Socal Madness Arroyo Valley beats Bloomington 161 to 2
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There will be those who say it would have been disrespectful for AV to have played anywhere less than their hardest the whole game, that if Bloomington doesn't want to go into the record books that they should work harder and improve, or that AV is a pressing team and needs to work on their press at all times even with 3rd stringers to remain sharp. I hope the AV coach Anderson, admin & parents are proud. That's the 3rd time this year they've topped the 100 mark to win by more than 80. Bloomington bounced back tonight against Ontario and only lost 51-12. Ontario likely didn't press the entire game.
This post was edited on 1/6 11:41 PM by observer22
This post was edited on 1/6 11:41 PM by observer22
Here is the article on the fallout in the Arroyo Valley v Bloomington 161-2 game from Landon Negri of the Press Enterprise
GIRLS BASKETBALL: 161-2 blowout raises fairness concerns
BY LANDON NEGRI / STAFF WRITER
SAN
BERNARDINO - Competitive inequity and fairness again became issues this
week in high school sports in the Inland area after an usually lopsided
nonleague girls basketball game between San Bernardino Arroyo Valley
and Bloomington on Monday night.
Arroyo Valley defeated Bloomington by the score of 161-2 in a game the Hawks led 104-1 at halftime.
That
score, as one might expect, has raised eyebrows around the region's
basketball community and created some angst for Arroyo Valley and coach
Michael Anderson.
"I have had a conversation with my coach about
it and that kind of thing," said Arroyo Valley athletic director Matt
Howell, who was out of town Monday and did not attend the game. "It's
not going to happen again."
Both Anderson and Bloomington coach
Dale Chung said that they met before the game. Anderson said he told
Chung he wanted to run his full offense for a half, and that Chung
agreed. Anderson said the game was his final nonleague tuneup before the
San Andreas League schedule began next Wednesday, and he wanted to
prepare his players.
"This was our last game before we started
league, and we were going to come out playing hard," Anderson said. "I
wanted to let him know there was no harm intended, and that if he had
any ideas or concerns just to let me know. We were going to play a half
of basketball, at least. And he seemed fine with that."
Such
lopsided scores seem to be on the rise in the Inland area this season.
There have been a number of 70-plus-point margins involving many other
area teams.
Anderson concedes his team plays an aggressive style,
and that he expects big scoring and has won several large-margin games,
but nothing like Monday's, which was the second-largest margin of
victory in girls basketball in Inland-area history.
Arroyo
Valley's program has enjoyed a renaissance under Anderson, winning who
won a Southern Section championship with Rialto in 2011. The Hawks are
14-1, ranked ninth in the CIF Southern Section's Division 1-A, and
entered the week ranked No. 3 in team scoring in the state, according to
maxpreps.com.
Chung said his team, at 0-9, is struggling and he
has only one player with experience. The Bruins' best scoring output on
the season is 17 points, and the team has been blown out in each of its
losses this year.
While he's not happy with Monday's result, Chung
said he still shook hands with Anderson afterward, and his team kept a
good spirit.
"At the end of the day, what (Anderson) does, I can't control," Chung said. "I can only try and control my girls."
Anderson
said he did approach the referees with about six minutes remaining in
the third quarter to begin a running clock, but, in accordance with high
school rules, officials did not use the running clock until the fourth
quarter. He said he benched his starters at the half and instructed his
players not to shoot the ball until the shot clock got inside of 7
seconds in the third and fourth quarters.
Anderson said his bench performed better than expected, and he did not expect his team to score 160.
Howell
didn't rule out disciplinary action against Anderson but also voiced
support for his coach. He said he will discuss the matter with assistant
principal Ray Gallardo.
"It wasn't a good feeling (afterward),"
Anderson said. "It's not something I'm proud of. It's not something I
would put on a mantel.
"(Next) Wednesday," he added, "can't get here soon enough."
Contact the writer: lnegri@pe.com
GIRLS BASKETBALL: 161-2 blowout raises fairness concerns
BY LANDON NEGRI / STAFF WRITER
SAN
BERNARDINO - Competitive inequity and fairness again became issues this
week in high school sports in the Inland area after an usually lopsided
nonleague girls basketball game between San Bernardino Arroyo Valley
and Bloomington on Monday night.
Arroyo Valley defeated Bloomington by the score of 161-2 in a game the Hawks led 104-1 at halftime.
That
score, as one might expect, has raised eyebrows around the region's
basketball community and created some angst for Arroyo Valley and coach
Michael Anderson.
"I have had a conversation with my coach about
it and that kind of thing," said Arroyo Valley athletic director Matt
Howell, who was out of town Monday and did not attend the game. "It's
not going to happen again."
Both Anderson and Bloomington coach
Dale Chung said that they met before the game. Anderson said he told
Chung he wanted to run his full offense for a half, and that Chung
agreed. Anderson said the game was his final nonleague tuneup before the
San Andreas League schedule began next Wednesday, and he wanted to
prepare his players.
"This was our last game before we started
league, and we were going to come out playing hard," Anderson said. "I
wanted to let him know there was no harm intended, and that if he had
any ideas or concerns just to let me know. We were going to play a half
of basketball, at least. And he seemed fine with that."
Such
lopsided scores seem to be on the rise in the Inland area this season.
There have been a number of 70-plus-point margins involving many other
area teams.
Anderson concedes his team plays an aggressive style,
and that he expects big scoring and has won several large-margin games,
but nothing like Monday's, which was the second-largest margin of
victory in girls basketball in Inland-area history.
Arroyo
Valley's program has enjoyed a renaissance under Anderson, winning who
won a Southern Section championship with Rialto in 2011. The Hawks are
14-1, ranked ninth in the CIF Southern Section's Division 1-A, and
entered the week ranked No. 3 in team scoring in the state, according to
maxpreps.com.
Chung said his team, at 0-9, is struggling and he
has only one player with experience. The Bruins' best scoring output on
the season is 17 points, and the team has been blown out in each of its
losses this year.
While he's not happy with Monday's result, Chung
said he still shook hands with Anderson afterward, and his team kept a
good spirit.
"At the end of the day, what (Anderson) does, I can't control," Chung said. "I can only try and control my girls."
Anderson
said he did approach the referees with about six minutes remaining in
the third quarter to begin a running clock, but, in accordance with high
school rules, officials did not use the running clock until the fourth
quarter. He said he benched his starters at the half and instructed his
players not to shoot the ball until the shot clock got inside of 7
seconds in the third and fourth quarters.
Anderson said his bench performed better than expected, and he did not expect his team to score 160.
Howell
didn't rule out disciplinary action against Anderson but also voiced
support for his coach. He said he will discuss the matter with assistant
principal Ray Gallardo.
"It wasn't a good feeling (afterward),"
Anderson said. "It's not something I'm proud of. It's not something I
would put on a mantel.
"(Next) Wednesday," he added, "can't get here soon enough."
Contact the writer: lnegri@pe.com
Coach, AD and vice Principal may be saying the right thing now, but right after the game the coach posted this on his team's Facebook Page along with a photo of the scoreboard showing the final score: "They say hard work beats talent when talent don't work hard! But what happens when "TALENT DOES WORK HARD?" ARROYO VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL------YOU KNOW!"
Sorry, I'm not buying the backpedaling. BTW - the Facebook page has now been deleted.
