Gilmore transfers to La Puente

Lack of support LA,

And that is EXACTLY my point on Gano. Despite that, he still got Freshman studs, who all left by sophmore year of course, and he doesn't know how to PROPERLY recruit, he just knows how to steal!

Further evidence to the LA Administration, if you get the RIGHT guy in there, the program WILL be back in NO TIME. If not, your numbers will fall, interest will decrease, and you are another part of trivia history.

Jeremy,

When Gano was in charge he didn't care about the youth programs. He was so bad that he would charge them additional fees above the school district to use the fields at LA. Of course this is against district policy, when it was explained to him that is was against district policy. He kicked the youth program out and went to the next one. The local youth programs aren’t very happy with LA’s support.

I was told by a HLP board member that they are looking at St. Paul to play all their home games.

joe-go ahead and post those LA numbers on LA's website would you? I'm sure that HLPUSD will go for publicizing something that isn't true.

numbers cruncher,

The numbers at Amat have been and always will be padded. I can post those LA numbers on a website will that make it true. Amat has the rep. for decades as a weak academic private school. Somethings never change.

LA fans or FRED J.,

Anyone know LA's football schedule?

Thanks,

FJ

joe conq-the only difference is the Amat GPA's are accurate and on Amats website as was my info below about the Newsweeks "Challenge Index" placing Amat among the top 4% in the Nation that offer Advance Placement AND International Baccalaureate programs.

LA2000,

Yes, you're right, the issue in the program IS coaching and has been for a while....

However, I was refering more or less to prevention of the problem and preparation outside. If LA had that type of relation with the local youth program(s) that I spoke of, typically that would indicate promising coaching and the promise of coaching, i.e. Los ALamitos, LB Poly, Edison, Santa Margarita, and numerous others who have pioneered or 'caught' on. Basically, it goes like this: you play for the Jr. Conqs in the fall, you go to LAHS XY football camp in the spring and you learn to play Conq football... hey! Wasn't that great? Good, then we'll see you in the fall. Plan on LEARNING MORE!! Guest appearances would be amazing!

Los Altos has so much to sell, but hasn't pitched. That is where the problem starts my friend. And of course as YOU(LA2000) pointed out, the problem persists INSIDE.

The sports program NEEDS a COMPLETE overhaul! NEW quality awesome track record AD who can mentor Coach A, or succeed him. They need to put some stock into the Baseball, track, and basketball program WITH a major emphasis on academics. Very simple lesson to be taught and consumed: the dedication that you put into your sport, mirrors the dedication to your school work, thus equals how succesful you'll be in life. Study to get an A, train hard in the off-season. That's what HS is all about, isn't it? LIFE LESSONS.

?????????,

It's a joke......

LOS ALTOS DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A WRESTLING TEAM!!!!!

Congratulations Los Altos student-athletes, coaches and teachers. For the 2008-2009 school year ALL Los Altos athletic teams achieved a cumulative TEAM g.p.a. in excess of 4.0. Well done, Conquerors!
here's the list by team
SPORT
PARTICIPANTS
TEAM GPA
Football
75
4.0
Volleyball
10
4.50
Volleyball
14
4.02
Cross Country
9
4.22
Cross Country
6
4.15
Tennis
20
4.20
Tennis
17
4.44
Golf
10
4.32
Golf
12
4.40
Swimming
17
4.14
Swimming
15
4.08
Basketball
14
4.36
Wrestling*
12
4.07
Softball
18
4.17
Basketball
10
4.27
Soccer
21
4.37
Baseball
21
4.36
Soccer
16
4.23

*co-ed sport

Jeremy,

What is really killing LA right now is coaching. Coach A has only coached under Gano and only knows Gano’s way of coaching. That isn’t going to work in this environment. LA may get a second or third string player from another school that’s about it, no impact players.

The varsity program was young with many returners next year. With all the transfers out and the other incident it isn’t looking good next year. If the rumors are true about the other players that are leaving in June this program is going to have some major issues.

Coach A is trying he is contacting old players that have left the program. If these players come back that could help out but so far no commitments.

Joe Amat,

Joe Amat,

Just for the record you can come on this blog with all the numbers you want. The word is out; BA doesn't have that great of an academic program. Comparing it to the local public schools yes it is better, but very weak for a private school. Throw all the boggiest numbers out here you want but we all know the truth, deal with it. You guys have been playing that game for years it gets real old.

