Meet the "It" Team: A whopping 18 area players make their college decisions on Wednesday

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Congratulations to Chloe,

She has always been a hard worker with a very competeive spirit, she will do well coming from really great parents that have always been very supportive of the Bonita Sotball program. Good Luck to you in the future.

Congratulations to Arman Valenzuela & family I've had the pleasure of watching you excel at this game of baseball alot of hard work and desire has give you the opportunity to pursue a great education at LMU and play at the next level. Since watching you at 14 play with Houston Astros Scout team to this summer selected and playing for the Los Angeles Dodgers Elite team at Dodgers stadium watching you behind the plate reminds me of alot of up and coming, young and talented catchers I've seen over the years. What was excitnig was to see three young players all committed to LMU that day play at Dodger Stadium RHP 6'4 Gabe Encinas(St. Paul HS), LHP 6'4 Alonzo Gonzalez(Santa Monica HS) and yourself what a battery LMU/Coach Gil is assembling on the bluff, that being said, continued success work hard because you never know who's watching! I for one will be watching!

Congratulations Janelle Kearney!
You are an great basketball player, a tremendous softball player and an outstanding student.
I know you will have a very sucessful college career. Best wishes for a bright future.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT, I would love to see all the football players get in the batters box facing a pitcher throwing 92 mph with movement and a touch of wildness, knowing that one wild pitch and well I’m sure you get the point. And many of the quarterbacks were baseball players that did not want to deal with the minor leagues and proving themselves before they got to the majors. Whereas the football end of it well right out of college they sign, and get 2 months to make it vs. 2 to 5 years in baseball,, I wonder which is the tougher road,,, to me both are tough, end it at that.

Baseball is easy, well for sure on the body when compared to football. But one thing I might add if you add up all the training and playing the sport I would bet baseball from 5-18 yrs has more hours invested than say football players. How many football players do not even get to play under 14 just because of the weight discrimination factor in pop warner and junior all American???

Its like the old argument about the athlete that never plays a sport but then goes out there and just makes it look so easy. Point, no matter the sport the top athlete with top god given ability usually does very well. So, if you do not want to risk your young athlete getting an injury that stops them cold, well choose another sport rather than football.

SGV For 30 Years said:AMAT 73 said:DRanchhhh said:

The significant majority of students, parents, and coaches do not want to be represented by Dranchhhh, so thanks for not coming down on us to hard and just recognize some high quality achievements by all players from all schools. I am sure that the equation for achieving an athletic scholarship contains a lot of variables that are weighted a little differently by the needs of the athlete.

Suffice to say that in this writers opinion the first is ability/projectability, grades, behavior. Remember the higher the grades the bigger the offers if you have the ability.

To: SGV For 30 Years said:AMAT 73 said:DRanchhhh said:

The significant majority of students, parents, and coaches do not want to be represented by Dranchhhh, so thanks for not coming down on us to hard and just recognize some high quality achievements by all players from all schools. I am sure that the equation for achieving an athletic scholarship contains a lot of variables that are weighted a little differently by the needs of the athlete.

Suffice to say that in this writers opinion the first is ability/projectability, grades, behavior. Remember the higher the grades the bigger the offers if you have the ability.

People some of you are really killing me. You would think that this would be the one thread on this blog where everyone in the SGV could be proud of all student athletes and not divided along school lines. I'm alway happy to see our locals do well.
Amat73 ya big homer! I'm in agreement with you on this one. This is the time to leave all the comparing schools, programs and egos at the door. We should be praising these young men and women for all their hard work and success. I'm sure there will be others signing once the recuriting dust has settled a bit. Congrats to all the signees.

SGV430 Ouuuuut!

dranch,
First off put the pipe down, it is affecting your reading abilities. Where did you see in my post that I put any of these students down. Go back and take your time and read my post again. I am glad the any student regardless of where they go to school and be it academic or athletic scholarship that they are fortunate enough to receive that type of gift.Also I did not have a bad word on DR only to fact that it will have to leave the section of La Puente where AMAT is out of the area HSFF cliams that DR owns. I personally have or see no problem with Pomona only a few people who live there. What is strange is you dranch coming on here and attacking me when you should really be addressing that ( using your words) LOUD MOUTH IDIOT HSFF for repping DR and thE nice community of Pomona the way he does. He just gives you, the DR faithful an injustice by his posts . I will not get into comparing the best of AMAT with the best of DR because what is the point . As long as they go on to a successful career and life that is all that matters isn't it.

Just sayin,

I see you hurry and corrected yourself. Good Student!! It's important that when you just say things, they have to be facts. And 9 academic scholarships so far...I stand corrected on that.

