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I recently ran across a small little thought in an article I was reading. The thought went like this:

There are Two Wolves fighting within each one of us. One embraces pride, burning ambition and desperate to win and gain honors at all costs. The other is humane, compassionate and eager to teach or learn life's lessons. Which one will win? Whichever one you FEED!

I think this is a very important aspect to think about whether we are a player or coach. It also can serve us well as our athletic careers dwindle down and we move forward in our lives. While difficult on the surface, to be truly successful and reach our full potential today as an athlete, tomorrow as a coach or long term as a human being, we must learn to FEED BOTH in equal parts to survive. If we only feed one and ignore the other, that "wolf" will die. Feed only the ambitious one, you may succeed but quite possibly you will be left lonely and incomplete. Feeding only the humane or compassionate side could leave you achieving less than your full potential.

As athletes, you must be and remain hungry. You must have ambition and embrace the pride and challenge to succeed moving forward to the next goal. Otherwise you will not push yourself to greater things. How often have you seen someone have a good performance, only to follow it up with a less than stellar one? Whether it is at bats, or innings pitched during a game, you have to continue to push. Get a hit in your first AB, wonderful, now what will you do in your next. As a Pitcher you get through the first inning or two fine, but how will you finish the game. In the end it is how you finish that matters. This same concept carries over as you approach games or your season. Start off in preseason just fine, but then you have to keep things going into your league season. As you enter the end of the season and move forward toward the playoffs, you now have to step things up. How will you continue to "feed" this desire to move forward as the weaker teams are eliminated and each game get's progressively more difficult? Coaches, how will you continue to "feed" your team game to game, week to week, to keep them hungry and continually striving for more? You must continue to avoid becoming complacent with who/what you are and failing to strive to achieve more. If things are not going well, how will you find the ability within you to not give up and continue to "feed" the wolf of desire, ambition and pride to turn things around and get better. Coming off a bad game or season, you need to find this inside you to move forward and improve to avoid spinning in the other direction.

Contrasting that, you cannot go about life with a win at all costs mentality and forget the humane side of things. If you do, you will win but will have no one to share the success with. Part of the joy of succeeding in athletics and in life, is having someone around when it is all said and done to share the celebration with. It is also about having respect for and being respected by those you have encountered along the way. At the end of the day, we should all seek not just the victory or success, but the respect that comes from going about it in the right manner. If we reach the end of a journey, only to look around and see no one there wishing to share it with us, then what joy does that bring.

Greed is Good ----- the good is in continually striving for more. Be Greedy, continue to strive for more out of your life experiences and out of yourself. The good can also be in how we handle this desire to achieve. Achieve it in a positive and compassionate manner and you will have a wealth of people around to share in these successes with. In the end, you must find a way to FEED BOTH THE WOLVES. Only in doing this, will you find your greatest potential while achieving it in the right manner and gain respect along the way.

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A great game as Charter oak was looking to clinch the Miramonte out right.

d ranch Gus lanuza pitched a solid 5 innings and then Harris Burnett took over for the save.

The top three from Miramonte:

Charter oak #1 9-3 (won 2 of 3 from Bonita)
Bonita 9-3
Diamond Ranch 7-5

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Sierra League Final Result:
#1 Chino Hills 10-5
#2 Damien 9-6
#3 Ayala 8-7

Congratulations to Ayala for making their first play off berth in 5 years.

Here is the link to Ayala's write up in the Daily Bulletin.

http://www.dailybulletin.com/preps/ci_9200260

Congratulation to CHHS for winning the first Sierra League title in the school's 5 year history.

write up from Daily Bulletin.....

Chino Hills 7, Chino 3
The Huskies (18-9, 10-5) won their fourth straight game and wrapped up the league championship by jumping out to a 7-0 lead over the Cowboys (14-12, 6-9).
Ryan Dunn had a two-run double for Chino Hills while Zach Collier and Jordan Gomez each had two hits. Taylor Jimenez and Danny Fernandez homered in the seventh inning for the Cowboys.

Damien 5, Glendora 1

The Spartans (17-8, 9-6) finished second place with a win against the Tartans.
Junior Mark Garcia went the distance, giving up five hits and striking out three while walking two. He also went 2-for-3 at the plate.
Darren Dworak had two hits and Tony McClendon suppllied a two-run home run in the second.


