DOWNEY – At 7-0, the Warren High School shot squad is focused connected winning the San Gabriel Valley League rubric and remaining undefeated.
“It ever feels bully erstwhile you win, but close present to our kids, we’re 0-0,” said Warren shot manager Kevin Pearson, portion preparing for the team’s crippled against Gahr (1-5, 1-2) connected Friday, Oct. 22.
That starts astatine signifier with vigor and effort, particularly with 2 games remaining successful the regular season.
“We ever speech astir getting amended each time and it doesn’t substance who you play, it’s however you play,” Pearson said. “Particularly connected defense, we’ve been stellar connected defence each year.”
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Warren (7-0, 3-0) has lone fixed up 5.4 points per crippled this season. The Bears person allowed 38 points each season, and lone six of those points person travel earlier halftime.
Meanwhile, the team’s offense, which is led by five-star inferior backmost Nicholaus Iamaleava, is averaging 44.8 points per game.
“We person a bully squad this twelvemonth that’s focused and dialed in,” Pearson added.
Warren caput manager Kevin Pearson yells instructions to his players during a nonleague crippled against Serra astatine Warren successful Downey connected Friday, September 10, 2021. (Photo by Kyusung Gong/Contributing Photographer)
Warren’s Nicholaus Iamaleava (8) throws a walk during a nonleague crippled against Serra astatine Warren successful Downey connected Friday, September 10, 2021. (Photo by Kyusung Gong/Contributing Photographer)
Warren’s Jordan Anderson (0), top, catches the shot implicit Serra’s Lamont Shamburger Jr. (7) during a nonleague crippled astatine Warren successful Downey connected Friday, September 10, 2021. (Photo by Kyusung Gong/Contributing Photographer)
Warren’s Nathan Gonzales (48), center, reacts aft recovering a fumble during a nonleague crippled against Serra astatine Warren successful Downey connected Friday, September 10, 2021. (Photo by Kyusung Gong/Contributing Photographer)
Warren’s Jordan Anderson (0), right, celebrates his touchdown with Justin Harris (75) during a nonleague crippled against Serra astatine Warren successful Downey connected Friday, September 10, 2021. (Photo by Kyusung Gong/Contributing Photographer)
Warren’s Nathan Gonzales (48), right, dives to retrieve a fumble by Serra’s Kai Honda (25) during a nonleague crippled astatine Warren successful Downey connected Friday, September 10, 2021. (Photo by Kyusung Gong/Contributing Photographer)
Warren’s Sahfee Yasin-spann (1) sprints with the shot during a nonleague crippled against Serra astatine Warren successful Downey connected Friday, September 10, 2021. (Photo by Kyusung Gong/Contributing Photographer)
Serra’s Matthew Coleman (8), right, and Warren’s Scooter Jackson (9) conflict for a walk intended to Coleman during a nonleague crippled astatine Warren successful Downey connected Friday, September 10, 2021. (Photo by Kyusung Gong/Contributing Photographer)
Warren’s Nicholaus Iamaleava (8) looks to propulsion a walk during a nonleague crippled against Serra astatine Warren successful Downey connected Friday, September 10, 2021. (Photo by Kyusung Gong/Contributing Photographer)
Warren’s Nicholaus Iamaleava (8) throws a walk during a nonleague crippled against Serra astatine Warren successful Downey connected Friday, September 10, 2021. (Photo by Kyusung Gong/Contributing Photographer)
Warren’s Jordan Anderson (0), right, catches a walk for a touchdown past Serra’s Lamont Shamburger Jr. (7) during a nonleague crippled astatine Warren successful Downey connected Friday, September 10, 2021. (Photo by Kyusung Gong/Contributing Photographer)
Warren adjunct manager Stacey Ford fires up the defence arsenic they play La Serna successful their non-league shot crippled astatine Thorstenson Stadium successful Whittier connected Thursday August 26,2021. (Photo by Keith Durflinger, Contributing Photographer)
La Serna’s Owen Long (1) is stopped abbreviated of the extremity enactment by Warren defenders successful their non-league shot crippled astatine Thorstenson Stadium successful Whittier connected Thursday August 26,2021. (Photo by Keith Durflinger, Contributing Photographer)
Warren’s Jordan Anderson (0) runs successful for a touchdown arsenic they play La Serna successful their non-league shot crippled astatine Thorstenson Stadium successful Whittier connected Thursday August 26,2021. (Photo by Keith Durflinger, Contributing Photographer)
Warren’s Jordan Anderson (0) celebrates his touchdown with Jaidyn Houston (17) arsenic they play La Serna successful their non-league shot crippled astatine Thorstenson Stadium successful Whittier connected Thursday August 26,2021. (Photo by Keith Durflinger, Contributing Photographer)
La Serna’s Sean Rooney (16) and Nick Meza (2) halt Warren receiver Jordan Anderson (0) successful their non-league shot crippled astatine Thorstenson Stadium successful Whittier connected Thursday August 26,2021. (Photo by Keith Durflinger, Contributing Photographer)
La Serna defenders unit Warren backmost Nicholaus Iamaleava (8) successful their non-league shot crippled astatine Thorstenson Stadium successful Whittier connected Thursday August 26,2021. (Photo by Keith Durflinger, Contributing Photographer)
La Serna’s Nick Meza (2) is taken down by Warren defenders successful their non-league shot crippled astatine Thorstenson Stadium successful Whittier connected Thursday August 26,2021. (Photo by Keith Durflinger, Contributing Photographer)
La Serna receiver Jake George (7) is tackled by Warren defenders successful their non-league shot crippled astatine Thorstenson Stadium successful Whittier connected Thursday August 26,2021. (Photo by Keith Durflinger, Contributing Photographer)
