With the opening weekend of the high school football season starting Thursday and ending Saturday with one of the best rivalries in the San Gabriel Valley, Bonita vs. San Dimas in the Smudge Pot at Citrus College, it’s time to make predictions, ask questions and comment on the best storylines, games, players or whatever is trending each week.
This is for football teams in the San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Whittier Daily News and Pasadena Star-News coverage areas. So here it is, the ten best things to keep tabs on during opening weekend.

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The 2017 CIF-SS High School Football Divisions for team in the Whittier Daily News, Pasadena Star-News and San Gabriel Valley Tribune footprints. On Monday, we post the Star-Tribune-Whittier Top 20.

Division 1
Bishop Amat
Division 2
La Habra
Upland
La Mirada
Division 3
St. Francis
Charter Oak
La Serna
Division 4
Damien
Glendora
Division 5
Los Altos
Division 6
St. Paul
San Marino
Division 7
Diamond Ranch
South Hills
Bonita
Pomona
Monrovia
Division 8
La Salle
Northview
San Dimas
Division 9
El Rancho
Maranatha
Muir
Division 10
Diamond Bar
Santa Fe
Whittier
South Pasadena
Montebello
California
Pasadena Poly
Division 11
Arcadia
Arroyo
Covina
Pasadena
Pioneer
Division 12
Whittier Christian
Walnut
Schurr
South El Monte
La Canada
Baldwin Park
Rosemead
Division 13
Nogales
Rowland
El Monte
Azusa
Wilson
Temple City
Rio Hondo Prep
Alhambra
Duarte
Marshall
Cantwell-Sacred Heart
Southlands Christian
La Puente
Mountain View
Blair
Sierra Vista
Gabrielino
Bassett
San Gabriel
Workman
Ganesha
Gladstone
Mark Keppel

Northview quarterback Steven Comstock explains why transferring to Charter Oak was not an option: Last December, less than a month after Northview’s 30-27 loss to Burbank in the second round of the CIF Southern Section Division 8 playoffs, quarterback Steven Comstock was hearing all the chatter.
There were rumors he would transfer to Charter Oak, where he spent some of his youth as a Chargers’ ball boy. There were friends he grew up with suggesting, hinting, even asking if he would “come home” and play his senior year with what appears to be a loaded Chargers’ team, one that could compete for a Division 3 title this fall.

Who will La Salle start at QB? The freshman or the soph? If La Salle High School football head coach Russell Gordon really does know who is starting quarterback is going to be for Friday’s season opener against Arcadia, he sure isn’t letting on about it.
Gordon maintained that he’s undecided between freshman C.J. Montes and sophomore Chris Wilson and likely won’t make a call for the next several days. But he is certain that both players will see time against the Apaches. Kickoff is 7 p.m. at La Salle High.
“At this point, I think they both didn’t do anything to lose the job,” Gordon said. “No decision has been made. We’re letting this week play itself out. I expect they’ll both get a lot of time on Friday night.”