ARCADIA USES TURNOVERS TO FINALLY DEFEAT MUIR : ARCADIA 42, MUIR 21.Byline: Bob Timmermann Special to the Daily News Arcadia High turned five Muir fumbles and a blocked punt into an easy 42-21 win at home Friday night, snapping a nine-year losing streak to the Mustangs. Muir (2-5, 1-1) fell behind early in the game when Arcadia's Kyu Yi blocked a Jason Edwards Jason Edwards is a musician and producer born in 1969 in Tamworth, Birmingham, UK. He is most well known for being the guitarist in U.K hard rock/ metal outfit 'Wolfsbane', who had considerable success in the early 90s, signing to Rick Rubins 'Def American' label. punt and then fell on the ball in the end zone for a touchdown just five minutes into the game. The Mustangs managed to tie the game early in the second quarter on a 23-yard touchdown run by Shelly Pownes. But after that, Muir committed three turnovers to give the game away. With eight minutes left in the first half, Javon Leong fumbled a punt at the Muir 15. Two plays later, Arcadia quarterback Mark Carroll Mark Carroll may refer to:
Then with 2:23 left in the half, Muir 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 James Samuel James Samuel (1824 – 1874) was a railway engineer who was appointed engineer to the Eastern Counties Railway in 1846. He held two important patents: the first mechanism for the compounding of steam locomotives, granted in 1850, and the railway fishplate of 1844. lost a fumble at the Muir 27. Again, two plays later, Carroll threw for another score, this one for 13 yards to fullback Brendan Bowman. Finally, with just 10 seconds left in the half, Muir quarterback Harold Bluford fumbled at the Muir 38. With :01 left in the half, Carroll threw for his third touchdown, passing 25 yards to Antonio Freeman Antonio Michael Freeman (born May 27, 1972 in Baltimore, Maryland) is a former American football wide receiver in the NFL, most notably for the Green Bay Packers. He attended the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, dominating his high school conference. . Arcadia (5-2, 2-0) led 28-7 at the half. On the evening, Carroll completed 10 of 17 passes for 177 yards and five touchdowns, two each to Bowman and Davis. ``Our secondary has been our Achilles heel Achilles heel Noun a small but fatal weakness [Achilles in Greek mythology was killed by an arrow in his unprotected heel] Achilles heel n → talón m de Aquiles this year,'' Muir co-coach Tony Crutchfield said. ``We're playing a lot of sophomores back there and we just have to do our best.'' Bluford completed 12 of 18 passes for 188 yards, including a 51-yard touchdown pass to Leong in the fourth quarter. |
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