Update, Kikuchi arrested: A Mark Keppel High School girls basketball coach who resigned in the wake of allegations of a sexual relationship with a female student was arrested Thursday and booked on felony charges, according to Los Angeles County booking records.

Keppel coach resigns and investigated: A popular Mark Keppel High School girls basketball coach resigned this week as allegations of an inappropriate relationship with a female student prompted an investigation by police.
Coach Joe Kikuchi confirmed his resignation Tuesday prior to news of the investigation being made public. He said it was due to personal health reasons. Kikuchi could not immediately be reached for comment on Wednesday.
Alhambra Police Sgt. Jerry Johnson said a district administrator contacted the department’s school resource officer about the alleged relationship last Tuesday, which prompted the police department to begin conducting an investigation.

Thanks to Glendora kicker Caleb Watkins for sharing. We get it Caleb. Isn’t this offside? Someone? Anyone? Maybe I don’t know football as well as I should, but I’ve never seen this before. It’s a great play if you’re allowed to block a kickoff, but you can’t. And what was Los Altos thinking? I’m not going as far as saying it’s a dirty play, but good thing they didn’t take out the kicker or this could have turned ugly.

LOS ALTOS REACTION: “First and foremost, there was zero mal-intent,” Los Altos head coach Dale Ziola said. “If you notice on the film, our kid even turned away in order to avoid Caleb.
“Here’s the thought process: Caleb is a stud. He’s got a 99-percent touch-back rate on kickoffs and kicks field goals from all over the yard. So my special teams coach goes, ‘It’s going to be a touch-back anyway, so what’s a 5-yard encroachment penalty? What if we go block the opening kickoff just to knock it down, just to get the kid to go what the heck? And that’s kinda what we did, to see if we could get in his head and rattle him the rest of the night. Obviously, it didn’t work.”
TRACY MCFATE, OFFICIALS REACTION: “It’s absolutely a encroachment penalty and it should have been called as soon as the first (Los Altos) player stepped over the 40-yard line,” McFate said. “We make no excuses. There’s three officials who should have caught it. I think it was the element of surprise.

So apparently there isn't an offsides on kickoff anymore…how in the world is that call missed? @KickingDynamics pic.twitter.com/8thrSAo1mB

— Caleb Watkins (@Calebwtkns) September 19, 2015

TRIBUNE SUPER 32 FOOTBALL RANKINGS
1. Bishop Amat (3-1) — No more Colony or Chino Hills easy games, the real season starts Friday with Notre Dame in town for the Mission opener.
2. Glendora (3-0) – Looking more and more like the No. 1 team in the Central.
3. Bonita (4-0) — The great preseason won’t mean anything if they can’t beat San Dimas in the Smudge Pot.
4. Charter Oak (3-1) — Can’t think of a better non-league game going into league than having the two Central heavyweights, Charter Oak and Glendora, slug it out.
5. Northview (3-1) — Back-to-back 35-0 shutouts over Baldwin Park and Walnut.
6. Los Altos (3-1) — After a big loss to Glendora, it doesn’t get any easier with Monrovia up next.
7. Diamond Ranch (3-1) — Coach Jimmy Welker deserves a lot of credit, especially for the Panthers’ defense.
8. Diamond Bar (3-1) — You didn’t think they were going undefeated did you?
9. San Dimas (2-1) — Saints thinking of only one thing: Beating Bonita in the Smudge.
10. West Covina (1-3) — There would be a lot of area teams not named Bishop Amat that would be 1-3 if they played the Bulldogs’ schedule.
The Rest: 11. Damien (1-2); 12. Pomona (2-2), 13. South Hills (1-3), 14. Arroyo (2-2), 15. Ganesha (3-1), 16. Bassett (2-1), 17. Mountain View (3-1), 18. Covina (1-2), 19. Sierra Vista (2-1), 20. El Monte (2-2), 21. Baldwin Park (1-3), 22. Walnut (1-3). 23. Rowland (1-2); 24. Gladstone (1-3); 25. Rosemead (0-4); 26. Nogales (1-2), 27. Azusa (0-3); 28. La Puente (1-3); 29. South El Monte (0-4); 30. Wilson (1-2); 31. Duarte (0-3); 32. Workman (1-2)

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San Dimas High water polo vs. Bonita High Sept. 22, 2015. (Photo by Leo Jarzomb/San Gabriel Valley Tribune)

