of the San Gabriel Valley.

AMAT STUDENTS!!! HOLD YOUR HEADS UP HIGH!!!

ON BLUE!!!!

TAKE THE FIGHT TO THE IRISH!!!!

Ha Fred! I just read it again- "But don't count on it." Good one.

Sir lancealot almost got it right. Not 24-23 but 22-21. Close enough.

This game was perhaps the biggest game of the last few years for the Lancers.
yes even more that the Olu game.

You know, before the game started, I felt that the Lancers had a great shot at this game, because allot of the players were compleatly focused on this game this week.

To a man, if you would have asked any one of them, they would have told you that they were going to win the game tonight. All week long, all you heard from them was confidence.

Allot of brevado on thier part right ? Well, it must have worked.

As for the game itself, it started off very slowly for Amat, but you kind of had a sense that did'nt get blown out early and if they stayed close to the Celts in the first half, that anything could have happened in the second.

The funny part of this story is that if it were not for that one fumble that led to the last Celt touchdown, the game could have ended up being almost, an easy win for Amat.

Without that fumble (and TD by Crespi), the game ends up as 21 to 14 at worst, for the Lancers.

BTW, I have to be honest with you here. I could have swore that that huge two point conversion was no good.

From my vantage point, it seemed as if his knee was down on the one yard line, and that he did'nt make it. I guess the Zebras saw it the other way an for once, what i saw as a bad call, was ruled in our favor I suppose.

One more thing, do the math with me for just a minute here.

At 1-1, the game plan changes considerably now. Tomorrow night, we all have to become big time Loyola Cub fans, because if the Cubs win, then the worst thing that can happen to them is that they go 2-1 in league and we are no longer compeating with them for a final playoff spot.

It would now be between us and Crespi.

We can go into the playoffs as high as 2-1 or at 1-2 at worst and still make it because at 3rd place, we would own the tie breaker over Crespi. Notre Dame would not even figure into this equation, win or lose against them.

However, if Loyola loses, then watch out. They go to 1-1 and a tye breaker with them is bad news for us.

There are so many scenarios here of course, but keep this in mind, if Loyola wins tomorrow, we are most likley in.

Amat doesn't want Robledo's #1 ranking. It doesn't mean anything. It's funny cuz...Fred puts Charter Oak on such a pedestal...but attends mostly Amat games...Isn't that interesting???...The only thing that matters is Amat is playing the highest talent southern cal has to offer. That's why Robledo attends Bishop Amat games. I wouldn't be amazed if he goes to the Notre Dame vs. Amat game next week...I'd rather see Amat/Loyola 10 times over than Charter Oak vs. any of the teams in their league.

JFR & CO Bro-good luck next week against Bonita for the league title. It will be nice in Week 10 to see you play you're THIRD game of the year against a team with a winning record.

Sorry about that, slow connection.

A great Lancer win for the seniors! Way to finish the homestand! Notre Dame will be a fantstic game, the boys will be up for this one. You can't count us out yet.

Like I've said before, don't rank us, we don;t wnat it.

A great Lancer win for the seniors! Way to finish the homestand! Notre Dame will be a fantstic game, the boys will be up for this one. You can't count us out yet.

Like I've said before, don't rank us, we don;t wnat it.

A great Lancer win for the seniors! Way to finish the homestand! Notre Dame will be a fantstic game, the boys will be up for this one. You can't count us out yet.

Like I've said before, don't rank us, we don;t wnat it.

Amat Fans, If you don't care about the trib rankings then why are you on this blog everyday crying about it. You had a great and very important win, enjoy it and feel free to take back #1 you crying little girls. If it doesn't mean crap then go play on the big boys blog with the LA Times. P.S. I wouldn't want Oaks Christian in my league either, they would kick your A$$! You guys are having a great year so enjoy it instead of trying to invalidate it down our throats everyday.

Charter Oak

Number 1 in the San Gabriel Valley...

Charter Oak has a good football program. But let's face it...Bishop Amat has proven to be the school of the future.

No one.......NO ONE!!! Picked Amat over Crespi!!!

MIGHTY ARE THE MEN THAT WEAR THE BLUE AND GOLD!!!!!!!

Congrats to Amat on a big win. You can have the #1 ranking in the Tribune since it means so much to your fans.
Bonita we are looking forward to a great game next Thursday.
Adam Muema is a STUD!

AMAT VICTA!!!

AMAT VICTA!!!

AMAT VICTA!!!

no jcaz I'd like to see whatever notes you have on the game.

Great game lancer!!! Be proud to night be strong tomorrow and show all the what D1 football teams are about.

Beating Olu and Crespi was a huge feat, Who has CO beaten in their lousy division XXII or whatever small little girls league they're in? Winless Los Altos scored 20 points on CO? Whats up with that?