Great job students! All your hard work on the field and in the class room has paid off and this education and the memories that will come with this experience will be with you for the rest of your life. Im sure your family is very proud of you, but the community is also very proud of all of you. Good luck and represent the SGV like you always have.
This is what high school sports is all about!
Ps: Great job Diamond Ranch!

DRanchhhh - I know you're not trying to compare the number of total scholarships between Amat and DR. You're starting to go down the road that COChargerfan found was a dead-end. And throwing the Academic Scholarship (only 9?) into the mix would be your downfall. Pick any 4 year period - you can start with when Roddy arrived if you want. That way you include the Amat "down years" - just to make it fair. Here's your chance to backtrack and save yourself the embarrassment. You mock this thread that is meant to shine light on some kids great achievement. Congratulations guys!

Wow - looks like KH discovered spell check (for the most part anyway).

Hey CONFIRMATION...I didn't say it was harder to make a living in pro-football but, instead, said that pro-football players DON'T LIVE VERY LONG.... pretty big difference my friend. Here's the difference between baseball and both football and basketball. Baseball doesn't require PHYSICAL freak ness to play which for most of the positions is a requirement of pro basketball and football...most of these men are just so much physically bigger than your average Joe. Baseball requires a different kind of freak...one with world-class hand speed (twitch reflexes) and this is something that very few big men have.

Amat 73 and Just nuthin,

Who cares about a record when you can go 4-6 or 7-7 and get to the championship and still manage to send kids in the "double digits" to major colleges? You guys will forever be worried about a record while our kids go on to Higher learning. Lets not include the 9 Academic Scholarships recieved last year.

AMAT 7+3=10 years old,

When was the last time Amat sent that many kids to major Div.1 and/or Div.IIa Universities and/or Colleges? If you want to be remembered as a High School legend, go to AMAT. That is what you are suggesting. I will give props to your coaching staff because it is due. However your records don't mean anything in regards to kids getting degrees. I apologized to you folks earlier this year, but people like you make it hard to even enjoy Amat's great football season. Your going to tarnish what those kids worked hard for with your loose fingers i.e. BIG MOUTH!!Learn how to give kids the credit they deserve.

Shame on you sittin in the dark in your drawers and a wife beater on raggin on Kids,you 54 year old Idiot!!

I am not here to put Amat down in anyway shape or form but grow your staff, your offers and then speak on DR. Our teachers make sure our chldren make it. They didnt leave public to attend a private to make more money. They stayed because they wanted to make change!! Our teachers are loyal to our students!!

And also, we have 12 solid years under our belts and we are honored to have kids go on beyond Pomona. We are glad our kids are from Pomona. In fact last I checked, didnt Hags live in Pomona?? If I am not mistaken DJ lives in Fontana?? Hmm....makes you think!! I wonder where we would be if DR was a Private?? Would others (Privates) in the local area even exist??

HSFF-Tesoro opened in 2001 and already have a DIVISION 1 Championship. Chino Hills opened the same yaer and could kick you butt. Ayala was in the finals FOUR yrs after opening. Quit making excuses. You can't even rule the Miramonte - much less the SGV!

extremely smart?,

Have you even looked at a play book that a Pro football player, a college player, hell even the spread quarter backs in high school have to tote around. Guess how many new plays they put into the offense during the season every week at Boise State...50 new plays a week. The mental capacity it takes to be successful at the Pro and Collegiate levels is extremely high.

And as far as baseball players are concerned, since when does playing baseball require you to speak english. Hitting a baseball is extremely difficult, I'm very sure that it takes high intelligence you judge the speed of the ball in order to make contact at the correct time. You failed to see my point, that as a skill set it is harder to play baseball. Nice to know that you think today's athletes are a bunch of idiots. They did something that you and I didn't, they get to play their sport for a living.

thanks all the student athletes.it helps me to keep my point at home how important school is .and how did we get off the topic student athletes.its almost impossible to make a living at any sport ..thats good enough. and yes i did take a hit on the kick off team agaist arcadia ran straight towards bruce mathews and almost broke off my shoulder.it hurt all season long,at t.c we didnt go around you but thur you .now days your lucky to see any contact on the kick off teams

baseball vs football:
Are you kidding? Listen to many college and/or pro football players when they are interviewed and I think you'll take that one back. Many can't form a single gramatically correct sentence! Now, these days lots of the baseball players aren't even speaking English (don't get me started there), but to say football players are extremely smart is a stretch. Let's call it a day and agree, football and baseball are like apples and oranges... both great, but different. And back to the young atheletes this was supposed to be about... congrats to all. Stay with college, get your degree and have fun playing while doing so.

when people say "we are DR."

hey chavala lets not forget that DIAMOND RANCH is only nine yrs...there football program is only seven yrs old....give us time....yes this concrete slab on the hill will rule....WE ARE DR..

