CAMPBELL: M'MMM GOOD.Byline: Vincent Bonsignore Daily News Staff Writer The play is called one-forty-one 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 touchdown, but Westlake High might just have to change the name to the Travis Campbell Special. It's the least the Warriors
On the play, Westlake quarterback Zac Wasserman throws 5 yards to Campbell, who then pitches the ball to wide receiver Chris Catalano. That's the way it's supposed to work. And for the most part, it did on Friday save for the fact that Campbell was hit immediately after catching the pass and had his back turned to Catalano the moment he was supposed to pitch it. But a play is a play, right? Instead of eating the ball, Campbell somehow delivered a no-look, behind-the-back pitch to Catalano, who then raced 75 yards for a touchdown to give Westlake a 13-6 lead. More then that, it woke up the Warriors from a sluggish first half. They went on to score 30 straight points and turn a close game into a rout. Afterward af·ter·ward also af·ter·wards adv. At a later time; subsequently. Adv. 1. afterward - happening at a time subsequent to a reference time; "he apologized subsequently"; "he's going to the store but he'll be back here , Campbell had more praise for Catalano than himself. ``I knew exactly where Chris would be and I just threw it to him,'' Campbell said. ``Chris is the kind of athlete that can make things happen.'' It's not unusual for Campbell to make big plays - he caught 57 passes for 846 yards and seven touchdowns a year ago - but this was special even by his lofty standards. And he never considered not pitching the ball to Catalano. ``I'm supposed to get him the ball on that play and that's what I did,'' Campbell said. Later on, Campbell added a 70-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 , a 10-yard touchdowns catch and a 13-yard touchdown reception. On the night he had 10 catches for 116 yards. ``We were really nervous, but we waited and had patience and good things happened,'' Campbell said. ``Our coach says we're a second-half team and that's the way it worked out tonight.'' Campbell wasn't the only star. Westlake quarterback Zac Wasserman completed 20 of 28 passes for 333 yards and three touchdowns. Junior running back Julian Lambert Lambert may refer to
Westlake had little trouble moving the ball in the first half, although turning that yardage yard·age 1 n. 1. An amount or length measured in yards. 2. Cloth sold by the yard. Noun 1. into points was a different matter entirely. Despite Wasserman's 142 yards passing and Lambert's 74 yards on the ground, all the Warriors had to show was seven points. They ended the second quarter by driving to the Bulldogs' 9-yard line, only to lose 9 yards on first down and then have Wasserman get sacked sack 1 n. 1. a. A large bag of strong coarse material for holding objects in bulk. b. A similar container of paper or plastic. c. The amount that such a container can hold. 2. as time ran out. Westlake took a 7-0 lead on Lambert's 5-yard touchdown run midway Midway, island group (2 sq mi/5.2 sq km), central Pacific, c.1,150 mi (1,850 km) NW of Honolulu, comprising Sand and Eastern islands with the surrounding atoll. Discovered by Americans in 1859, Midway was annexed in 1867. A cable station was opened in 1903. through the second period. |
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