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 Impressions: Week 8

I covered the Riverside Christian-CSDR varsity football game for The Press-Enterprise on Friday, Oct. 28, 2011, and came away thinking about dichotomies. On one side there was California School for the Deaf, Riverside. The Cubs are far-and-away the most impressive/inspiring team I’ve seen this season. What coach Rantz Teeters and his staff do must be seen person in … Continue reading

Prep Impressions: Week 7-B

I covered the Riverside King-Riverside Poly varsity football game for The Press-Enterprise on Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011, and came away thinking that King football is taking some serious lumps. How can a team this bad (7.9 ppg, 6.3 ypp) not be one of those relegated to the Inland Valley League next season? You see, re-alignment … Continue reading