- East Bay Prep Corner
Logan finalizes 2012 football schedule
By Jimmy Durkin
Tuesday, February 7th, 2012 at 3:54 pm in East Bay Football.
The James Logan High football team has finalized its 2012 schedule, during which the Colts will play as an independent.
Logan will open its season with a Week 0 home game against Reed of Sparks, Nev. Reed went 12-2 last season, losing to Bishop Gorman-Las Vegas in the Nevada Class 4A state championship game.
The other addition to the schedule is a Week 5 road game against Del Oro-Loomis. The Golden Eagles went 13-2 and were the Northern California representative to the California Interscholastic Federation Division II state championship bowl game and lost to Helix-La Mesa 35-24.
That completes Logan’s schedule around previously announced games with San Leandro, San Ramon Valley, Heritage and Berkeley. The Colts will play four games against Mission Valley Athletic League teams (Washington, Newark Memorial, Irvington and Mission San Jose).
“The main goal is to be battle-tested for the playoffs,” Logan coach George Zuber said.
Here’s the Logan schedule by week:
Week 0 (8/24): vs. Reed-Sparks, Nev.
Week 1 (8/31): vs. San Leandro at Chabot
Week 2 (9/7): at San Ramon Valley
Week 3 (9/14): vs. Heritage
Week 4 (9/21): vs. Berkeley
Week 5 (9/28): at Del Oro-Loomis
Week 6 (10/5): Bye
Week 7 (10/12): vs. Washington
Week 8 (10/19): at Newark Memorial
Week 9 (10/26): at Irvington (TAK)
Week 10 (11/2): vs. Mission San Jose
*Note: I only listed dates as Fridays, but some of those games, particularly against MVAL teams, could end up being Saturday dates.
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February 7th, 2012 at 4:27 pm
Del Oro is a huge addition. That is an outstanding schedule for a Logan team that promises to be one the top teams in the Bay Area next year. Too bad they couldn’t switch out the MSJ game with someone else, but the non-MVAL action is top notch. Way to step it up JL.
February 7th, 2012 at 8:36 pm
James Logan switching to independent and increasing the strength of the schedule should get them ready for NCS. The toughest team they have faced the past few years once league starts is the scout team they face daily in practice. Hope it works out because it would be nice to see DLS finally play a non valley team in the championship.
February 7th, 2012 at 8:56 pm
Its about time Zuber steps it up. Cant wait for next year to start
February 7th, 2012 at 9:36 pm
That is a great schedule for Logan and more importantly will allow Miles Long to showcase his abilities against some good teams.
February 7th, 2012 at 11:04 pm
Exciting schedule! Good for Logan!
February 8th, 2012 at 8:42 am
I dont know James Logan
February 8th, 2012 at 8:49 am
Any news on the De La Salle schedule??
February 8th, 2012 at 10:35 am
Not impressed with this schedule. They went independent to basiclly play the same caliber teams.
February 8th, 2012 at 10:53 am
ManDown, you’re delusional.
San Ramon = New and 2nd place last year in NCS
Del Oro = New and top team in Sacramento area last year
Reed = New and #2 ranked team in state of Nevada
Berkeley = New and top ACCAL team
Both Heritage and San Leandro are year 2 of 2 year contracts, both were young last year, and both will be better.
That’s 6 quality games out of league as opposed to the three they would have had if they had stayed in MVAL.
February 8th, 2012 at 11:58 am
They are playing two state finalists from last season in Reed and Del Oro, and NCS finalist SRV. Aside from scheduling DLS or out of state national powers, I don’t know how you can get much higher caliber than that. They have done what they can to man up ManDown.
Now SRV is losing pretty much everyone and may not be in the top half of the EBAL next year, and I don’t know how SL, Berkeley and Heritage are shaping up for next season, but those are all teams that have been in the upper echelon of NCS D1 football recently. I think they are stuck with the bottom 4 games (MVAL), since no one else would be available in those weeks as everyone is playing league games.
February 8th, 2012 at 12:20 pm
Short of putting Logan and Berkeley in the EBAL (which would be great!) this schedule would be about as tough anyone in the East Bay.
Every team has cupcakes on the schedule somewhere. Logan definitely won’t be undefeated until playoffs again but a battle tested 7-3 or 6-4 might make them a contender to be next year’s D1 runner-up.
February 8th, 2012 at 2:00 pm
Salesian Pride schedule next year
1. Emery
2. CSD
3. Lower Lake
4. Upper Lake
5. Oceana
6. John Sweet
7. San Rafael Military
8. Tomales
9. Hoppa
10. Cloverdale
February 8th, 2012 at 2:06 pm
Mandown,
I can understand some of your comment, I mean last year they played San Leandro, Heritage and Foothill which is roughly equivalent to the games they play next year against San Leandro, Heritage and San Ramon Valley (only if we assume SRV goes down a notch). But they drop Arroyo, American and D3 Kennedy-Fremont (three teams with only 11 wins between them) and add Del Oro (state finalist), Reed (state finalist) and Berkeley (better than any of the teams they dropped)!!! Jeez, how is that the same caliber??
February 8th, 2012 at 5:31 pm
would have liked to see a wcal team or CCC power also.
Drop Berkeley, nothing to prove there.
February 8th, 2012 at 6:30 pm
According to the new schedule for James Logan…it looks like they won’t be at the Pittsburg jamboree and now I’m wondering if there will be a jamboree this year. San Ramon looses a lot from last season, but they have plenty to feed on for the 2012 season…Heritage should be tougher this year and taking on Del Oro will be a real test…the golden eagles also loose a lot…but they have a strong JV team to feed off…and they should be almost as tough as the 2011 season….Good for James Logan…
February 8th, 2012 at 8:06 pm
“The main goal is to be battle-tested for the playoffs,” Logan coach George Zuber said.
