“I think three games is enough,” Thorossian said. “I guess we’ll find out.”
On the heels of an 0-10 season, Glendale opens against an Alhambra team that beat the Nitros 53-0 last season. After that, it hosts La Cañada and South Pasadena in consecutive weeks.
In all, Glendale plays six games in the friendly confines of Moyse Field this season.
It might not be much consolation with the daunting start the Nitros incur to league play.
They begin with three of the league’s four playoff teams from a season ago, with their opener coming at home against defending league champion Burroughs. Then it’s off to play at Muir, which took second a season ago and was the only league squad to win a CIF Southern Section Central Division playoff game. Finally, they end up back at Moyse to play Arcadia.
“It’ll be a good test,” said Thorossian of his team’s league start. “We’ll find out right away what we’re made of.”
Burroughs beat Glendale, 54-6, last season, Muir defeated Glendale, 47-6, and Arcadia trumped Glendale, 54-18.
Indeed, measurement of Glendale’s progress from last season could come quickly.
During their winless campaign, the Nitros’ two closest games came against their biggest rivals.
Crescenta Valley defeated Glendale, 38-18, in both teams’ league opener last year. This season, the annual “Battle for the Gong” will wait until the seventh week of the campaign.
As usual, the “Battle for the Victory Bell” between archrivals Hoover and Glendale will take place in the last week of the season.
Last year, Hoover won, 22-15.
This year, though, Glendale will be the home team at Moyse Field.