To the Walnut fan below that was talking Amat academics (again - how did WE get into the discussion)

Congratulations Bishop Amat student-athletes, coaches and teachers. For the 2008-2009 school year ALL Bishop Amat athletic teams achieved a cumulative TEAM g.p.a. in excess of 3.0. Well done, Lancers!

here's the list by team
SPORT
PARTICIPANTS
TEAM GPA

Football
75
3.02
Volleyball
10
3.50
Volleyball
14
3.02
Cross Country
9
3.22
Cross Country
6
3.15
Tennis
20
3.20
Tennis
17
3.44
Golf
10
3.32
Golf
12
3.40
Swimming
17
3.14
Swimming
15
3.08
Basketball
14
3.36
Wrestling*
12
3.07
Softball
18
3.17
Basketball
10
3.27
Soccer
21
3.37
Baseball
21
3.36
Soccer
16
3.23

*co-ed sport

Wildcat82,

I've adressed the issue concerning 'outreach' into the local youth football community, but no one seems to listen to me. It's what I've been saying all along: Farm system, farm system, farm system!!!

Sometimes, I feel like quiting my daily occupation, and coaching the damn team myself! I say that with half heatred humor and sincerity!

LAC ;o)

No I didn't play on the 81 team, but I did play.

The interesting part is the local talent and where it is going. Everyone is talking about the mass transfer to Wilson, I don’t see it. There is a mass existing at LA but current Varsity quality talent that is leaving LA for the most part is going out of district, LVL and South Hills. The Damien connection will get a few in June.

I think that the consist talk about those freshmen kids transferring over to Wilson is the real issue. Those kids are loyal to their youth coaches who have returned to coach at Wilson. These coaches are very popular in the community and have been very successful at the High School and youth level. That should be LA’s real concern, how many more freshmen and sophomores are going to transfer to Wilson and where are the incoming freshmen going to end up.

Most of you haven’t factored in the number of kids that didn’t play last year because of Hoyd. That Wilson freshmen quarterback from that 8-2 team has committed to return next year. Some of the other key players on that team have also committed to returning. Get those kids back on the field and Wilson will have a huge talent edge for the next three years. With the new realignment the 2010/2011 season could be a real interesting one. The expectations are league title and competing for a CIF title.

Wilson (they) hired Rick Ward.

Also, yes Wildcat82, that is part of recent problem at LA, the favoritism. Coaches son gets favored, and we lost a quality QB and BB player. That was very common in the Gano era, he probablly figured if asst. coaches son didn't workout, he'd just stick him at starting WR and recruit another QB, oh wait... he did do that.

Wildcat82,

those CIF rings were the product of Bishop Amat rejects.
QB- Chris Ullibari- Amat,
RB- Percy Arceneaux(R.I.P.)- Amat,
WR-Steve Lavario Amat,
All-purpose Jeremy Drake- Amat, etc.
Not to mention that a couple kids transfered out of LA after the '96 season when Wilson became the "new" king of the Heights. DeSpain was at the end of his career, and they hired Rick Ward, so kids began to jump ship with their parents at the trigger of the catipult, of course. The fickle parents of HH.

Anyone remember after the class of '98 graduated? LA was still LA, and Wilson went to being Wilson(meow...)

Go figure how many of those guys would of went to LA as freshman in a "normal" part of the time line.
I'll admit, that class of '98 was good before the transfers, but not that good.

-Jeremy.

Wildcat82

Did you play on the '81 Wilson team?

Yea here's another one of your LA rejects, Tomsio. Last year, Tomsio's senior year LA had a much better quarterback than Tomsio (ha ha), what was that BA rejects name.

Then wasn't Merrill involved in those two CIF championships at Wilson.

Heights parent,

Look I respect your choice and your new found loyalty to Wilson, I do really. However, I hope that would stop trying to recruit on this blog by further bashing LA. You are no longer with LA, so all the problems there are no longer your concern, as they no longer effect you, other than "damages", if you wish to claim that. BTW, I'm not saying that that notion isn't valid, as I really don't know. However, what I do know is that you left and that is good for you, but please let us handle our business, we'll have things fixed by the begining of the next off-season.

For another thing Heights Parent, this 'power shift' has happened not once, but twice before. Wilson had the upper hand during the begining of Merrill's tenure, and in the late 90's. Both instances had three things in common: 1. Transfers 2. LA was down 3. they were both brief.