Zuber achieved that goal with this schedule, good for Logan.
February 8th, 2012 at 8:30 pm
some of the EBAL teams should follow Logan’s lead. Great schedule.
February 8th, 2012 at 8:33 pm
Sarpar…makes sense…last year at the jamboree all six teams were throwing a lot of people into the games so you didn’t know who was really strong and who was not…Logan won all its matches….so now we will see how they do in the first game with Del Oro….This game looks to be one of the battle of the Capitols night cap games….
February 8th, 2012 at 8:41 pm
Sarpar….Makes sense….all six teams were rotating the players so there was no way to tell who was strong except for DLS who lost their round to James Logan….Both Del Oro and James Logan should be red hot for their meet and James Logan had better be ready as Del Oro plays solid headsup football…this may not go well…
February 8th, 2012 at 10:00 pm
The week 0 game is against Reed. The Del Oro game is later in the season. The EBAL won’t allow teams to go independent in football. With 7 league games, that leaves just 3 non league games. SRV had Folsom and Mitty last year, and MV had Serra and Pitt, in addition to to rigors of the EBAL season. It looks like the right call for Logan, but the EBAL teams all have tough league games which include DLS, so they are plenty tested prior to the playoffs.
February 8th, 2012 at 10:41 pm
you can only get better if you challenge yourself with a strong schedule. waiting until league is a missed opportunity.
February 8th, 2012 at 11:46 pm
I guess SRV playing defending state champ Folsom and Mitty from the WCAL isn’t challenging enough? Then they got DLS, MV, Cal, Foothill, AV, Livermore & Granada in league. Washngton was the only “weak” out of league game for them, and the Huskies were head in the 4th quarter.
Foothill had a challenging non-league schedule with Logan, Pitt and Novato, and then didn’t make the playoffs because they went 3-4 against the othr EBAL teams, with losses to DLS, SRV, MV & Cal. That is plenty tough enough of a schedule for any public school.
February 9th, 2012 at 2:05 am
#12 dont post stuff like that, This is big boys talking.. I dont see no REAL teams on that list of games salesians plays
February 9th, 2012 at 6:55 am
You are a dork preppy.
Obviuosly some of the ebal teams played a solid non-league schedule. They all should is my point-thankfully most of the bloggers an tell the difference between srv’s schedule and cal’s.
Note: preppy believes public schools are inferior to privates.
February 9th, 2012 at 7:25 am
@Scoop
Obviously that is not Salesian’s real schedule. It is one poster’s attempt to make “his” school look better by running down another school. Keep this about LOGAN
Don’t feed the animals.
February 9th, 2012 at 7:41 am
In a way junior I believe you are correct. I get the notion that many of the EBAL teams like Granada, amador, Livermore, and even cal this year are choosing not to challenge themselves in non-league games because the EBAL is a challenge in itself already and they want to gage themselves on how they fare against EBAL teams that beat quality teams. That really doesn’t make the EBAL look too strong and it’s a bit of a shame
February 9th, 2012 at 9:49 am
I have to agree that Cal has played a much softer non-league schedule than the other solid EBAL teams. I am always curious why folks don’t call them out on it more than they do.
February 9th, 2012 at 11:33 am
Name calling Junior? Really? Rise above it.
I didn’t bring up Cal’s schedule yet again, as we had already beaten that topic to death last year. Yes, it was a weak preseason schedule, and I hope they’ll beef it up in the future. Junior brought up the EBAL schedules, and I threw out 3 examples of teams with tough schedules. DLS is also an EBAL team with a tough schedule, so that makes 4. Livermore, Granada and AV were down in 2011 and didn’t make the playoffs even with the softer schedules they had. It cost Foothill a playoff berth for the first time in 20 years. Coaches in the EBAL (aside from DLS) need to be careful about scheduling in the down years they normally go through.
For the most part, the EBAL teams have very tough schedules, both in the preseason as well as in league.
It is a team like Logan that needed to step it up in order to be competitive in the postseason, and they took the bull by the horns and will be tested big time in 2012.
February 9th, 2012 at 11:56 am
this will be good for logan to see where they really are as a team. they play a lot of different teams with different looks. it will be good for the staff to coach against better coaches, i think thats why they cant win in playoffs is they get out coached. not that they cant coach but they never had to in the mval, they would just go run their stuff and win because of talent and size and never have to tweek or add wrinkles to their game plan. i see them going 6-4 or 7-3 this year but making a deep run in play-offs, semis or better.
February 9th, 2012 at 1:51 pm
whether you play a tough or soft schedule, if you can’t finish at least .500 you don’t deserve a playoff birth. Therefore, challenege your team-you will reap the dividends.
it wasnt name calling preppy, more of a description.
February 9th, 2012 at 2:26 pm
Different teams have different goals and definitions of success. To some schools, just making the playoffs would be a big deal, such as Livermore, who hasn’t been to NCS in years. To a school like MV, Pitt, Foothill or SRV, making the playoffs is no big deal as they are all perennial playoff teams over the past 20 years, and their sights are set much higher than Livermore. To a school like DLS with 20 NCS titles in a row, anything less than a state bowl berth and many of the alums would be very dissapointed. Stay classy.
February 9th, 2012 at 2:32 pm
Logan is stepping it up and there’s no denying that will help in NCS. If the seeders had studied, this year possibly could have repeated ’10 with the EBAL having all-four-semi-spots. There’s little incentive to beat your (EBAL) team up in weeks 0 through 3 unless gunning for something mythical. And if so, you’ve got to put your money where your mouth is, and agreed that happens,(Loyola?) Ask SRV if their preseason “prepared” them to squeak out a 4 point win against Cal in week 6, the game following Cal’s one minute drill sending the Duck recruit to 2-3. MV’s games against Serra and Pitt should’ve allowed trouncing Cal’s no name O and way down D. If the Grizz pull it off the next week with a single D stop against the Wolves, the notion of EBAL “testing” themselves preseason is false, and G POY, UA All that, etc is gone. Prep fan, doubt the same description would fall from lips in person!
