St. Lucy’s rallies for five-set victory over Rancho Cucamonga; Tribune rankings, schedules

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PHOTO GALLERY: St. Lucy’s-Rancho Cucamonga photo gallery
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STORY: St. Lucy’s needed five sets to turn back host Rancho Cucamonga 21-25, 25-23, 26-28, 28-26, 15-12 in a battle of ranked CIF-Southern section teams Tuesday night.
Rancho Cucamonga (5-2), ranked seventh in 2-AA, won the first and third sets while St. Lucy’s, ranked eighth in 1-A, took the second and fourth. Both the third and fourth sets went longer than regulation and the teams were not separated by more than three points in the decisive game

TRIBUNE GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TOP TEN
1. St. Lucy’s (3-1)
2. Claremont (3-1)
3. Ayala (3-1)
4. West Covina (8-0)
5. Los Altos (1-1)
6. Diamond Bar (3-2)
7. Chino Hills (5-4)
8. South Hills (1-1)
9. El Monte (8-3)
10. Gladstone (5-3)

STANDINGS
Baseline League
Del Rey League
Hacienda League
Mission Valley League
Montview League
Sierra League
Valle Vista League

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Walnut coach Mike O’Shields talks about getting first win

“I understood why there wasn’t anything coming our way,” Walnut head coach Mike O’Shields said of his team not being in the mix of Hacienda teams receiving praise earlier this month. “We hadn’t earned anything. That’s why I think Friday was so good for us. We needed that. It was good for our kids to see that we could compete against a good team.”

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CIF-SS commissioner Rob Wigod opens up in first of four-part series

wigodA must read from the Long Beach Press-Telegram on CIF-Southern Section Commissioner Rob Wigod: In the first of our four-part series, we look at the local background of commissioner Wigod; Wednesday will focus on the subject of transfers in high school sports; Thursday on the digital transformation of the CIF-SS office and the rest of the high school sports landscape and Friday on the issue of public vs. private high schools.

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Monday Report: San Dimas, Charter Oak football winless and talking about it

zernickowSan Dimas (0-3) is winless and off to one of its worst start in years. How much of the slow start is attributed to the Saints’ off-the-field distractions over the spring and summer. Steve Ramirez asks coach Bill Zernickow. Speaking of slow starts, when is the last time Charter Oak started 0-3? The Chargers (0-2) have another tough one Friday at Bishop Amat. Chargers coach Lou Farrar had an interesting take on the game, including this in Aram Tolegian’s report. “They’re (Amat) a very good football team. I mean, they’ve got the best kids around playing for them. They can be very selective and we take the best kids that come our way. That’s basically the difference.” Also, Diamond Bar coach Ryan Maine talked about playing quarterback Tyler Peterson’s in last week’s win one week after suffering a neck injury.

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Tribune Super 35 Rankings: Bishop Amat keeps top spot; Glendora, Los Altos crack top five and leaders

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Above: A streaker invaded last years Amat-Charter Oak game, what will happen this year?

