SHS varsity football tackles Division 3.
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L CENTRO — The Southwest High School Varsity Football Team moved from Division 4 to Division 3 at the start of the 2017 season. In Division 3, the Eagles will be facing bigger and better teams.
It was a long road for this to the team when will be facing much larger the Southwest football they started their spring schools. team to move up a division. workouts. “We need to work way But the team “We need to play one harder because every believes it can start winning game at a time,” said Tyler team is going to be bigger games and have a Saikhon, an 18-yearold and stronger,” said very successful season senior on the football senior quarterback Cameron with hard work and dedication. team. “We haven’t realized Jungers, 18. the competition in The team found out all
“I optimistically think Division 3.” together during a practice we have a good chance Saikhon said he believes and reacted in a very with our talent,” said that his team similar way.
John Mitosinka, head would have a very successful The teammates said coach of Southwest Varsity season and that they believed it was Football Team. they will go into every unmerited because the
With the football game with lots of confidence. team that won the championship team’s head coach John He and his team the previous Mitosinka heading into are confident that they year stayed in Division 4, his fourth season in a will win the Imperial while Southwest placed row; he is going to have Valley League. They are third and moved to Division to face the big challenge also hoping to win the 3. of moving to Division 3 California Interscholastic “The team was very and the new teams they Federation, which is shocked and believed will be facing this year. considered to be a winor-go-home that it was unfair,” said
“I found out in January situation. senior Jason Holguin, through an email “These are going to 17. from the athletic director be harder and tougher Southwest’s football that they changed the teams to beat,” said Saikhon. team is looking forward ranking system to three to playing in Division 3 years,” Mitosinka said. Due to the team moving and hopefully having a
Mitosinka announced up to Division 3, they successful season.