I.A. Stewart's Page

I've been covering prep football this season for the Sentinel, and I'm pretty sure that by now I've gotten pretty used to watching for certain things during the course of a game.

I know that certain statistics tend to predict the outcome of the game -- as in who wins and who loses. I watch which quarterback can throw an out-route with some speed on the ball, which offensive line is able to dominate the line of scrimmage, which defense is tackling th…

Friday night at Watsonville, I was waiting for the varsity football game to start. A man walked by me, on to the Monterey Toreadores' sideline. I thought I recognized him, but wasn't sure. That's when somebody yelled out, 'Hey, it's Tony Dungy!'

It wasn't Dungy, but it was an NFL coach - Herman Edwards, of the Kansas City Chiefs. Edwards, who has played football at half the schools in California - Monterey High, Monterey Penninsula College, UC Berkeley, MPC again, Cal again, and San Di…

And the winner is...

Pajaro Valley. The Grizzlies. The formerly 1-9 Monterey Bay League doormats.

They have the best record in the county, even though they've played some pretty bad opponenets. But that's not really what makes them so surprising; its the one loss.

P.V. was beaten 28-7 on Saturday by Seaside High, last year's MBL champion. The Grizzlies played them tough, though, and the three touchdown deficit doesn't really tell the whole story. The team was vastly under…