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p.s. Congrats to Simi Baseball for bringing a title (even shared) back to the school. It has been 15 years since it last happened. GO SIMI ]]> http://www.baseballresource.com/forums/read.php?f=1&t=16690&page=1&t_page=1#16752 sandman Thu, 08 May 2008 23:21:47 -0700 http://www.baseballresource.com/forums/read.php?f=1&t=16690&page=1&t_page=1#16752 http://www.baseballresource.com/forums/read.php?f=1&t=15728&page=1&t_page=1#16747 TeachDGame Thu, 08 May 2008 10:50:26 -0700 http://www.baseballresource.com/forums/read.php?f=1&t=15728&page=1&t_page=1#16747
Tyler Matzek (P/1st) Capo Valley, 4-0 since 4/18.
Capo Valley, 9 wins in a row since 4/11/08 ]]> http://www.baseballresource.com/forums/read.php?f=1&t=16735&page=1&t_page=1#16744 TRThomas Thu, 08 May 2008 06:42:10 -0700 http://www.baseballresource.com/forums/read.php?f=1&t=16735&page=1&t_page=1#16744
Absolutely, class parents and fans too. ]]> http://www.baseballresource.com/forums/read.php?f=1&t=16734&page=1&t_page=1#16743 naclark Thu, 08 May 2008 05:11:35 -0700 http://www.baseballresource.com/forums/read.php?f=1&t=16734&page=1&t_page=1#16743
The Division 1 Marmonte League has 8 Teams so gets 4 places in the Playoffs.
Simi Valley and Thousand Oaks wound up the season in a Tie for first and Royal ended up 3rd.

The problem is there is a 3 way tie for 4th between Westlake, Calabasas and Moorpark.

They are going to determine the 4th place finisher in a 2 game elimination Round on Thursday and Friday as described by LA Times writer Austin Knoblauch on his Blog on the LA Times Varsity Times Insider.

Read it here:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/varsitytimesinsider/2008/05/baseball-marmon.html
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Its always good to get other points of view.

Thanks again teach. I wonder why respectheie did not reply?
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Co-Players of the Year -

Mitch Levier, Fullerton

Billy Nowlin, Golden West

Pitcher of the Year - Kyle Mertins, Santa Ana

Coach of the Year - Don Sneddon, Santa Ana

First Team

First Baseman
R.J. Montgomery Fullerton 6-3 225 Fr

Infield
Drew Hillman Orange Coast 6-2 195 Fr
Tyler Marmion Cypress 5-10 170 So
Crispin Tarango Santa Ana 6-0 175 So

Designated Hitter
Eric Krzysiak Riverside 6-2 220 So

Catcher
Parker Berberet Cypress 6-4 195 Fr
Jourdan Watanabe Orange Coast 6-1 195 Fr

Outfield
Cory Olson Orange Coast 6-0 180 So
Derek Eligio Santa Ana 6-1 180 Fr
Michael Stephens Fullerton 6-1 180 So

Utility
Kyle Hardman Santa Ana 6-4 235 Fr
Jonathan Hurst Cypress 5-11 195 Fr

Starting Pitcher
Danny Heben Irvine Valley 6-3 190 So
Brandon Dixon Orange Coast 6-2 185 So
Brandon Pinder Santa Ana 6-2 185 Fr

Relief Pitcher
Dean Persinger Irvine Valley 5-11 175 So ]]> http://www.baseballresource.com/forums/read.php?f=1&t=16715&page=1&t_page=1#16715 200624 Tue, 06 May 2008 21:54:45 -0700 http://www.baseballresource.com/forums/read.php?f=1&t=16715&page=1&t_page=1#16715
Congratulations to Matt Avery. Long Beach is getting a special kid that embodies the great tradition this program has with great players.

Hard worker, outstanding player, outstanding student, dedicated as real team first player.

Good luck in the CIF playoffs and to a great career as a Dirtbag. Matt has had huge numbers the past 3 years and his work ethic has gotten the success he deserves and will continue to do well in the future.

http://www.presstelegram.com/moresports/ci_9164620
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Author: statman0168 (349 Posts) Posted: Monday 2:04:43 PM
Topic: RE: CIF-SS Div 1 Standings Week 10 » Reply to this Post

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kjktjlb wrote

Statman,
I don't understand the reluctance of Millikan to post either, other than to spare a bunch of kids the embrassment.

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Ya, I understand. Someone finally updated all the scores for Compton. After Millikan beat them 28-0, they lost 13-0 to LB Poly and then 34-0 to LB Wilson.

There has been 363 runs scores against them and they have scored only 15 runs in 17 games in 2008.
So their average score in the 17 games this season is 21.35 to 0.882

I don't know if Compton is competitivie in any sport against Moore League teams.

This goes on year after year, it's not just a 1 year situation.

At least this year they are showing up to play the games.
In recent years, they had a number of forfeits listed against various teams.

Possibly the Southern Section can move them into another Division and League where they would be more competitive.





