CHAMINADE WIN A DREAM CHAMINADE 15, ALEMANY 14.Byline: Rich Hammond Rich Hammond Los Angeles Daily News sports writer. Instrumental in bringing the Los Angeles Kings hockey organization closer to the fans. He is the atypical "what a guy" to Kings fans everywhere. Rich Hammond on himself. Staff Writer Brian Roades dreamed about how his final football game would end, and that vision became a reality Friday night. Roades, the Chaminade of West Hills quarterback, caught a halfback- option pass from Marcus Everett to set up the game-winning touchdown in the Eagles' 15-14 Mission League victory over Alemany at Chaminade High. ``That play was in my dreams,'' said Roades, who missed the previous five games with a shoulder injury. ``I dreamed that I handed off to Marcus and went to finish my block, but when I turned back, the ball was coming to me. ``I told my coach about it, and he said, `We can do that.' We practiced it once, on Thursday.'' The Eagles trailed 14-7 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 fourth quarter when Roades' dream came true. The play went for 60 yards, down to the Alemany 8, and Chaminade scored on the next play on Everett's 8-yard run. There was 4:36 left in the game, but the Eagles went for a 2-point conversion and made it when Roades lofted a pass to the back of the end zone for Robert Theofanis. The Indians INDIANS. The aborigines of this country are so called. 2. In general, Indians have no political rights in the United States; they cannot vote at the general elections for officers, nor hold office. (2-8) had plenty of time for the potential winning score, but were hurt by their inability to pass the ball consistently. Alemany 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 Sergio Lopez, however, gained 191 yards on 20 carries. Alemany got down to the Chaminade 28, but faced fourth down with no timeouts and the last seconds ticking ticking a coat color pigmentation pattern in which hairs of one color are distributed in small groups throughout the background color, e.g. Australian cattle dog. Called also speckling. away. The Indians lined up for a 45-yard field goal but faked it, and holder Jeff Moore Jeffery D. Moore (born August 20, 1956 in Kosciusko, Mississippi) is a former American football running back in the NFL for the Seattle Seahawks, San Francisco 49ers and the Washington Redskins. He played college football for Jackson State University. was tackled to end the game. Chaminade finished its season 2-8, but it was a beautiful end to an ugly season that saw the Eagles lose five two-way players for much of the season. Roades struggled in his first game back, completing 6 of 16 attempts for 85 yards and two interceptions, and leading rusher Everett had 74 yards on eight carries. Alemany led 7-0 at halftime on a 20-yard pass from Brad Himes to Calvin Taylor. Chaminade tied the game midway through the third quarter on a 66-yard fumble return by Everett, but the Indians took the lead back on the ensuing en·sue intr.v. en·sued, en·su·ing, en·sues 1. To follow as a consequence or result. See Synonyms at follow. 2. To take place subsequently. possession on a 23-yard run by Lopez. |
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