Football: League play begins in City Section

Ready or not, the league season begins in the City Section for the East Valley, Eastern, Central, Exposition, Northern and Valley Mission Leagues.

In the East Valley, Monroe (4-0) has the best record, but Arleta (2-1) is the favorite, and the Vikings will face Arleta on Friday.

In the Central, Hollywood, Bernstein and Marquez are 3-1.

In the Eastern, Huntington Park is 4-0, led by tight end Henry Diaz. Garfield (2-2) and Roosevelt (3-1) are the favorites, but beware of South Gate (3-1), which is really 4-0 because of a forfiet and has running back Lavell Thompson.

In the Valley Mission League, there should be a huge crowd for the league opener between Sylmar and host San Fernando on Friday. Canoga Park (3-1) and Sylmar (2-2) are the league favorites.

In the Northern, Eagle Rock (2-2) and Franklin (2-2) have the best records, but Lincon (1-3) should be right there in the end.

In the Exposition, there’s lots of surprise teams. Los Angeles is 3-0 under first-year Coach Eric Scott. Hawkins is unbeaten on the field but had to forfeit two victories because of ineligible players. Santee is 3-0.

Here’s the link to this coming week’s City Section schedule.

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