TRIBUNE SUPER 35 RANKINGS
1. Bishop Amat (2-1) — Normally you drop from the top spot after a loss, but who would you replace the Lancers with? Chino Hills? Nope, not after Amat’s head-to-head win, and nobody else is worthy yet, so the Lancers get a pass with a hungry, passionate and winless Charter Oak visiting Kiefer in what is usually the fan favorite of the year.
2. Chino Hills (2-1) – Great win over Pac-5 Tesoro after nearly knocking off Bishop Amat the week before. Now it gets another test against West Covina, a team it easily handled a year ago.
3. Glendora (2-0) — With so many ranked teams losing and the Tartans defeating Bonita, Glendora’s finest shoots up the rankings with another big one this week vs. Ayala at Citrus.
4. Los Altos (3-0) — Beating Arroyo, San Dimas and Wilson isn’t exactly murderers row, but the Conqs are winning more convincingly each week.
5. Charter Oak (0-2) — Chargers could just as easily be 2-0 after losing to Roosevelt in overtime and by three points to Los Alamitos. Will their luck change this week at Bishop Amat?
6. Bonita (2-1) – After enjoying wins over San Dimas and South Hills, the Bearcats fall to Glendora, which is nothing to hang your head over. A loss this week vs. Claremont would be a different story.
7. South Hills (2-1) – The Huskies got the non-league win they wanted the most, beating crosstown rival West Covina. Now it gets two weeks to prepare for Mid-Valley No. 1 Monrovia.
8. West Covina (2-1) – Went back-and-forth with South Hills before losing and gets a tougher game Friday at Chino Hills. If the Bulldogs are a Southeast contender, this is the game to show it.
9. Northview (3-0) — In terms of lopsided victories, nobody compares to the Vikings with back-to-back shutouts and surrendering just seven points in three games. Looking at the rest of their schedule, don’t be surprised if they go undefeated. This would have been the year for Northview to get a crack at Monrovia, not San Dimas.
10. Ayala (2-1) – After giving Mid-Valley No. 1 Monrovia a fight, the Bulldogs knock off undefeated Diamond Ranch to show its a legitimate Sierra contender.
The rest: 11. Damien (1-1); 12. Diamond Ranch (2-1); 13. Baldwin Park (3-0); 14. Rowland (2-1); 15. Diamond Bar (2-1); 16. Arroyo (2-1); 17. Pomona (3-0); 18. San Dimas (0-3); 19. Walnut (1-2), 20. Azusa (1-1); 21. Claremont (1-2); 22. La Puente (1-1); 23. Rosemead (1-1); 24. Mountain View (2-0); 25. Covina (1-2); 26. El Monte (1-2), 27. Workman (2-1); 28. South El Monte (1-1); 29. Duarte (1-2); 30. Wilson (1-2); 31. Sierra Vista (0-2), 32. Gladstone (0-2), 33. Nogales (1-2), 34. Bassett (0-3), 35. Ganesha (1-1).

TRIBUNE LEADERS
Passing

1. Nathan Coto, Arroyo, 66 for 105, 930 yards, 9 TDs
2. Koa Haynes, Bishop Amat, 63 for 97, 883 yards, 7 TDs
3. Michael Moran, Baldwin Park, 51 for 78, 8181 yards, 6 TDs
4. Adrian Cuevas, El Monte, 49 for 91, 779 yards, 6 TDs
5. Brian Meyette, Ayala, 41 for 88, 756 yards, 6 TDs
6. Cristian Hacegaba, Los Altos, 41 for 56, 532 yards, 4 TDs
7. Tanner Diebold, Bonita, 50 for 85, 501 yards, 5 TDs
8. Kory Brown, Charter Oak, 39 for 59, 497 yards, 5 TDs
9. Tyler Peterson, Diamond Bar, 40 for 59, 420 yards, 2 TDs
10. Jacob Tovar, La Puente, 26 for 42, 411 yards, 4 TDs

Rushing
1. Jackie Zhang, Rowland, 533 yards, 3 TDs
2. Alex Salgado, Workman, 507 yards, 8 TDs
3. Jake Payton, Bonita, 507 yards, 5 TDs
4. Justin Torres, Sierra Vista, 326 yards, 1 TD
5. Christeon Blackmon, Northview, 317, 3 TDs
6. Adam Goss, 291 yards, 4 TDs
7. Donavon Davis, Ganesha, 280 yards, 4 TDs
8. Isaiah Davis, Ganesha, 268 yards, 3 TDs
9. Tyler Brown, Diamond Bar, 268 yards, 1 TD
10. Lawon Carney, South Hills, 240, 4 TDs

Receving
1. Nico Lozano, Arroyo, 16 rec, 468 yards, 3 TDS
2. Brandon Arconado, Bishop Amat, 22 rec, 321, 2 TDs
3. Jayson Miller, Baldwin Park, 16 rec, 302 yards, 2 TDs
4. Raymen Baraza, Baldwin Park, 15 rec, 299 yards, 3 TDs
5. Roy Barrajas, El Monte, 16 rec, 291 yards, 1 TD
6. Fernando Espinoza, El Monte, 12 rec, 223 yards, 3 TDs
7. Jose Ochoa, 8 rec, 220 yards, 4 TDs
8. Matthew Zahn, Bishop Amat, 13 rec, 219 yards, 0 TD
9. Donavin Washington, Charter Oak, 11 rec, 215 yards, 4 TDs
10. James Carter, Ayala, 11 rec, 210 yards, 2 TDs

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Tribskin Pick’em: Bishop Amat over Charter Oak (usually money in the bank); Can West Covina hang with Chino Hills?

