BREAKING: San Dimas promotes Mark Holman to varsity football head coach, replacing Bill Zernickow. http://t.co/d6ZrLXeJ2k

— Aram Tolegian (@aramtolegian) December 11, 2014

I guess after watching Corona Centennial beat St. John Bosco for the Pac-5 title 48-41, the same team that beat Bishop Amat by inches 38-37 to reach the title game, a certain QB at Amat started getting hungry for next year

Even more determined to get the ring next year, I ain't losing no more

— Ryder Ruiz (@ryder_ruiz1) December 7, 2014

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CIF SCOREBOARD: For updates of Saturday’s CIF-SS championship games
CIF-SS Central Division Title
Saturday’s game
Colony 35, Los Altos 7

It wasn’t painless, but at least it was quick.
The Los Altos High School football team fell behind early to Colony in the CIF Southern Section Central Division championship at Cerritos College and never recovered in a 35-7 loss on Saturday night.
“Colony is a good team and they did a helluva job tonight,” Los Altos head coach Dale Ziola said. “We knew they were fast, we just didn’t get the push we thought we’d get some times. The lead just got too big and the rest is history.”
Los Altos, which needed to win its final two regular-season games just to make the playoffs as the Hacienda League’s third-place team, finished the season 8-6. The Conquerors were bidding for the 12th title in school history while making the program’s 15th finals appearance. Colony (12-2) was just too fast and it was apparent from the start. The Titans scored on a 63-yard touchdown run by Ryan Kinard on the game’s third play and didn’t look back.

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Pomona photo gallery: “We were playing harder and harder and that’s all we did,” linebacker Andre Walker said. “We believed we could and we really stepped up.”

CIF-SS Mid-Valley Division Title
Pomona 37, Paraclete 29
Pomona makes history with first title since 1951: Pomona High School waited 63 years to get a shot at winning its second CIF-Southern Section football championship.
The Red Devils didn’t waste the opportunity Friday. Darreon Lockett threw for 352 yards and three touchdowns and Pomona captured its first CIF title since 1951, winning the Mid-Valley Division with a 37-29 victory over Paraclete in the championship game at Antelope Valley College.

Pomona’s defensive stands make the difference: Offense might be the first reason to determine why Pomona High School won its first CIF-Southern Section football championship since 1951.
For good reason. The Red Devils piled up the points and the yards in Friday night’s 37-29 Mid-Valley Division victory over Paraclete at Antelope Valley College. Quarterback Darreon Lockett came up with big passing numbers, 366 yards and three touchdowns.
But overlooked would be the Red Devils’ defense. The Spirits, the tournament’s top seed, were held to one offensive touchdown.

The semifinals of the Sierra Vista/Covina tournament moved to Northview for the semifinals and championship on Friday and Saturday.

Friday’s semifinals at Northview HS
Glendora 72, Colony 69
Damien 77, Thousand Oaks 38
Saturday’s Championship at Northview
Damien 67, Glendora 53

Glendora advances to meet Damien in finals: Defending tournament champion Glendora fought off a challenge from an aggressive Colony team to beat the Titans 62-59 in a semifinal game of the fifth annual Sierra Vista Winter Tip Off Tournament on Friday night at Northview High School.
The second-seeded Tartans (5-0) will face top-seeded Damien, a 77-38 winner over Thousand Oaks, in the championship game at 7:30 tonight at Northview.
After falling behind 18-15 early in the second quarter the Tartans went to a match-up zone defense that started them on a 15-3 run and a 30-24 lead at the half.
“We’ve been trying to switch up our defense,” Tartans coach Mike LeDuc said. “We’re trying to not stay in the same thing too long but they’re just a tough team to play against.”
The Tartans built a 14-point lead, 39-25, before the Titans battled back to close the gap to seven points at the end of the third quarter.

Damien knocks out Diamond Ranch in quarters: Damien, the Tribune’s boys basketball preseason No. 1 team, broke open a close game in the second half and pulled away for an 85-58 win over Diamond Ranch in the quarterfinals of the Fifth Annual Sierra Vista Winter Tip Off Tournament on Thursday night.
The Spartans (3-0) will play the winner of the Keppel-Thousand Oaks game at 7:30 tonight in the semifinals at Northview High School.
Two-time Tribune Player of the Year Jeremy Hemsley and Malik Fitts sparked a 23-8 run from the two-minute mark of the third quarter to the 3:24 mark of the fourth as the Spartans put the game out of reach.
“We settled down a little in the second half,” Damien coach Matt Dunn said. “(Diamond Ranch) doesn’t have a lot of depth right now. We know they’ll be a lot better in January when their transfers are eligible so I thought we wore them down because of their lack of depth.”

Thursday’s Quarterfinals
Damien 85, Diamond Ranch 58
Thousand Oaks 46, Keppel 43
Glendora 65, LA Fremont 35
Colony 69, Walnut 68

Aram and I discussed the Mid-Valley and Central Division championships in the final show of the season. We’re both taking Los Altos over Colony and Pomona over Paraclete and tell you why ..