Baseball Notebook: Bonita and Glendora are closer than you think, and Clint Harwick III hopes to end a long family drought for the Tartans
I'm banking the Valley is going to add two more baseball titles to its resume on Saturday, that's how good I feel about Bonita and Glendora's chances. We were going to blog on Coveritlive, but our friends at the CIF office, which means media relations giant Thom Simmons, emailed me this, "Feel free to tell your readers you would love to "coveritlive" but, the heartless CIF is denying you." Believe me, Simmons actually loves us, he reads our blog (and swears he doesn't comment) and is one of the best media relations people in the business, so I'm cutting him some slack. That leaves two alternatives, do you want us to twitter updates on the blog, or do a live blog inning-by-inning scoring updates on the thread or both. Either way, we're going to get the info to you as soon as possible, with quotes and pictures afterward.

Above: Glendora's Kyle Layton
By Fred J. Robledo, Staff Writer
There are some unique ties between the Glendora and Bonita high school baseball teams, which will compete for divisional titles on Saturday at The Diamond in Lake Elsinore. Bonita (24-4-1) will face Ocean View (21-9) in the Division 3 championship at 1 p.m., followed by top-seed Glendora (26-2-1) and Yucaipa (27-6) battling for the Division 2 crown at 4:30. (To continue, click thread)
Bonita sophomore Nolan Henley is the nephew of Glendora coach Dan Henley, and Bonita coach John Knott is close friends with Scott Winterburn, the University of La Verne coach and father of Tartans standout Joe Winterburn. Knott and Scott Winterburn both played and were assistants at Azusa Pacific under longtime coach Tony Barbone.
"I think that part of it is kind of neat," Knott said of the relationship between both teams. "Nolan already has asked if he can stay and watch Glendora play after us.
"Obviously we will be pulling for each other. We both want to win our games, and it's a great opportunity for the (Valley) to come out and support, especially since we're playing back-to-back."
CIF opted for the smaller 6,000-seat venue at The Diamond because Angel Stadium was originally not available because of a scheduling conflict.
"I'm mixed on playing there (The Diamond)," Knott said. "When we met with CIF officials, they talked about it being more intimate, and possibly coming close to filling up most of the seats.
"But at the same time, players would love the opportunity to play in the big stadiums. That's always been kind of your reward for getting this far, to play in a big-league stadium, but it's alright. Playing for the championship is good enough."
Knott had no idea it had been 59 years since since Bonita's only title in 1951.
"When I was driving to the CIF office with Eric Podley (athletic director and football coach) he was telling me this was our first trip to the finals," Knott said. "There are no banners on the wall from the ('51) season. Maybe it was just too long ago."
One of the biggest reasons for the Bearcats' postseason success has been senior shortstop and pitcher Brian Tuttle, who was more of a utility player on last year's team that graduated seven starters, including shortstop Jiovanni Mier, who was drafted in first round of Major league baseball's amateur draft by the Houston Astros.
Tuttle is 7 for 15 with five RBIs, five runs scored and a homer in four playoff games.
On the mound he's been even more spectacular, throwing a complete-game five-hitter in a 2-1 second-round win over Downey. In the semifinals, he pitched another complete game in a 13-4 win over San Gorgonio.
"Brian's hits have been big hits too," Knott said. "He's like a lot of guys on this team who have taken advantage of their opportunities.
"He's pitched and played well, especially in big moments. There is not much more you can say. He's really stepped it up at the right time."
Harwick history
Glendora shortstop Clint Harwick III is looking to end a long family drought.
His grandfather, Clint Harwick, coached the Tartans for almost 30 years from 1968-95, winning eight league titles with a semifinal appearance in 1989, but not a championship.
His son Clint Harwick II played for him at Glendora and was his assistant in his final years in 1994 and '95, and is now a superintendent in the Charter Oak School District.
Three generations of Harwicks have never been able to deliver a championship to Glendora, but Clint Harwick III is hoping to change that, with a father and grandfather looking on proudly.
"It would be awesome," Clinton Harwick II said. "Not just for our son or our family, but for all those guys on the (Tartans) team. They're such a close-knit group and have been together for so long that it's great to see them having this opportunity. They deserve it."
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Get some help dude.
Yeah Right
Blah Blah Blah, the advice stands, get out of dodge!
Dad's a problem that NEVER ends!
KC FAN do you know KC?
Have you ever met Ken in person. He's been up front about his problems, the reality of being a single father and the daily struggles to be better today than yesterday. Now you're giving parental advice when you own kids think you're an overbearing ass! Your kids were poor students and you barely have a relationship worth mentioning with them. Great everyone should be so lucky as to have you as a role model. A creep who comes after people on the blog to get a woodie.
Maybe the only hope for KC would be to get the opportunity to play at the next level a long way from home.
Then he may get another mentor who could lead by example without "DADDY BOY" around....
Ken and Pete these anonymous bloggers are really just one twisted turd. we all know that. they/he comes in with different names and probably knows enough from what Ken writes to try and piece together an attack. the attacker knows enough to get even for kicking dirt in the face of the hills side dwellers who usually get their way at bonita. we've all hear the stories of the dad that ran the show there. he was a basketball all star coach, a baseball all star coach and a all star coach of tiddlie winks if their had one to show case his kid. but today is about the boys and ken being front and center in saying bonita would be here. got to give him credit for that as everyone thought he was nuts, including fred with the rankings
wont be by your money or your kids talent.
