Boys Basketball: Glendora rolls past Damien

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Damien-Glendora game story.
Glendora's Kosmond Russell scored a game-high 25 points to lead the Tartans to a 65-45 victory over Damien in the Sierra League opener for both teams Wednesday night. The Tartans nearly blew an 18-point fourth quarter lead. Glendora led 47-29 with 6:47 left, but the Spartans went on a 14-1 run to cut the lead to 48-43 with 4:17 to go. The Tartans then closed the show with a 15-0 run to improve to 12-5. Damien dropped to 12-5. Glendora's Calvin Smith had 16 points and Juan Martinez had seven. Damien was paced by Justin Latham's 13 points and Chris Adams had 10.

Wednesday's scoreboard
Baldwin Park 65, San Dimas 56
Arroyo 61, El Monte 58
Mountain View 49, Rosemead 45
Walnut 78, West Covina 74, 2 OT
Northview 102, Ganesha 56
Diamond Ranch 58, Charter Oak 44
South El Monte 62, Gabrielino 48
Sierra Vista 55, Bassett 33
Rowland 60, Wilson 58
Village Christian 67, Flintridge Prep 40
La Salle 63, Mary Star 42
St. Paul 58, Cantwell 52
Muir 47, Arcadia 29
Temple City 57, South Pasadena 41
La Mirada 83, Mayfair 67


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Best of luck Kid said:

Walllace Gonzalez, I've talked to lot of people from Glendora and without question what's happening to you is the same thing that happened to Mark Sanchez. Pete Carroll balling him out was freakin ridiculous! Shame on the Trojan Family. I'm a Trojan and I don't condone what Pete did. Mark's graduating and moving on.

Somehow no one thought Matt Cassell should put his post education/life on hold for a pipe dream of an NFL career and look at him. Mark is ready and Pete is a parental jerk "I had to come hard"...Pete grow up!

When the status quo think of you as a Mexican "gardener" and nothing more they always tell you what to do and ball you out when you start thinking for yourself. Let's see Pete's had a run in with Norm Chow and Mark Sanchez while his lower/lesser coaches have big time HC positions. Figures!


Believe in yourself WG and listen only to people who respect what you're doing and have your best interest at heart. I will always be a big fan.

You've always been very polite to me and I never believe haters. Keep doing what you're doing and let all the haters hate and the players play.

CIF as a Soph....kind of tells you all you need to know.

tartanmom said:

ToS,
father like son on the gonzalez deal! head is firmly stuck!

LA FAN said:

Dont get to high on the victory over LA this week Bonita....I've been watching LA Sports for over 25 years now and this had got to be one of the worst teams I have EVER seen. Hopefully there is something on the lower levels cause it sure does look like the demographics are catching up to us.

Walnut Insider said:

BB Fan,
I'm not ready to take that bet, but as I said before Walnut will contend for the league title this year. If you read my post these kids are in the middle of finals, so they might not be completely ready for the game. As for Nogales, they don't even have school on Friday. Will they be doing the right thing and resting? Probably not.

People bash Walnut constantly because of the past 10 - 15 years of failures in the boys programs, but this might be the one shining year. I'm not going to put it all on Friday, but that will tell a lot.

Glendora Fan said:

The Tartans played like they wanted to win, and did! Great shooting Koz and Calvin, great blocked shots and rebounds Brian, always hustling Juan and Brad . . great support from the bench. Work on the press, play like you did last night and the Tartans will be in the running at the end. Diamond Bar is next, don't take them lightly!

BBfan said:

So lucky Walnut beat West Cov, who cares! Walnut was lucky, but I gurantee $100 that Nogales will beat them on Friday. Any takers? Walnut barely beat a team that is barely about the 50/50 marker. How the hell are they going to handle a team with so many offensive weapons, plus better stronger and bigger players like Nogales. I can not wait for Walnut to not only get beat but embarrased by getting their butt kicked by 20

Hey said:

Diamond Bar Beat Chino.

db said:

as usual leduc is le duc. when he has the players he let's them play, when he doesn't he just out coaches the other guy. that's the mark of a great coach- knowing the difference!

as Fred put it, "simple back door cuts made it look too easy." damien came in over confident and it showed. not to worry, damien will bounce back with easy wins aginst diamod bar, chino and ayala and settle for a two way tie for second with eather glendora or chino hills.


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That is awesome for BP! It was at SD too. It would be great to see the rematch at BP. Brave fans bring your tomahawks, it's time for a Saint Scalping.

sports fan said:

no DB? arent they apart of the SGV?

Walnut Insider said:

Great win for Walnut. This Friday should be a good game as well...should be interesting to see how their school schedule affects them. This week is finals week for Walnut. They had 3 finals yesterday and 3 today. Friday they have off so like I said should be interesting to see how that plays out for us.

BP Fan said:

Congratulations to BP Braves for knocking off San Dimas in their league opener. Baldwin Park's victory is the first time they have beaten San Dimas at San Dimas in 30 years.

Bcatfan said:

Good job Glendora. Bonita rolls over Los Altos, 62-48. Cody Bennett leads all scores with 21 pts.

GHS said:

Nice crowd tonight for the Sierra league opener...of course Damien/Glendora always brings 'em out. I miss the days when the student sections were allowed to be a bit rowdier with their chants, but I guess 'sportsmanship' is the rule of the day. The Tartans clearly looked like the superior team in this one. They have to solve the press break a little better, but they I believe they will. If they stay healthy, they should battle CH for the league title and being in a bit weaker CIF division this year they may make a similar run like last year. Good luck boys!

TG said:

Congrats to Walnut for winning their first league Game in 2 years. As I always knew, every game would be a tough one, and West Covina played really tough. Both team fought hard and Walnut prevailed in the end. Great job to both teams. Friday night at Nogales will be tough!!!! Walnut needs to bring their A game, they played their c game tonight. Congrats to the players and coaches!

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tartan fan said:

Glendora exposed Damien's lack of quickness with a lot of easy back door scores. This team has the ability to be good but if they don't improve on breaking the press and quit standing around no lead will be safe. It doesn't take a genius to know frome here on out they will see a lot of full court pressure. Practice should be interesting this week.

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