With 5 returning starters, Arcadia basketball coach Nick Wallace made it clear at Monday’s Pacific League media day that he expects his crew to compete at a excessive stage this season.
Ditto for Pasadena, which returns 6-foot-11 Josh Irving, a Texas A&M commit, and has added high-scoring guard Tim Anderson from Blair.
Probably the most intriguing gamers for Arcadia is 6-8 sophomore Owen Eteuati Edwards. He had a busy summer time taking part in basketball and pitching for the Dodgers’ scout crew. Sure, he’s tall and throwing fastballs at 92 mph.
Edwards defined why he thought the Dodgers received Recreation 7 of the World Sequence.
“It goes back to leadership in the locker room. I feel they all bought in,” he stated.
Edwards has his 6-4 older brother, Noa, on the basketball crew, and the 2 proceed to have some intense one-on-one video games. “It goes back and forth,” he stated. “They’re always fun battles.”
As to which sport he likes extra, Edwards stated, “I always say I’m a basketball player playing baseball.”
He’s conserving his choices open.
As for Pasadena, including Anderson is big. He averaged 31.4 factors per recreation final season at Blair. Mixed with returnee Troy Wilson, the Bulldogs can have extra offensive energy. And there shall be loads of dunks. Irving has a 36-inch vertical soar and has improved dramatically in his fourth yr at Pasadena.
The Pacific League, which can disband after this season when it combines with the Rio Hondo League, has two new head coaches in DoVall Boykins at Crescenta Valley and Jason Weatherall at Burroughs.