KH
When did you begin to understand the team concept at BHS? Your the biggest joke here at Bonita, and were still trying to figure out who's listening to you... LOL
The coaches sure aren't and thank god for that..
Next our good friend Coach P will have to put up with your ridiculous writing.
But remember, every player can be replaced. Better act like a good parent and get in the stands where you belong.
go get em bonita we should have won it last year, make us all proud
we rep with the bats and gloves,not are mouths.how did your kid do this year, matt and kc are on fire,pressure players,act like youve been there before,they both have championships in the l.v. city along with greg v.
go beat the dog. go bearcats.
i blog as kh ,only stand on my own two feet
What do KH and PR have in common?
Answer: Lloyd and Harry LMFAO!
All this height talk ... for what?
A kid at this height should be throwing mid 88/90 not 82/83. Get in the weight room and develop a fast ball for the next level, then you have a guy like Walker, Frazier, Pulko, Covey, and the kid from Garey.
I don't think Fred forgot, he just might know more than KH gives him credit for.
Good Luck! Need to keep it real!
PR LISTENED TO KH TOO MUCH! WHAT A DUMB @SS
THEY DON'T REP OUR SCHOOL WELL!
Bearcats, remember what got you here. Hard work, playing well together with a common goal, to win and have FUN!
You guys are fun to watch. So, go out there today and do what you’ve been doing all year and leave it all out on the field. You have prepared all year to get to this point. Stay focused and enjoy the moment.
Go Bearcats.
GHS at least have the balls and come clean with your name. GHS is another in a long line of drive by cowards who blast away at anonymous bloggers and play the guessing game of russian roulette attacking someone without knowing its them. nice going GHS. you're a bigger douche bag than the guy you're calling a douche bag. nice way to screw up a good thing, pointing fingers.
Pete,
Not Kool! This kid and yours are good ballplayers. Remember what got them to this point. Chemistry! Not Kool! Not kool at all!!!
Just because someone put PR as their name, doesn't mean it was Pete. There are alot of haters out there who like to get crap going going on here. GHS parent, please leave the negativity out of this thread and let all the BHS parents enjoy this without having to read this crap!!
PR,
PR= Peter Rodriguez, from June 1st Blog. “Semifinal Results: Glendora wins on Smigelski's walk-off homer in the 7th, 2-1; South Hills beats No. 2 La Canada 3-1; Bonita softball loses 1-0 in eight innings to Ayala; Bonita baseball crushes San Gorgonio, 13-4”
Nice Going Peter Rodriguez, Peter, these are high school kids playing a baseball team. How do you think this kind of jealous garbage makes this kid feel? How about the team? Did you ever give this some thought or are you just stupid? Doesn’t your son play on the same team as this kid? (Teammates) What’s up? All we keep hearing is Bonita is supposed to be a class act program! Nice Going PETER! Now we know how much class you have. We hope the rest of the Bonita parents have more.
Pitching for Glendora, Plutko. Pitching for Bonita, McCreery
Go Bearcats, Go Tartans
More Bonita-Glendora ties. Coach Dave Cates at BHS played for the Tartans a "few" years back before going on the APU. A few years after that McCreery's dad also played for Coach Harwick. Also Adam is closer to 6"8" now. He was 6'6" about 6 months ago.
"Big Nasty" is pitching tomorrow AKA A-Mac...
not sure, but probably adam mccreery. He pitched games 1 & 3 and Tuttle pitched games 2 & 4.
pitching for bearcat adam i believe,
the 6-6 lefty you guys forgot about all year the two fred all leaguer lefties are resting for next year,
the same one who shut down nv 2-1 in 7 .inn
one the first and 3 nd cif game now pitching in the finales.
you guys know it all .
go bearcats
Best of luck tomorrow Bearcats... Hope you bring home a title.
Does anyone know who is pitching tomorrow?
Fred in the rules are rules controversy you didn't mention the "perfect game" that wasn't! How did you miss that? Wasn't Bud Selig within his power to "right a wrong" and in the name of sportsmanship "reverse" the call.
Wouldn't that have been the "feel good" moment for all time?
Let's see there have been 21 Perfect Games in the history of MLB...21!
I think the bigger picture was the reaction of Gallaraga who showed a level of compassion and maturity that far exceeded anything any one could have imagined. The same can be said for the umpire who admitted he "screwed that kid out of a perfect game".
Th class act continued when Gallaraga went out with the lineup card and the ump broke down in tears, while shaking hands.
Everyones says I'm too high brow about things like this but someone raised that kid right and his parents should be commended.
See Fred "doing the right thing" matters"...the trick is figuring what the right thing is and allowing people to be bigger than themselves.
The Henley connection to Bohi also includes Ryan (Dan's son), who played 3 years for Coach Knott as well. I have known Nolan and his family since our kids started Kindergarten together and played on the same t-ball team. Class act family and Nolan's academics are among the best at Bohi. I look forward to seeing him roam the outfield for the next two years. Kid has a bright future on and off the field!!
Go Bonita and Glendora!!