WDN Touchdown Table: Your Predictions and ours


This season, I will give my predictions for all the area games from week to week. Want to play? Just add your projections and keep your tally and see how you match up.
Record (season total, last week): Ramirez (45-23, 7-3).
Last Week: It was a decent week, getting victories with Chaminade over St. Paul and Santa Fe over El Rancho. I missed on Schurr getting its first win against Bell Gardens; Montebello losing to San Gabriel and Cantwell losing to Bishop Montgomery.
This week: It’s another big week in the Del Rio League, with Santa Fe hosting California for first place. I’m going with the Chiefs in what should be a close game. I also like La Serna to put El Rancho in an 0-2 hole, while St. Paul should rebound against Cathedral.
Here are this week’s predictions:
WEEK 7

Thursday, Oct. 20
Pioneer vs. Whittier at California HS, 7 p.m. – Whittier
Friday, Oct. 21
El Rancho vs. La Serna at California HS, 7 p.m. – La Serna
California vs. Santa Fe at Pioneer HS, 7 p.m. – Santa Fe
Cathedral at St. Paul, 7:30 p.m. – St. Paul
Alhambra at Schurr, 7 p.m. – Alhambra
Montebello at Bell Gardens, 7 p.m. – Bell Gardens
Cantwell-Sacred Heart at Mary Star of the Sea, 7 p.m. – Cantwell
La Habra at Fullerton, 7 p.m. – La Habra
Whittier Christian at Maranatha, 7 p.m. – Maranatha
Cerritos at La Mirada, 7 p.m. – La Mirada

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Friday recap: Chaminade leaves St. Paul blue, Santa Fe rocks El Rancho, La Serna and Cal also win

Well, we should have a new No. 1 in the area, after St. Paul dropped a 31-6 setback at Chaminade and La Habra returned to form with a 39-0 win over Sunny Hills. We also Santa Fe strut its stuff in a 39-21 win over El Rancho. And how about Schurr, which may have been 0-5 in nonleague play, but they are 1-0 in the Almont League.
Here’s a brief recap of Friday’s Games:
Chaminade 31, No. 1 St. Paul 6 — The host Eagles turned the Swordsmen as blue as their field, although this one was a bit closer than the score. The Swordsmen had 295 yards, but only got two fields goals on four drives inside the Eagles’ 20. But overall, it was just too much Logan Scott, who threw for 197 yards and three TDs, and running back Terrell Newby, who had 180 yards rushing with one TD.
No. 2 La Habra 39, Sunny Hills 0 — Nothing like a return to Freeway League play to bring the Highlanders back to form. Sean Sparling threw for 175 yards and two TDs to lead La Habra, which should be back atop the area ratings next week.
No. 3 California 17, Pioneer 7 — Gabriel Lozano rushed for 151 yards, including a 70-yard TD run and the Condors set up an early-league showdown against Santa Fe next week with a victory over the Titans, who are now 0-6.
No. 4 La Serna 35, Whittier 6 — OJ Medina rushed for 155 yards and three touchdowns and the Lancers showed they will battle to keep the title they won last season. Whittier lost its third consecutive game after starting 3-0.
Bishop Montgomery 24, No. 5 Cantwell Sacred Heart 21 — Didn’t see this coming, especially after the Cardinals looked efficient in last week’s 45-21 win over Whittier Christian. But Cantwell, tying it with five minutes left, made a nice rally before being done in by Jonathan Kim’s 20-yard field goal with nine seconds left.
Santa Fe 39, El Rancho 21 — So much for how being outscored 151-0 in three games would effect the Chiefs’ psyche. Coach Jack Mahlstede said his team would be ready to rock-n-roll by league, and Santa Fe proved it with an 18-point win. The Chiefs got two interceptions in the fourth quarter, one for a TD by Marcos Gomez to improve to 2-4 and 1-0. They now prepare for Cal, which will be one piece of the Del Rio League elimination tournament.
Schurr 7, Bell Gardens 0 — How ’bout the Spartans? Schurr, ,after struggling in nonleague play are now tied for first in the Almont League. Bradley Powell’s 47-yard jaunt in the first quarter was the only score.
San Gabriel 48, Montebello 17 — Three weeks ago, the Oilers, aftr starting 2-0 and challenging Arroyo before losing on a late TD, looked like Mid-Valley contenders. But they are now 0-4 after being blitzed by the Mats.
La Mirada 55, Glenn 27 — A nice victory for the Mats, who after opening the Suburban League with a loss to Bellflower, need to keep on winning. Andy Gramajo was big tonight, rushing for two TDs.
Whittier Christian 54, L.A. Baptist 0 — The Heralds took care of business Friday. Next up is a trip to Mid-Valley No. 1 Maranatha, which also adds intrigue with Minutemen coach Peter Karavedas being a former Whittier Christian assistant. Ryan Morales led the Heralds with three TDs on Friday.

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St. Paul ready to pass the test against Chaminade

How good is the St. Paul High School football team?
The Swordsmen, who have opened the 2011 season with five consecutive victories, are about to find out.
St. Paul, ranked No. 1 in the CIF-Southern Section Western Division, begins Mission League play Friday when it travels to No. 2 Chaminade, which is 4-1 and coming off arguably the biggest victory in its history.
Kickoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. in West Hills.
“This one really counts,” St. Paul coach Marijon Ancich said. “They compete against some of the best teams in Southern California. They are really athletic and fast.
“The only headache is, can we get everyone ready to go?”

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CalHi: The Condors can pass, too

By Steve Ramirez
The book on California is to stop the Condors’ vaunted running game, which has accumulated 1,311 yards and 12 touchdowns in five games.
But the Condors, who open Del Rio League play at Pioneer at 7 p.m. Friday, can also take to the air, which was evident last week when Drew Castro completed 5 of 5 passes for 100 yards and two touchdowns in a 28-7 victory over Montebello.
“The thing is when guys come up and play run, the play action is there for us,” California coach Jim Arnold said. “Drew was 5 for 5, but two touchdowns – I’ll take that any day.”

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