February 9th, 2012 at 3:06 pm
If you want to believe playing a team the caliber of CV gets you better prepared for EBAL and NCS playoffs-more power to ya.
No problem saying it in person-you too tough guy.
February 9th, 2012 at 4:04 pm
Mudhen, since you a PETA fan I wanted ya to know I’m killin’, cookin, and eatin’ live maine lobsters for Valentine’s Day. My hounds are on to ya.
February 9th, 2012 at 5:20 pm
What is Cal’s schedule next year?
February 9th, 2012 at 5:41 pm
I haven’t seen Cal’s schedule for 2012 yet. The only game I’m sure of is the big one with DLS coming back to town week #10. Cal should have DLS, MV, AV & Livermore at home in league, and SRV, Livermore & AV on the road.
Since most preseason games are set up in 2 game series, Cal’s 2 game sets with both CV and defending DVAL champ CP should be done and clear the way for some other teams to schedule Cal. Cal has played Washington I believe 3 years running now, so there may be a game left on that one.
With JV teams that have lost just 2 games in the past 2 years, both to DLS, and frosh teams that have lost just once the past 2 years, split with DLS, it will be interesting to see steps up to play Cal. I thought someone on this blog said Pitt might travel out to San Ramon, but I really haven’t heard anything solid.
February 9th, 2012 at 8:12 pm
Very nice schedule!
I hope they can make some noise next season!!!
February 10th, 2012 at 8:43 am
Logan should play in every jamboree and scrimmage they can find. That schedule looks a lot tougher than the previous years, plus I need more jamboree footage to get yins fired up again LOL.
February 10th, 2012 at 8:44 am
With coach Tim Murphy back at Ygnacio Valley, do you guys think they’ll be back in the mix as one of the tougher teams in the Bay Area?
February 10th, 2012 at 10:22 am
Mandown….Tim Murphy has a lot of work to do..he has the job of rebuilding the Warriors…There is’t a whole lot to work with right now, but if any one can do it I think that Murphy can..
February 10th, 2012 at 10:57 am
Murphy came back to the BayArea? You guys have a link to the article?
February 10th, 2012 at 12:06 pm
Here’s the Murphy link.
http://www.insidebayarea.com/high-school-sports/ci_19780589?IADID=Search-www.insidebayarea.com-www.insidebayarea.com&IADID=Search-www.insidebayarea.com-www.insidebayarea.com
February 10th, 2012 at 12:45 pm
George Manley, I think YV has some very good skill players but as far as Linemen I don’t know. One thing we all know about HC Murphy is that he will bring the fire back to that school and good coaching. That will add another potential “contender” in the tough Div3 bracket for the 2012 season.
February 10th, 2012 at 2:45 pm
YV will compete immediately. That school has the athletes built for that offense & the O is not that difficult.
February 10th, 2012 at 2:45 pm
@ Prep Fan,
Pitt will play Cal High next season. But Foothill decided to drop Pitt. That was Foothill’s decision. From what I heard Galli had a number of interesting non-conference opportunities, including a game in Idaho. As it stands, Pitt will play Cal, Monte Vista, Berkeley, Granite Bay, and a fifth team yet to be determined.
I attended Pittsburg’s Football crab Feed fundraiser in January and their was a lot of chatter about many changes with the program. Almost an entirely different defense staff, all from the JVs. Pitt has talent on the O and D line,along with some good RBs, but they don’t have a QB. Pitt will also be installing new field turf this year or next, and one crazy rumor I heard was it was going to be Orange (like Boise’s blue turf and Eastern Washington’s red turf.) I really hope this was the alcohol talking……
Regarding Logan’s significant scheduling upgrade, one thing they are going to face is the injury bug that goes with playing a strong schedule. Logan has the talent, but will they the depth to make a run deep into the playoffs?
February 10th, 2012 at 2:51 pm
But the last game I watched Clovis East on Comcast he’s had to change some of the stuff he has done namely his D. Always a 4-4 through & through guy had to change it to a 4-3 . Probably due to all the Spread attacks out there & he wasn’t as good proably still working the kinks out. No different in NCS D3 ball.
I also heard his standard double wing attack had to be altered to something shotgun never seen it. I don’t know if it was due to injuries.
I’m sure he’ll start out pure DoubleWing & do great. The guy can teach kids how to block & tackle. Great Coach period. But with so much switching to Spread attacks I don’t know if he’ll dominate immediately. We’ll see. Good to hear. D3 just got tougher will be the best brackett again I’m sure.
February 10th, 2012 at 3:41 pm
Back in the day, YV was one of the top contenders in the east bay with Kiko Garcia playing QB.
Murphy did a very good job with the wing when he was there. They had a big time running back who scored a couple of TD’s against DeLaSalle in a 71-35 blowout, game was closer at half- I believe 28-19.
February 10th, 2012 at 5:46 pm
ManDown…..Ygnacio Valley had a lot of seniors on the team that have left….the JV team doesn’t have much to offer…so its going to take Murphy a year or maybe more to get Ygnacio Valley rolling….This is one of those down times that every high school faces…
February 10th, 2012 at 5:57 pm
Very excited about the upcoming schedule. Couldn’t come at a better time. @ DJ falong, I know u happened to be related to Warren Miles Long & are excited about him being a top talent but keep the jamboree tapes at home. Made us Logan fans look bad last season
February 10th, 2012 at 5:58 pm
Every high school faces it except the one across the parking lot. They just continue to win year after year after year. A down year for them is losing a game or 2, but still winning NCS.