Aram Tolegian and I will go head-to-head picking football games throughout the season. He edged me out the past two seasons, but it’s not happening this year, not when we’re playing for a Slater’s 50-50 burger.

Aram Tolegian (12-11, last week); (38-27, season total)
Fred Robledo (11-12, last week); (40-25, season total)

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Last week: I came into the week with a three game edge and finished sub. 500, one of my worst weeks in Tribskin history, but Aram couldn’t do much better, picking up only a game while I finished 11-12. We disagreed on a record nine games with Aram holding a 5-4 edge in those games. But we both also missed by taking South Torrance over Rosemead, Bishop Amat over Rancho Cucamonga, Bonita over Glendora, Pomona over Bloomington, Claremont over Walnut, Diamond Ranch over Ayala, and Duarte over Montclair.

This week: There’s no bigger game than Charter Oak at Bishop Amat, two teams that have both played extremely tough opponents so far, and two teams that could easily be winless or undefeated. Charter Oak lost in overtime to Roosevelt and 27-24 to Los Alamitos. Bishop Amat rallied to beat Santa Margarita and held off surging Chino Hills before blowing a late lead against Rancho Cucamonga. Both teams score a lot and give up a lot but the bottom line is, Bishop Amat doesn’t lose to area teams. It might be another shootout, but you take Amat at Kiefer. Last week I thought about taking West Covina over Chino Hills, but now I’ve got the Huskies by two touchdowns, maybe three. In 50-50 games, I like Glendora over Ayala, Azusa over Arcadia, Arroyo over Rowland, and Walnut over Covina. In what I believe will be lopsided victories, take Damien over St. Paul, Northview over South El Monte and Monrovia over San Dimas.

This week’s games and predictions
Thursday’s game

Gladstone at El Monte, 7 p.m. — Robledo (El Monte); Aram (EM)
Friday’s games
Charter Oak at Bishop Amat — Robledo (BAmat); Aram (Amat)
Arroyo at Rowland — Robledo (Arroyo); Aram (Arroyo)
Ayala vs. Glendora at Citrus — Robledo (Glendora); Aram (G-High)
Azusa at Arcadia — Robledo (Azusa); Aram (Arcadia)
Baldwin Park at Ganesha — Robledo (BPark); Aram (BP)
Chino at Los Altos — Robledo (Los Altos); Aram (LA)
Claremont at Bonita — Robledo (Bonita); Aram (Bo-High)
Damien at St. Paul, 7:30 p.m. — Robledo (Damien); Aram (Damien)
Diamond Bar at Brea Olinda — Robledo (DBar); Aram (D-Bar)
Keppel at Sierra Vista — Robledo (SVista); Aram (SV)
Mountain View at Pioneer — Robledo (Pioneer); Aram (MV)
Northview at South El Monte — Robledo (Northview); Aram (Nview)
Pomona at Sultana — Robledo (Pomona); Aram (P-Town)
Rosemead at Warren — Robledo (Rosemead); Aram (Rosemead)
San Dimas at Monrovia — Robledo (Monrovia); Aram (M-Town)
San Marino at Nogales — Robledo (San Marino); Aram (SM)
Schurr at Diamond Ranch — Robledo (DRanch); Aram (DR)
Walnut vs. Covina at CDF — Robledo (Walnut); Aram (The Nut)
West Covina at Chino Hills — Robledo (CHills); Aram (CH)
Wilson at La Puente — Robledo (La Puente); Aram (LP)

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