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ANTELOPE VALLEY OVERWHELMED : BAKERSFIELD 20 ANTELOPE 0.


Byline: Gerry Gittelson Daily News Staff Writer

Outmanned Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming.

The Antelope Valley
 High managed just 64 yards of total offense - minus-2 in the first half - as Central Section power Bakersfield steamrolled its way to a 20-0 nonleague win in the season opener for both teams Friday at Antelope Valley.

``We just couldn't get anything going,'' said Antelope Valley coach Brent Newcomb, whose Antelopes advanced to the Division II semifinals last year. ``They were a pretty tough team, and for us it was a learning situation. We have a long way to go.''

Antelope Valley fell behind 14-0 at halftime. The Antelopes crossed midfield mid·field  
n. Sports
1. The section of a playing field midway between goals.

2. Players whose usual positions are in the midfield.



mid
 just once, advancing to the Bakersfield 35 on their first drive of the second half. But the rally ended when Chasio Gaines' 35-yard touchdown reception was called back on an illegal procedure penalty, followed by Michael Place's fourth-down incomplete pass An incomplete pass is a term in American football which means that a legal forward pass hits the ground before a player on either team gains possession. For example, if the quarterback throws the ball to one of his wide receivers, and the receiver either does not touch it, or tries .

Place, a junior, was 6 of 16 for 54 yards.

Antelope Valley's defense broke down in the second quarter, allowing quarterback James McGill's 36-yard touchdown run and a 25-yard scoring pass from McGill to receiver Patrick Osborn. McGill's scoring run came on a third-and-1 sneak that saw Antelope Valley's defense part like the Red Sea. Osborn burned cornerback cor·ner·back also corner back  
n. Football
Either of two defensive halfbacks stationed a short distance behind the linebackers and relatively near the sidelines.

Noun 1.
 Gaines on an outside post for the second touchdown.

``We had two breakdowns,'' Newcomb said.

``Nothing was going right,'' said Antelope Valley tailback tail·back  
n. Football
The back on an offensive team who lines up farthest from the line of scrimmage.


tailback
Noun

Brit a queue of traffic stretching back from an obstruction

 Bruce Molock, who gained nine yards on 10 carries. ``We wanted to step it up but we made some mistakes.''

Bakersfield won its 600th football game.

Bakersfield lineman Ray Stansbury said the difference was his team's ability to control the line of scrimmage line of scrimmage
n. pl. lines of scrimmage Football
Either of two imaginary lines extending across the field parallel to the goal line at the ends of the ball as it rests prior to being snapped and at which each team lines up for
.

``AV didn't have any size and they were slow off the blow,'' Stansbury said. ``Our defense came out hyped up hyped up
Adjective

Old-fashioned slang stimulated or excited by or as if by drugs
.''

McGill completed 4 of 5 passes for 81 yards and two touchdowns and was the game's leading rusher with 56 yards on eight carries. Osborn caught three passes for 56 yards and two touchdowns and kicked two extra points.

Kilpatrick transfer Jermaine Marshall led Antelope Valley with 24 yards rushing on 10 attempts.
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Publication:Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Date:Sep 12, 1998
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