Mountain Views News          Saturday, October 2, 2010

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SPORTS

 Mountain Views News Saturday, October 2, 2010 

With Bobby Eldridge 
Alverno X Country Runners Medal at Bell-Jeff 
Griffith Park Invitational By Lara L. Larramendi


Alverno High School Cross Country Team 
concluded its tune up competitions with 
four runners, two varsity and two junior 
varsity, capturing medals at the 37th Annual 
Bell-Jeff Griffith Park Cross Country 
Invitational held Saturday, September 25th 
at Griffith Park.

Varsity runners Eryn Blakely and Audrey 
Davy improved their race times and finish 
over their 2009 performance. Blakely, a 
sophomore placed 4th clocking in at 21:20 
and Davy, a senior, in 19th place with a time 
of 23.27. Only 106 runners had their times 
officially recorded in this race, even though 
there were more entries.

Francesca Rueda, a freshman, and Sahhara 
Assafiri, senior, earned medals in the junior 
varsity race. Rueda posted a time of 30:11 
and Assafiri came in at 31:31. In this race 
there were more entries than the 62 runners’ 
time that were officially recorded.

More than 3,000 runners representing over 
80 schools, some from as far away as Santa 
Maria and Mammoth Lakes, participated 
in this year’s 37th Annual Bellarmine/
Griffith Park Cross Country Invitiational. 
Bellarmine/Griffith Park or Bell-Jeff Griffith 
Park, by whichever name you want to call it, 
everyone agreed that it was hot and dusty, 
hot and dusty. Temperatures at 11:17 am 
race time for the Blue Division Varsity Girls 
and 12:23 pm for the Junior Varsity hovered 
in the triple digits. The high temperatures 
made the rugged 3-mile course of hills, dirt, 
soft sand and grassy surfaces even more 
challenging for the runners.

All of the Jaguar runners that ran completed 
their race. Competing for the varsity team 
were Miranda Akkari, Eryn Blakely, Audrey 
Davy, Ashley Haylett, Kelly Janzen, Jessica 
Lopez and Adrianna Martinez. Junior 
varsity runners were Sahhara Assafiri, 
Holly Coates, Bella Daniels-Campos, Madi 
Daniels-Campos, Reagan Dowd, Victoria 
Pintado, Nicolette Rodriguez and Francesca 
Rueda.

Alverno begins their quest for a Horizon 
League cross-country championship on 
Wednesday, September 29th at 4pm against 
Holy Family at the Rose Bowl. After 
competing in two tough invitationals and 
finishing better than some of their League 
rivals (Bishop Conaty-Our Lady of Loretto, 
Holy Family, Sacred Heart of Jesus and 
San Gabriel Mission), Alverno’s runners 
are very motivated to win their League 
championship crown. 

Alverno High School is the independent, 
Catholic, college-prep high school for girls 
in Sierra Madre, celebrating 50 years of 
empowering exceptional women. Its college-
prep curriculum, leadership program, arts and 
sports attracts students from public and private 
schools throughout the San Gabriel Valley. 

IS PUTTING ABOUT 
DISTANCE OR DIRECTION?

Here is a 10 million dollar question! Is great putting a result of 
distance control or accuracy? I have asked at least 10,000 amateur 
golfers why they think they 3-putt, is it because of distance or 
direction? 99% of the time they say it is direction. I am convinced 
that it is distance control. 

 OR, lack of.

Let me explain why I went off on a tangent in the first paragraph. 
If you want to lower your handicap and become a great putter, 
you HAVE to start focusing on touch. Now comes the next 10 
million dollar question. Are some of us born with touch or do you 
have to work for it?

The minute you approach a great putter (you always can find them 
on the putting green), they will tell you they have worked hard to 
become a great putter. On the other hand when you approach 
someone that doesn’t putt well (they are usually pounding 
drivers), they will tell you that all great putters are born.

 You have to have a tiny bit of humor when you talk about putting, 
if not...Here is the really cool thing about developing great touch 
on the putting green. You DON’T have to make every putt you 
look at. By the way, nobody else does, not even the greatest of 
them all-made them all.

