Prep Impressions: Nov. 30, 2011

I covered the Riverside Arlington-Riverside King boys varsity soccer match for The Press-Enterprise on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011, and came away thinking the Wolves were unlucky not win by five or six. Instead, Todd Mapes’ charges had to settle for a 4-2 victory over Arlington on Wednesday despite owning a 12-to-6 shots on goal advantage. To … Continue reading

Prep Preview: Arlington at King

I’m covering the Riverside Arlington-Riverside King boys varsity soccer game today for The Press-Enterprise. The best part of this assignment will be judging early-season results for two of Riverside’s better programs. THE LOW DOWN: The Lions (9-3-2 Inland Valley, 16-4-4 overall in 2010) return just eight players from a last year’s team, which made a CIF-Southern … Continue reading

Prep Impressions: Week 4

I covered the Moreno Valley Valley View-Riverside Arlington varsity football game for The Press-Enterprise on Friday, Sept. 30, 2011, and for the first time this season, I watched a team come from ahead to lose. The Lions (1-3 overall, 0-1 Inland Valley) scored exactly zero points in the second half, and gained just 54 yards. And Arlington was hampered … Continue reading