Mountain Views News          Saturday, November 13, 2010

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 Mountain Views News Saturday, November 13, 2010 

Breaking News at press time:

The Turkey Gets Stuffed!

John Muir Beats Pasadena High 66 - 6

With Bobby Eldridge 
For the 12th consecutive year, the John Muir 
High School Mustang football team has 
beaten the Pasadena High School Bulldogs at 
their 57th annual ‘Turkey Tussle’. 

 The Turkey Tussle football game is an annual 
tradition between Pasadena High School 
and cross town rival John Muir High School. 
This tradition began in 1947 when the game 
was played between Pasadena Community 
College and John Muir Junior College. These 
two schools played until 1953. In 1954 the 
annual rivalry was played between what is 
now Pasadena High School and John Muir 
High School. 

 The winning school takes possession of a 
ceremonial Victory Bell. One of the highlights 
for the winning team is to rush to the end 
zone, celebrating their win, by ringing the 
Victory Bell. In June 2005, the John Muir 
High School campus was burglarized and 
the Victory 
Bell was stolen. 
On February 
7, 2006 the 
Victory Bell 
was found 
near a road in 
the Angeles 
National Forest.

 In November 
2007 a 
documentary 
about the 
Turkey Tussle 
was produced and featured on Fox Sports 
West cable channel. Although it didn’t tell 
the entire story of the Turkey Tussle, it did 
showcase the cross town battle that has been 
going on for 60 years between Pasadena High 
School and John Muir High School.

What Does Your Putting Stroke and 
Green Reading Have in Common? 

If I had an opportunity to to stand up in front of the entire golf world and I was only allowed 
to say one sentence, what would it be? “EVERY PUTT IN GOLF IS A STRAIGHT PUTT”…
Since I would only be allowed to say one sentence, maybe the powers to be would let me 
repeat myself, “EVERY PUTT IN GOLF IS A STRAIGHT PUTT”.

If there is one thing that I am 100% sure of it is this. Most amateur golfers have acceptable 
putting strokes. Keep in mind that there are two parts to our sport. One part is in the air 
and the other is on the ground. The one on the ground (putting) is so precise at times that 
it can drive you up a wall. It is kind of line the Red Zone in football. You go 85 yards in two 
plays and then it takes four plays to go one yard. You hit a towering tee shot, followed up by 
the best 5 iron of your life, and then 
you 3 putt from 10 feet.

The reason I say acceptable putting 
strokes is because you don’t do 
this for a living and the putting 
strokes that most of you have is 
good enough for you to shoot lower 
scores. The problem begins after 
you read a putt. This article is all 
about matching your putting stroke 
up with reading the green correctly. 

No questions asked, the number 
one putting mistake that I see 
amateurs golfers make is they don’t 
aim the putter where they want the 
ball to start. Most amateur golfers 
that struggle with their putting, 
aim the putter at the hole and then 
they either swing out-to-in (pull) 
or roll the face closed for putts that 
break right and in-to-out (push) 
or roll the face open for putts that 
break left. 

Therein lies my favorite quote in 
golf “EVERY PUTT IN GOLF IS A 
STRAIGHT PUTT”. If you have a 
putt thay breaks 10 inches right to 
left, you have to aim the putter face 10 inches right of the hole and swing the putter straight 
back and straight through to that exact spot. You have to start that putt STRAIGHT and 
allow the ground to curve the ball from left to right into the hole. You can not start that putt 
at the hole and then swing the putter in-to out and push it on line. 

 

Of course this applies for putts that break left to right. You have to aim the putter left of the 
hole, swing the putter straight back and straight through, allowing the ground to curve the 
ball, not your stroke or clubface. 

The next time your struggling with your putting, remember this mantra: WHAT DOES YOUR 
PUTTING STROKE AND GREEN READING HAVE IN COMMON-EVERYTHING!!! 


La Salle’s Come From Behind Win


Huge come from behind win over South Hills this week. La Salle's Girls Volleyball faced 
South Hills High School, nearly 3x the size of LSHS in the Duffy Lewis Gym. This would 
prove to be a tough battle. After losing games 1 and 2, the girls rallied in the 3rd to squeak 
out a close win. Game 4 ensued, and the girls dominated. The final game showed the 
determination of our undefeated Del Rey Championship team. La Salle won 3-2. Girls were 
pretty happy at the end. Photos by John Blackstock


Alverno X-Country Headed to CIF Prelims

Story and Photo By Lara L. Larramendi

The Alverno X-Country Varsity 
team is headed for another 
appearance at the CIF Southern 
Section Division 5 Prelim races 
at Mt. San Antonio College on 
Saturday November 13th. There 
will be 3 heats for Division 5 Girls; 
each heat will have 13 schools, 
5 runners from each school. 
Alverno is scheduled to compete 
in Race # 6 Girls Division 5 Heat 
#3 @ 8:52 AM. Representing the 
Jaguars are Eryn Blakely, Audrey 
Davy, Ashley Haylett, Bianca 
Melkonian and Miranda Akkari. 
Alternate runners are Adrianna 
Martinez and Sascha Rosemond. 
The team ran the rugged and hilly 
3-mile course at the 63rd Annual 
Mt. Sac X-Country Invitational 
on October 22nd and all runners 
posted times that were personal 
bests.

As a nice farewell gift to its 
graduating seniors, the Alverno 
X-Country Varsity and Junior 
Varsity squads were victorious in 
the Horizon League Finals held 
November 4th at Eaton Canyon. 
The finals were rescheduled 
from November 3rd due to high 
temperatures that exceeded CIF 
Southern Section regulations. 

In contrast to the rainy and wet 
conditions at the previous meet 
at Eaton Canyon on October 
20th, the League Finals meet was 
held under drier and much hotter 
conditions and it was reflected in slower times for all the runners competing.

The top two runners that finished the race didn’t change. Alverno’s Eryn Blakely and Audrey 
Davy continued their 1-2 finish domination in Horizon League meets this year.

Followed by Ashley Haylett, Bianca Melkonian and Jessica Lopez, the Jaguar Varsity squad 
finished on top over San Gabriel Mission and League leading Sacred Heart. 

Helping their teammates score that victory were Miranda Akkari and Francesca Rueda.

Not to be left behind, the Junior Varsity team was also victorious. Led by Adrianna Martinez, 
Bella Daniels-Campos, Sascha Rosemond, Victoria Pintado and Devny Osuna with assists 
from teammates Reagan Dowd, Andrea Gochez-Wilson, Holly Coates, Nicolette Rodriguez 
and Madi Daniels-Campos, the JV squad will have to “step up” to fill the sneakers of the 
graduating seniors.

At the conclusion of the meet, the Jaguars bid farewell to graduating seniors Miranda Akkari, 
Sahhara Assafiri, Audrey Davy, Kelly Janzen, Bianca Melkonian and Sacha Rosemond with 
songs, flowers, balloon, and beautiful sentiments expressed by their teammates. 


Alverno’s 1-2 finishers, Eryn Blakely & Audrey Davy 
lead the Jaguars on to the CIF-SS Division 5 Girls 
Prelim races at Mt. Sac.


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Alverno’s X-Country Graduating seniors, left to right, 
Sahhara Assafiri, Audrey Davy, Bianca Melkonian, 
Sascha Rosemond and Miranda Akkari.


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