I hope Murphy can breath some life into next year’s team, but there is only so much that can be done in a year’s time. Not sure even Lad could make them a contender in one year, with Concord having Olito back and CP primed to try to defend their DVAL title.
Pitt Grunt, I hope you are right. A Pitt-Cal preseason game would be a battle. That would make the jamboree a sneak preview as those 2 would then be playing again in a week or 2. Do you know if it is at Pitt or are they playing at Cal? Does the Pitt marching band travel?
February 10th, 2012 at 7:21 pm
Very excited for this upcoming season. Couldn’t come at a better time. @ Dj Falong, I know u are related 2 Warren Miles Long & are excited about him being a top level talent, but keep the jamboree tapes at home. Really made Logan look bad last season.
February 10th, 2012 at 7:59 pm
I love Pitts non league schedule. That’s they way to challenge your squad. Well done coach.
February 10th, 2012 at 8:14 pm
Junior….The big problem with Pittsburg is not the coach….when you get kids that could be great only to be butchered by DLS…its if the team laid down and died…Two years in a row now these kids have run hot and cold….to watch them perform one night and look red hot only to be followed by a cold spell…I realy don’t blame the coach….today’s kids at Pittsburg are not performing no matter how good the coaching is…there was a time when Pittsburg was feared…now they are a big disappointment….
February 10th, 2012 at 8:49 pm
George I agree with you. I believe Galli does a good job. He has a tough situation.
February 10th, 2012 at 10:23 pm
@45, Logan should have enough depth next season considering they are a big school & had a JV team that went 9-1. That should be a problem.
February 10th, 2012 at 10:24 pm
Excuse me, ” shouldn’t” be a problem.
February 11th, 2012 at 5:24 am
Pitts got a tough situiation? 160-180 kids in their program on-campus coach with athletic hour PE whats tough about that? Best athletes in the BayArea. Come on now. Coaching is obviously doing something wrong with that set-up.
February 11th, 2012 at 7:59 am
Does Galli get any credit for the high participation in the football program? Seems that he should. He also deserves much credit for the success they have had in his tenure.
February 11th, 2012 at 9:07 am
@ uc rancher speculation is good.If you noticed the footage was NOT only of the jamboree. As stated before the development of our players is a big deal. Lets rally around our kids and give them the support they need.Let me RE-ITERATE the footage was info only and was not intended to show if the colts would win or loose last season in the play offs (info only).If the footage made you feel awkward I did not intend to do that.Looking at this years schedule this team has a shot.ONE and DONE has taken place last two years these kids are hungry and should rise past that.UC RANCHER pls. stop riding me about that its old news and we should move on. I dont think there is anyone more than me the kids and other parents who( stand by me) on this who wants to promote the colts in a positive light. Thats the team I root for. GOOO COLTS !!!
February 11th, 2012 at 9:17 am
@uc rancher pls. look at post # 4 thats what I expected from you not all this discourse about something thats spilled milk. Renegade take uc rancher under your wing and show him the way.
February 11th, 2012 at 11:00 am
Perkin, I saw the DLS- Pitt game last year. Galli gas done a good job there with what he has to work with.
What does that mean?
The skill position players other than Cotton and the FB were small. I did not see an overall team speed.
The line didn’t block and I saw more than several lineman after the game leaving the field, over-weight and slow.
The linebackers including Cotton did not impress me.
The special teams were average.
Now that’s a lot to hang on the coach, but really I think the talent is over-rated, a good team, not a great team. A lot of kids going out. Year around conditioning? That has to come from the kids- the school and coach cannot require that. Pitt still has some players moving on to college ball and remember the coach has a lot to do with that- he’s the connection with scouts and college coaches.
I do believe Galli doesn’t have grade problems and if that is the case that’s a big positive, the goal is grad and go to college.
February 11th, 2012 at 12:42 pm
Back in the day Pitt had Tony Lawson, Jared Butler, Eddie Hart, the Busby brothers, Gray, George Algaro, Buck Black, Derald Harris and a host of other atheletes running track and many playing football. Pitt was one of the strongest if not the strongest all-around track team in the late 60′s and ’70′s.
That talent doesn’t exist anymore at Pitt or a lot of other schools.
Not everyone goes out for sports and kids are enrolling all over in other districts and privates.
Also, the day of multi sports players are almost gone, everyone is a specialist.
Pitt football is not going to be what it used to be, no matter who coaches.
We as observers and ex-players relate to what we saw and did, but in reality many players today are bigger, stronger and faster, there’s just not as many of them.
We drove muscle cars and they drive Saturns.
That doesn’t mean we can’t compare to the past- that’s the fun of it.
One thing for sure, overall coaching and commitment was better in the day , that’s because coaches were teachers and they all got paid, big advantage over today’s system.
Today’s advanatge are playing fields, weight rooms, gyms, etc.
It’s a toss up anyway you look at it.
February 11th, 2012 at 12:47 pm
Today there’s water polo, swimming, lacrosse, men’s volleyball and soceer.
Think how many of those big time atheletes would be playing football if those sports didn’t exist.
None of these sports even existed in high school except for a specialized few back in the sixties , seventies and even eighties.
The talent pool is not as big as before.
Just think how many 6’4 or taller players you see in swimming, men’s volleyball and water polo. Those could have been all basketball players in the old days.
February 11th, 2012 at 1:13 pm
left out a couple more of ex- Pitt stars- track – Pierce, Sinngleton and Brown.
some of pitt’s records:
440- lawson 47.4, herald 47.6
100- hart 9.6, brown 9.5
220- lawson 21.7
880- alfaro 1:51 and change
mile- Black 4:13.6
shot- gray 61’4
hh- butler 13.9, busby 14.0, busby 14.1
180lh- butler 18.5, busby 18.8
440 relay 41.5
mile relay 3:17 and change
track team like this today would cop state.
