The Covina High boys basketball tournament

Covina High School boys basketball tournament
Sierra Vista 65, Los Altos 54: “After three days off, that was great on our part,” Sierra Vista coach Herman Flores said. “I wasn’t sure how the kids were going to play. They tell me we’re the team to beat in league. I don’t know if that’s right, but we’ll be ready.”

Tuesday’s quarterfinals
Upper bracket
Northview vs. Rowland (3), 4 p.m.
Sierra Vista vs. Chino Hills (2), 5:30 p.m.
Lower bracket
Charter Oak vs. Bonita (1), 7 p.m.
Bishop Amat (4) vs. Covina, 8:30 p.m.
Consolation games
Lou Dantzler vs. Chaffey, 10 a.m.
Los Altos vs. Wilson, 11:30 a.m.
California vs. Arroyo, 1 p.m.
South Hills vs. Alta Loma, 2:30 p.m.

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The best and worst of the 2010 football season

The Tribune’s PrepXtra 2010 All-Area football team will be published on Jan. 6. In the meantime, here are some bests from 2010, including the top three teams in the final top ten poll that will be released later, to the projected top three in 2011.

Below: You haven’t seen this, 15 minutes of raw footage of West Covina’s 37-33 win over Bonita for the Southeast title

Best teams
1. West Covina (13-1)
– After the Bulldogs beat Rowland 41-17, coach Maggiore said after this should have been the season they took on Bishop Amat. He certainly had the athletes, and they were clutch when they needed to be, rallying to beat Bonita in the championship to claim the Southeast title, finishing the season with 13 straight wins. Don’t know if they could have beaten Amat or Chino Hills, but they were certainly capable.
2. Chino Hills (10-3) – The Huskies were the top choice on Maxpreps, beating Tesoro (the same Tesoro that beat Amat in the playoffs), Redlands East Valley, Etiwanda and winning the Sierra League. But their best game came in a 42-23 loss to Centennial in the Inland semifinals that was much closer than the score indicated.
3. Bishop Amat (9-2) — Far and away the top team after starting 9-0, but losing the Serra League title game to Alemany and falling in the first-round of the Pac-5 playoffs as a fourth-seed was the worst two weeks in the coach Hagerty era.

Most improved
1. Bonita – Biggest winner, going from 3-8 to 12-2 and a spot in the Southeast title game.
2. Covina — Won the Valle Vista League in a year most thought Baldwin Park and San Dimas would fight for the title. The Colts finished 10-2 and beat West Covina … not bad after going 5-6 the year before.
3. Claremont — They were neck and neck with both above after starting 7-1 a year after finishing 5-5. But they lost their last three games to finish 7-4.

Biggest disappointments
1. South Hills – They were in trouble before they got to the Sierra League, losing to West Covina, Monrovia and others. They finish 3-8 and miss the playoffs a year after winning the San Antonio League and finishing 10-3.
2. Rowland – With QB Michael Ball back his senior year, many thought the Raiders would contend for the Hacienda League and Southeast title after going 8-3 the year before. But they finished 4-6, missing the playoffs entirely.
3. Baldwin Park – You thought a team with two division one signees on defense would do better than 5-6. They underachieved all season, losing in the first round of the Mid-Valley playoffs.

Most surprising players
1. Vinny Venegas, Covina — On a team that surprised many, Venegas was the biggest surprise of all, turning into one of the area’s best all-around players. Not just a threat at wide receiver, but he can do everything, and should be one of the most exciting players returning in 2011.
2. Jalen Moore, Bishop Amat — The biggest pressure spot in the Valley is not at QB at Bishop Amat, it’s at running back, where you follow in the footsteps of Bienemy, McCutcheon, Brown, Wagner, McCleskey, Sermons, etc. The junior was the Lancers’ best playmaker, earning Serra first-team honors.
3. Matt Fregoso, Rosmead – The running back was among the section leaders, rushing for 2,458 yards and 22 touchdowns, an average of 204 yards a game to lead the Valley.

Biggest upsets
1. Covina 27, West Covina 20 — The Bulldogs dominated for 3 1/2 quarters, but the last five minutes of the opening game of 2010 proved to be the one blemish on a 13-1 record for the Bulldogs. Each week Covina’s upset grew more impressive, all the way to the Bulldogs’ title game. People are still wondering how the Colts did it.
2. Village Christian 31, Azusa 24 – Statistically, the Aztecs finished one of the most dominating 10-0 campaigns in history, boasting six shutouts and allowing just 30 points all season, earning the top seed in the Mid-Valley Division playoffs, then losing in the first round.
3. Tesoro 31, Bishop Amat 21 — Considering the Lancers were the fourth seed and hadn’t lost a home game at Kiefer since 2007, it was shocking to see Tesoro win a playoff game at Amat in front of another enormous crowd.

Best teams to watch for in 2011.
1. Bishop Amat — With Rio Ruiz at QB and Zach Shay and Jalen Moore in the backfield, you have the core back on a team that averaged 35 points. The road game at Servite in week two should give us a sneak previews of things to come.
2. West Covina — Chris Solomon, the MVP of the Hacienda League, is back along with several returners. They do have to replace George Johnson at quarterback, but West Covina has more athletes than any other public school.
3. Charter Oak — With Aaren Vaughs and Kurt Scoby in the backfield and a year more mature, look for the Chargers to go back to pounding the ball like the championship years. With Travis Santiago back at QB, they should be favored to win the Sierra League.

