Having been involved in some finals, first I don’t think anyone should HAVE a home field advantage in the championship game – unless you have a system where it is *earned* on the field and given to the higher seed. A coin-flip, potentially based on how two or three earlier coin-flips may have gone certainly isn’t reason enough to give someone an advantage.

Second, there is something special about a championship game that is made even more special by playing at a sight better than those you play during the regular season. It is an *event* that will create many memories, and some of those is the awe of walking into the facility, being in a better locker room, and the enormity of the place.

Some plays might be forgotten, but those are memories that live forever. Good luck to both in the rematch

Joe, why can’t CIF just designate four or five spots to host championship games across the Southland over Friday and Saturday. Imagine a Saturday of Monrovia, Whittier Christian at 4 p.m., at Citrus, followed by West Covina and Bonita at 7 p.m. — what a great event that would be. At Chaffey College you could have the Central and Inland Division’s go back-to-back the same time. You could keep the championships at regional locations depending on the divisions, and give teams what they all should have, great venues and neutral sites. But, until CIF changes, If I get a home game, I do everything I can to try and play it at home.

Joe I agree 100 perecent!!

Joey I couldn’t disagree with you more or less or as much or …you get the picture. It’s confusing because the rules aren’t applied evenly , across the board. Look at Oaks Christian playing yet another Champioship at home. Now why didn’t Westlake protest. Why because the game is played on the field.

I mean CO doesn’t “like” Ganesha but “likes’ Ayala? How silly is that? BTW it wasn’t a sell out.

Same goes for WC who nixed Bonita’s home field? Again how silly is that? How is “Walnut” a special venue? How does playing at Bonita give them an uneven advantaghe when they won big?

All this BS for what erason? Why not make all the Semi Finals “neutral” sites as well. Better yet why not make all playoff games “neutral”?

How silly is it for those lucky few to make such a fuss and distract the winning coin flip team. So why even show up for teh coin flip if winning “it” means absolutely nothing???

I do see where CITY teams play at Colesium but that’s CITY using CITY facilities.

How about having all the ALL STAR games at the COLESIUM, maybe that way people could see the differences outside the Fish Bowl.

I mean how much of this gerrynmandering is ego based? If Salesian was ever in a Championship Game I think we’d be willing to play it at Hollenbeck Park on a slanted field and FG attempts landing in the “dead” man’s pond, lol.

What’s so hard to understand, Fred? If you’ve ever seen the smudgepot games you’d know that Bonita could handle the expected crowds but only if they brought in additional bleachers, even for the home side. It’s doable… except for the fact that CIF takes their cut off the top, funds that would have gone to pay for the bleacher rental. I don’t see the Trib (or anyone else) jumping in to assist so the Walnut option makes perfectly good sense. Now the Bearcats can focus ON THE GAME.

LaSalle will get the Pac5 Champion for the state and CC will go in the Div 1.

i will have to agree with Joe Amat.
why should any team have the advanage over there oppenents.
they both earned there right to pay in some what of a hugh staduim.
come on the biggest game around town and its in walnut,is that the field faceingsouth off the main street.
got off work friday,dose any one want to tail gate?
bonita or w/c/.
let me know.i dont have any hard feeling at all towards w/c/ my mother lived there for 11 years after her and dad split up,i spend many summer of hollenbeck below the 10 fwy we played at the school next to the wash.
so tail gating,any takers,hey w/c/ mom ill bring some real meatball nice in hot just for you,hahaha
man i am pumped,my voice is just coming back from last week,cant wait,
CHECK-OUT WHOS ON THE COVER OF THE PROGRAM..
good luck bulldogg fans
go bearcats

Not just their take from the tickets. What about SPONSOR monies? Given the option where would FORD like to see their banners and advertisements…at Walnut High or at Citrus College/PCC/or ?

KH, Don,
Going to wait for the wife to get home from work on Friday, then we’ll head over to the game as early as we can, hopefully at least an hour early, won’t do much tailgating cause the window may be a little tight and I want to get up in the stands and get a good seat, but if I see any tailgate parties as I walk in I will ask around for you guy’s. Would like to meet and shake hands with the both of you, even with your trash talk KH cause I know it’s all in fun.

yawn, is it really a big deal where the div 7 championship game is held?

Don’t see CO fans sitting on the WesCo side. I may be wrong but we had a great rivalry with them for eight years and see their fans if they choose to attend on the Bohi side. Also there will be a lot of Bonita fans.

I also heard some rumors at GHS that SD HC was leaving and coming to Glendora. I have also read that he was going to the University Of La Vern. I have talked to a few people at Glendora and they said Coach Z will be the new coach next season. I would say that the Gledora rumor is more true than the La Vern. Coach Z was going to make the announcement at the team banquet. Fred or Aram any news on this?

