CITY CHAMPIONSHIP: G.H. IS TOO EARLY CARSON 35, G. HILLS 28.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 CARSON - Granada Hills got a taste of football 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. glory Thursday night, but unfortunately for the Highlanders, almost all of it came in the game's first eight minutes. The Highlanders took a 14-point first-quarter lead, but poor tackling on defense and special teams allowed Carson to rally for a 35-28 victory in the first round of the City Section Championship playoffs at Carson High. Third-seeded Carson (10-1) scored 28 consecutive points and advanced to face No. 5 Taft of Woodland Hills in the second round. The No. 13 Highlanders finished 6-3. A poor Carson punt gave Granada Hills the ball at the Colts' 30 on its first possession, and the Highlanders scored seven plays later on a 1-yard run by Jermaine Bogle bo·gle n. A hobgoblin; a bogey. [Scots bogill, perhaps ultimately from Welsh bwg, ghost, hobgoblin. . Granada Hills then forced Carson to punt after three plays and scored on the next play, a 38-yard pass from Luke Sniewski to Jason Rilloraza (eight catches, 175 yards). But Carson scored on its next three possessions to take a 21-14 lead less than two minutes into the third quarter, and the big play was yet to come. The Highlanders got the ball on their own 15 and moved it to near midfield mid·field n. Sports 1. The section of a playing field midway between goals. 2. Players whose usual positions are in the midfield. mid before they were forced to punt. Michael Chang Michael Te-Pei Chang (張德培; Pinyin: Zhāng Dépéi; born February 22 1972, in Hoboken, New Jersey, U.S.) is an American former professional tennis player. got off a strong punt, but Carson's LaMar Queen had room to run down the left sideline sideline See on the sidelines. . He broke a tackle near midfield and completed the 78-yard touchdown for a 28-14 lead. From there, the Highlanders tried to rally with the pass. Sniewski finished 17 of 38 for 257 yards and threw a 1-yard scoring pass to David Freeman late in the third quarter to cut Carson's lead to seven points. |
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