Ventura High football coach Brad Steward on St. Bonaventure leaving the Channel League to join Oaks Christian in the new super Marmonte League next fall:
"I haven't any input in this thing at all. My response today was 'Wow, that's huge news!'
"I kind of have mixed emotions. I feel like... It's a difficult thing to express, isn't it? I've always enjoyed being able to prepare against the best team around. We'll have one more time. It's just been difficult coming out on the short end of it again and again.
"I'll miss that opportunity to play the best team in the state of California. We got to do that because they were in our league. It's exciting for our guys to put in the preparation like that.
(Is this solving anything? Isn't the Marmonte League just being put in the position the Channel League has been in?)
"Maybe those guys are better suited to having them than we are. I do feel like we've had our turn."
"Things change. I think we need to do as good a job as we can, frequently, to make sure we do the best job we can for kids."
"I haven't any input in this thing at all. My response today was 'Wow, that's huge news!'
"I kind of have mixed emotions. I feel like... It's a difficult thing to express, isn't it? I've always enjoyed being able to prepare against the best team around. We'll have one more time. It's just been difficult coming out on the short end of it again and again.
"I'll miss that opportunity to play the best team in the state of California. We got to do that because they were in our league. It's exciting for our guys to put in the preparation like that.
(Is this solving anything? Isn't the Marmonte League just being put in the position the Channel League has been in?)
"Maybe those guys are better suited to having them than we are. I do feel like we've had our turn."
"Things change. I think we need to do as good a job as we can, frequently, to make sure we do the best job we can for kids."
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