LA can and will get a "name" in there, either to mentor Aguilar, or take over, depending on how this season goes on the field and how it continues off the field. My feeling is that LA will bounce back much like Wilson and Amat have. Many thought that Wilson had sustained 10 years worth of damage, and many felt that Verti had hammered the final nail in Bishop Amat's Pac-5 coffin, and maybe even their tradition.

Tradition never dies, and neither will LA football.

Engage and conquer!

something good at LA
there baseball team will do very well this year,
heights parent-
a (proven) staff.
what have they proved?

For what it's worth US News & World Report only ranked PUBLIC schools on that list. There were 100 Gold medal schools nationwide. Walnut was a Silver Medal school, and there were 100 of those in California alone. Multiply that by the 50 states and you certainly have a pretty good school. "One of the top"... it depends on how we figure those stats. Using the "Challenge Index" that Newsweek uses to rank schools. Percentage-wise Amat would be in the top 4% or higher-very similar to Walnut. As a school that offers BOTH the AP and IB Programs Amat has a distinct advantage in making such courses available to ALL students, so it is very comparable with Walnut in that regard. So similar academic rankings - incomparable athletic programs.

"Is there nothing good that comes out of Los Altos anymore?
"

Only what gets flushed uphill to Wilson.

Despite all its prestige, Bishop Amat does not academically match Walnut High. WHS was recently ranked by "US News" as one of the top high schools in the country.

OMG, it seems like all that’s being talked about are those two freshmen players. How many more times are they going to be brought up? What is it, like the fourth or fifth time now? And how come there’s nothing positive ANYWHERE on this blog about LA? Is there nothing good that comes out of Los Altos anymore

Do you have a clue what you are talking about? If LA and Wilson was competing against the workmen's and Azusa’s they would look good also.

Where did you read that I said Wilson was close to a private school? I clearly stated that Walnut (public) is academics better that Wilson and BA is academics better that Walnut.

Gilmore's family made the correct choice in Wilson, best academic school in our district.

Most of you are agreeing with me that at the time LA was the best sports program. That is all I was stating. Gilmore went to Wilson because of academics, sports wasn't the reason why he went to Wilson.

Now as far as coaching, I don't think anyone from LP wants to talk about coaching. Last I checked LP doesn't even have a head coach. Now Wilson has a complete proven staff from the freshmen level up. The best example of the state of football programs within the district would be the direction of student athletics. I am aware of eight football players that have transferred into Wilson from other schools in this district. How many football players have transferred out of Wilson to another school within our district? The word is out; Wilson is the new football school of this district.

Look hacienda hights parent, wilson is not even close being a private school if LP wasnt good for him then he should of went to Los Altos just like La Puente said so get over it and stop bashing LP cant help it you guys dont have the coaches you guys should get and cant help it that the last guy promised Tim alot then walked off on the poor kid

Heights Parent,
maybe wilson is the best high school for Academics in the hlpusd but not in sports, gilmore as you see shoould of went to Los altos,im not saying hes dumb but maybe he didnt understand things like more intelligent students @ wilson. for sports lp is now better then wilson, maybe in football,but definetly better in basketball, baseball, volleyball and so on and so on. all we can do now is wish the kid the best in life. LP pride baby

Bottom line would you rather have you child attend LP or Wilson if you had the choice. Answer Wilson.

Fact if you had a choice your child attend Wilson or Walnut. Answer Walnut.

Call it what every you want, the best school in the district is Wilson. I have had conversations with high level district reps and more than one recommends private school over any high school in our district.

look haceinda patent stop bashing on LP high. tell you the truth there are gangs everywhere you go but when i was there,. there were african american kids there and none of them wernt in ganges like someone else said they were our brothas at LP. and second of all im a hispanic and i never ever was involve with gangs and ive been around gangs through out my life. so think of wat you are saying and check your self as well and if tim was at LP he would of been a beeter person and would of been on track with school and he would of been a way better track runner as well coach those coachs at LP for track know wat they are doing the only differnce is that wilson gets the athletes and at the same time they dont know wat to do with them. so it makes there job eassy and at LP they dont get the athlete they deserve they develope them to do good

Who the hell is "schreiman"

Heights Parent,

If Wilson is such a great school, then why don't they have the programs needed for gilmore to graduate?

