CITY 3-A : MONROE EDGES CRENSHAW 21-20.Byline: Daily News Monroe running back George Garcia's 79-yard, fourth-quarter touchdown - which immediately answered Tye Smith's 79-yard touchdown on the previous possession - and Liz Nemeth's extra point lifted the Vikings (8-3) to a 21-20 victory over visiting Crenshaw cren·shaw also cran·shaw n. A variety of winter melon (Cucumis melo var. inodorus) having a greenish-yellow rind and sweet, usually salmon-pink flesh. [Origin unknown.] Friday. Smith's score, with 9:31 left in the game, gave Crenshaw a short-lived 20-13 lead. However, Crenshaw (4-6-1) failed on its two-point conversion In American football and Canadian football, a team may try to score a two-point conversion (score two points) instead of an extra point (one point) immediately after it scores a touchdown. attempt. Vinny Walker, finally healthy, rushed 18 times for 125 yards and two touchdowns. Walker's first touchdown evened the game at 6-6 on an 11-yard run with 11:01 left in the first half. The second, a 4-yard run, and his own two-point conversion evened the score again at 14 with 1:35 remaining in the third period. ``We were faster than I expected,'' Monroe coach Sloan Bunting bunting, common name for small, plump birds of the family Fringillidae (finch family). Among the American buntings are the indigo bunting, in which the summer plumage of the male reflects sunlight as a rich, metallic blue; the painted bunting, or nonpareil ( said. ``The kids played harder and ran harder than they have all year.'' Monroe's defense was led by defensive tackle Eric Beltran, who had three unassisted tackles, three assists and two forced fumbles - the second of which led to Walker's second touchdown. ?13- Mark Bosteder 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:
Roosevelt quarterback Aaron Rodriguez was tackled in the end zone for a safety, then Wright returned 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. free kick 62 yards for a TD and ran in a two-point conversion - all in the first 22 seconds of the game. Wright scored his other touchdown on a 52-yard run with four minutes remaining in the first quarter. The score was set up by an interception by defensive back Ruel Samuels. Wright's backfield mate, Devontra Hargrove, chipped in with 93 yards rushing and a 1-yard touchdown, also in the first quarter. Quarterback/defensive back Aaron Fredette also scored twice in the first half, first on a 7-yard run that made the score 18-0 and then on a 91-yard return of a blocked field goal to make it 39-0. ?13- Mark Bosteder Chatsworth 26, South Gate 22: The Chancellors'' defense stopped Edgar Curiel inches short of the goal line on the last play of the game to post an upset victory over the Rams at South Gate high. South Gate (6-4) ran a play from the 1-yard line as time expired, which caused confusion over whether the Rams got the play off in time and whether they scored. The officials conferred for nearly a minute before deciding Curiel had not crossed the goal line. Chatsworth (6-5) rallied in the final six minutes to take the lead. Sophomore quarterback Matt Cassel Matt Cassel [CASS-ul] (born May 17, 1982 in Northridge, California) is an American football quarterback for the New England Patriots of the NFL. Youth and high school career hit Kieron Barkataki on a 15-yard touchdown pass with 5:49 remaining. Cassel completed 9 of 16 pass attempts for 190 yards and three touchdowns. Running back Eric Harris Eric Harris may refer to:
?13- Bryan Rodgers Eagle Rock 35, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. 20: The visiting Eagles (6-5) scored all their points in the second half of a City 3-A first-round 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 . Senior running back David Jovanelly rushed for 122 yards and two touchdowns on 24 carries. His 5-yard run gave the Eagles a 21-20 lead early in the fourth quarter. Eagle Rock wide receiver Jeremy LaDou, playing for ineligible star Albert Celis, hauled in four passes for 148 yards and two touchdowns. The Eagles, led by senior linebacker Napoleon Bermudez, sacked Los Angeles quarterback Terrence Brown eight times and held the Romans to five first downs. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: El Camino Real's Aaron Fredette (left) takes down Roosevelt's Marcos Garcia during ECR's convincing 3-A victory Friday. Joe Binoya / Special to the Daily News |
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