And finally, best agony of defeat shot …

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Boys and girls soccer leaderboard; Northview’s Khalalah Todd chasing history

MaxPreps doesn’t have a widget for soccer, so I created our own MaxPreps made easy, but coaches need to update MaxPreps — too many are not doing so. I will resume top ten rankings in January and plan on covering plenty of league games

Todd Scoring watch: Northview’s Khalalah Todd leads the area in scoring once again, and is the East San Gabriel Valley’s all-time scoring champion. Todd scored 30 goals as a freshman, seven during an injury riddled sophomore season and 47 as a junior. She has 19 goals this season for a total of 103 career goals. Todd needs 33 more to crack the Southern Section all-time top ten list.
Fred’s note: What you must understand is that most of the records happened during the 1980s and 90s when there was much less parity. Since the 2000 season, or the modern high school girls soccer era, only two players have scored more than 136 goals or more in a career.

CIF-SS CAREER SCORING LEADERS
No. Player/School Years

288 Erin Martin, Temple City 1989-93
225 Carin Jennings, Palos Verdes 1979-83
191 Shannon Maddock, Torrance 1983-87
182 Traci Arkenberg, Peninsula 1991-94
165 Ruth Van’t Land, Ontario Christian 1993-97
163 Stephanie Lemburg, Frazier Mountain 1997-00
140 Yvonne Vasquez, Santa Fe 2001-05
137 Delores Browning, Mayfair 1991-95
136 Kristin Harkins, La Quinta/Westminster 1983-87
136 Gina Longo, St. Anthony 1997-00

Boys Top Scoers
1. Josh Luevanos, Glendora, 10 goals, 9 games
2. Leonardo Grigg, Bonita, 7 goals, 9 games
3. Neil Ignacio, Diamond Bar, 6 goals, 4 games
4. Jimmy Camarena, Northview, 5 goals, 8 games
5t. Erick Hernandez, Bassett, 4 goals, 2 games
5t. Hugo Lepe, Claremont, 4 goals, 7 games

Girls Top Scorers
1. Khalalah Todd, Northview, 19 goals, 9 games
2. April Juarez, Bishop Amat, 17 goals, 12 games
3. Amie Jepsen, Glendora, 11 goals, 8 games
4. Kathleen Zamora, Bishop Amat, 8 goals, 11 games
5. Jessica Lopez, Sierra Vista, 8 goals, 9 games

Boys Soccer standings, schedules, leaders
Baseline League
Del Rey League
Hacienda League
Mission Valley League
Montview League
Sierra League
Valle Vista League

Girls Soccer standings, schedules, leaders
Baseline League
Del Rey League
Hacienda League
Mission Valley League
Montview League
Sierra League
Valle Vista League

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Boys and Girls basketball leaderboard

This is your MaxPreps made easy for Tribune area boys and girls basketball teams. This is an easy way to look at records, roster and to compare area leaders. In January, we will return to our own weekly rankings.

The Covina High School Boys Christmas Tournament begins on Monday, here are the first-round pairings.
Monday’s games

Northview vs. Douglass, 10 a.m.
Chaffey vs. Rowland, 11:30 a.m.
Sierra Vista vs. Los Altos, 1 p.m.
Wilson vs. Chino Hills, 2:30 p.m.
Charter Oak vs. California, 4 p.m.
Bonita vs. Arroyo, 5:30 p.m.
Bishop Amat vs. South Hills, 7 p.m.
Alta Loma vs. Covina, 8:30 p.m.

Boys leading scorers
1. Daniel Rodriguez, Bishop Amat, 19.9 ppg
2. Tyler Hill, Bishop Amat, 17.8 ppg
3. John Yang, El Monte, 17.0 ppg
4. Bruce English, La Verne Lutheran, 17.0
5. C.J. Cooper, La Verne Lutheran, 17.0
6. Chris Reyes, Damien, 16.7 ppg
7. Bryan Gholar, Walnut, 16.6 ppg
8. Sharif Watson, Rowland, 16.3 ppg
9. Mark Roche, Arroyo, 16.0 ppg
10. Danny Villalobos, Rosemead, 15.3

Girls leading scorers
1. Evelyn Herrera, Workman, 24.0 ppg
2. Essence Pineda, Workman, 19.2 ppg
3. Imari Brown, Duarte, 16.8 ppg
4. Taylor Jackson, San Dimas, 15.0 ppg
5. Shereese Cox, Duarte, 14.0 ppg
6. Jessica Mora, Workman, 13.5 ppg
7. Mikayla Tickey, Duarte, 13.0 ppg
8. Kristi Sakamoto, Ayala, 12.5 ppg
9. Nnenna Abaeze, Walnut 12.5
10. Tricia Choy, Walnut, 12.0



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Badwin Park alumni giving back

The Baldwin Park High School alumni quarterbacks club does a great job raising funds for the Braves’ football program, but on this Christmas the group is giving back to needy families in Baldwin Park. Members of the quarterbacks club are handing out 50 toys to eight families at the Baldwin Park Church of the Redeemer at 3739 N. Monterrey Ave., on Thursday from 2-3 p.m.

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