And if Uncle Bob cared about education over football, then he would have kept Gilmore at LP because it always did have the programs he needed to succeed academically.

boy you are all a bunch of smart donkeys - it is true La Puente HS does offer courses that LA and Wilson do not - my son had to attend one summer to get those courses out of the way! So he is doing what he needs to and by the way just let him be. whether football or education - he needs to take care of HIS business with out you all thinking you know everything.

La Puetay,

You are correct he could have done fine at LP, but everyone is all over this blog talking about the bad decision that Uncle Bob made and it was all based on football. That is just crazy; he would have been successful at any local high school playing football. Just so happen that his senior year he got a real bad roll of the dice with Hoyd as his head coach. Education wise Wilson is the best high school in the district that is proven by the numbers.

Jerermy,

Yes you are correct that is the WR we are talking about. The b*@ch fit was about the LA screw up with his older son.

get a life schreiman

Heights Parent,
first of all tim G is african american if some of you didnt realize, there is no gang or gang member in la puente that is black, there is no crip or blood gangs in la puente only hispanic gangs and even those gang members dont hate on blacks in LP they only worry about there rival gang Bassett. Gilmore wouldnt of been hated there, have you ever heard of blacks being discriminated or beat up at LP? no, theres people there that are black and go through Lp never messed with or hated on. in fact when i went to school there the black guy tends to be the brotha we never had and they seem to be the stand out in sports sometimes. so get your story straight and quit saying just cause your at lp you join a gang, theres very successfull people that came out of that school. your lucky gilmore didnt go to high school in LAUSD cuz maybe everything you said would have probably been true.

Heights Parent,

You are the same idiot who was on the soccer blog posting kid's names! Stop already! Get a life and stop posting about things you have no clue about...Loser!

OH BTW,

the kid I'm is from WesCo.

And, I find it weird that I saw the RB working out with JZ and Co. on Saturdays.

P.S. No coaches are present.

All I was saying is that Gilmore would have been used anywhere that he went. Also, I am more than familiar with the LP peeps. I know how they would have delt with this situation. Where's Kunishima when you need him?

All I have to say to the desserters, espacially the trouble makers and enablers is... BYE!!
LA needs to do some spring cleaning at the IMMEDIATE conclusion of this upcoming season. If Aguilar earns another day, so to speak, then they NEED to get a QUALITY AD, a football guy who has an appreciation for all sports including Basketball, Baseball, and Track. Catch my drift?
If Ags is gone, they NEED NEED to get a quality coach, and if maintaining the program isn't motivation enough for our beloved administration, then they need to atleast BURN Gano the way that he burned THEM, by acquiring a quality coach who'll totally upstage him, and prove that there is "life after Gano".

BTW, if the WR is the kid that I think you're talking about, I saw this coming during the Diamond Ranch game. I believe that HIS dad that threw the b*@ch fit, wasn't it?

Bottom line, Clegg and Hoyd created that mess at Wilson last year. Clegg had no business hiring Hoyd. That was Merrill's job as the AD. Now Park is principal and she is running the school the way it should be. Let the AD do his job. You have Sweet over at Wilson and compare him to Harrington over at LA. Over all Sweet does a great job when it comes to discipline. He keeps the kids in check, they fear him. This is also why Wilson doesn't have as good an athletic program as LA. You make the choice a good Athletic program infested with drugs and violence or an average athletic program at a much safer school. I will take Wilson in a heartbeat. Now the major issue LA has is average sports program and drugs and violence.

Did everyone forget that Coach Robert Oviedo was the one that recruited and promised Gilmore the world and then quit after his Jr. season leaving him to that thief we had at Wilson?

I can see how the environment Gilmore had to endure under (especially this past season) can be burdensome against him academically.

I blame Hoyd!

sorry but "it's not the administrations or Gano or anyone else's fault" ...that's a cop out. Sorry we disagree but if my kids did that "I" failed them but it's still their "fault". That's the first step towards success...taking responsibilty for your actions and not blaming others.

That's a problem on this blog, as in life, no one wants to hear the truth because the truth usually means "it's" your fault.

Success and failure are both byproduct of personal decisions....I own my success just like I own my failures.

The kids you kow that went to princeton, UCLA and others schools would be the first to admt that.

Sorry we disagree, sorry I offended anyone but I'm not sorry I see it that way.

I've lived on both sides of the tracks and you stil have to make teh decision to cross over ...or not.

Best of luck. This issue needs no more time.

actual news clipping....

