Prep Impressions: Week 9-A

I covered the Bloomington-Riverside Patriot varsity football game for The Press-Enterprise and came away thinking I didn’t expect to see a shootout. As I wrote in the preview here, I expected 40, maybe 50 total points. And certainly not 94. But neither team played defense of any kind. In fact, each drive in the third … Continue reading

Prep Preview: Bloomington at Patriot

I’m covering the Bloomington-Riverside Patriot varsity football game tonight for The Press-Enterprise. The best part of this assignment will be the pressure I’m going to feel from putting together a 10-inch story about two teams at the bottom. And by 10 p.m. THE LOW DOWN: The Bruins have not won a game since Sept. 30, meaning … Continue reading

Prep Impressions: Feb. 27, 2009

I covered the CIF-Southern Section Division 5 Boys Soccer Semfinal match between Temecula Great Oak and Bloomingtonfor the Riverside Press-Enterprise on Friday, Feb. 27, 2009, and came away wishing I had asked Great Oak head coach Geoff Houck his age. From the way he was dishing out the chest bumps, I’d say he’s 23. But … Continue reading