There's a greater opportunity to earn your way onto the greatest stage of Pro Baseball. But most players drafted out of college to play baseball still aren't developed. Some guys spend their entire career in the minors because they can never break through. As a skill set Baseball is a very difficult game to play that's why so few are successful. If you can make it at Baseball stick with it because it is difficult because staying healthy in Football is hard.

Golf and Baseball are relatively the most difficult sports to play, most professional athletes in these sports don't play at the highest level and in the off season they are like normal guys working.

As a skill set it's harder to play baseball, I stopped playing baseball at 13 and played football in high school. It is apples and Oranges but the actual skills in football are a lot less. However the football uses another tool which is the brain. Today's professional football players are extremely smart...have you seen the play book?

But as a skill set, baseball wins in this competition.

HSFF,
Man your post has an erie resemblence to our one time blogger anonypuss. Has that same looking down at us from the beautiful hills of Pomona edge to it . Also you had to throw in something about AMAT just to satisfy your hunger of knocking us. I don't think anyone on the blog is knocking any of these great kids and their accomplishments and here's hoping much success to them and that they make the best of the gift that they have been given. Now as far as dr owning the SGV well you are going to have to leave that little part of La Puente where AMAT is off your claim to ownership because as you know that will never happen. If you have trouble believing that just think back to the October 10th night in beautiful Pomona Valley.

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL FAN - yes you have a great view of Pomona from the hills and easy access to the pot-farms growing across the street. don't visit there so often and you'd realize that you've finished finished the last 5 regular football seasons: 4-6, 4-6, 2-8, 4-6, 2-8.
sure looks like a team that will "own the sgv"

It is absolutely wonderful to see these young adults, who are but a fraction of the student-athletes that represent Diamond Ranch, in a positive way. Too often Diamond Ranch High School is denigrated all over these blogs; for their supposed "thugs" and geographic placement in the city of Pomona (which apparently is a catastrophe). However, DR must be doing something right if they consistenly have students that are receiving athletic scholarships from football to baseball, basketball, soccer, and track. They may be a "Pomona" school with a bunch of "thugs"...it sure is great to see these "Pomona thugs" from Diamond Bar, Phillips Ranch and yes...even Pomona proper... not only continue their education, but doing so on scholarships...wonderful!

It is absolutely wonderful to see these young adults, who are but a fraction of the student-athletes that represent Diamond Ranch, in a positive way. Too often Diamond Ranch High School is denigrated all over these blogs; for their supposed "thugs" and geographic placement in the city of Pomona (which apparently is a catastrophe). However, DR must be doing something right if they consistenly have students that are receiving athletic scholarships from football to baseball, basketball, soccer, and track. They may be a "Pomona" school with a bunch of "thugs"...it sure is great to see these "Pomona thugs" from Diamond Bar, Phillips Ranch and yes...even Pomona proper... not only continue their education, but doing so on scholarships...wonderful!

just another confermation that DIAMOND RANCH has alot of talent.... diamond bar, phillips ranch, chino hills and pomona...are sprinkled with diamonds "GEMS" how many amat GEMS live in this area.....i thought so....DIAMOND RANCH will own the sgv in all sports...must be hard for all of you who don't consider DIAMOND RANCH part of sgv....we sit here on this hill overlooking all you fools.......WE ARE DR.......GO PANTHERS.......

COCF and kh,
Thank you for confirming that it is harder to make a living playing pro football as opposed to baseball. COCF your closing paragraph says it all in regards to how tough the NFL is to make a living . kh why do think they only play once a week , because of the beating their bodies take on any given Sunday. I am sure if football was just running , catching , and throwing with no contact they could play a schedule similar to basketball which is also tougher than baseball. For you to say you would catch the pass over the middle and take that hit and run over the fool is probably why you chose a baseball career instead of football . Somebody lit you up during you TC days and you never forgot it. As far as the Superbowl being one game in football you only get one chance at the ring . You don't get to go home and come back the next day and the day after and after and get another chance .If it rains or snows who do you see still out there playing and I mean rain not drizzle .My point is it far more difficult to make a living playing pro football as opposed to baseball . Odds of a career ending injury or after playing a life of constant pain is more of a reality in football as opposed to baseball.

Amazing - you guys turn this blog into a pissing contest. I doubt "Baseball is easy" meant anything malicious by his comments. How about we all say congratulations to all these players, wish them good luck, and leave it at that!!

I'm sure most know that I'm good for talking a little trash, doing a back and forth blog fight, but can't we just celebrate these kids without any bickering? I'll do it. CONGRATS TO ALL THE STUDENT-ATHLETES ON THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. See, wasn't that hard at all!

