Mountain Views News          Saturday, October 16, 2010

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SPORTS

 Mountain Views News Saturday, October 16, 2010 

Alverno X-Country Falls to San 
Gabriel Mission By Story and Photo by Lara L. Larramendi

 Despite a blistering first place finish by sophomore Eryn Blakely (19:03) and a 
solid 2nd place finish by senior Audrey Davy (21:51), the Jaguars Varsity cross-country 
team lost to San Gabriel Mission 28-60 at Pasadena’s Rose Bowl course. San Gabriel 
Mission’s top 5 runners finished 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th and 8th. The remainder of Alverno’s top 
5 runners finished 16th (frosh Jessica Lopez), 20th (sophomore Ashley Haylett) and 21st 
(frosh Francesca Rueda).

 Blakely, who has been dominating the Horizon League competition since her 
freshman year, improved on her winning time (20:12) of two weeks ago in League 
competition against Holy Family at the 3-mile Rose Bowl course by 1:09. 

 Rounding out the Jaguars Varsity runners were sophomore Adrianna Martinez, 
seniors Miranda Akkari, Bianca Melkonian, Sahhara Assafiri and frosh Bella Daniels-
Campos. Almost all of the varsity runners significantly improved on their finishing 
times from two weeks ago at this same 3-mile Rose Bowl course.

 The Junior Varsity runners fared better than their Varsity sisters, but still fell 
short to San Gabriel Mission, 32-52. Frosh Reagan Dowd bested her finish time of 
two weeks ago by 3:20. Her JV teammates also improved on their finish times; juniors 
Holly Coates (1:29), Andrea Gochez-Wilson (2:21), Madi Daniels-Campos (1:37), 
soph Nicolette Rodriguez (2:19) and frosh Victoria Pintado (1:46).

 Alverno will host the next Horizon League meet on Wednesday October 20th 
@ 4:00 P.M. at Eaton Canyon, the Jaguars “home” course. To date, the school that 
has hosted the League meet has won the team competition. Come out and cheer the 
Jaguars to victory. 

With Bobby Eldridge 
PUSHING YOUR IRONS TO THE RIGHT


I am going to be straight with 
you, pushing your iron shots 
to the right is a pretty tough 
mistake to fix. Allow me to 
explain myself. The golf ball 
sits on the ground and with 
the technology that has come 
along in the past 20 years, 
the superintendents can mow 
the fairways closer than the 
putting greens I grew up on.

 

What does that have to do 
with missing irons shots to the right? For those of you that 
struggle with this mistake, the golf club swings too much 
from the inside to the outside in the downswing. When the 
golf club swings in that direction the club BOTTOMS out 
behind the golf ball. The direction the club is swinging in 
the downswing is to the right of the green.

 

Oh, there is one more challenge. When the golf club swings 
too much from inside to outside, the bottom of the arc 
reaches the ground behind the golf ball and then it begins to 
swing back up. You never really find the bottom of the ball. 
You will either top it or hit it real thin. Y es, you add insult 
to injury. Not only does it go right but it goes short-right.

 

Of course there are a number of ways to correct it, but I am 
going to give you something to work on and I know it will 
help. After you aim correctly (not left) I want you to look at 
the bunker or edge of the LEFT side of the green. Not the 
middle of the green, not the pin but the left of the green.

 

Now you are aiming at the center of the green but you are 
LOOKING a little bit left of the green. I want you to make 
sure you swing to the left side of the green in the downswing. 
Not a lot of thought just think left. This is huge: DON'T 
HOOK IT LEFT, but simply swing and turn through to the 
left.

 

If you are done with hitting iron shots that wind up right of 
the green, then head on over to a new site that will help you 
correct this mistake IGOLFFIXES.com, and do it today!!!

 

Golfingly yours, Bobby Eldridge 

igolffixes.com

Alverno Sophomore Eryn Blakely 
goes all out with a blistering 19:03 
1st place finish against San Gabriel 
Mission.

Take Your Best “Shot” - 

Land A Spot In The Pro Football Hall Of Fame

(NAPSI)-As children across America put on 
their helmets and pads and take to the gridiron 
to play football, parents will fill the stands, 
cameras in hand, hoping to capture priceless 
moments in their children’s lives. One will also 
capture first prize in a football photography 
contest. 