BOYS WATER POLOBONITA 14, SAN DIMAS 6

SAN DIMAS — Bonita High School has held a competitive advantage in boys water polo over intra-district rival San Dimas over the years, and the Bearcats continued the trend Tuesday.
Mitchell Montenegro and Alex Mkrtchyan had three goals each and the Bearcats rallied for a 14-6 victory over the host Saints in a nonleague game.
Greg Fusco, Bryan Plat and Ian Schubert had two goals each for Bonita, which improved to 5-4. Robbie Simpson and James Hull had two goals each for San Dimas, which slipped to 5-5.
San Dimas looked held the early advantage, leading 3-2 after the first quarter. But Bonita put the clamps on the Saints the rest of the way, limiting San Dimas to three goals over the final three quarter to win by eight.
The key point for Bonita came in the second quarter when it scored four goals during the first five minutes to turn a 3-2 deficit into a 6-3 lead.
Bonita coach Art Villalpando: “It means a lot (to beat San Dimas). It was a nonleague game, but our schools do share a rivalry, so it’s nice to see the boys compete against someone, maybe they are not used to playing, but feel obligated to have good games (against). I felt we played well. We started out a little bit slow, but we were able to pick it up. I was real happy with that.”
Bonita’s Mitchell Montenegro: “It was a close game at the very beginning. But by the second quarter, we were able to turn it on and just dominated the rest of the game.
“We turned on our defense and they couldn’t score.”
— Stephen Ramirez

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Girls volleyball
St. Lucy’s 3, Ayala 0 — Loryn Carter and Alex Everett each had six kills for the Regents (6-5) in a 25-17, 25-17, 25-23 nonleague win.
St. Paul 3, Bishop Amat 0 — Hannah Tostado had 17 kills and five blocks and Katie Engle had 24 digs for the Swordsmen (8-2) in a 25-21, 25-19, 25-19 victory.
Diamond Ranch 3, South Hills 1 — Marina Roski had 12 kills, Sarah Krestchmar had 33 assists and Vicki Zaluski had 12 digs for the Panthers (9-3) in a 25-22, 21-25, 25-12, 25-22 nonleague win. Bree Newton had 16 kills and Natalia Castro had 34 digs for the Huskies (3-2).
Los Altos 3, Bonita 2 — Mireya Rojo had 20 kills, 17 digs and two blocks and Michelle Rosas had 14 kills, six digs and three blocks for the Conquerors (3-8) in a 23-25, 25-23, 16-25, 25-19, 15-12 nonleague win. Hanna Gallos had 18 assists, Stephanie Ramos had 17 assists, 12 digs and three aces and Priscilla Gutierrez had 22 digs for Los Altos.

Girls tennis
Gladstone 13, Duarte 5 — The teams of Angelica Nabor-Martinez and Anahi Sandoval and Valeria deLeon and Melina Ramos swept in doubles and Marina Chow and Josephine Marquez won two in singles to lead the Gladiators (4-1, 1-0) to their first Montview League win of the season.

Girls golf
Bishop Amat 231, St. Anthony 340 — Brittney Conroy and Sharon Chen each shot a 40 and Alyssa Ruiz shot a 46 to lead the Lancers (3-0, 2-0) to the Del Rey League victory. Bishop Amat’s Veronica Trujillo shot a 51 and Audrey Parayno shot a 54.

Mayfield defeated La Salle in four games

There is a big switch up in this week’s all-encompassing San Gabriel Valley Newspaper’s Top 25 volleyball poll. Three teams made big leaps:

1. Mayfield (6-0) Will play St. Lucy’s on Thursday (3)
2. La Serna (5-0) Faces Whittier Christian on Wednesday (4)
3. Whittier Christian (14-2) Third-place finish in north San Diego County tournament (5)
4. San Gabriel (7-0) Swept Arcadia; two road games this week (6)
5. Flintridge Sacred Heat (5-3) Big nonleague match vs. Mira Costa Thursday (1)
6. Bonita (11-4) At Los Altos on Tuesday (9)
7. St. Lucy’s (5-5) Went 2-5 in Durango tournament (2)
8. St. Paul (7-2) Lost to Whittier Christian; swept Santa Fe (8)
9. La Salle (7-8) Finished second in Durango’s bracket No. 5 (10)
10. Glendora (4-2) Should roll through San Dimas Thursday (unranked)
Others: Duarte (10-3)(7), South Pasadena (5-1), Monrovia (6-4), Gabrielino (9-4), Gladstone (8-2), Arcadia (1-2), Diamond Ranch (8-3), Westridge (4-2), California (4-2), Maranatha (10-4), San Marino (7-1-2,), La Mirada (4-3), Diamond Bar (6-8), West Covina (7-6), Charter Oak (7-5).