Mountain Views News          Saturday, October 22, 2011

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SPORTS

 Mountain Views News Saturday, October 22, 2011 

DUARTE BOXERS SCORE VICTORIES AT 
MANUEL TORRES BOXING CLASSIC IN TULARE


DUARTE, CA, OCTOBER 19, 2011 – The 
Duarte Boxing Club tested its strength against 
some of central and northern California’s most 
elite boxing teams and brought home the Team 
Trophy and four individual wins from the Manuel 
Torres Boxing Classic in Tulare. The amateur 
boxing tournament sanctioned by U.S.A. Boxing 
Federation featured 59 contests over two days on 
Oct. 15-16.

Duarte Boxing Club beat out Bakersfield by two 
points for the team trophy through the success of 
heavyweight Joseph Martinez, 21, who stopped 
his opponent, Joshua Tovar of San Francisco 
in the 3rd round of the three round bout; Jesus 
Gomez, 16, 125 pounds, won by decision over 
Matthew Guerrero of Tulare; Hector Valdez, 14, 
119 pounds, won by decision against Jose Salinas 
of Fresno; and Andrew Sanchez, 17, 152 pounds, 
triumphed in his bout over 33 year-old Javier 
Cecilio of Fresno in a first round knockout.

“They trained hard and their hard work paid 
off,” said Duarte head trainer, Victor Valenzuela. 
“Ours is still a very young boxing team which 
makes me all the more proud of these kids and 
their tremendous accomplishments.” 

Two other members of the Duarte Boxing 
Team were outmatched in their competitions. 
Yanely Serrano, 14, 100 pounds, was bested by 
Carol Lang Rios from Fresno. Victor Barajas, 
17, weighed in two pounds over his 154 pound 
weight class and was overpowered by 165 pound 
David Lopez, 27, of Monterey. 

Currently more than 60 Duarte youth, boys 
and girls 8 years old and up are active at the 
Duarte Boxing Club, a City of Duarte Parks and 
Recreation program operating out of the Duarte 
Teen Center. Assisting Valenzuela are coaches 
Louie Valenzuela, Eric Campugan, Joe Llamas, 
and Tim Rhambo.

On Nov. 19, Duarte boxers will travel to Las 
Vegas for a dual tournament against Las Vegas at 
Barry’s Gym. 


LA SALLE VOLLEYBALL WINS TWO 
CONSECUTIVE TOURNAMENTS

Varsity remains undefeated in Del Rey Play

Pasadena, CA – On the heels of two consecutive 
weekend tournament victories, coupled with 
solid play throughout their league and non-
league schedule, the La Salle Lancers are looking 
to meet, or improve upon, their impressive 
Final Four finish in last year’s CIF-Southern 
Section 2AA playoffs. Winning the Hilltop High 
Invitational in San Diego October 8, besting 26 
teams from Southern California proved to the 
Lancers that they were improving and benefiting 
from a rigorous early season schedule that had 
them facing perennial powers, Lakewood, Notre 
Dame Academy and St. Lucy’s. 

They duplicated their fantastic finish in San 
Diego County by winning the 29th Annual 
Marlborough Classic this past Saturday, October 
15 in Hancock Park, defeating host Marlborough 
in the Finals. “These in-season tournaments are 
different than league play matches,” stated first 
year head coach Tiare Tuitama. “But getting to 
play another 12 matches in two days over the two 
weekends allows us to continue to develop our 
continuity and experience of playing together. 
Ultimately, it is about more game situations for 
our team, and our girls have really excelled in 
doing well in these formats.” 

The Lancers have also done well throughout 
league play, currently sitting at 4-0 after a thrilling 
5-set win on the road at Bishop Montgomery on 
Thursday, October 13. Trailing by two sets, the 
Lancers rallied to win the last three, overcoming 
a strong Knights team that was also undefeated 
in league play entering the match. The two teams 
will meet again at La Salle in the Duffy Lewis 
Gymnasium on Monday, October 31 at 6:00pm, 
in a match that could decide the 2011 Del Rey 
League Championship.

“It has been an absolute delight coaching 
this group of girls. They are an extremely fun, 
talented and flexible collection of athletes,” 
stated Coach Tuitama. “They are resilient and 
have demonstrated time and time again their 
fortitude and commitment to the team. We look 
forward to representing La Salle throughout the 
balance of our league play, as well as continue 
the momentum into CIF, Division 2 AA playoffs. 
This team has all of the needed components to be 
a championship caliber team.”

La Salle, a co-ed Catholic college preparatory 
high school of 750 students, located on the border 
of Pasadena and Sierra Madre, competes in 22 
sports. The girls’ volleyball program, a rising star 
in the sport over the past several years, is now 
vying to be considered the strongest program 
in the San Gabriel Valley, and continues to 
benefit from talented players that appreciate the 
school’s significant educational opportunities, 
commitment to service and strong overall 
athletics program. 

La Salle is back in action this week on Thursday, 
October 20, when the team travels to Bishop 
Amat to take on a strong Bishop Amat Lancers 
program. La Salle will be looking to remain 
undefeated in League play, as well as undefeated 
in October, having gone 15-0-1 this month. 