Nothing more needs to be said then,
AMAT 22
Crespi 21
Fred and Steve you can keep your number 1 ranking for CO because as I have said many times we do not need the Trib's rank to know where we stand in the SGV. WE ARE THE LANCERS . This team has a tremendous amount of heart and pride.Congratulations to all the seniors on your last game at HOME AND TO ALL THE MEN IN BLUE great win and you made us proud tonight as you have done all season long. You can never count them out . Jcaz no notes needed this week, just savor the win because this game was what AMAT football is all about.

amat 1-2 in league and bounced in the first round

LA Times may have taken Amat out of the their top 25...but after tonight they're back in....and without a doubt is the best in the sgv win or lose next week...This season has been an enjoyable one...these kids leave their hearts on the field win or lose...Robledo...screw your top 25...most won't admit it, but these kids are doing a fine job representing the sgv in the highest division of the southern section...none of that division 3,4,5,6 or 7 stuff...

can you give a recap of the Amat-Crespi game?

AMAT SHINED TONIGHT!! NOw put them back to number one. You cannot compare the schedules. Amat plays big boy football, Charter Oak plays the little sisters of the poor. Case Closed.

Nice prediction Sir Lancelot.

One of the most exciting HS game I saw. Very gutsy call by Hag to go for the 2 pt conversion. Bad officiating by refs almost cost Amat the game for non calls..passing interference and face mask etc.

I questioned Amat, after this victory, no doubt the #1 team in the valley. OLu was no fluke, tonight proves it. Congratulations

YES YES YES ...RHS

WOW Arroyo goes down to SEM .

Congrats Eagles !

CONGRATS TO Bishop Amat , BIG WIN !

Fight On
TM

let me correct my last post it was amat 22 crespi 21

this just in
AMAT 21
Crespi 20!!!!!!!!

Amat wins....so a three way tie for second is looking pretty good for the Serra league

south hills 45 to rowland 38... final score

Rosemead looked good and Tra had another big night. The kicker from Rosemead hands down is the best kicker in the valley. Good job Panthers and remember one game at a time!

Any update on SH and Rowland?

I am confident we are coming to play tonite, Amat is ready, we know it will be a hard fought game but we will be in it every step of the way. Amat Will Shine Tonite. Lancer Victory at Kiefer Tonite.

Lancers 24
Celts 23

THE MEAD IS TOUGH..BETTER OVERALL TALENT AND TEAM THAN THE 2005 TEAM, SIMPLY BECAUSE THIS TEAM PRE EASON SCHEDULE WAS TOUGHER THAN THE 2005 DESPITE GOING 10-0.. GOOD LUCK, AND HOPE YOU ALL CAN MAKE IT OUT OF THE FIRST ROUND PLAYOFFS...GO PANTERS VS SAINTS, NICE PLAYOFF.......

BEST OF LUCK TO OUR AMAT LANCERS!!!!

WE BELIEVE IN YOU GUYS!!!!!!

SHINE TONIGHT!!!!

When the Huskies lose tonite the cry will be "We'll take your pity because it's so shitty in Huskie City"

Joe

I shall keep that in mind!

I'm pretty sure that throws workman into the top 5???

We shall see!

Goodluck today!

sgvpride,

I was always told it's not always what you know... but who you know... !:?) That always helps.

Martin seems like a good and ethical guy that has been a role model for youth for some time. I've actually referred some people I know to his Club program, The Wolfpack.

Good luck to him and Cezar.

JOE AMAT

I am curious as to how you found this out so quickly? I'm assuming you found it on CIF website . I myself have pretty close ties to the lobo program still, and I myself have not heard from anyone. I was told it was going to take 15 days. I know you are an amat guy, but you seem to your our area schools. Just a little curious. You sem to also know a lot about head coach, Martin Flores also during the recent post regarding this subject. Regardless thanks for the info!

I LOVE CAPITAL LETTERS! BUT NO ONE RESPECTS THE MEAD!

Breaking News, kind of
(Fred... I'm carrying you !:?)

Cezar Guerrero, transfer basketball player from Workman, has had his eligibility appeal to the State approved. Looks like he will be competing for the Lobos this season.

People out there may be haters and complainers, but this was the system at work... exactly the way it was supposed to work.

Wow i am really looking forward to tonights game against rowland, it will be fun to see these last to regular season games, and have SH once again prover their dominance. Husky fan - i am not chris late hit bowden im from way back when they scored seven on us in CIF. hence the Crowned, Regardless of who i am or what ive done past is past. GO BOGAN GO DAWGS AINT NO PITY IN HUSKY CITY

Still waiting for the picture of Miguel wearing the Bishop Amat hat !! Fred, Don'T let him skate.

Lets See How Bishop Does tongiht against crespi , its a tough game for the lancers,but they need a Win..!!

YES YES YES

RHS !

GO Panthers ...

LEAVE NO DOUBT who the best team is in the Mid Valley. Go out & prove again & again that the MIGHTY MIGHTY Panthers are on the prowl & are EARNING RESPECT !

FIGHT ON
TM

FRED, THE BLOGGING IS KINDA OF SLOW??? what's up? PEOPLE GETTING A LITTLE TIRED OF FOOTBALL? Never that!

AZTECS TONIGHT! BIG NIGHT, TONIGHT FRED!!!

AZTEC PRIDE!