February 11th, 2012 at 1:36 pm
correction- derald harris pitt 46.84 440
forgot ralph ligons 9.5, 21.7 and
ray threatt 10.56 meters and 21.12 200.
February 11th, 2012 at 2:15 pm
Dj I’m not riding u about the situation & I don’t need anybody 2 take me under their wing. In case u didn’t know I’m a Logan alum & former player who shares your same enthusiasm for the program. This is first time I ever addressed the situation with u, so I don’t know where u are coming from saying that I keep riding u about it.
February 11th, 2012 at 2:52 pm
UC Rancher- how about them Logan track times? Some of the best all-time in NorCal. weights, sprints and especially jumps! triple jump comes to mind.
February 11th, 2012 at 3:12 pm
@Yo Mamma. As u already know Logan is king when it comes 2 track & field especially on the girls side of things. Coach Lee Webb is 2 track & field 2 what Coach Lad is 2 football…..a legend. It was truly a honor to have him as a coach.
February 11th, 2012 at 3:55 pm
UC Rancher- I could never figure out why Logan couldn’t put together faster short relay times. Also th 100 and 200 times were good but not earth stattering. It seems Webb was more into a fully balanced team rather than a couple of crack sprinters.
The 1600R times are pretty good, hurdles off the charts, even distance was outstanding and middle distances 800(Richberg) also a strong point. Your thoughts?
February 11th, 2012 at 3:57 pm
UC Rancher, bye the way, St. Mary’s in Berkeley was the same concept- no crack sprinters except Jafaer Williams. However short relay times were fast 41.3 and around there on several occasions.
February 11th, 2012 at 4:52 pm
On the boys side, must of their athletes were playing other sports like baseball & wrestling while others would be training year round 4 football. We were strong in the jumps because basketball season would be over. As for the quarter mile events & above, we have a good cross country program so we are well prepared come track season.
February 12th, 2012 at 9:47 pm
It’s great to see Logan play Out Of Section Games…may it be fruitful… I was hoping Pitt and Vacaville could arrange something….San Ramon Valley playing against Folsom is nice….love DLS’ schedule…wuts up wit Cal and Monte Vista hopefully they cud schedule Out Of Section games…heard Napa and Casa Grande are playing(good match up)…Logan(Finesse)-Del Oro(Physical)…interesting…have fun everyone!!! See yall in the NorCal Regionals
February 13th, 2012 at 12:47 am
@DJ Falong. Want to apologize 2 u. Had no idea u adressed the situation regarding the tapes in the first blog about Logan’s schedule. Just read it now. I didn’t know what your intentions were at the time. I see cleary now u were just trying to promote a player and the program he plays for. U do it not only for him but others as well. My apologies and GO Colts!
February 13th, 2012 at 9:38 am
uc rancher, wow thanx i had a feelin that you did not read the prior post. Thnk you. Logan should do well this year. Goo colts
February 14th, 2012 at 6:30 am
Whats the deal with Arroyo posting job openings for every coordinator and position coach on varsity and jv? Is Barnes still there and he booted his staff or what, or is Barnes gone and they already have a head coach but no staff?
February 14th, 2012 at 9:01 am
I heard rumors over trhe past 2 years that the parents & administration didn’t like some of Barnes asst. coaches act. Language, pants sagging over the ass, lol
Guess the administration is making hime clean up his staff. I doubt he fired all those coaches. I’m sure like any High school coach some were his buddys.
February 14th, 2012 at 9:50 am
Admin had nothing to do with it, Barnes made this call !!! It was time to up grade on the football field like he did in the classroom ..
February 14th, 2012 at 9:50 am
@72, Monte Vista played at Serra this year, in addition to playing Pitt. Cal played at Del Oro 2 years ago, and should have a tougher non-league schedule this year as their 2-year deals are done.
The EBAL teams only get 3 non-league games, with 7 league games. The EBAL schedule is brutal, with the top team in the land DLS, along with the MV, SRV, Cal, Foothill, AV gauntlet.
While I give major props to Logan for beefing up their schedule big time for 2012, I still don’t think it is as tough as if they played in the EBAL. There are no Irvington or MSJ bye weeks in the EBAL. I’d rather play Del Oro, Reed, SL, & Berkeley than DLS, MV, Cal, & Foothill, in addition to non-league games. It was a move that had to happen for Logan to be competitive at NCS, but they won’t be tested any harder than most of the EBAL teams prior to the playoffs. Logan should be a real threat this year.
February 14th, 2012 at 3:38 pm
Come on now I know some of those guys were probably with him from Castlemont to now. I find it very hard to believe that he chose on his own to liquidate his whole staff & start over. Its what is essentially happening he’s starting from absolute zero. Every coach out there has a top guy that been coaching for a while have 2 or 3 that know what you want. Now just choose to reteach a whole staff not keep anybody.
February 14th, 2012 at 5:14 pm
Prep fan, although I see your point of view, I would have 2 disagree. EBAL had a down season last year considering the previous years of success. With the exception of DLS & Cal, most the teams in that league have question marks. Foothill although they have improved defensively, switch 2 the wing t has hurt them offensively. U don’t know how good SRV is without Kline, Monta Vista seems 2 b regressing ever year, & Amador Valley hasn’t been the same since reaching the NCS championship several years ago. Plus, besides DLS, the teams haven’t really fared well in non league games. Although they r arguably the best league in the area, they tend 2 b a tad bit overrated .
February 14th, 2012 at 6:25 pm
My intentions was not to offend anybody. I have been a fan for alot of ncs leagues and teams for almost 15 years and being a SJS fan before that. Its great to see teams from both the NCS & SJS(along with the CCS) schedule against each other. I notice temas from both Napa & Solano Counties have been scheduling for quite some time and it about time. These counties are within vicinty and travel costs would be down along with some good old high school football action. btw, does any of yall have any info on which teams are heading to 2012 summer camps?
