Printer Friendly
The Free Library
19,607,059 articles and books
Member login
User name  
Password 
 
Join us Forgot password?

BRIGNAC RUNS WILD.


Byline: Daily News

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

 Marquis Brignac rushed for 296 yards on 20 carries and scored on runs of 80, 56 and 72 yards, as visiting Taft High defeated Granada Hills 35-7 in a Northwest Valley Conference opener Friday night.

Taft (3-0, 1-0) jumped on the Highlanders (0-4, 0-1) early with a safety and Sedric Hurns' 66-yard return on the ensuing en·sue  
intr.v. en·sued, en·su·ing, en·sues
1. To follow as a consequence or result. See Synonyms at follow.

2. To take place subsequently.
 kickoff.

Brignac, who had 206 yards entering the game, then sprinted for his 80-yard score, which gave Taft a 16-0 lead at the end of the first quarter.

Granada Hills quarterback Richard Mathiesen (7 of 22, 64 yards, two interceptions) found Leon Pimky on a 28-yard touchdown pass for the Highlanders' only score.

Brignac broke a 56-yard run in the third quarter and scored his third touchdown, a 72 yarder, with 5:02 to play.

Pimky caught six passes for 58 yards and averaged 42.1 yards on eight punts for the Highlanders.

?13- Jack Pollon

Kennedy 37, Cleveland 14: Jason Jones Jason Jones is the name of:
  • Jason Jones (actor), Daily Show correspondent.
  • Jason Jones (programmer), computer game programmer, co-founder of Bungie Studios.
  • Jason Jones (singer), former lead singer of Drowning Pool.
 rushed for 140 yards and a touchdown as the Cougars (3-1, 1-0) won their Northwest Valley Conference opener.

Cleveland's Terrence Young returned the opening kickoff 85 yards for a score, but the Cougars quickly regrouped, with contributions from Jones and David Burney. Jones led the first-half running game with 79 yards, while Burney added a pair of 11-yard touchdowns runs.

Kennedy dominated the second half, holding the Cavaliers scoreless. Cleveland (1-3, 0-1) managed just 162 yards total offense. The Cougars' special teams continued to shine, with a 60-yard punt return In American and Canadian football a punt return is one of the punt receiving team's options to respond to a punt. A player (usually a second or third string wide receiver or running back) positioned many yards from the line of scrimmage will attempt to catch or pick up the ball  for a score by Sanders San´ders

n. 1. An old name of sandalwood, now applied only to the red sandalwood. See under Sandalwood.
 Trent. Cougars quarterback Ray Rodriguez Ray Rodriguez is Cuban-American businessperson and the current president of Univision.

Univision Communications (a subsidiary of Broadcasting Media Partners Inc.)
    
 completed 10 of 14 passes for 154 yards and a touchdown.

?13- Steve Swaigenbaum

El Camino Real El Camino Real (Spanish for The Royal Road or The King's Highway) was the name of a series of pre-automobile highways linking the various New World colonies of Spain:
  • There is an El Camino Real in California; see: El Camino Real (California).
 40, Chatsworth 15:Aaron Fredette completed 13 of 18 passes for 312 yards and four touchdowns as the visiting Conquistadores remained undefeated.

Fredette, who came in rated as the No. 3 passer in the City Section, also rushed for 81 yards and a touchdown for El Camino Real (4-0, 1-0). Receiver Demond Daniels caught nine passes for 227 yards and three touchdowns.

Running back Quincy Wright Philip Quincy Wright (28 December 1890 – 17 October 1970) was an American political scientist known for his pioneering work and expertise in international law and international relations. , bothered by a foot injury, rushed for two touchdowns, but was limited to 20 yards. He also caught a 26-yard touchdown pass less than two minutes into the game.

Chatsworth (2-2, 0-1) was held scoreless by the El Camino Real defense until the fourth quarter, when quarterback Matt Cassel Matt Cassel [CASS-ul] (born May 17, 1982 in Northridge, California) is an American football quarterback for the New England Patriots of the NFL. Youth and high school career  connected with Kieron Barkataki on touchdown passes of 12 and 15 yards.

?13- Johnny Koegel

Sylmar 41, Van Nuys 0: The Spartans' ground game rolled up 365 yards and five touchdowns to bury the visiting Wolves wolves  
n.
Plural of wolf.


wolves
Noun

the plural of wolf

Wolves
See also animals.

lycanthrope

1. a person suffering from lycanthropy.
 (0-4, 0-1) in a Valley Pac-8 Conference game.

