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Coming later tonight: Just Tribben Inland Insider Tom Kiss will wrap up tonight’s video with interviews with West Covina coach Mike Maggiore, RB B.J. Lee and South Hills coach Steve Bogan. Thursday’s Results West Covina 42, South Hills 27 — Would someone send the Covina tape, I’m having a hard time comprehending how they pulled it off after watching West Covina dismantle South Hills every way imaginable. You weren’t thinking what happened to South Hills, you were more in awe of the Bulldogs’ backfiled and 0-Line. It was the most points scored on South Hills this decade. If this team doesn’t turn the ball over, they won’t get beat the rest of the way, and that includes Glendora next. Last week it was RB Chris Soloman, this week it was B.J. Lee (125 yards, 3 TDs), and next week it could be someone else. They’re that deep, and were better than I thought on the D-Line. What you don’t know is how they will handle a quarterback like Glendora’s Chad Jeffries. But questions about everything else were answered tonight, a big thumbs up. Azusa 31, Ontario Christian 10 – Fine I’ll say it: The Aztecs can compete with anyone in the Mid-Valley Division. There is not a game they won’t have a chance to win, so yes, a Mid-Valley title is possible. Especially with QB Jose “The Real Deal” Nunez, who scored four touchdowns and threw for 207 yards. Garey 49, Duarte 10 — It doesn’t show on the scoreboard, but the Falcons go down fighting every week.

For quarter-by-quarter updates of tonight’s games, click thread.

St. Lucy’s was all smiles after sweeping Los Altos Monday in a nonleague match featuring the top two teams in the area.

St. Lucy’s Priory was without one of its top players, and perhaps its most-important piece Monday night. No problem. Senior Kailey Faust, substituting for All-CIF-Southern Section setter Jackie Macy, had 28 assists and the host Regents took down Los Altos, 25-17, 25-15, 25-16, in nonleague girls volleyball match that featured the areas top two teams. St. Lucy’s, also getting 10 kills from senior outside hitter Alissa Young and six from junior opposite Jasmine Warmington, improved to 1-1 after opening the season with with a four-game loss to highly-regarded Los Osos last week. Los Altos, which won the school’s first CIF-SS divisional title last season and began the year ranked No. 1 in Division 2-A and No. 2 in the area, slipped to 1-1.

St. Lucy’s coach Sean Douglas: I think we are extremely lucky to have a setter like Kailey. She works hard and sometimes its difficult when you are playing behind an All-CIF setter like Macy, but today she stepped in and you saw the results. We’re lucky A lot of teams if they lost their No. 1 setter, would be in trouble. We played great today.”

Los Altos coach Jaime Ornelas: “They are a very good team and this wasn’t one of our better days. Like I said before, we have a few veterans and a few players who have never played varsity volleyball. “We’re still finding our niche. It was one of those days. It was a good match to give us a reality check.”

Other Scores Nonleague Baldwin Park def. Bassett 25-7, 25-15, 25-6 Northview def. Charter Oak 25-12, 14-25, 25-23, 25-19 Nogales def. Pioneer 12-25, 25-21, 27-25, 21-25, 15-13. Diamond Bar def. Rancho Cucamonga 25-15, 26-28, 17-25, 27-25, 16-14.

Mid-Valley Division 1. Monrovia (0-0), 2. Schurr (0-0), 3. Arroyo (1-0), 4. Whittier Christian (1-0), 5. San Dimas (0-1), 6. Azusa (0-0), 7. Village Christian (1-0), 8. Cerritos Valley Christian (0-1), 9. Rosemead (0-0), 10. San Marino. Others – Bell Gardens (0-0), Covina (1-0) Robledo’s Thoughts: My goodness how is Covina not ranked after arguably the biggest win over an upper-divisional foe in zero week? In fact, West Covina is still No. 9 in the Southeast after the loss, which tells you how highly voters think of West Covina. So why wasn’t Covina rewarded? Why schedule up if you’re not going to be rewarded while San Dimas stays at No. 5 after a convincing loss to Bonita.

Southeast Division 1. Burbank (1-0), 2. Santa Fe (0-0), 3. Muir (1-0), 4. La Mirada (0-1), 5. Norwalk (0-1), 6. La Serna (1-0), 7. Rowland (1-0), 8. Diamond Ranch (0-1), 9. West Covina (0-1), 10. California (0-0). Others: Mayfair (0-1), El Rancho (1-0), Bonita (1-0). Robledo’s thoughts: Are you as surprised as I am that Bonita beats the Mid-Valley Division defending champion while West Covina falls to Covina and yet, the Bulldogs are still ranked ahead of the Bearcats? The bottom line, just because Charter Oak and South Hills are out of the division does not mean this is a cakewalk for the rest the locals in the Southeast. Look at the board, the highest ranked area team is Rowland at No. 7.