February 14th, 2012 at 7:03 pm
Usually Logan goes to Fresno camp.
February 14th, 2012 at 9:34 pm
Fair enough UC. Monte Vista may have been down this year, but they did beat SRV, which very few other teams can say. A lot of people just don’t seem to realize that the EBAL teams play one of the top teams in the nation every year in league. DLS has to go to all the way Florida to test themselves.
I do see MV dropping like a rock next year, as Cal has beaten them on all 3 levels 2 years in a row and it doesn’t look like they have much left in the pipeline. SRV should still be formidable with Burse at QB, but not nearly as good as they were this season.
February 15th, 2012 at 9:40 am
Hey NCS football fans LONG and HOOPER to Northwestern ? Offers made. GO NCS !!!
February 15th, 2012 at 10:06 am
A couple of Barnes coaches are returning for the 2012 season ..All his coaches are not being fired !!
February 15th, 2012 at 12:18 pm
Is Barnes doing anything different in terms of offense or defense scheme wise.
February 15th, 2012 at 1:35 pm
UC Rancher, you are right on with the EBAL. They do not match well with the WCAL. They can’t beat Bellarmine or Serra. Although SRV beat Mitty, they are a middle of the road wcal team. St. Francis and Valley-Christian can handle anything the ebal has.
Lower wcal teams like SI and Sacred Heart can handle the lower tier ebal teams. So there you have it, the wcal is easily the stronger league.
Of course this doesn’t count DeLaSalle, who the wcal doesn’t want in their league either.
The ebal still represents well vs. the other leagues in the east bay, strong QB’s, WR’s and linemen. Also very good coaching. Defenses always suspect, overall lack of team speed hurts them. would like to see the ebal top teams play some Sac-Ja powerhouses.
February 15th, 2012 at 2:48 pm
I would like to see a San Ramon Valley vs. Vacaville and a Cal vs. Granite Bay, but I belive Granite Bay is stacked playing teams from SoCal,Vacaville and then onto the SFL. San Ramon Valley vs. Folsom was a classic. How about a Cal vs. Nevada Union? Foothill vs. Elk Grove or Monte Vista vs. Frankilin-Elk Grove.(One note: Granite Bay,Vacaville and Del Oro’s schedule is filled. Valley Christian-San Jose & Vacaville agreed to another game as well as Deer Valley. I don’t know if Marin Catholic is gonaa renew with Vacaville. Hope the Casa Grande vs. Napa is a long lasting one. How about a Logan vs. Oakdale? Just dreamin fellas….
February 15th, 2012 at 4:31 pm
@DJ Falong. Who is Hooper? Also I’ve been hearing from Sources over there that Long really wants to go 2 Stanford partly due 2 Coach Shaw being a Logan alum. Any truth 2 that?
February 15th, 2012 at 4:54 pm
UC Rancher, Hooper could be the kid at De La. Defensive lineman, app. 6’5 230-240 , lots of sacks against all the ebal QB greats, believe he had 4 sacks against Kline and SRV in first game. Played TE on occasion, made some excellent over the middle catches for td’s, killer blocker, great hands, excellent speed, a Div 1 blue chipper.
February 15th, 2012 at 5:50 pm
Hooper is a big strong kid from San Ramon, who could also end up being the Spartans QB next season, depending on who else steps up. Hooper had 4 sacks against the vaunted SRV line that featured 3 first team all EBAL selections and 2 D1 signees in their first meeting in the regular season game. He had no sacks against Cal and 1 vs. Monte Vista, and 1 in the NCS final vs. SRV.
February 15th, 2012 at 5:50 pm
Thanks the info BigDog. I’m pretty sure both him & Long will take their time before making decisions. At best both may give a verbal but keep their options open.
February 16th, 2012 at 10:19 am
UC Rancher, Spartans loaded with stars coming back. Vitale and Riopelle in the backfield, Hutch and deep linebacker core, Hooper’s brother WR and others.
All they need is a QB.
February 16th, 2012 at 10:32 am
Tautalatasi will b the #1 back, like he was last year
February 16th, 2012 at 10:58 am
Tautalatasi will b the #1 back + starting on D, like he was last year. Hooper’s lil bro is a Frosh that played on the line, & fyi is probably wont play fb next season due to baseball obligations. They are also all from San Ramon
February 16th, 2012 at 11:08 am
Tautalatasi will b the #1 back +starting on D like last season. Hooper’s lil bro is frosh who plays on the line & probably going to focus on baseball next season. FYI they are all from San Ramon
February 16th, 2012 at 1:18 pm
Not saying that Logan is on the same level as DLS cause they’re not but there r alot similarities with teams. Like DLS, there’s alot of depth at the backs,receivers, and linebackers. Hope there’s improvement in the trenches. Felt that they needed to be bigger & get rid of the philosophy of smaller, mobile lineman.
February 16th, 2012 at 1:32 pm
Sorry 4 the triple post. Can’t figure out how to edit 94 & 95
February 16th, 2012 at 1:35 pm
By the way, good luck Logan. Huge step in the right direction.
February 16th, 2012 at 1:59 pm
Vitale from Fairfield, Hutchings from Antioch. sorry- structural advantage fans- we’re pulling them in from everywhere.
February 16th, 2012 at 2:01 pm
Mabey DeLa can get Harry Welch to send up a QB from Santa Margarita.
Voice of Reason can put him up in his house and pay the reduced tution rate.
February 16th, 2012 at 3:25 pm
I meant Tautalatasi, Hooper, & the Houston’s are from San Ramon
February 16th, 2012 at 4:00 pm
EBAL would fair very well vs the WCAL every year. There is not much difference between the two as evidenced by the recent head to head games. Cal Preps rates the leagues very closely year after year.
