BUM ANKLE AND ALL, BROWN CARRIES NOTRE DAME TO WIN RB CRUCIAL DURING WINNING DRIVE NOTRE DAME 24, VALENCIA 21.Byline: KIRBY Kirby is a common place name, surname, and given name. Other common uses include:
LEE Special to the Daily News VALENCIA Valencia, region, Spain Valencia (välān`thēä), autonomous region (1990 pop. 3,902,429) and former kingdom, E Spain, on the Mediterranean. It now comprises the provinces of Alicante, Castellón, and Valencia. -- Notre Dame Notre Dame IPA: [nɔtʁ dam] is French for Our Lady, referring to the Virgin Mary. In the United States of America, Notre Dame High of Sherman Oaks running back Thaddeus Brown doesn't seem to have lost a step. Brown, who sprained his right ankle in the first quarter of Notre Dame's nonleague victory over Saugus last week, rushed for 180 yards in 32 carries and a touchdown in a 24-21 nonleague victory over host Valencia High on Friday night. With his ankle heavily taped, Brown carried 12 times for 70 yards on Notre Dame's winning 14-play drive from its own 20 to the Valencia 3 that consumed con·sume v. con·sumed, con·sum·ing, con·sumes v.tr. 1. To take in as food; eat or drink up. See Synonyms at eat. 2. a. 7 minutes 44 seconds. ``(The ankle) felt fine. I just wanted to protect the ball and get first downs,'' Brown said. ``Out goal was to eat up the clock.'' Erik Folk's 21-yard field goal with 2:32 left was the difference for Notre Dame (5-0), which needed two interceptions in the final two minutes to preserve the win over the Vikings (1-5). Mike Stanton William Michael (Mike) Stanton (born June 2, 1967 in Houston, Texas) is a left-handed specialist relief pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Cincinnati Reds. From 1989 through 2006, Stanton has posted a 67-60 record with a 3. , who caught a 6-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter, intercepted a pass from Valencia's Graham Wilbert at the Notre Dame 31 with 1:06 to play. Jasper Cajayon stepped in front of Valencia's Virgil Hill Virgil Eugene Hill (born January 18, 1964 Clinton, Missouri) is a Joplin, Missouri fighter partly of Native American heritage, who forged a solid connection between the state of North Dakota and the sport of boxing. for an interception at the 4-yard line on the final play. ``Our defense wasn't playing really well. We just had to bear down,'' Stanton said. ``We came out playing horribly the whole game.'' It was one of three second-half interceptions for Notre Dame. The Knights' Chris Plance picked off a Wilbert pass less than two minutes into the third quarter, setting up a 2-yard sneak by Shane Horton to give Notre Dame its first lead, 21-14. ``This is embarrassing,'' said Wilbert, who was 14 of 25 for 170 yards and a touchdown. ``I threw it away for the team at the end of the game. We were right there until the very end.'' |
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