Round-Up #2 – Week 1 [9/1 & 9/2/16]

Players To Watch From All 10 Teams: In the L.A. City Section keep your eyes on: Garfield-Henry AdamBomb Polanco/QB/JR. & Oscar Vega/TE/SR; Roosevelt-Andy Salas/QB/SR. & Isaiah Zepeda/CB/JR; South Gate-Ernie Arcia/QB/JR. & Tremar Holiness/RB-CB/SR; Wilson-Isaac Abdullah/QB/SR. & Gabriel Herrera/LB-TE/SR; Lincoln-Michael Cova/QB/SR. & Jorge Luna/DE-TE/JR; Torres-T. Gilmore/RB/JR. & M. Alvarez/DB-TE/JR;Mendez-Nehemias Reyes/RB/SR. & Justin Montero/LB/JR.

From the CIF/SS... Bishop Amat-Blake Archuleta/QB/SO. & Aaron Maldonado/DT/JR; Cathedral-Andrew Tovar/QB/SR. & Hunter Echols/LB-DE/SR; Salesian-Deommodore Lenoir/Capt/CB-ATH/SR. & Rahyme Johnson/OLB-WR/SR. 

We will be adding more names as the season progresses. Rico Cabrera, Sr./Editor, EastLASportsScene.Com

In the L.A. City Section, for Week #1, our seven teams came away with an overall record of 3 wins and 4 losses. Eastern League “runner-up” from last year, the South Gate “Rams” overwhelmed its San Fernando Valley opponent on the road and posted a huge shut-out win. Garfield’s “Bulldogs” (0-2) are in the “extremely tough” part of their schedule and lost to Banning, while the Roosevelt “Roughriders” (0-2) dropped their second in a row, this week to San Pedro on their home turf.

The Northern League went 2-1 again, this time with the Wilson Mighty Mules (2-0) winning comfortably while Lincoln Tigers (1-1) snapped to attention and won easily. The Torres Toros (1-1) lost its first game.

The Metro League’s, Mendez Jaguars, faced Monroe from North Hills, located in the San Fernando Valley and fell to (0-2). Keep in mind, this is their first season of varsity football.

Here are the line results from Week #1: Thurs/Fri.9/1 & 9/2/16

Banning 39  Garfield 14 [Next: @ Harvard-Westlake, 9/9 Fri. 7 pm]

San Pedro 42  Roosevelt 14 [Next: @ San Clemente, 9/9 Fri. 7 pm]

South Gate 60  Arleta 0 [Next: Jefferson @ Home 9/9 Fri. 7 pm]

Wilson 23  Santee 7  [Next: Monroe @ Home, 9/9 Fri. 7 pm] *Youth Night & Jersey Retirement Ceremony for #10 Julio Briones & #34 Arlin Slayton

Lincoln 26  Belmont 10 [Next: Grant (SF Valley) @ Home, 9/1 Fri. 7 pm]

Hollywood 34  Torres 21  [Next: @ Belmont, 9/9 Fri. 7 pm]

Monroe  41  Mendez 0 [Next: @ Van Nuys, 9/9 Fri. 7 pm]

Our three local area teams representing the CIF/SS went 2-1 for Week #1. The Cathedral Phantoms are now (2-0) and maintained their #23 weekly ranking in the L.A. Times poll, while the Bishop Amat Lancers (1-1) won their first game defeating Servite. The Salesian Mustangs were defeated in an away game by Calabasas.

Cathedral  51  Burroughs (Burbank) 7  [Next: @ Lynwood, 9/9 Fri. 7 pm

Calabasas  35  Salesian 26  [Next: @ Cantwell-Sacred Heart, 9/9 Fri. 7 pm]

Bishop Amat 14  Servite 10  [Next: J. Serra @ Home, 9/9/ Fri. 7 pm]

Note From The Editor: *Garfield, *Cathedral, and *Bishop Amat have their own websites with their schedules. For the seven other schools, click on the “link” below to view their respective schedules as posted on Maxpreps.Com.

*Garfield; Roosevelt; Torres; Mendez; Wilson; Lincoln; South Gate; Salesian; *Cathedral; *Bishop Amat

Our first photo gallery will show a variety of pictures from Garfield vs. Alemany, Bishop Amat vs. Mater Dei, Cathedral vs. Santa Fe and Wilson vs. Roybal. Photo Credits: Nick..Flicks Garfield; Vince Quiñones, Bishop Amat; Daniel Barcenas, Cathedral, and Peter Cabrera, Wilson.