Carson Bemoans Lack of Sloppy Conditions

The wet weather that has been a part of this year’s football playoffs has hurt several teams, but not Carson.

The Colts, under Coach Mike Sakurai, have flourished in the muddy conditions and have advanced to Friday’s 3-A Division final against Woodland Hills El Camino Real.

Sakurai switched the Colts’ spread offense to a conservative two-back set to minimize mistakes on muddy fields.

Although Sakurai wouldn’t say for sure, dry weather may signal his team’s return to the spread offense. Given a choice, however, Sakurai would rather it rain.

“Maybe the Coliseum will let us turn on the sprinklers so we can run the ball again,” Sakurai said.

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Eleven El Camino Real football players also are members of the school’s wrestling team, a perennial power and defending City champion. Almost all are expected to trade shoulder pads for singlets Saturday and wrestle in the Azusa tournament.

Projected starters still in pads include defensive back Jared Maiden and tight end Alex Perez, who placed second in the City finals last season at 171 and 189 pounds, respectively.

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City Section Commissioner Barbara Fiege said she is hoping for a good crowd at Friday night’s City football championship doubleheader at the Coliseum to help pay for the $35,000 fee to use the facility.

Last year, attendance for the City final at the Coliseum was 11,500. The City was able to make a small profit and decided to play at the Coliseum again even though recent games were played at El Camino College.

“We made the commitment [to the Coliseum] based on the expectation that the crowd will pay for it,” Fiege said.

The games will be broadcast live by KLCS-TV on Friday beginning at 5 p.m.

The games will be rebroadcast Dec. 28 at 6 p.m.

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The semifinals of the girls’ tennis championships will be played Friday and the finals Monday at MountainGate Country Club.