Heights Parent: and ALL OTHERS WHO WANT TO COMMENT -IF YOU KNOW THE PARENTS & STUDENTS INVOLVED THEN HAVE SOME RESPECT AND QUIT SPREADING FALSE RUMORS - THE SITATION IS BEING DEALT WITH AND NONE OF YOU SHOUDL OR ACAN COMMENT ON THE FACUTAL EVENTS. SOON ENOUGH WE WILL KNOW THE OUTCOME

Best Laid Plans,

The kid that got jumped didn’t even put up a fight; they checked his hands not a mark on them. Don't get me wrong, this kid screwed up big time, and will be paying for that mistake for the rest of his life. As bad as a mistake it was, he is still a human being. I really point the fault at the school administration; Gano, Harrington, and Roberts. They allowed these kids to be above the law, and now the football program is paying for it. Funny how things work out Gano and Roberts are gone Harrington has been removed from his position, now a new administration has to clean up their mess. This school was such a great school to attend now the kids fear for their safety, what a shame.

Heights Parent....it takes a lot to beat some one up for no reason...and even for a reason. I understand peer pressure but ultimately the kid was alone in that bath room and could have done nothing more than scared the kid. Equally wrong but less criminal.

Chances are the kid didn't back down or did and the kid saw his chance of easy prey and when the punches started flying he it didn't go like he thought it would and it escalated to much more than blows.

At Salesian, we had a thing, actually with Cathedral as well. If someone had his Letterman Jacket taken by a rival school we would "take" a Jacket in return.

Sometimes things got out of hand. I once went on a "ride to cantwell after someone from Salesian had his jacket taken" and we stopped a group of Cantwell guys on Garfield Blvd in front of the Golf Course in broad daylight! Four guys, we were four guys it's on...only one had a jacket but we jumped out of the car and pciked one... as I was just about to do what happens in those things ..the Cantwell student, who I had by the shirt, looks up at me and say, 'Frank...it's me...Danny Kane...From St. Isabel WE WENT TO SCHOOL TOGETHER...YOU KNOW MY SISTER!!"...I'm embarrased to say...."I said. " Hey Danny how's your Dad, how your mom, how's your sister? DUDE!!" I was really happy to see him...incredibly...and then I hear a voice behind say..."Is that Danny Kane???" .."Hey Danny what's up how you doing So you went to Cantwell huh??'

The one guy with the Cantwell jacket, still scared out of his mind...says..."You know these guys?"

"Yeah...I went to grammar school with them. They're cool""' Talk about surreal!

There was a moment of silence and then we helped Danny and the others pick up their books and things. And got in the car and actually waved goodbye as we got on the freeway back to Salesian. All I thought about on the way home was how lucky I was that my Dad didn't speak English and Danny's Dad didn't speak Spanish.

MOST RIDICULOUS THING I EVER GOT TALKED INTO!!!!

A few days later a Cantwell kid was hurt badly in a similar incident and yearbooks were reviewed at the Police Station with both Principals and the hurt kid. The jacket was never returned, I think Salesian actually paid for a new one, and students were kicked out of Salesian. Ironiaclly the leader of that jacket hunt is now a a hard core veterano when before he was just a kid who went to Salesian and played ball. When last I saw him he was sniffing paint with some homeboys at teh park wasting away. Karma's a sick b**ch!

I was lucky that day no one was hurt. I learned from that stupidity and never saw Danny again. But I tell the story to illustrate that yes you can be talked into something but you ultimately have to pay for your actions...no matter how certain you are of the outcome...it never works out the way you plan.

Where ever you are Danny...I'm still very sorry....and embarrassed. Years later during my youngest brother's senior seaosn a Cantwell student took a kjacket and wore it to Basketball games, when the school told him to give it back he one upped the school and wore a Cantwell jacket with a Slaughtered Mustang Head in Hand....pretty crazy stuff.

The school threatened to kick him out but teh Dad was a Big Time Booster and he still has it. Ran into him at a BofA and he's doing Home Loans now...you never know how things will work out!

jus askin,

That is exactly my point, how can you predict what would have happen.

I can go only by what I have heard. The kid that got attacked is a small soccer player the kid that attacked him was the starting DE before he got suspended for drugs. I have been told by multi people now that the attacker was hanging around the wrong kids and was talked into taking care of business. This is the first time he done something like this and he just lost it. I do know the parents of the attacker and the lookout. You wouldn't expect this out of the attacker. Now the lookout is one of those kids that other bloggers have been talking about; one of Harrington's special kids. He should have been expelled a long time ago. Mother involved in the program dad in law enforcement and he has been running under the radar for years. Looks like he is slipping right through again, if he transferred out to South Hills that means he wasn’t even suspended, that is just crazy.

