CIF-SS Large Enrollment Division
Preview:
Mountain View League 2001-02--(Nov. 22, 2001)
| MOUNTAIN VIEW LEAGUE Centennial/Corona Corona Jurupa Valley La Sierra Norco Santiago/Corona |
The Mountain View League has been a very strong league in recent years, led by Corona Centennial as the most successful among the programs. Last year, Centennial made it to the I-A semifinals, losing to Section champion (and D-I State Champs) Mater Dei. The Huskies lost a lot of their best players (Jamaal Williams who is now at New Mexico, David Sybesma, Bryan Gonzales, Willie Staten, Anthony Smith Erik Soderberg who is on scholarship at Portland, and Bryan Williams), but they are still probably the top team in the league, and will return a number of Riverside's best talent, including Lance Soderberg and JR Reese, a talented point guard. Santiago returns Deon Simpson, a very talented shooter, and they may actually be the team which give Centennial a run for the league title. We don't know a lot yet about the other teams, but we do know who should be returning and we have accurate schedules (at least they are the schedules from the CIF. . . which doesn't mean they're accurate, but they are official). What follows is what we know about the teams thus far this season, which in some cases isn't a lot, and it also means we're looking at old rosters and predicting who will be returning and which younger players will be stepping up. The schedules are accurate as far as we know, We encourage coaches to send us their official rosters (via e-mail) and any other information about their teams so we can update these previews.
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| Centennial
/ Corona--10-0, 24-2 (1st) "Huskies" Centennial graduated 7 seniors from last year's CIF finalist team, but with the strength of the development program at the school, they will continue to not only rebuild, but reload from the JV program. Here's who should return, and who we expect will be coming up: Lance Soderberg 6'-9" Sr. F Update 11/27/01: Today's edition of the Riverside Press Enterprise contained the paper's Riverside and San Bernardino region team previews and player profiles written and compiled by PE staff writer Richard Chaplin. The original story can be found at this link, and there's also a separate overview piece too, but we've excerpted the portion pertaining to Corona Centennial: CORONA CENTENNIAL Coach: Val Popov Outlook: Despite having only two returning starters and losing to graduation top players Jamaal Williams, David Sybesma and Eric Soderberg, area coaches expect the defending Mountain View League champion and Division 1 finalist to be a strong contender again. "J.R. Reece is a heckuva guard. (And) Lance (Soderberg) is a very solid ballplayer," Sweeney said. "Barring injuries on that team, they could go far." Canyon Springs coach Jeff Stovall offered this caveat: "At the beginning, they could have a hard time trying to find out who's going to step up and be the leader."
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Centennial/Corona Coach: Val Popov D 10-15 @ Ocean View
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| La Sierra--6'-4" 14-11 (2nd) "Eagles" We don't have a lot of accurate info, but we will predict (based on last year's squad) who is returning and who isn't: Jonathan Allenegui 6'-0"Jr. G The Eagles graduated 9 seniors off a team which made it to the second round of the I-A playoffs, losing to Mater Dei, so it will be interesting to see how they respond to the challenge.
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La Sierra Coach: DID NOT SUBMIT SCHEDULE |
| Jurupa
Valley--5-5, 13-13 (3rd) "Jaguars" Jurupa Valley finished third in league and made it to the Division I-AA playoffs, but lost in the first round to Mission Viejo, the South Coast League's No. 3 team. Here's who we would expect to see returning, as well as the names of a few newcomers who may play varsity this year: Omar Dela Torre 5'-11" Sr. G
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Jurupa Valley Coach: Mark Gard N-28/D-1 @ Serrano TournD 4-8 @ Ramona Tourn 10 Notre Dame/R 13 Poly/R 18-22 @ Irvine Tourn J 03 @ Montclair 09 @ *Norco 11 @ *Corona 16 *Centennial/Cor 18 @ *Santiago/C 23 *La Sierra 25 *Norco 30 *Corona F 01 @ *Centennial/Cor 06 *Santiago/C 08 @ *La Sierra |
| Norco- 4-6, 13-13
(4th) "Cougars" Norco entered the II-AA playoffs last season as a wild-card entry (finishing out of the top half of the league), and they drew Rim of the World, losing in the first round. We don't have much information at all about who will be on the team this year, but these are the guys who should return from that playoff squad, barring transfers: David Cuadra 5'-6" Jr. G |
Norco Coach: Jon Cabrera N 26 @ Paloma Valley |
| Santiago/
Corona--3-7, 10-17 (5th) "Sharks" Santiago didn't make the playoffs, finishing out of the top half and without the required 11-wins, but they still return some very talented players, including Deon Simpson, one of the quickest and saaviest players in the Inland Empire. Here's a look at the players we believe will return from last year's team, and a few who will be coming up: Deon Simpson 5'-9" Jr. G
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Santiago/Corona Coach: Paul White N-26/D-1 @ Beaumont TournD 03 @ Rubidoux 07 Chaparral 10-15 @ El Dorado Tourn 19-29 @ West Valley Tourn J 09 *La Sierra 11 *Norco 16 @ *Corona 18 *Jurupa Valley 23 @ *Centennial/Cor 25 @ *La Sierra 30 @ *Norco F 01 *Corona 06 @ *Jurupa Valley 08 *Centennial/Cor |
| Corona--2-8,
7-19 (6th) We received a roster from one of the coaches at Corona, so we assume that it will be accurate for the 2001-02 season: Jason Dias 6'6" C Sr.* This will be Coach Robles' 16th year at Corona High. After winning five straight Mountain View League titles from 1991-1996, the school has had some down years as the talent in the area has migrated to some of the newer schools that have opened during that time frame, including schools like Corona Centennial and Corona Santiago. Corona HS has still managed to make the playoffs 3 out the last 5 years but, this year the coaching staff feels confident that they have fielded the best team they've had since the 1996 season. |
Corona Coach: Joe Robles N 26 @ Arlington |
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