CAMARILLO WINS IN FUMBLE FEST KAWAMOTO STEADY FORCE IN WIN CAMARILLO 28, HUENEME 0.Byline: Bill Schlotter Special to the Daily News CAMARILLO - While others slipped and sloshed sloshed adj. Slang Intoxicated; drunk. sloshed Adjective Slang, chiefly Brit & Austral drunk Adj. 1. , stumbled and fumbled, Camarillo running back Mark Kawamoto was steady on his feet Friday night, running through a steady rain for 186 yards and four touchdowns in a 28-0 Pacific View League victory over visiting Hueneme. The victory kept Camarillo (5-4, 3-1) in the race for at least a share of the league title and set up a championship game next week with Oxnard, which entered Friday's game with Pacifica undefeated in league play. Hueneme (2-7, 1-3) struggled with the weather as much as with Camarillo, fumbling fum·ble v. fum·bled, fum·bling, fum·bles v.intr. 1. To touch or handle nervously or idly: fumble with a necktie. 2. the slippery ball six times, losing it three times. Camarillo fumbled five times but lost the ball just once. Camarillo quickly turned the first two Hueneme fumbles into touchdowns. Kawamoto scored on a 10-yard run with 6:38 left in the second quarter after the ball squirted away from Hueneme and into Camarillo hands on the Hueneme 11. A few minutes later, he scored again, this time on a 2-yard run, to complete a short drive set up by a Hueneme fumble recovered at the Hueneme 27. Camarillo led 14-0 at the half. Camarillo had to work a little harder for its second-half points. Taking possession at its own 44 following a Hueneme punt, Camarillo had driven to the Hueneme 41 with 7:54 left in the third quarter when Kawamoto took off on his longest scoring run of the night. And in the fourth quarter, Kawamoto capped a 92-yard drive with a 35-yard scoring run. Camarillo quarterback Garrett Barlow bar·low n. An inexpensive, one- or two-bladed pocketknife. [After Barlow, the family name of its makers, two brothers in Sheffield, England.] and freshman running back Abe Candelaria also chipped in big runs during the drive, with Barlow dashing dash·ing adj. 1. Audacious and gallant; spirited. 2. Marked by showy elegance; splendid: a dashing coat. See Synonyms at fashionable. for 22 yards and Candelaria for 19. It was the biggest gain of the night for Barlow, who didn't attempt a pass in the sloppy slop·py adj. slop·pi·er, slop·pi·est 1. Marked by a lack of neatness or order; untidy: a sloppy room. 2. weather. Candelaria also had a good night running the football for Camarillo, picking up 97 yards on 25 carries. All told, Camarillo gained 302 yards rushing. The Camarillo defense allowed Hueneme to cross midfield just once under its own power, a third-quarter drive that ended on the Camarillo 48 when Hueneme couldn't convert on fourth-and 5. Hueneme, which managed just six first downs, recovered a fumbled punt at the Camarillo 31 early in the fourth quarter but ended up punting from the 37 four plays later. Hueneme kept to the ground as well, with quarterback Javier Puebla attempting just two passes, completing one to Alex Morfin for a single yard. Camarillo prepared for Friday's game thinking it would be facing a playoff play·off also play-off n. Sports 1. A final game or series of games played to break a tie. 2. A series of games played to determine a championship. Noun 1. contender. But Hueneme was forced to forfeit To lose to another person or to the state some privilege, right, or property due to the commission of an error, an offense, or a crime, a breach of contract, or a neglect of duty; to subject property to confiscation; or to become liable for the payment of a penalty, as the result of a two victories this week, one of them a Pacific View League win, for using an ineligible in·el·i·gi·ble adj. 1. Disqualified by law, rule, or provision: ineligible to run for office; ineligible for health benefits. 2. player. |
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