Inland Division 1. Chaparral (0-0), 2. Vista Murrieta (0-0), 3. Corona Centennial (0-0), 4. Chino Hills (1-0), 5. Upland (1-0), 6. Norco (0-0), 7. Redlands East Valley (0-0), 8. Redlands (1-0), 9. Rancho Cucamonga (1-0), 10. Charter Oak (0-1). Others: South Hills (0-0), Los Osos (1-0), Glendora (1-0). Robledo’s thoughts: Are you sensing a trend here. Do these head-to-head games mean anything? Glendora goes from not mentioned to “others” but is still not ranked after beating Charter Oak, who is No. 10, ahead of Glendora.

Pac-5 Division 1. 1. Mission Viejo (1-0), 2. Servite (1-0), 3. Long Beach Poly (1-0), 4. Lakewood (1-0), 5. Los Alamitos (1-0), 6. Edison (1-0), 7. Bishop Amat (1-0), 8. Newport Harbor (0-0), 9. San Clemente (2-0), 10. Mater Dei (0-1). Others: Orange Lutheran (1-0), Crespi (0-1), Dan Hills (1-0), Loyola (1-0), St. John Bosco (1-0), Alemany (1-0), Compton (1-0), Santa Margarita (1-0). Robledo’s thoughts: The pollsters kept Amat in a good spot after its 23-0 win over Garfield. They can solidify it with a win over Dominguez, ranked No. 2 in the Western Division after last week’s 14-11 win over Crespi. A loss and Amat likely tumbles off the board.

Now that we got a zero week glimpse of half the teams in the Valley, we have a better idea of how the Top 35 shakes out. Something tells me there’s going to be lots of shake-ups in the weeks to come. And yes, we did rank five Sierra League teams in the top ten.

Welcome back to the top ten Bonita …

Super 35 Rankings 1. Bishop Amat (1-0) — Even with first-game jitters, Lancers still roll to a 23-0 victory. A much bigger test comes Friday at Dominguez, winners over Crespi. 2. Chino Hills (1-0) – Posted a 28-14 win over Mayfair on the road. Huskies didn’t have the easiest time, but certainly will take it. 3. Glendora (1-0) — While Charter Oak was winning back-to-back Southeast titles, Glendora felt all along it was just as good. They got to prove it with a 28-21 victory. 4. Claremont (1-0) — We said lets wait and see, well how about a 31-14 victory over Cajon. I’d say that’s good enough. 5 . Charter Oak (0-1) — You didn’t expect the Chargers to fall that far did you? In all honesty, their offense under QB Travis Santiago and his receiving crew are going to be lethal. My guess is they don’t turn the ball over four times in one game the rest of the season. 6. South Hills (0-0) – We’ve seen Charter Oak and West Covina fall, will the same happen to the Huskies at Baldwin Park? We shall see. 7. Rowland (1-0) — QB Michael Ball rallies them back to a 35-29 victory over usually tough defensive Braves team. 8. Bonita (1-0) — If this is how good the Bearcats are without QB Garrett Pendleton, imagine how dangerous they’re when he’s back. 9. Ayala (1-0) — Bulldogs cruise to a 35-13 victory over Don Lugo, face much tougher test Thursday against Colony. 10. Azusa (1-0) — Aztecs facing a tougher than normal season opener Friday at Bell Gardens, an Almont League juggernaut. The rest: 11. Covina (1-0), 12. Damien (0-0), 13. West Covina (0-1), 14. San Dimas (0-1), 15. Walnut (0-0), 16. Arroyo (1-0), 17. Diamond Bar (1-0), 18. Diamond Ranch (0-1), 19. Rosemead (0-0), 20. Baldwin Park (0-1), 21. Wilson (0-0), 22. Northview (0-0), 23. La Puente (0-0), 24. Pomona (1-0), 25. Ganesha (1-0), 26. Los Altos (0-1), 27., Gladstone (0-0), 28. Bassett (1-0), 29. Nogales (0-1), 30. South El Monte (0-0), 31. Sierra Vista (0-0), 32. El Monte (0-0), 33. Workman (0-0), 34. Mountain View (0-0), 35. Duarte (0-0),

Great postgame Interview from Chino Hills Tom, the Inland Insider. He talked with coach Derek Bub, Auston Smith, and Steve Smith, who had three INTs in Friday’s win over Mayfair. with