Small ball
August 20th, 2007, 1:41 am · 1 Comment · posted by Armando
Last season, I talked to Santa Maria coach Rudy Meza on a few occasions when he’d call in scores or we’d call him to get one. Very nice man, for those of you who’ve never met him.
At Saturday’s varsity scrimmage at Rio Hondo against the Bobcat JV, I met Meza in person for the first time to talk to him for a small story we wanted to run in Monday’s paper on the Cougars.
Not only was he gracious on a hot afternoon after his Cougars had a rough go, but he was corteous, polite and most of all, GENUINE.
I could tell what he was telling me was sincere. He’s optimistic about taking his young Coogs to the playoffs for the first time in school history. He really wants to help those kids get to the postseason.
As writers, we don’t really “root” for teams and I know most if not all teams really work hard to acheive their playoff goals.
But as a fan of football in the Valley, you can’t help but want for Meza and his Santa Maria Cougars to do it. They’re probably the Valley’s smallest public school team, but based on my talk with Meza and hearing the work they’ve put in, they deserve it.
October 23rd, 2007 at 8:38 am
Armando,
As a diehard Warrior fan, I am curious to know what the 32-2A standings are like. I am aware that this Friday night’s game at Banquete could decide the districts champ, but we still have games against Bishop and Hebbronville and was wondering what their district record are like. Your help is greatly appreciated. GO WARRIORS!!!!!!!!