Actually, Baseball is the easiest sport... NFL, NBA, MLS, Golf, etc. all have less ways of playing either semi-pro or pro and getting paid for it... Baseball has Pro then a buncha A leagues that you do get paid for, which means that it's easier for a player to succeed or excel at baseball and get paid for it than any other sport... Therefore making baseball easy... It's the truth, actually playing the game may be a tad bit difficult, but exceling is easiest...

It is highly unlikely any of the boys are getting full scholarships for baseball (this should not be construed as demeaning their extraordinary achievement). As it was noted earlier, baseball has 11.5 scholarships to distribute among 35 players (if fully funded).

There is no set monetary value for scholarships, if you go to a private school I guess technically your scholarship is worth more (if it covers tuition as opposed to say books or room and board).

It is a little more likely that the girls are getting full rides as their are relatively more scholarships available in their sports since one way schools can comply with title IX is by offering equal numbers of scholarships. Since the girls don't have a sport like football taking 85 scholarships those scholarships can be spread out among the other sports (as designated by the NCAA and their conference).

cochargerfan.
people like to talk crap with one another thats cool. but if you have played both games then you know baseball is by far tougher.ok wii man not you co. mr.football. in football you only get to play one side of the field off. or def.in baseball in less your the dh its 24/7 tell the game ends.take a hit from the 190 lb,saftey over the middle or randy johnsons 98mph fb at your head in the first inn.they later heres comes the closer 99plus sometimes.i would take the hit over the middle,in fact i would catch it and run over the foolwhy do they only play once a week.because thats what kind of athlete they are.one superbowl game and they rest two weeks for it.seven world serirs games,am done

Hey FOOD FOR THOUGHT...maybe you should think before you speak because the fact that going 3 for 10 makes a hitter a superstar actually proves how very, very difficult it is to hit a baseball. As for catching the pass across the middle of the field...ever heard of Jeff Samardzija? How about Deion Sanders or Bo Jackson? Check out the following website for a list of guys who played in both the NFL and MLB http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Category:NFL_Players

As to making a living, if a kid can make it in baseball, they'd be out of their mind to play football because the average player has a short career (average is 4 years), earns less money, limited guaranteed contracts, multiple surgeries with lifelong serious physical problems and here's the kicker...the average NFL player doesn't live to be 60 years old...

kh,
Think about this. Do you think an NFL quaterback would make millions if he completed 2 or 3 of ten passes every game he played. Let me help you hell no . Baseball DH 2 or 3 hits out of 10 at bats a .250 to .300 hitter = millionare. How about this broken fingernail ,baseball = going on the DL , football = tape it up and get back out there or better yet go the Ronnie Lott route , cut the damn thing off and put me in coach. Don't get me wrong baseball is a tough game but not by far the game to make a living at. I would love to see any baseball player try to catch a pass going across the middle of the field.

hey baseball is easy.
hey they dont give baseball rides for playing wii games.
baseball by far is the hardest sport on earth to make a live at.
some say golf. the balls not traveling 90 plus mph.
hockey,you have to be able to catch and slide.not just skate and fight.
football,not too many 300 plus pound baseball players.love to see a o-linemen trying to steal second base.but with alittle training most all basebaall players can play all other sports.
so keep your stupit comments to yourself

The scholarships vary from athlete to athlete.

From Allie La Pierre at Bonita, I believe got three years paid at UCLA.

Melinda Gomez from South Hills got a full ride meaning tuition, room and board, books, etc.

With NCAA DIV II & III, scholarships are given more creatively. From a 50/50 (Athletic/Academic), etc.

Many volleyball players have full rides and are not listed.

So this means all of these kids receive all of their tuition, room and board free for playing baseball or softball? My bosses kid attends Loyola Marymount and she says it costs about $45,000 a year for the kid to live on campus, I think similar Catholic schools like USD and USF are about the same. I know the public schools like the UC's and the State Colleges are a lot cheper, but is the assistance to athletes the same? Can anybody confirm this level of compensation?

Congratulations to all.

Diamond Ranch is doing something pretty well over there.

Each NCAA Division 1 school can only offer 11.5 full scholarships that can be split among the 20-30 players on a roster. Not easy at all.

Baseball is easy: WRONG. Have you not seen the numbers, for how many play Little League, to how many survive High School, not to mention how few go on from there? Don't you dare say this is easy. These athletese have worked for years and years on their game - nothing was easy. Don't take away their pride by saying that, ever.

Congratulations to Derick and the Goodwin family. Derick - you have worked hard. Have a great season (except when you play Bonita!)

Damn, Im getting my son or daughter started early on baseball because everyone is getting a little scholarship, to play baseball or softball.