Sylmar (3-1, 1-0) was paced by running back Donald Carpenter, who rushed for 90 yards on nine carries and scored on runs of 12 and 23 yards.

Spartans running back Errol Bowen added 83 yards on seven carries. He scored on a run of 17 yards and caught a touchdown pass of 70 yards from quarterback Joey Joey

after Joseph Grimaldi, famous 19th-century clown. [Am. Hist.: Espy, 45]

See : Clowns
 LaPorte.

?13- Mark Bosteder

Eagle Rock 39, Verdugo Hills 7:Running backs David Jovenally and Rhuben Williams combined for 295 total yards to lead the visiting Eagles in a Northern Conference game.

Jovenally had 159 yards rushing and one touchdown on 20 carries. He caught two passes for 33 yards. Williams rushed for 63 yards and two touchdowns on just seven carries. He also caught two passes for 40 yards.

Quarterback James Regalado (11 for 23, 212 yards) threw scoring passes of 48 and 12 yards to help Eagle Rock (2-2, 1-0) build a 26-0 halftime lead.

?13- Alex Valladares

Reseda 47, Poly (language) Poly - 1. A polymorphic, block-structured language developed by D.C.J. Matthews at Cambridge in the early 1980s.

["An Overview of the Poly Programming Language", D.C.J. Matthews, in Data Types and Persistence, M.P. Atkinson et al eds, Springer 1988].

2.
 6: Senior quarterback Demario Campbell threw for two touchdowns and rushed for two more to lead the visiting Regents (2-2, 1-0) to a Valley Pac-8 Conference victory.

Campbell finished with 90 yards rushing on seven carries. He also completed 3-of-6 passes for 92 yards. Junior fullback Joseph Looney added 132 yards on nine carries and a touchdown for Reseda.

?13- Doug Rubin

Franklin 42, Wilson 6: Erik Garcia completed 17 of 23 passes for 325 yards and six touchdowns to lead the visiting Panthers (2-2, 1-0) to a Northern Conference win over the Mules (0-3-1, 0-1). Daniel Gourdane of Franklin had eight catches for 197 yards, including scoring receptions of 49, 64 and 13 yards.

CAPTION(S):

Photo

PHOTO Eagle Rock's David Jovanelly is tackled by Verdugo Hills' Ruben Tabarez during the Eagles' 39-7 victory.

Gene Blevins / Daily News
COPYRIGHT 1997 Daily News
No portion of this article can be reproduced without the express written permission from the copyright holder.
Copyright 1997, Gale Group. All rights reserved. Gale Group is a Thomson Corporation Company.

 Reader Opinion

Title:

Comment:



 

Article Details
Printer friendly Cite/link Email Feedback
Title Annotation:SPORTS
Publication:Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Date:Oct 4, 1997
Words:737
Previous Article:BIRMINGHAM TURNS TO DOHERTY; QUARTERBACK THROWS FOR 5 TOUCHDOWNS : BIRMINGHAM 45, SAN FERNANDO 24.
Next Article:INTERSECTIONAL ROUNDUP: HIGHLAND RALLIES TO VICTORY.



Related Articles
THE WAIT IS OVER; TALENTED WESTLAKE RECEIVER IS MAKING UP FOR LOST TIME.
TRACK AND FIELD BEAT : DAREDEVIL HEIGHTS.
THE DAY IN SPORTS: SAUGUS SHREDS RIGHETTI IN WILD-CARD MATCH.
TAFT'S BRIGNAC PLOWS THROUGH S.F.
BACK IN FORM, TAFT BREEZES : TAFT 43 CRENSHAW 8.
WHAT'S IN A NAME?; FOR TAFT RUNNING BACK MARQUIS BRIGNAC, IT'S PLENTY.
STAR ON THE RISE : BRIGNAC, 13, REACHES SOME AMAZING HEIGHTS.
TAFT SHUTS OUT BANNING : TAFT 27 BANNING 0.
THE HIGH SCHOOLS : NOW OR LATER? IT'S UP TO BRIGNAC.
TAFT'S DEFENSE SHOWS THE WAY : TAFT 33 WASHINGTON 21.

Terms of use | Copyright © 2012 Farlex, Inc. | Feedback | For webmasters | Submit articles