Salinas City Meet changes.

There is a chance that next years Salinas City Meet for track and cross country could be changed to a Salinas Public School City Meet.
The reason?
Palma doesn't seem to care, or just doesn't show up.
Last spring it elected not to compete in the Salinas City Meet for track, siting it was too close to the league finals.
And on Tuesday, it decided to jog the Salinas City Meet cross country championships because it wanted to save itself for a meet on Saturday.
Why even step on the course if you're not going to try? All you have done is piss off your fellow coaches. And your kids looked foolish.

Stevenson football

If Stevenson cancels its varsity season as expected today, there's a good chance that its junior varsity season will be over as well.
Several coaches in the MTAL have said they will not play a junior varsity game with Stevenson if there is no varsity game.
Most opposing coaches feel that Stevenson could bring up seven or eight of its sophomores to help fill out the roster. The Pirates have 41 players on the junior varsity.
Stevenson held a team meeting Tuesday. Just 12 players are healthy enough to play. Last week the Pirates were down to three linemen.

monterey football

All the negative publicity Stallworth Academy of Stockton has brought to itself with its deception of who it really is has only fueled Monterey's fire to play them.
No doubt, Monterey thought it was facing a cream puff when it agreed back in March to host the first year program. Instead, it picked up a team with 19 studs.
Of course, that's all Stallworth has. The Toreadores could've backed out and no one would have argued. Remember this team said it was Samuel Hancock.
Three teams have already canceled football games with Hancock --- I mean Stallworth because it misrepresented itself.
First year programs don't pick up eight transfers, or have Division I prospects.
Chalk it up to Monterey coach Pete Noble's stubbornness. He has challenged his kids. He doesn't do anything without a purpose.
Stallworth, a member of the SAC-Joaquin Section, better hope it's in a league next year. Otherwise this might be the last game it plays.

Stevenson football

If no one from the junior varsity is willing to come up, it's time to pull the plug on the Stevenson varsity football season.
Four more players reportedly suffered concussion like symptoms in last weeks loss to Soledad, dropping the Pirates to 0-4.
Stevenson finished the game with 12 players. While I applaud the players for wanting to continue their season, fatigue is becoming a factor.
Why a kid on the JV team would not want to earn his varsity block as a sophomore is beyond me.
At Carmel, nine sophomores help make up the roster. At Stevenson, just one sophomore is up while 22 remain at the JV level.
Stevenson will make a decision later this week on whether to forfeit Friday's game at Greenfield.
The last known forfeit was in the mid-90's when North County forfeited a game after a hazing incident involving the football team.

streak intact

You're not going to beat a champion spotting them 20 points.
Of course, seeing Greenfield score 20 points in a span of 3:59 in the fourth quarter to tie the game had Pacific Grove on its heels.
Than again, there is a reason the Breakers have won 30 straight MTAL games. They do not panic.
Instead, Pacific Grove drove down field, using a clutch 10-yard catch from Jamie Wilson and then a 28-yard field goal from Wilson with nine seconds left.
The pressure was clearly on Pacific Grove, who was winless in non-league play. None of that matters because the reigning five-time MTAL champions are unbeaten in league today. Oh, and the streak is now 31.

Stevenson football

The status of Stevenson's season is in jeopardy after just 12 players were deemed healthy enough to practice Friday.
In fact, the Pirates will make a decision Saturday morning on whether they'll play Soledad or forfeit the game. A decision on the season — which has six games left — could be forthcoming in the coming weeks.
What is not a consideration is bringing up a handful of kids from the junior varsity, which has 41 players — 22 of which are sophomores — and is undefeated.
Apparently parents have balked at moving their kids up. Understood. But I know there are more than 13 seniors and five juniors on campus — players that started the year on the football team.
As seniors, what do you have to lose, other than your season? Running back Dan Griffin believes there's at least seven seniors that could help this team that aren't playing. Hit the hallways and save your season.

Season in jeopardy

There is word leaking out that the rest of Stevenson's varsity football season could be in jeopardy if it can't get kids from the junior varsity to come up and play for the final five games.
The Pirates, who started the year with just 18 players, are winless and in need of more bodies. If this is true, and it has not been confirmed, Stevenson would be the first known team in the MTAL to shut down a season.
Three years ago, Gonzales was faced with a similar situation, but squeezed out its final two games with 16 players