The Pro Football Hall of Fame is looking for 
the best youth football photos from across 
America. Football fans are encouraged to pick 
up a camera and enter the sixth annual “Why 
Do You Love Football?” Photo Challenge. 
The image of a child’s first time taking the 
field to a player making a leaping catch to a 
cheerleader rooting for the home team could 
earn the winning photographer a trip to 
attend Super Bowl XLV in North Texas. In 
addition, the winner will receive a trip to the 
2011 Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement 
Celebration and have his or her photo displayed 
in the Pro Football Hall of Fame for a year. 

A judging panel consisting of Archie 
Manning, former NFL quarterback and father 
of two Super Bowl MVP quarterbacks; Peter 
Read Miller, Sports Illustrated photographer; 
and other prominent staff photographers 
and photo editors will determine the group 
of 14 finalists in each division. Once the field 
is narrowed, fans will make the final call by 
voting for their favorite photo from December 
20, 2010, through January 7, 2011, via the 
contest website.

“Year after year I look forward to seeing how 
fans portray their passion for the game of 
football through their photography,” said Manning. “Each 
year the photos entered in the contest get better and better 
and I am looking forward to see what this year’s will produce.”

Making photography part of your day-to-day routine lets you 
capture memories that last a lifetime. Here are some sports 
photography hints that may help:

• Get to the game early so you can find the best place from 
which to take your pictures. 

• Get panning down pat. When you move the camera in the 
same direction as the action, you get the subject in sharp 
focus and the background blurred. 

• Vary your shutter speeds. Very fast shutter speed will get a 
stop action look. Slow shutter speeds will give the picture the 
appearance of motion. 

• Prefocus your camera so you can get the shot as it happens, 
unless your camera has a “quick release” setting.

• Try to stay steady. Use a tripod or other sort of support to 
keep camera from shaking.

• Vary the angle at which you take the picture. 

• Enter the contest. You can submit as many as 10 images 
each from September 2, 2010, to December 1, 2010, by visiting 
Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging, at www.usa.
canon.com/nfl and following the online instructions. 


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HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS CALENDAR

October 16, 2010 - October 22, 2010

LASALLE HS

ARCADIA HS

October 19

 Varsity Girls Volleyball vs Burbank HS 
Varsity Boys Water Polo at Pasadena HS 
Frosh/Soph Girls Volleyball vs Burbank HS

 Jr Varsity Girls Volleyball vs Burbank HS

 Jr Varsity Boys Water Polo at Pasadena HS

October 21

 Varsity Girls Volleyball vs Herbert Hoover High School

 Freshman Boys Football vs Burbank High School

 Frosh/Soph Girls Volleyball vs Herbert Hoover High School

 Junior Varsity Girls Volleyball vs Herbert Hoover HS

October 22

 Junior Varsity Boys Football vs Burbank High School

 Varsity Boys Football vs Burbank High School

PASADENA HS

October 19

 V Boy’s Water Polo vs Arcadia

 JV Boys Water Polo vs Arcadia 

V Girls Tennis vs Crescenta Valley

V Girls Volleyball vs Crescenta Valley

 JV Girls Volleyball vs Crescenta Valley

 JV Girls Volleyball at Burbank

 JV Girls Tennis at Crescenta Valley

 V Girls Tennis at Burbank

 JV Girls Tennis vs Burbank

October 21

 V Boy’s Water Polo at Crescenta Valley

 JV Boys Water Polo at Crescenta Valley

October 22

 JV Football vs Crescenta Valley

 V Football vs Crescenta Valley

V Girls Tennis vs Polytechnic

 JV Girls Tennis vs Polytechnic


Monday 10/18 

TBA G V Golf @ League Pre-lims 

Tuesday 10/19 

3:30PM G V Tennis vs. Bishop Montgomery 

3:30PM G JV Tennis @ Bishop Montgomery 

4:00PM G FS Volleyball @ Bishop Amat 

5:00PM G JV Volleyball @ Bishop Amat 

6:00PM G V Volleyball @ Bishop Amat 

Wednesday 10/20 

3:15PM B V Water Polo @ Chadwick 

4:15PM B JV Water Polo @ Chadwick 

TBA G V Golf @ League Finals 

Thursday 10/21 

4:00PM G FS Volleyball vs. St. Joseph HS (Lakewood) 

5:00PM G JV Volleyball vs. St. Joseph HS (Lakewood) 

6:00PM G V Volleyball vs. St. Joseph HS (Lakewood) 

Friday 10/22 

3:15PM B V Water Polo @ Flintridge Prep 

4:15PM B JV Water Polo @ Flintridge Prep 

7:00PM B V Football vs. Verbum Dei High School 

TBA BG VJ Cross Country @ Mt. SAC Invitational


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