A ROYAL DOUBLE WIN, COIN FLIP MEANS PLAYOFF BERTH ROYAL 42, SIMI VALLEY 6.Byline: Chris Cocoles Staff Writer MOORPARK - On what easily could have been its last gasp, Royal High of Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. showed flashes of what Southern Section Division IV teams will confront next week. James Cox James Cox is the name of:
adv. & adj. Sports To, into, or in the defensive team's end of the field. Adj. 1. downfield - toward or in the defending team's end of the playing field; "he threw to a downfield receiver" for big chunks of yards. The Highlanders, touted as Marmonte League The Marmonte League is a high school sports league primarily made up of schools from Ventura County. The Marmonte Leauge is part of the CIF Southern Section. Click here to view the league schedule. contenders but needing every last breath to keep their playoff hopes alive, routed neighborhood rival Simi Valley 42-6 Friday night at Moorpark College Moorpark College is a California-state funded community college located on a 134 acre (542,000 m²) property reclining on a hill in Moorpark, a town in Ventura County, California. . A few miles away at Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. High, three flipped coins landed the Highlanders' way. They drew the odd flip among fellow fourth-place teams Agoura and Newbury Park, giving Royal the Marmonte League's fourth postseason berth. Suddenly, a healthier team rejuvenated re·ju·ve·nate tr.v. re·ju·ve·nat·ed, re·ju·ve·nat·ing, re·ju·ve·nates 1. To restore to youthful vigor or appearance; make young again. 2. by a win over its rival and the luck of the coin is capable of beating a league champion, which the Highlanders will face in the opening round. ``We've got tons of talent on this team, and if the football gods let us go to the playoffs, I think we can roll,'' senior receiver/cornerback Robert Davis Robert Davis can refer to:
Royal's Marmonte championship hopes fizzled in an early loss to Thousand Oaks. But the Highlanders (5-5, 2-4) didn't expect to suffer three more leagues losses in succession entering the Simi Valley game. Several factors contributed to the Highlanders' demise. But none played a bigger role than Morris' badly sprained ankle A sprained ankle, also known as a ankle sprain, ankle injury or ankle ligament injury, is a common medical condition where one or more of the ligaments of the ankle is torn or partially torn. that kept him out for the second half of the Newbury Park game and all of the Westlake game. The Highlanders lost both, and even with Morris on the field but hobbling last week, Royal went down 13-0 to Moorpark to take playoff fate out of its own hands. ``We had such high hopes, and the publicity (the Highlanders) received got to our heads a little bit,'' Davis said. Morris remains at less than 100 percent, but he ran for two first-half touchdowns and 119 yards Friday as the Highlanders took a 35-0 lead. ``I feel I'm like I'm looked up to as one of the leaders on this team,'' Morris said. ``Some momentum goes down when one of your top players goes down.'' Simi Valley (0-10, 0-6), which has lost 21 consecutive games, gave its fans some hope when Ken Dehler returned a kickoff 64 yards following a Morris touchdown run that put the Highlanders ahead 7-0. The Pioneers lost the ball on downs at Royal's 20 and Cox threw an 18-yard touchdown to Ryan Keys on the ensuing possession to make it 14-0. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Royal quarterback James Cox, left, eludes Simi Valley's Jason Terry in the first quarter Friday. Eric Grigorian/Special to the Daily News |
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