Read the next sentence a couple of times. The average tour player, 
playing on the best greens, with the best equipment, only makes 
50% of their 6-footers and 25% of their 10 footers. That is wild. I 
know you think they make more putts than that but they don’t. 
However; they only 3-putt from inside 30 feet---1% of the time. 
DO YOU GET IT???

 They HARDILY EVER 3-putt. They have developed great touch 
on the greens. 

Golfingly yours, Bobby Eldridge www.igolffixes.com 

 Bobby’s weekly pearl: If you want to make a change with your 
putting, spend the time on the green and not on the practice tee.


Jaguar runners medal at Bellarmine/Griffith Park Invitational. left to right. Francesca Rueda, Eryn Blakely, Audrey 
Davy and Sahhara Assafiri. 

Action-packed 25th Annual Industry Hills 
Pro Rodeo for Children in Need, Oct. 9 & 10

Golf Tournament, Clinic 
& Exhibition to Benefit 
Junior Golfers

The First Tee of Pasadena will hold its 
annual Invitational Golf Tournament, 
Junior Clinic and Golf Exhibition on 
Tuesday October 5, 2010 to benefit 
youth participants of The First Tee 
of Pasadena. The public is invited to 
attend the free Junior Clinic and Golf 
Exhibition, followed by a reception 
and silent auction, beginning at 5pm at 
Brookside Golf Club. 

The theme of this year’s Junior Clinic 
and Golf Exhibition is Friends of The 
First Tee. PGA Tour golf professional 
James Oh (http://www.pgatour.com/
players/02/63/71/) and former Stanford 
Women’s golfer Angela Rho ( http://
www.gostanford.com/sports/w-golf/
mtt/rho_angela00.html ) will be 
hosting the clinic and exhibition. James 
and Angela have been friends since 
they were both 9 years old, met due to 
golf and will share their experiences 
as junior, high school, college and, for 
James, professional golfers.

The First Tee of Pasadena’s programs 
are directed toward youth ages 5 
to 17, with a specific target for 5th 
through 8th graders. Since 2007, The 
First Tee of Pasadena has also offered 
our “Mulligan” programming to over 
123 special challenged youths from 
Optimist Youth Home, Pasadena 
PAL, Rose City High School and 
Five Acres. Since 2008, we have also 
worked with the Pasadena Parks & 
Recreation Department in providing 
introduction programs in a non-golf 
setting and in 2009 implemented the 
National Schools Program into 10 
PUSD elementary schools. The First 
Tee’s core programs cost $25 per 8 
week session; however scholarships 
are available so that no youth is turned 
away due to economic circumstance. 

For more information about The First 
Tee of Pasadena and its many programs, 
please visit www.thefirstteepasadena.
org.


City of Industry – Tickets are 
on sale for the 25th Annual 
Industry Hills Pro Rodeo at the 
Industry Hills Expo Center, 
at 16200 Temple Ave., City of 
Industry, Saturday and Sunday, 
Oct. 9 and 10. Top performers 
of the Professional Rodeo 
Cowboys Association will 
compete for $32,000 in prize 
money. 

 Special entertainers at this 
year’s Pro Rodeo include top 
floreador, back my popular 
demand, (trick rope artist) 
Tomas Garcilazo of Mexico 
City, introduced at an early 
age to his family heritage and 
tradition of “La Charreria,” 
a skill performed by generations through the 
Mexican Charro. Garcilazo has devoted his life 
to sharing Mexico’s National Sport La Charreria 
with the world and has even introduced his 
young son Thomas to the sport. Thomas has 
been performing off and on since he was five, 
sometimes preferring to play with his toys off to 
the side. 

 John Payne, the “one armed bandit” will be 
featured at this year’s rodeo event. His unique 
skills and stunts have earned him “Specialty 
Act of the Year” for 10 years in a row. He joined 
the PRCA in 1988 and has done over 1,500 
performances.

 English Shire horses owned by Ree and Renn 
Zaphiropoulos and trained by Chris Hone 
will be making their debut. The names of these 
beauties are Stanley, Duke, Arnie, Andy, Kaiser 
and Rob Roy. Shire horses were ridden by knights 
during the Middle Ages. Hitch horses stand over 
18 hands and can weigh one ton or more. Their 
heads are at least eight feet off the ground. Shire 
horses are considered the tallest and most elegant 
of the draft breeds.

