Comments on: Week 10: Prep football recap from Friday night

By: GAUCHOFAN

GAUCHOFAN — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 16:54:47 +0000

@DJ-Fasho brah. Even if it’s just tha two of us we fina stand up for RICHMOND. Nevermind tha haters, bro…EC holding it down and reppin for all us believers.

By: DJ

DJ — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 20:11:15 +0000

@Fb Guru Ec is not violating any rules by receiving kids from Richmond, as one who lived in Richmond and wanted to go to JFK Richmond but the district boundaries did not allow me to attend Kennedy and thus I went to Ec and and it was the best decision for me and btw in case anybody doesnt remember it was my team who was the last local team to beat DeLa Salle in a regular season game on their field.Look it up and in those years we played Clayton Valley,Ygnacio Valley,Pittsburg and held our own against all

By: DJ

DJ — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 20:00:39 +0000

Gauchofan,
I think this year’s Ec team is the real deal and the coaching staff is doing a great job with these kids on and off the field as they do year in and year out coach Kahn is building a program and he’s doing it with a staff of coach’s who reflect the kids that are coming thru the progam and the kids respect but I agree when you read this blog and the other blogs(particularly northbay blog where the moderator of the site called Ec a joke this year and that their season would end in 2nd round with 11-1 record) there’s always questions about coaching,discipline, them not being worthy of their ranking etc.stuff that other schools don’t have to deal with (Encinal did also during there good years).
Coach Macy at Campo who I believe many respect and believe is an excellant coach, until last year always won a lot of games but never went to or won championships but his team never faced the question has faced.
Lastly the excitement the Ec fans have over this team is not just about what they’ve accomplished on the field but also academically the future is bright for a lot of these kids off the football field Go Gauchos!!!

By: GAUCHOFAN

GAUCHOFAN — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 17:17:46 +0000

FB Guru–I’m sorry, are you a district official? What about a league official? Because your comment about EC violating league rules is completely and totally out of line. I’m seeing a trend on this blog, and it’s a trend that tends to stand up for the privileged schools with the most money. I agree with GauchoWatcher when he mentions that EC is a “public school in a high risk area with a minority coaching staff that gets no respect.” FOR SHAME! How come we don’t hear praises for the coaches at EC for turning young men into college bound men? Additionally, Catholic school defenders tend to forget the fact that because they are private schools, they can pull students from Mill Valley, Greenbrae, Ross, Larkspur, San Anselmo, and other surrounding areas. If Catholic schools can RECRUIT talent from these areas, what’s wrong with El Cerrito LEGALLY having students from various parts of Richmond? “CHILD PLEASE!” (teezaleezy) Don’t hate on a school that boasts a rich history of socio-economic and a demographically diverse student body…clearly the opposite of Marin County. Without digressing, because the Caucasian bloggers will inevitably have a field day responding to this blog, EC Gauchos have taken a team consisting of 10th and 11th graders, and turned them into 11th and 12th grade FACTORS TO BE RESPECTED. Respect EC, folks…don’t let the demographics prevent you from respecting a program that pushes its athletes to be complete students athletes, not simply football players.

By: FB Guru

FB Guru — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 17:28:09 +0000

Gauchowatcher,

“Public HS in a high risk area..” – I wouldn’t consider El Cerrito a high risk area. It is a very upper middle class community with a fairly brand new rebuilt HS in the East Bay hills. Now if the FB players you speak of don’t live in EC but rather within the school boundaries of JFK-Richmond and Richmond, well that is a different story. And probably would make EC suspect to rule violations.

By: redandblue2

redandblue2 — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 16:50:44 +0000

Go back and read some of my posts Gauchowatcher. I stated on more than one occasion that the 2011 game with El Cerrito was Campo’s toughest game of the season, up to the State Championship game. Clearly, this year’s game with Campolindo was El Cerrito’s toughest of the season.

If in fact El Cerrito and Campo get the #2 & #3 seeds, respectively, they will perhaps meet again (thankfully at De Anza’s field) for a third time in the last 2 seasons.

I guarantee you the Campo coaching staff has the utmost respect for El Cerrito. After all, they have played each other the past 5 seasons (with Campo winning 3 of the games) and it has become a great rivalry.

Clearly, El Cerrito will be favored if they meet in the playoffs, but as great a season as the Gauchos have had this year, they were a missed 4th quarter field goal from a loss to Campo; a fact Coach Kahn will undoubtedly remind his players about taking the Cougars for granted. Besides, El Cerrito has their own post season demons to conquer after losing at Eureka in the first round of the playoffs last season.

By: MVAL44

MVAL44 — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 05:16:13 +0000

#117
Why Eureka? They have beaten a 2-7, 3-7 and 1-8 teams. What makes them more eligible than Petaluma who has beaten 3-6(twice), 1-8, 0-9 or Kennedy- Fremont who have beaten 5-4, 4-5, 4-5, 1-8. Even Terra Linda has not done much better.

By: 617lemon

617lemon — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 04:20:30 +0000

WELCOME TO THE ROCK! damn i miss hearing that.

By: 617lemon

617lemon — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 04:16:53 +0000

island chief you lost to piedmont! northgate & miramonte bent you over! mt.eden broke your hearts on sr. night. kemper asked to be in the b league because thats the kinda man he is. loser as a player loser now! bring back the rock!

By: Island chief

Island chief — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 04:00:50 +0000

I can’t understand how Encinal fans get on here and still talk. If Encinal was in the B league they would lose to half of the league.We barely lost to Encinal on a missed tackle so really how good are they?