Brett Hundley and Baldwin Park’s Mike Johnson .. I might get to talk trash again.

Life at our office is great. I give Mr. Lambert credit, I would never wear ‘SC stuff if they lost to my Bruins. But his Bears lost and he’s a good sport, forced to wear a Packers helmet at work today. Then there’s weeklies reporter Rich Irwin, parading around in his Pittsburgh Steelers colors, and who will undoubtedly gloat for at least the next two weeks. On the sports desk, we always have to deal with Boston native Jason Cunningham, who reminds us all the time where his loyalties are ….

Walnut’s 6-foot-5 wide receiver Aubrey Coleman intended on signing a national letter of intent to play football at the University of Washginton, but he told Dawgman.com because of his grades, he will attend Fort Scott Community College in Kansas. He still intends to go to Washington.
“I’m all set to head out to Kansas and play at Fort Scott for the next two years,” Coleman told Dawgman.com. “I was getting good grades, but I didn’t have the right classes for my credits to count toward my core GPA so, I talked with (Washington cornerbacks) coach (Demetrice Martin) and he gave me a number to call. I guess there is a former coach from Mount San Antonio, where coach Martin was, and he said I should call him, so I did and he’s out at Fort Scott now. I’m definitely planning on it (going to Washington), but it’s a ways away. I want to be a Husky and I like the staff and the direction of their program. We’ll see if they still want me. My plan is to go there when I’m done.”

With just over a week before high school football players can sign national letters of intent, Baldwin Park High School’s Wardell Crutchfield and Demetrius Jackson are in limbo after their scholarship offers from the University of Texas El Paso were pulled in hopes the two would accept grayshirt offers instead. UTEP did not have as many scholarships available in the fall as it anticipated, according to Baldwin Park coach James Heggins. (To continue, click thread)

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Above: This was our pre-season edition. To get a copy on the All-SGV edition, you have to be a subscriber, buy a newspaper on the rack or pick one up at the Tribune office.

BTW, signing day is on February 2, here is what we have so far.
Joseph Gibson, West Covina (UTEP)
Allen Brown, San Dimas (Fresno St.)
Chase Price, Diamond Ranch (San Diego St.)
Brandon Tuliaupupu, Claremont (Washington St.)
Ifo Ekpre-Olumu, Chino Hills (Oregon)
Chad Jeffries, Glendora (San Diego St.)
Sioasi Aiono, South Hills (Utah)

By Keith Lair, Staff Writer
It will be hammer vs. hammer, friend vs. friend and teammate vs. teammate when the best high school senior volleyball players in the San Gabriel Valley play on Wednesday, Jan. 26. The hammers will belong to the arms of St. Lucy’s Deanna Dalton and Monrovia’s Tirah Le’au. The two outside hitters are both powerful, longtime friends, they have been teammates on the same club team and both were selected volleyball players of the year; Dalton by the San Gabriel Valley Tribune and Le’au by the Pasadena Star-News.
Both will also be playing NCAA Division I volleyball next season. Dalton will play at Army and Le’au at Georgia.
The best-of-five match will be played in Monrovia’s new gym with a scheduled 7 p.m. start. (To continue click thread)

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