I have long hoped for an EBAL/WCAL triple header (12:00, 4:00, 8:00pm) the opening weekend of the season. They could alternate each year bewteen DVC and SJ. That would be a fun day.
February 16th, 2012 at 4:08 pm
Great idea. It would be a fun day indeed. Kind of like what they have at the Battle at the Capitol in Sacto every year, but rotating between the East Bay & SJ. It shouldn’t be that hard since just last year, we had 3 EBAL teams face 3 WCAL teams, just not all in one place; DLS-Bells, MV-Serra & SRV-Mitty. Put it together Junior. I’ll support it.
February 16th, 2012 at 4:26 pm
Dream lineup for 2012:
SRV v VC or Mitty
Cal v Serra
DLS v Bells
Prep gets $1 off his ticket if I am in charge (I can be generous)
February 16th, 2012 at 5:01 pm
EBAL/EVAL triple header would be AWSOME
February 16th, 2012 at 5:03 pm
Meant EVAL/WCAL
February 16th, 2012 at 5:04 pm
Posting from this phone sucks
February 19th, 2012 at 6:34 pm
Sac Town has Battle @ The Capitol & Smack Down In Sac Town. I can’t confirm, but I heard of a “Battle of the Bay,” was played but did not know what teams participated. The ones in Sac has teams from the NCS,CCS,SS & SJS. Hopefully, the “Battle of the Bay,” cud get more publicity ans similar results cuz, SoCal also is having one after the Battle at the Capitol/Smack Down In Sac Town against teams from the SJS.
February 19th, 2012 at 8:18 pm
The Smackdown in SacTown is the is the Battle at the Capitol. It changed names last year.
The Battle in the Bay at DVC featured Ygnacio Valley vs. Acalanes and Folsom vs. San Ramon Valley.
February 22nd, 2012 at 3:09 pm
The Smackdown in Sac Town & The Battle at the Capitol have different sponsors. I believe (The Battle at the Capitol(which keeps changing their names, has now become Wounded Warriors, it has become popular in which they have two events, the first is in Norcal where the Sac Joaquin Section Team face off with teams from the Southern Section. The 2nd one is a week after in SoCal where the teams from the Southern Section hosts the Sac Joaquin Section, Westlake Village,Oaks Christian,Granite Bay,Del Oro,Oceanside,Oakdale & several other teams are in it.) Any info for the 2012 Battle in the Bay?
March 11th, 2012 at 11:17 pm
Who is DLS QB for next year?
March 12th, 2012 at 7:50 am
@Not So…Go stand in line they have about 6 contenders.
More News in August.
March 12th, 2012 at 11:19 am
@Rogue Warrior. Word has it they have a Freshman QB that is real good by the name of Tyler Loanstar.
March 12th, 2012 at 9:24 pm
Who will be the starting QB at SRV and MV?
March 12th, 2012 at 11:50 pm
SRV will start Cameron Birse, who was the back up to Kline this year. Cal will have junior Cameron Owen under center, as he was the backup to Farley this year. MV is a big question mark. The backup to Lockie was also a senior and their JV team was just 3-7 this year. Their frosh only won a couple of games as well.
March 13th, 2012 at 10:23 am
Thanks “Prep Fan”. Do you know anything about Foothill”s QB position?
March 13th, 2012 at 11:58 am
SRV needs some of that soceer talent for scoring opportunities. A couple of SRV players from the girl’s championship team might help- female kickers have performed well in football as kickers in the past, now’s the time to break the mold and experiment at SRV.
March 13th, 2012 at 3:56 pm
Not So Fast, I’m not sure about Foothill. Paulsen was a senior this year, and the back up Parker Bryan was a junior but I don’t know if they might have a stud coming up from the JV ranks. Same goes for Granada, as the back up Austin Ochoa only threw 2 passes this season. DLS is in the same boat as well, without an experienced varsity back up, but they have a stable of possibilities and I’m pretty sure they be OK. Just a hunch.
Amador Valley has their QB Kyle Moreno coming back for his 3rd year as the starter, and Livermore returns Zach McPherson, who had a nice junior season for the Cowboys.
March 13th, 2012 at 4:41 pm
I have heard from more than one observer that Foothill has a stud Freshman (i think) that many are comparing to Sean Manion. These observations are from individuals that attend Roger Theder’s QB camp/workouts at Pittsburg High every Sunday morning. Both Birse and Owen have attended those workouts and also look solid.
March 13th, 2012 at 6:15 pm
Lonestar got some work with the DLS JV’s last year before being sent to the frosh for the season. I’d be surprised if he was even on varsity not because of talent but because of how many guys are likely in front of him. He’d really have to separate himself from Chris Williams (Demetrius and Anthony’s little brother and JV starter last year), Joe Metcalf (split some time with Williams on JV, typical veer QB small but very athletic), and potentially Austin Hooper if Lad decides to have him go both ways (I think this would be the emergency plan if nobody else separates themselves as the field general. He brings a lot as a TE on the offensive side of the ball with his size and athleticism not to mention his defensive line abilities.) Anyways, I don’t know that they would want Lonestar sitting on the bench all year if he could be starting on the JV team and getting more experience. He may camp with the varsity now and over the summer but I suspect he will be on JV next year.
March 13th, 2012 at 6:27 pm
Lad has a history of putting players on varsity when they are ready-regardless of potential playing time. If Lonestar is varsity ready-he will make it even if he ends up riding pine.
March 13th, 2012 at 6:29 pm
Early EBAL predictions for next year. Think it will be a bit of a down year again however:
1. DLS- Imo, I think this could be the best defense the school has had since 2003. They do have to replace all 3 DB’s but they have the guys who will step up. 4 seniors with offers to play defense in the Pac-12 as long as they get a DT who can get the push in the middle they have enjoyed over the last few years this could be a fantastic defense.