 Rodeo proceeds go to The Gabriel Foundation, 
which benefits as many as 10,000 young people 
in the San Gabriel Valley who are mentally 
challenged, physically handicapped or come 
from disadvantaged or abusive homes. Since its 
inception in 1985, the Gabriel Foundation has 
contributed more than $1.7 million to various 
charities dealing with disadvantaged youth. 

 The Industry Hills Pro Rodeo is the Foundation’s 
annual fundraiser and over $84,000 was donated 
last year with proceeds from the 2009 Rodeo. 

 Cowboys and cowgirls will compete for prizes 
in bareback riding, steer wrestling, team roping, 
saddle bronco riding, calf and team roping, 
barrel racing, bull riding and best all-around. 
Participants will also be competing to qualify for 
the PRCA National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas in 
December. 

Gates open Saturday at 4 p.m., and families can 
enjoy pony rides, a petting zoo, clowns, food and 
retail vendors selling Western-theme items. Food 
and beverage concessions will be available. The 
Rodeo begins at 6 p.m., followed by the Rodeo 
Dance at 8 p.m. Dance tickets are $5. Music, 
entertainment and dancing will continue through 
midnight. Gates open at noon on Sunday and the 
Rodeo starts at 2 p.m. 

 

Rodeo tickets are $15 for adults (includes 
parking), $10 for seniors 60 years and up, $6 for 
children 3-11 years old and $5 per person for the 
Rodeo Dance. For details, or to purchase 
tickets visit www.industryhillsprorodeo.org or 
call the Rodeo office at (626) 961-6892.


HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS CALENDAR

October 2, 2010 - October 9, 2010

LASALLE HS

ARCADIA HS

October 5

 Varsity Girls Volleyball vs John Burroughs HS 

 Frosh/Soph Girls Volleyball vs John Burroughs 
HS Junior Varsity Girls Volleyball vs John 
Burroughs HS 

 October 7

 Varsity Girls Volleyball at John Muir HS

 Frosh/Soph Girls Volleyball at La Canada HS

 Junior Varsity Girls Volleyball at John Muir HS

 

 October 8

 Junior Varsity Boys Football vs John Muir HS

 Varsity Boys Football vs John Muir HS

PASADENA HIGH SCHOOL

October 5

 V Boy’s Water Polo vs Burbank

 JV Boys Water Polo vs Burbank 

V Girls Tennis at Glendale

V Girls Volleyball at Glendale

 JV Girls Volleyball at Glendale

October 7

 V Boy’s Water Polo at Hoover

 JV Boys Water Polo at Hoover

V Girls Volleyball vs Burroughs

 JV Girls Volleyball vs Burroughs

V Girls Tennis at Burroughs

JV Girls Tennis vs Burroughs

 October 8

 JV Football vs Burroughs

 V Football vs Burroughs

Monday October 4 

 Girls JV Tennis @ Arcadia 3:30

 Girls V Tennis Vs Arcadia @ Live Oak Park 3:30 

Girls V/JV Volleyball @ Temple City 3:15/4:30

 Girls V Golf Vs Connelly @ Eaton Canyon 3PM

 Tuesday October 5 

 Girls F/JV/V Volleyball @ St. Joseph 4:00/5:00/6:00

 Girls Golf Vs Bishop Amat @ Eaton Canyon 3:00

 

Wednesday October 6 

V/JV Water Polo @ Flint.Prep. 3:15/4:30

 Girls Golf Vs St. Paul @ Whittier Narrows 3PM

 

Thursday October 7 

 Girls JV Tennis Vs Bishop Amat @ LOP 3:30

 Girls V Tennis Vs Bishop Amat @ Whittier Narrows 3:30

 Girls F/JV/V Volleyball Vs Mary Star @ HOME 4:00/5:00/6:00

Friday October 8 

 Varsity Football @ St. Bernard 7:00

 JV Football @ St. Bernard 4PM - Cheer to St. Bernard 2:30

 Girls V Tennis @ So. Pasadena 3:15

 Girls JV Tennis @ Live Oak Park 3:15

 Cross Country @ Clovis Invitational 10:30

 V/JV Water Polo @ Pasadena Poly 3:15/4:30

 Saturday October 9

 Cross Country @ Clovis Invitational


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