(Last edited on 2008-05-05 14:05:36 by statman0168)

Author: kjktjlb (39 Posts) Posted: Today 9:20:13 AM
Topic: RE: CIF-SS Div 1 Standings Week 10 » Reply to this Post

Compton High School competes in the Moore League as you all know. They are competitive in Football and Basketball. In Baseball they have never been close. And while that is bad, it is worse in that the lower level teams are just as bad, if they even have one. Compton always has cancellations, schedule changes, no-show umpires amoung other issues several times a year. The kids compete. The varsity team(baseball) had several obviously talented athletes, just not any baseball players. They didn't quit. The apathy in the community for anything other than football or basketball is apparent. The RBI academy at Copmton College is a beautiful facility that should help, but doesn't seem to. The Moore League has tried several times to find another spot for Compton, but no other leagues will accept them. They should be moved


Author: TeachDGame (166 Posts) Posted: Today 12:20:44 PM
Topic: RE: CIF-SS Div 1 Standings Week 10 » Edit Your Message
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What a GREAT Opportunity for the MLB Urban Youth Academy to go in there and really try and do some good for an obvious need. They are based right there in Compton and that would be a great benefit.

That would benefit the urban area far greater than the kids from Long Beach, Huntington Beach, Inland Empire, San Diego, etc. that seem to be popping up in the Press Clippings from the Urban Youth Academy. Go get them !


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That would benefit the urban area far greater than the kids from Long Beach, Huntington Beach, Inland Empire, San Diego, etc. that seem to be popping up in the Press Clippings from the Urban Youth Academy. Go get them ! ]]> http://www.baseballresource.com/forums/read.php?f=1&t=16599&page=1&t_page=1#16706 TeachDGame Tue, 06 May 2008 12:20:44 -0700 http://www.baseballresource.com/forums/read.php?f=1&t=16599&page=1&t_page=1#16706 http://www.baseballresource.com/forums/read.php?f=1&t=16703&page=1&t_page=1#16703 SoCalOutlaw Tue, 06 May 2008 06:38:35 -0700 http://www.baseballresource.com/forums/read.php?f=1&t=16703&page=1&t_page=1#16703
Email me with contact info. ]]> http://www.baseballresource.com/forums/read.php?f=1&t=16555&page=1&t_page=1#16701 freepete Mon, 05 May 2008 21:39:27 -0700 http://www.baseballresource.com/forums/read.php?f=1&t=16555&page=1&t_page=1#16701
Some big teams are missing this year... ]]> http://www.baseballresource.com/forums/read.php?f=1&t=16696&page=1&t_page=1#16696 BaseballResource Mon, 05 May 2008 17:54:30 -0700 http://www.baseballresource.com/forums/read.php?f=1&t=16696&page=1&t_page=1#16696 1. Los Alamitos
2. Orange Lutheran
3. LB Wilson
4. Lakewood
5. Thousand Oaks
6. Hart
7. Simi Valley
8. Mater Dei
9. Capistrano Valley
10. Norco

Others: None

Rk. DIVISION II
1. Redlands East Valley
2. West Torrance
3. Vista Murrieta
4. Katella
5. Palos Verdes
6. El Toro
7. Paso Robles
8. Upland
9. Oxnard
10. Crescenta Valley

Rk. DIVISION III
1. Notre Dame/SO
2. Cajon
3. Paramount
4. Mayfair
5. South Hills
6. El Rancho
7. Alhambra
8. Crespi
9. Paloma Valley
10. Don Lugo

Others: La Serna, Quartz Hills,
San Gorgonio, Laguna Hills
Others: None

Rk. DIVISION IV
1. Patriot
2. Northview
3. St Bonaventure
4. Sonora
5. Savanna
6. Torrance
7. San Dimas
8. Charter Oak
9. Bonita
10. Cathedral City

Others: Anaheim, El Segundo, Covina, Kaiser

Rk. DIVISION V
1. Bishop Amat
2. Monrovia
3. St Paul
4. Sultana
5. Hesperia
6. Mary Star of the Sea
7. Campbell Hall
8. Temple City
9. Gabrielino
10. Carpinteria

Others: Bishop Diego, San Marino,
Duarte

Rk. DIVISION VI
1. San Jacinto
2. Desert Christian/L
3. Pasadena Poly
4. Bishop
5. Beaumont
6. Notre Dame (Riverside)
7. Kern Valley
8. Maranatha
9. Sage Hill
10. Apple Valley Christian

Others: Animo Ldrshp., Desert Hot Springs, Salesian, Windward


Rk. DIVISION VII
1. Cate
2. Saddleback Valley Chr
3. Viewpoint
4. Wildwood
5. Pacific Lutheran
6. Upland Christian
7. Oakwood
8. Cornerstone Christian
9. Dunn
10. Avalon

Others: None
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It will be interesting to see where he goes in the draft. Someone is going to get one heck of a player!



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http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/2008/04/27/umpire-kerwin-danley-knocked-unconscious-by-a-brad-penny-fastbal/

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