2. Cal- I think they will return to this spot next year and provide the biggest challenge for DLS again. They have had solid to great underclass teams for the last few years and their coaching is top notch. Jut need some news on their preseason schedule? I hope they step it up from the previous two years.
3. SRV- Went back and forth between them and Cal and put SRV here because of all they lose. They have had some talented underclass teams as well, but not sold on them as much as Cal based on coaching. As Birse goes, so go the Wolves. He has the talent but minimal PT last year leaves a little question mark.
4. Foothill- They should return back to this spot. QB situation leaves a question mark, but defense should be good.
5. Livermore- Haubner has turned around the culture. They do lose some of their better players but this isn’t the Livermore of previous years. they are developing football players and athletes and I expect they make the playoffs this year.
6. MV- I don’t believe the Mustangs will make the playoffs this year. The decline in talent is becoming more apparent as pointed out in a previous post. No D1- athlete at the QB position for the first time in six years will hurt them and the system and let’s be honest defense hasn’t been something they can hang their hat on in quite some time.
7. Granada- They could overtake MV but I’m going to go on previous track record. Another year removed from the Atkinson twins will leave the Mats moving back down.
8. AV- Feel bad for Moreno as he has some talent, but there isn’t much around him. Foothill sure wishes they had him. He’d instantly make them better. Regardless the Dons are likely the basement team again.
Again these are way early predictions and will definitely update as teams head into the summer and we see the players and teams at camps.
March 13th, 2012 at 10:30 pm
Prep Fan, The Freshman from foothill is Kyle Kearns. He has a big arm.
April 1st, 2012 at 2:23 pm
Now that I think about it Logan 6-0 first six games insiders say these new additions lost alot but still well coached with winning traditions. This colts group has played together since little league, they know each other very well this should turn out good.
April 1st, 2012 at 3:01 pm
@ dj falong…….any word on where Miles Long’s college interests might be leaning?
April 11th, 2012 at 11:47 am
I have some friends who I went to school who happen to be teachers & coaches who say that he does have interest in Stanford due to the fact that their head coach David Shaw is a Logan Alum. He already has been offfered by Northwestern.
April 22nd, 2012 at 11:01 pm
#123 EBAL predictions: The debate for second place is spot on. Cal has a monster running back coming up this year that will run through the EBAL behind a huge O line that was missing last year. Kline may be gone, and Birse is unproven, but the defense, last years Achilles heel, is loaded. The linebackers, led by D1 prospect Dunn, is close to as good as DLSs. I would put SRV ahead of Cal, for now, because of their defense.
April 23rd, 2012 at 10:32 am
I’m aware of Kyle Kearns and his big arm. He is a San Ramon kid that played QB for the Bears youth team. Not sure why he is commuting to Foothill or if he didn’t want to compete with Owen, but good luck to the kid. He has a bright future.
re: post 128 – I guess we’ll see in a few months if SRV’s defense “is close to as good as DLSs”. That will be a good LB corps to follow.
April 23rd, 2012 at 12:28 pm
That’s a bold statement saying the LB corps is close to DLS’. Curious to see if that holds true. 3 of the 4 DLS LB’s (assuming Egu plays LB and not DE) hold offers from Pac-12 schools and the likely 4th will get one too although not sure on which side of the ball. Don’t forget all 4 of the likely LB’s started at least half of the games last year and saw major playing time in every game they were healthy for. So I’m curious to see how SRV’s LB’s can stack up to what might be DLS’ best collection of talent at the LB position since the streak and that’s saying something given the LB’s DLS had in 10 and 11.
April 23rd, 2012 at 5:06 pm
I probably should have said “much improved over last year” rather than “close to as good as DLS”. It is rather bold considering DLSs overall strength and depth at every position which sometimes makes comparing individual positions difficult. Klein was ranked higher individually than Houston, but the two teams had differt results. Botom line and what I was really trying to say is that SRV’s defense has improved enough, and its offense has enough talent returning, to compete with Cal Hi for that second spot in the EBAL. Will wait to see what happens in the Fall.
April 23rd, 2012 at 5:28 pm
Barefoot, how was the SRV JV team last season? Do they have some studs moving up or were they varsity backups last year? I know in addition to Kline, they’ll be losing all those D1 lacrosse players like Tagliaferri, Weiss & Worstell. And they also lose all league TE Sean Miller & 3 All league linemen in Fisher, Simonich, & Haggard. That is a lot to replace. Besides Birse & Dunn, who else is in the pipeline that are difference makers?
April 23rd, 2012 at 6:26 pm
The JV lost 3 games last year. One to DLS, one to CAL that could have gone either way and were upset by Amador. So I guess I wouldn’t base my optimism on that performance. And yes, the new team has to replace a group of Srs that did very well. I’ve been watching a core group of SRV underclassmen work out this off season and compete in 7 on 7 tournaments. They are doing well against Nor Cal elite. I would look for names like Kim and Arotzarna on the line (both are close to 275lbs). Dunn, Yehl and Burkhart at LB and Gubera at DB. Matt Green will be back as possesion receiver and De La Pena in the backfield with Birse. None of these guys are know yet, but with the exception of Kline, this time last year neither were any of the guys you mentioned. Of the names I mentioned, only Burkhart is from the JV. The rest played varsity last year as Jrs or Sophs.
April 23rd, 2012 at 10:53 pm
SRV had 4 players on the preseason Times Cream of the Crop watch list last year, with Kline, Miller, Simonich and I forget who the 4th was, but I remember they had 4. It might have been Tagliaferri? So there was expectations and known talent last season, but especially from Kline, who came through in his senior season.
April 25th, 2012 at 11:40 am
Any former Bay Area Preps to look out for in the draft?
July 27th, 2012 at 4:12 am
There have always been great players at James Logan HS. The problem is not who they play during the season but, who they are coach by during the year. JL might win 4 games next season.