For further information about the La Salle 
Lancers Girls Volleyball Team, please contact 
Anthony Harris at 626.696.4427 or log onto www.
lasallelancers.org 

Alverno’s Hamilton Leads State in Volleyball Kills


Max Preps has named Alverno High School junior 
Jessica Hamilton number one in the state of 
California with 264 kills in games so far this year. 

Jessica only began playing volleyball in 7th 
grade and says she really took to it. Freshman 
year she was on the Varsity team and has never 
looked back.

Jessica credits her growth to working with Dicey 
McGraw, the top outside hitter at UCLA, who 
coached her Formula I club team last year. “We 
focused on hits,” she says, “And worked a lot on 
placement. It was great.”

The Alverno Jaguars’ Varsity volleyball team 
has a history of being a strong competitor at CIF 
every year. This year is off to a strong start with 
an overall record of 13-1-0.

With Coach Brent Fabbri, the Jaguars are 11-1-
0 this season. Go, Jaguars!

The Alverno mission: to empower each young 
woman to be exactly the person she wants to be. 
Alverno High School is the independent, Catholic 
college-prep high school for girls in Sierra 
Madre. Its college-prep curriculum and emphasis 
on leadership attracts students from public 
and private schools throughout the San Gabriel 
Valley.

HUDDLE UP!


By Harvey Hyde

By now you’ve 
probably heard (over 
and over) about the 
exchange between NFL 
coaches Jim Harbaugh 
and Jim Schwartz 
following the San 
Francisco 49ers’ last-
minute 25-19 victory 
over the Detroit 
Lions last Sunday. 
Was the 49ers’ 
Harbaugh too exuberant when he aggressively 
shook hands with the Lions’ Schwartz and slapped 
him on the back? Maybe. Was Schwartz out of line 
by chasing Harbaugh down and trying to confront 
him, requiring the two to be separated. Maybe. 
As a former head football coach, let me 
tell you emotions are running very high in those 
kinds of situations. These coaches have spent 
days, nights, staff meetings, video and film 
analysis setting up game plans and strategies for 
these 60 minutes of game time on Sunday. Each 
game represents potential for business: dollars, 
bonuses, contracts, hiring, firing, extensions on 
contracts -- and recognition: playoffs, victories, 
and bowl games. Of course coaches are emotional 
and invested, upset or excited about the outcome. 
I’ve experienced winning on the last play and 
losing on the last play. There is an incredible 
emotional high in winning that way and an 
incredible emotional low in losing a game you 
think you’ve won. At those times, it truly is 
difficult to control those emotions.

In a perfect world, at the end each game, a 
coach walks over to the other, shakes hands, says 
congratulations or good game. That’s an ideal 
perfect world. But sometimes things become 
personal. Did I love every coach I played against? 
Heck no. And certainly not every coach loved me. 
Were we always friendly? Not always. At these 
moments, coaches and players may feel it is more 
important to be sharing that time -- good or bad 
-- with team or staff. 

This was a highly emotional game at the outset. 
Both teams had made amazing strides in their 
play, and of course coaches had something to 
prove. Certain coaches are famously low key. 
Should we ask them to be more demonstrative? 
Others are notoriously outspoken and excitable. 
Should we ask them to tone it down? For the 
cameras?

Neither Schwartz nor Harbaugh were punished 
or fined because of their behavior, and they 
shouldn’t have been. In my mind, they deserve 
a pay raise for turning two losing teams into 
winning ones.

Schwartz now has some ammunition if the 
Lions end up facing the 49ers in the playoffs. He 
can use Harbaugh’s actions to fire up his team.

TV cameras caught a real moment for two 
coaches not acting for the media but from the 
emotions of a hard week of work and planning 
and a game of great highs and lows. All the 
hype and media, TV, newspaper, blogs and 
commentators have created an issue that is not 
worth the ink or commercial time. Those who 
wish can turn it into a teaching moment for good 
or bad. For sportsmanship or gamesmanship. 
It’s the nature of the game, of the individuals 
involved, and magnified way beyond its real 
significance. 





Arcadia Par-3 Junior Golf Lessons

Arcadia Par-3 Golf Course located at 620 
E. Live Oak Avenue is the hidden treasure of 
Arcadia. This 18-hole par 3 course is 1,947 
yards with lush greens and newly created 
bunkers. It is also home to The Golf Learning 
Center, where golfers new and old can 
learn the “greatest game.” 

Junior Golf (7-15 years)

This program consists of 8 levels designed 
to teach juniors the game of golf in a fun, 
safe environment. The curriculum combines 
golf skills with character development. 
Juniors will learn swing fundamentals, short 
games techniques, rules, etiquette and the 
Six Pillars of Character as designed by Character 
Counts. 

Fee: $59 for (4) one-hour sessions

Session 3

Date: Day: Time: 10/31-11/21 Monday, 
4-5pm

Session 4

Date: Day: Time: 11/28-12/19; Monday, 
4-5pm

For more information, please contact the 
Par-3 Golf Course at 626.443.9357 or the 
City of Arcadia Recreation and Community 
Services Department at 626.574.5113. 

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