Mountain Views News          Saturday, September 11, 2010

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SPORTS

 MountainViews-News Saturday, September 11, 2010 

With Bobby Eldridge 
Sierra Madre Girls Softball Association Take 7th Place 
At Western Nationals In Las Cruces, New Mexico


Learn how to develop touch 
with your chip shots...

 

I am going to give you the best chipping lesson of your 
golfing life. If you promise me you will NEVER-EVER 
use your LOB, sand or pitching wedges EVER again, I will 
promise you that your handicap will fall off of the charts. 
Before you read on you have to promise me!!! 

 

First, if you CHIP with any of those three wedges-and your 
GOOD, I mean GOOD, you have to be able to beat me. (read 
the small print) Don't change, you heard me, don't change.

 

HOWEVER; if you can't beat me, (I am a very good chipper), 
then listen up. The definition of chipping is 1/3 air and 2/3 
roll, the definition of pitching is 2/3 air and 1/3 roll. If you 
don't have to carry the ball very far, using a club with a ton 
of loft makes the shot a thousand times harder. So why do it? 

 

Don't forget, if you were on the green, you would putt the 
ball. If you are 2, 4, 8, or 15 feet from the green, you want to 
hit a shot with MINIMUM air and MAXIMUM roll. You 
can do that with a 5-7-9 iron. The only way you are going 
to develop touch and have any consistency with your chip 
shots is if you start using flat faced clubs and not lofted ones. 

 

More loft means longer backswings. Longer backswings 
mean greater risk. If you go with a 5 iron for the longer chip 
shots, 7 iron for the medium length chip shots and a 9 iron 
for the shorter chip shots, the backswing does not have to go 
back very far. That equals less risk.

 

Golfingly yours, Bobby Eldridge igolffixes.com

 

Bobby's weekly pearl: Chipping with a lofted club is asking 
for trouble, use your 5-7-9 irons to hit those little green side 
chip shots. 


Front row left to right, Kaylee Johnson, Katherine Knop, Becca Hanel, Kiki Shuster, Marissa Fuentes, Miranda Bielski, 
Lindsay Powell; Back row left to right, Coach Rich Fuentes, Katie Sparks, Maxine Fuentes, Kelly Crowley, Lexi Zate, Austen 
Hustler, Midge Zuk, Coach - Steve Powell

Sierra Madre 
Girls Softball 
Association was 
established more 
than 30 years ago 
and has become 
one of the best 
girls fast pitch 
softball leagues 
in the San Gabriel Valley. SMGSA’s 
main focus is maintaining the spirit of 
a recreational league while helping our 
girls build strong fundamental softball 
skills while having fun and learning 
teamwork and sportsmanship. SMGSA 
also prides itself on developing life skills 
that will stay with our young ladies long 
after they are done playing softball. 
Many of our girls become mentors to 
the younger girls by getting involved in 
coaching and umpiring.

SMGSA hosts a spring recreation 
league where girls compete for age 
group titles and finishes with a league 
wide tournament that culminates with 
championship games on closing day. 
At the conclusion of the spring season 
SMGSA fields all star teams in all age 
group divisions that compete in local 
tournaments. SMGSA also hosts a 
fall season that is instructional and no 
standings are kept. Play is open to local 
girls aged 5 – 16. 

SMGSA is a member of the Amateur 
Softball Association (ASA) and follows 
their rules of play. SMGSA teams have 
competed at the regional and state 
levels and in 2010 the 12U all star team 
competed at the Western National 
Tournament, finishing in 7th place.

SMGSA is a 501(c)3 non-profit 
organization run by an all-volunteer 
staff and is supported by many local 
businesses through sponsorship 
opportunities. More information on 
SMGSA can be obtained by emailing 
smgsa@smgsa.org.


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HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS CALENDAR

September 12 - 18, 2010

LASALLE HS

Monday September 13 

Girls V Golf @ St.Monica 3PM @ Rancho Park

Girls V Volleyball @ Gahr (T) TBA

 Girls V Tennis Vs Maranatha @ La Canada CC 3:30

Tuesday September 14 

Girls V Golf Vs Burbank @ Eaton Canyon 3PM

Girls V Tennis Vs Monrovia @ LOP 3:15

Girls JV Tennis @ Monrovia H.S. 3:15

Boys V/JV Water Polo @ Burbank 3:30/4:30

Wednesday September 15 

Girls V Golf Vs Serra @ Eaton Canyon 3PM

Girls V Volleyball @ Gahr (T)TBA

Thursday September 16 

Girls V Tennis @ Alhambra H.S. 3:30

Girls JV Tennis Vs Alhambra @ LOP 3:30

Boys V Water Polo @ San Marino (T) 3:55

Friday September 17 

Cross Country to Mt Carmel Invitational in San Diego 

Varsity Football Vs San Marino @ HOME 7PM

JV Football Vs San Marino @ HOME 3:30

Girls Frosh JV/ V Volleyball @ Flint. Sacred Heart 3:30/4:30/ 6:00

Boys V Water Polo @ San Marino (T) TBA

Boys JV Water Polo @ El Rancho (T) TBA

Saturday September 18

Cross Country to Mt Carmel Invitational in San Diego 8:30

Boys V Water Polo @ San Marino (T) TBA

Boys JV Water Polo @ El Rancho (T) TBA

ARCADIA HS

 

September 16

 Junior Varsity Boys Football at Monrovia High School 

September 17

 Varsity Boys Water Polo vs Polytechnic High School

 Freshman Boys Football at Monrovia High School

 Varsity Boys Water Polo vs Polytechnic High School

 Varsity Boys Football at Monrovia High School 

September 18

Varsity Girls Volleyball - Arcadia Invitational (Tournament)

PASADENA HIGH SCHOOL

Boys Water Polo

September 14

 V Boy’s Water Polo at Polytechnic

 JV Boys Water Polo at Polytechnic 

September 15

 V Boy’s Water Polo vs San Dimas

 JV Boys Water Polo vs San Dimas

Football (Coed)

September 17

 JV Football vs Cathedral

 V Football vs Cathedral

Girls Tennis

September 13 

V Girls Tennis vs Azusa

 JV Girls Tennis at Azusa 14

 V Girls Tennis vs Burroughs

 JV Girls Tennis at Burroughs 15

 V Girls Tennis vs Duarte

 JV Girls Tennis at Duarte 16

 V Girls Tennis vs Monrovia

 JV Girls Tennis at Monrovia 17

 JV Girls Tennis vs Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy

 V Girls Tennis vs Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy

Girls Volleyball

September 14

 V Girls Volleyball vs Duarte

 JV Girls Volleyball vs Duarte 15 16

 V Girls Volleyball vs Marshall Fundamental

 JV Girls Volleyball vs Marshall Fundamental 17 18

 JV Girls Volleyball - Gladstone Tournament

 V Girls Volleyball - Burbank Tournament


SIERRA 

MADRE’S 

FARMERS 

MARKET


Wednesday 

3-7pm

 Fresh 
vegetables and 

seasonal fruits 

from 
California 

family farms. 

Specialty foods, 
vegetarian and vegan 
dishes, ethnic foods and 
hot food - Everything 
you’ll find at the 
farmers market has 
been made or picked 
fresh, is pesticide-free 
and preservative-free. 

Free public parking on 
Mariposa.