Must be something about stabbing people in the face in that area. True story. I'm at the 7Eleven on Gale and Stimson I think is the cross strre and this man ask thes etwo men for a cigarette and "prison style" stabbs the man in the face no more than 20 feet form my car! No provocation other than his girlfriends boobs were hanging out of her blouse as she waited in the car....maybe...and I'm say maybe,.... that was it because like it said....they were hanging DDs but at 210 that's not as impressive as it sounds.

What is it with HH/LP...????

Prison tiem for all those involved.

hers' teh question I want to ask...even though I know the answer without knowing anyone involved.

What the victim half the size of his attackers?....THAT'S WHY THEY WERE IN A GANG OR SO CALLED..."HOMIES"...JUST CALL THEM WHAT THEY ARE...C.O.W.A.R.D.S.

AND SUE THE PANTS OFF THE PARENTS!!!! $$$$$$$ = HURT!

I love how all you bloggers can predict what would have or could have happen if Tim went some where other than Wilson. The bottom line test scores reflect that Wilson is academically the best school in the district. Violence and drugs Wilson is by far safer than any other school in the district, especially LA (football program). Did Uncle Bob make the best decision for Tim taking him to Wilson, no doubt yes. Yes Tim could have got LP a ring or two but we are talking about Tim the person and his education not what was best for Tim the football player, because that would have been LA. Sorry but we all know why the talent in this school district ends up at LA or Wilson, I don’t need to say it. To be honest with you these issue’s with LP are now at LA and that is why we are seeing a mass exit from LA’s football program.

Jeremy, on that subject, rumor around town is the lookout in that incident last week; the junior starting RB is gone transferred out to South Hills. The rumor has been going around town for the last couple of weeks that the RB and WR were both going to South Hills in June. I guess the incident moved up the RB’s time table. If the rumor is true, very interesting that means that the school didn’t even suspend this kid. He wasn’t at school since the incident. If he transfers to another school while under suspension, per CIF rules he is ineligible to play any sports. The other kid got out of jail earlier this week, he is under house arrest.

Everyone here is wrong.
T.G. partakes many questionable practices anyway. And I'm not saying that I agree or disagree with them, but they aren't what you'd call legal or ethical. Would LP have been less tolerant? I say heck no. He'd have led them to a couple of rings on his back. He'd probably be right on track to graduate if he was a Warrior.

Heights Parent -actually you are trying to predict what might have happened when you write -
"if he went to LP as a freshman he would have been involved with gangs and would now be in jail doing 10 years for armed robbery."
That's a pretty big leap - don't you think?
Mine at least had some logic - you said he DIDN'T go to LP because of the academics, yet now he has to go back to LP - because of the academics. Ironic - don't you think?
And you initially said nothing about "gangs". Maybe if you're honest you'd agree it was more about you last sentence in your first post, "to be honest with you LP doesn't excel at any real sports."

HIGH SCHOOL = DIPLOMA....COLLEGE = DEGREE...SAME DIFFERENCE...JUST TRYING TO HELP OUT ON YOUR CRYSTAL BALL DISCUSSION. BY THE WAY ANY THOUGHTS ON SOME ..."LOTTO NUMBERS" THIS WEEKEND?

jus askin,

How can you compare what happen to what might have happen. I looked in my crystal ball and saw that if he went to LP as a freshman he would have been involved with gangs and would now be in jail doing 10 years for armed robbery. Wilson was a great choice kept him out of jail. You are just flat out stupid, trying to compare what happen to what you think might have happened.

Heights Parent-me thinks maybe you're the brain-dead one . And you refuse to read. Go back in time and answer the very first question - if he went to Wilson because of educational needs-
How'd that work out?

Jus askin,

Are you brain dead,

"La Puente offers him certain classes that he needs to graduate that we do not offer."

Let me give you a real simple example. Tim needs Eng 2 first semester to graduate. Eng 2 first semester isn't offered at Wilson but is offered at LP. So Tim transfers to LP so he can complete this class and get his degree.

LP,

Actually that was a joke. I will admit LP does have a decent soccer team. By the attendance numbers LP should be in the same Division as LA and Wilson. If you compare the athletic program at the three schools LP would be able to compete at Soccer and that’s it.