Aaron,

If Pasquerella was to leave Glendora, does Zernickow go to ULV or Glendora? With all the talk, it sounds more like he will be the new HC at Glendora for the 2011 season. I’m sure Zernickow was hoping for another CIF Championship this season before he moved on, plus not many starters returning back for the Saints in 2011.

OK, OK, OK, I know this doesn’t have anything to do with football. But I googled Walnut High School to check out the new field and I find the satellite pic has an airplan overflying th parking lot next to the tennis courts:

http://maps.google.com/maps?oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=arcadia+high+school&fb=1&gl=us&hq=arcadia+high+school&hnear=West+Covina,+CA&cid=0,0,10960149649796724807&ei=wGIBTaaOCdCSnweOwLDlDQ&sa=X&oi=local_result&ct=image&resnum=2&ved=0CCMQnwIwAQ

Anyhow, what I was wondering was, does anyone know the seating capacity of Ken Gunn?

Thanks.

Don I have no idea but the two years we played at their house when I was at Bonita we never got close to filling the visitor side and Walnut’s Band filled what seemed to a whole section on the home side and they didn’t have too big of a home crowd. But climbing to the top of the visitors side of Ken Gunn is a chore. Great facility for a high school game.

its great your kid win and you pay again for the ring,
cif should hands down get the rings paid for

Thanks guys. I’ve seen a dozen games or more at Walnut over the years and am familiar with the layout. What I was looking for was the capacity.

I know Hilmer Lodge (Sac) holds about 13,000, Citrus about 10,000, and most High School venues run between 2,500 and 5,000 or so. Some like Damien and Walnut hold more and I wondered how many.

CIF doesnt pay for the rings? What does CIF do? They get 50% of the gate and dont have to make the arrangements as to where to have the game, the coaches do.
If 7500 people show for the game at an average of $6 dollars a ticket; that equals $45,000.00 = $ 22,500.00 to CIF, then figure the previous playoff games average 3,000 =$18,000.00 = 9,000.00 x 8 playoff games in the Southeast Div. x 8 = $72,000 plus $22,000.00 = $94,000.00.
And this is just the Southeast section; there were a total of thirteen Divisions! $1,222,000.00 for four weekends of work!
No rings, kh, please tell me youre starting a rumor. Bah humbug!
Go Bearcats!

FACT: CIF does not pay for the rings!

McDonough,
Where did you go to school? Or did you? Please leave your hating of the blogs. Ive seen these rants of yours before and there classless as I suspect you are.
Just stay behind or under the sales desk you work at here in West Covina Buick GMC, and leave the kiddies and the Vigins alone you pervert.
Oh, and learn how to spell you idiot!

Well, everyone already has CC playing in the State Bowl game…Without consideration that they have one more game to go. That’s fine. It’s good to be the underdog..So, CC and all you nay sayers keep focused on the Big Bowl game…Forget about little ol’ Vista Murrieta…Broncos, do what you do best…..Just a No Frills, Smash mouth, Blue Collar, In your face football team… No one big star…So the big play can come from anywhere…….VM has nothing to lose and everything to gain from this one… CC has everything to lose
Good Luck Men!
Go Broncos!!!!

Since Fred refuses to do his job and correct inaccuracies… the CIF pays ALL expenses in the football playoffs. They don’t skim off the top. Second, name another state association, section, school tournament or school that shares revenue from their tournament with the schools in the tournament AND pays all expenses AND charges nothing to be in the tournament? Let me help you… they don’t exists. The most any school in the section pays is $1200 to be a member and that’s only if a school fields all 23 varsity sports. Birmingham in the city pays $8000 a year.
Everybody’s entitled to their own opinion they are not, however, entitled to their own facts.

Does the NFL pay for the rings of the Super Bowl Champions? Does the NCAA pay for the rings of the National Champion? Does the NBA pay for the rings of the NBA Champion?

You’re right Jackboy… THEY GET ALL OF THE MONEY!!! Are you serious? How do you think those organizations fund themselves? Roger Goodell made $6.5 million last year! Do you think that money came from Al Davis???!!!

Jackboy… To try and explain professional and collegiate sports financing would only prove Einstein’s theory of insanity. I would only encourage you to try and do a little research on intellectual property, naming rights, Television contracts and merchandising rights. If you learn about those you will understand that your arguments are really based on no real understanding of property ownership and, thus, no understanding of what you are talking about.
In any event I have no interest in proving Mr. Einstein’s theory. So, you will have to play… errrrr… argue with yourself from now on.
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