BATISTA IGNITES FAITH BAPTIST : F. BAPTIST 56 G. BRETHREN 18.Byline: Dave Shelburne Daily News Staff Writer Faith Baptist junior Julio Batista ran for three touchdowns and passed for three Saturday to lead the undefeated Contenders past Grace Brethren 56-18 and into undisputed first place in the Heritage League football standings. The victory over the Lancers lanc·er n. 1. A cavalryman armed with a lance. 2. A member of a regiment originally armed with lances. 3. lancers (used with a sing. verb) a. A kind of quadrille. b. (4-3, 4-1) all but clinched a 17th playoff appearance in 18 seasons for Faith Baptist (7-0, 5-0), the longtime eight-man power. While quarterback Batista (a combined 227 yards rushing and passing) topped the offensive statistics for both teams, the game may have turned on the coaching wiles wile n. 1. A stratagem or trick intended to deceive or ensnare. 2. A disarming or seductive manner, device, or procedure: the wiles of a skilled negotiator. 3. Trickery; cunning. of Faith Baptist's Gregg Weiss, the 10-year veteran who ordered back-to-back onside on·side adv. & adj. Sports In such a position as to be able to play or receive a ball or puck legally. onside Adjective, adv Sport kickoffs to open the second half. His Contenders recovered both, following each with touchdowns to break open an 18-6 game and break the hearts of the Lancers faithful in a sizable homecoming Homecoming Odyssey concerning Odysseus’s difficulties in getting home after war. [Gk. Myth.: Odyssey] You Can’t Go Home Again revisiting his home town, a writer is disillusioned by what he sees. [Am. Lit. crowd at Grace Brethren. ``We were not ready for that,'' second-year Lancers coach Dennis Stephenson said. ``We thought we'd come out and be in the game and take control. But we were a little flattened flat·ten v. flat·tened, flat·ten·ing, flat·tens v.tr. 1. To make flat or flatter. 2. To knock down; lay low: The boxer was flattened with one punch. by that.'' The Lancers, who got 157 yards total offense from quarterback Robert Serra and two touchdowns from Greg Reynolds, had battled on even terms throughout the first half, when the difference was Faith Baptist's ability to control the clock with three long scoring drives. But the onside kicks onside kick n. Football A kickoff in which the ball carries just far enough, at least ten yards, to be recovered legally by the kicking team. led to the first two of what would be four successive second-half TDs by the Contenders, who wound up outgaining the Lancers 361-240. Weiss was gracious in victory, pointing out that the Grace Brethren was playing without three injured starters. One healthy Lancer - speedy linebacker Jackson Beauchamp - stood out spectacularly in defeat, taking part in 31 tackles and chasing down several Contenders from behind. He stopped two Faith Baptist conversion runs short of the goal line, deflected de·flect intr. & tr.v. de·flect·ed, de·flect·ing, de·flects To turn aside or cause to turn aside; bend or deviate. [Latin d a pass in the end zone and also had the clearing block on the Lancers' final touchdown run. |
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