Heights Parent-no,no-that's exactly the point-I did read.
I read that you wrote,
"" He went to Wilson because of his education needs."
and then I read Fed wrote,
""has enrolled at La Puente high school for academic reason's"
So I'm curious,"if he went to Wilson to meet his educational needs (instead of LP) why is he now transferring to LP for academic reasons"
which is why I asked,"how'd that work out?"
Explain.

jus askin,

"La Puente offers him certain classes that he needs to graduate that we do not offer."

You must of graduated from LP you can't read.

Heights Parent -and how'd that work out for you?

" He went to Wilson because of his education needs."

"has enrolled at La Puente high school for academic reason's"

heights parent you are wrong about the LP dosent excel in sports in fact they do just football they dont at the moment i guess u dont know anything about LP track in field teams that they have there well before you make your facts look them up. plus look what the socer team did to bishop and look how far the volleyball team got.

Why is it all you guys from the LP area talk about Wilson like it is the football school. I guess when you compare it to LP. We all know at that time LA was the football school. He went to Wilson because of his education needs. To be honest with you LP doesn't excel at any real sports.

Gilmore is another example of parents/guardians using their kids as meal tickets. The kid had educational issues from the beginning and everyone and their mother told him to go to LP because he could have gotten the help he needed there. However, he saw the sad state of LP football at the time and he went to a school that promised him the world. Well I guess those promises didn't mean crap, because he ended up:

1. Playing for horrible Wilson teams his last 2 years of high school.

2. He didn't get that D1 scholarship

3. He is behind 40 credits and might not graduate (I'm hoping that number is a misprint and it's actually lower).

This should be another warning to all parents who shop their kids around

dawm i feel bad for this kid i knew people that told him to go to LP but other people told him not to and if he wasnt good in school he should of went to LP as other knows you got to do good in school to get scholarships to D1 school they dont care if you are a good athlete but if you have bad grade they dont care who you are to them they are nothing so who ever sent him to wilson is dumb sorry for saying that but its the truth and if they knew LP is where he should of went should of sent him there

I Keep Hearing That Gilmore Will Run.

You're welcome :)

Wow! Fred way to be on top of things, this happen almost a month and a half ago. Great Job keep up the good work

Let's clear some stuff up about Gilmore and my comments:

1. Track is not Gilmore's best sport, football is. If he was a track guy, then he would have went to a track school or stayed at LP. LP's track & field program is way better than Wilson's.

2. Gilmore and his people wanted to go to Wilson because they thought it gave him the best opportunity to get a football scholarship. He should have went to LP from jump, but he was promised the world at Wilson and he thought they had a better chance of winning. Well, we see how that all turned out.

3. Anyone who taught or coached in the LP area, knew Gilmore wasn't a great student from his days at Grandview. LP has always had the classes he needed, but his people wanted him to be the football stud and get that full ride to a major D1.

The point I am making is this............people were more focused on him being a football stud than a student. Now the kid has to make up all those credits (which won't be easy) in the next 4 months. I hope he makes it, but his people should be ashamed of themselves for letting his academic situation get that bad. I'm not totally blaming Wilson, but they also had a hand to play in this. How can you be behind 40 credits, but still compete every year in football and track. That does not add up!

SGV_football, yea your comment makes real sense. Then why is he at LP, track is Gilmores best sport and this is his senior year. Get a clue losser.....

Gilmore at LP? Wow, I guess life has come full circle for the young man and his guardian. Before his freshmen year, they were hell bent on not letting Gilmore go to LP. Now after 4 years, he comes back to LP and is 40 credits behind. I remember someone a few years ago who said, that Wilson would use him and then get rid of him, and people came on this blog with the dude before Fred and said, that was totally wrong and that the person didn't know what he were talking about.

Well,I guess they were right after all.

I am glad this young man is taking care of the classroom now, but what amazes me is why now? when it is crunch time to graduate in a few months?, where was he all this time? Where were his guidance counselors? Shows the way the public school works. It is just a job to the guidance couselors, they baby sit and could care less if a student goes on to college or keeps up with his HS grades.It's a two-way street with the student but they could have done a better job of steering this kid knowing his background. How many others like Tim have they let slip thru the cracks. Gilmore will take a stab most likely at Mt. Sac, but if he is not cutting the books in HS he will fail in JC. I hope the best for Gilmore in that he turns it around and lands on his feet and becomes a success story.