Warren backmost Nicholaus Iamaleava (8) aft a play against La Serna successful their non-league shot crippled astatine Thorstenson Stadium successful Whittier connected Thursday August 26,2021. (Photo by Keith Durflinger, Contributing Photographer)
Warren backmost Nicholaus Iamaleava (8) is pushed done for a touchdown against La Serna successful their non-league shot crippled astatine Thorstenson Stadium successful Whittier connected Thursday August 26,2021. (Photo by Keith Durflinger, Contributing Photographer)
Warren’s Marcus Higgs (2) scores a touchdown arsenic they play La Serna successful their non-league shot crippled astatine Thorstenson Stadium successful Whittier connected Thursday August 26,2021. (Photo by Keith Durflinger, Contributing Photographer)
Warren moving backmost Romeo Clark (27) runs past La Serna defenders successful their non-league shot crippled astatine Thorstenson Stadium successful Whittier connected Thursday August 26,2021. (Photo by Keith Durflinger, Contributing Photographer)
La Serna moving backmost Owen Long (1) is stopped by Warren’s Daniel Cassidy (14) successful their non-league shot crippled astatine Thorstenson Stadium successful Whittier connected Thursday August 26,2021. (Photo by Keith Durflinger, Contributing Photographer)
Warren backmost Nicholaus Iamaleava (8) makes a walk arsenic they play La Serna successful their non-league shot crippled astatine Thorstenson Stadium successful Whittier connected Thursday August 26,2021. (Photo by Keith Durflinger, Contributing Photographer)
Warren backmost Nicholaus Iamaleava (8) makes a walk arsenic they play La Serna successful their non-league shot crippled astatine Thorstenson Stadium successful Whittier connected Thursday August 26,2021. (Photo by Keith Durflinger, Contributing Photographer)
La Serna antiaircraft extremity Chase Bernal (36) sacks Warren backmost Nicholaus Iamaleava (8) successful their non-league shot crippled astatine Thorstenson Stadium successful Whittier connected Thursday August 26,2021. (Photo by Keith Durflinger, Contributing Photographer)
Warren’s Nico Iamealava tries to get past Long Beach Wilson’s defence arsenic the Bears instrumentality connected the Bruins successful Long Beach, CA, connected Friday, August 20, 2021. (Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer)
Warren’s Marcus Higgs tries to get past Long Beach Wilson’s Andrew Johnson and Angel Arias arsenic the Bruins instrumentality connected the Bears successful Long Beach, CA, connected Friday, August 20, 2021. (Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer)
Warren’s Romeo Clark tries to flight Wilson’s defence arsenic the Bears instrumentality connected the Bruins successful Long Beach, CA, connected Friday, August 20, 2021. (Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer)
Warren’s Marcus Higgs tries to propulsion past Wilson’s Shane Heiman arsenic the Bears instrumentality connected the Bruins successful Long Beach, CA, connected Friday, August 20, 2021. (Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer)
Wilson’s Johnell Gray stretches to get into the extremity portion arsenic the Bruins instrumentality connected the Warren Bears successful Long Beach, CA, connected Friday, August 20, 2021. (Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer)
Warren backmost Nico Iamealava makes a walk earlier being tackled arsenic the Bears instrumentality connected Long Beach Wilson successful Long Beach, CA, connected Friday, August 20, 2021. (Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer)
Warren’s Josh Johnson is wide unfastened and makes the drawback for a Bear touchdown arsenic they instrumentality connected Wilson successful Long Beach, CA, connected Friday, August 20, 2021. (Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer)
Warren’s Dajon Hancox gets past Wilson’s Johnell Gray and runs it successful for a Bear touchdown successful Long Beach, CA, connected Friday, August 20, 2021. (Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer)
CIF Southern Section playoffs
Pearson said it is really casual to equilibrium the extremity of the regular play earlier the CIF Southern Section playoffs statesman successful November.
“We conscionable absorption connected whoever we play,” Pearson continued.
Warren’s regular play ends connected the roadworthy against Downey connected Friday, Oct. 29.
After the Downey showdown, they volition springiness themselves a time to decompress and enactment the regular play down them.
On Sunday, Oct. 31, the CIF-SS playoff brackets volition beryllium announced and the Bears volition instantly statesman focusing connected their first-round opponent, which volition beryllium determined by the Calpreps machine rankings.
“It is breathtaking to find retired who you play,” Pearson said, “and past we conscionable spell to work. (We) grind up present that full Sunday day and we enactment until we get our crippled program done. We don’t know, truthful we don’t interest ourselves with that.
“We’re playing Gahr this week and that’s what we’re focused on, and we person to play good successful that crippled to adjacent get our stepping stone. Every day, each week, we effort to get better.”
Pearson believes continual betterment is the cardinal to Warren reaching its eventual imaginable this season.
“We’re getting amended each week and I thought we’ve improved each week truthful far. I don’t deliberation we’ve had a lull successful practices oregon the play yet, truthful hopefully, we support getting amended and person a large crippled this week and play good successful the playoffs.”