CAMACHO: TO QB OR NOT TO QB STANDOUT'S RETURN SPARKS EAGLE ROCK.Byline: Alex Valladares Special to the Daily News EAGLE ROCK - Jeremy Camacho is living a dream this week, preparing to lead Eagle Rock High's football team in a championship game at the Coliseum Coliseum: see Colosseum. . The Eagles (11-2), primarily on the strength of Camacho's arm, have won eight successive games en route to the City Invitational in·vi·ta·tion·al adj. Restricted to invited participants: an invitational golf tournament. n. An event, especially a sports tournament, restricted to invited participants. Adj. 1. final Friday against Northern League rival Marshall of Los Feliz (10-2-1). Camacho, a senior who has completed nearly 64 percent of his passes for for 2,519 yards and 28 touchdowns - with only eight interceptions in 247 attempts - nearly missed all of it. Receiving All-City recognition as a junior after leading Eagle Rock to its first league title in 12 years, Camacho informed the coaching staff he would not return for his senior season. ``During the spring, football was the last thing on my mind,'' he said. ``I was mentally tired of everything that was going on at the time. It just wasn't fun for me.'' Eagles coach Jerry Chou and his staff were stunned stun tr.v. stunned, stun·ning, stuns 1. To daze or render senseless, by or as if by a blow. 2. To overwhelm or daze with a loud noise. 3. , and by summer word had filtered through that Camacho, Chou said, ``got some bad advice from some adults.'' ``He's a kid who made a hasty hast·y adj. hast·i·er, hast·i·est 1. Characterized by speed; rapid. See Synonyms at fast1. 2. Done or made too quickly to be accurate or wise; rash: a hasty decision. decision ...'' the coach said. ``We felt he deserved another chance.'' Camacho had a change of heart, and he asked if he could return. Chou said sure, but he would not be the starting quarterback. Camacho saw no action in the first two games. ``We told him that he would have to take a back seat after being the driver of this vehicle the past two years,'' Chou said. ``He handled it perfectly, with a lot grace. He did everything we asked of him. He never missed practice. He was very supportive of Aaron (Frescas, the starter).'' Said Camacho: ``I learned that my actions had consequences. ... I knew I had to prove to (the coaches) that they didn't make a mistake by allowing me back on the team.'' He returned to the field in Week 3, coming off the bench to throw for two touchdowns and run for a third in a 27-20 comeback Comeback Australian breed of wool sheep, bred by crossing Merino with Corriedale, Polwarth or Zenith sheep; wool is 21 to 25 microns. It is a registered breed, but the term is more commonly used in the sense of a type of sheep produced by crossbreeding a crossbred Merino back to Merino. victory over Hamilton Hamilton, city, Bermuda Hamilton, city (1990 est. pop. 3,100), capital of Bermuda, on Bermuda Island. It is a port at the head of Great Sound, a huge lagoon and deepwater harbor protected by coral reefs. of West Los Angeles
In last week's Invitational semifinal, Camacho, rallied Eagle Rock to a 41-34 victory over 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:
``I regret quitting,'' Camacho said. ``I am having the time of my life. Winning the final would make it even sweeter.'' CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Quarterback Jeremy Camacho has guided the Eagles into the City Invitational final. Tom Mendoza/Staff Photographer |
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