C.V. GOES DOWN : RIGHETTI 24 CRESCENTA VALLEY 7.Byline: Bob Timmermann Special to the Daily News It took about four hours for Righetti to make the drive from Santa Maria Santa Maria, city, Brazil Santa Maria (sän`tə mərē`ə), city (1991 pop. 217,592), Rio Grande do Sul state, S Brazil. It is a major railroad terminus and the site of an important military base. to Glendale High, and just a little more than two hours for the Warriors to abruptly end Crescenta Valley's season. Righetti beat the Falcons in every phase of the game to score a surprising 24-7 win over the No. 2 seed in a first-round Southern Section Division III
Division III (or DIII) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association of the United States. playoff game Noun 1. playoff game - one game in the series of games constituting a playoff game - a single play of a sport or other contest; "the game lasted two hours" playoff - any final competition to determine a championship . Crescenta Valley The Crescenta Valley is a small inland valley in Los Angeles County, California. Its name derives from its crescent-like shape, with the convex portion facing roughly northeast and the concave portion southwest. , 10-0 in the regular season, turned in its worst performance of the year, committing seven turnovers and looking baffled on defense. ``They kicked our butts in all three phases of the game,'' Crescenta Valley coach Allan Eberhart said. ``They ran on us, which no one had done, and we were unable to stop their run.'' Sophomore quarterback Ruben Villa was the key to Righetti's offense. After a quiet first half, Villa picked up 88 rushing yards as the Falcon defense could not shut down Righetti's option offense. Crescenta Valley running back Kenny Pritchett did manage to gain 109 yards rushing, but he fumbled three times, twice in Righetti territory. Falcon quarterback Seth Santoro and Ryan McKnight combined to throw three interceptions and had only 46 yards passing. Righetti coach Greg Dickinson knew his team was ready for the challenge that Crescenta Valley offered. ``We faced eight playoff teams in our 10 games this year. We know that our league (Northern) is a good one,'' Dickinson said. Righetti's first score came in the second quarter and was set up by a Falcon turnover. Mark Kier n. 1. (Bleaching) A large tub or vat in which goods are subjected to the action of hot lye or bleaching liquor; - also called keeve ltname>. and Wes Barber ran into each other trying to field a punt, and the Warriors recovered the fumble at the Crescenta Valley 20. A play later, Villa hit Scott Smith Scott Smith is the name of:
In the second half, Righetti (6-5) was nearly unstoppable. The Warriors scored 1:24 into the third quarter after driving 65 yards. Jared Smith Jared Smith is an American amateur singer specializing in Spanish. His singing career achieved some notoriety in the mid-1990s when his brothers Colin and Ian of Freeverse Software combined a recording of his singing with an animated smiley face. scored on a 15 yard run. On their next possession, the Warriors drove down to the Crescenta Valley 8, where they had to settle for a 24-yard field goal by Jimmy Atkinson. Crescenta Valley's only score came with 9:24 left in the game on a 1-yard run by Pritchett. Unfazed un·fazed adj. Not fazed or disturbed. by that setback, Righetti drove 55 yards for a touchdown the next time it got the ball, with Jared Smith scoring the second touchdown of the game, a 5-yard run. |
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