CITY CHAMPIONSHIP ROUNDUP: GRANT FINDS NO ROOM TO RUN.Byline: Daily News Grant of Van Nuys took an all-to-familiar early exit from the City Section Championship bracket playoffs Thursday afternoon. The Sunset Six League Champion Lancers The Champion 402 Lancer was an attempt to produce an inexpensive twin engine trainer by using two Continental O-200 engines on the wings of a tricycle gear Champion 7FC. Lists of were again outmatched by a higher seed, falling 48-6 to host No. 2 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.] . Grant was ousted by top-seeded in last year's first round. Grant (6-4) stopping the Cougars (10-0) in three plays on Crenshaw's first possession. But Crenshaw settled in and scored three touchdowns to take a 20-0 halftime lead. Grant was unable to move the ball as Crenshaw shut down Anthony Dickson, the area's top sophomore running back. Dickson, who averaged about 140 yards rushing per game, was overmatched, including just four carries for minus-13 yards in the second half. ``(Grant) could be a great City Invitational in·vi·ta·tion·al adj. Restricted to invited participants: an invitational golf tournament. n. An event, especially a sports tournament, restricted to invited participants. Adj. 1. team,'' said Crenshaw coach Robert Garrett
Robert S. Garrett (May 24, 1875 – April 25, 1961) was an American athlete. He was the first modern Olympic champion in discus throw and shot put. . ``They played us tough but they can do way better against teams in the same level as they are. I watched (Dickson) on film and he's a phenomenal player.'' Grant quarterback Julius Roberts was 7 of 17 for 114 yards in the second half. He found Hector Bernal for a 47-yard play late in the third quarter to set up Grant's score - a 9-yard pass to Bernal. ``It is hard to go out this way on my senior year,'' Roberts said. ``(Crenshaw) did a good job to stop our running attack, so we decided to keep passing the ball.'' Jonathan Fonua, Adrian Luna and Ben Roman each recovered fumbles, and Carlos Mendez intercepted a pass for Grant. -Julio Cortez --Westchester 41, Chatsworth 10: 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 Joe Shumpert gained just 14 yards on 11 carries and lost two fumbles as the Chancellors (6-4) were routed at Westchester. Quarterback Jason Moss Jason Moss was an American writer on serial killers. At college, for his honors thesis, he established relationships with such killers as Charles Manson, Jeffrey Dahmer and Henry Lee Lucas. He obtained samples of correspondence from and interviews with these men. was 16 of 39 for 156 yards, but Chatsworth managed just 20 yards rushing. Sam Calhoun passed for 100 yards and ran for 96 yards and three touchdowns on 11 carries to lead the Comets (9-1). Calhoun connected with Michael Sanford on 69-yard touchdown play to give Westchester a 14-0 lead late in the first quarter. Calhoun, Kevin Franklin, Brandon Hampton and Sanford combined for 298 yards rushing on 30 carries for Westchester. D.J. Amado scored the Chancellors' touchdown when he returned a fumble 77 yards in the fourth quarter. Greg Fullerton closed out the scoring with a 22-yard field goal with less than two minute remaining. Westchester advances to the second round on Wednesday and will host Dorsey. -Jack Pollon --Fremont 42, Franklin 34: Mark Bradford Mark Bradford (born Los Angeles, California, 1961) is an American artist living and working in Los Angeles. He studied at the California Institute of the Arts, located at Valencia, California, U.S., earning an MFA in 1997 and a BFA in 1995. caught eight passes for 116 yards and two touchdowns and rushed for 73 yards and a third score as the visiting Pathfinders (8-2) of 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. held off the Panthers of Highland Park Highland Park. 1 City (1990 pop. 30,575), Lake co., NE Ill., a suburb of Chicago on Lake Michigan; inc. 1869. It is a retail business and medical center for the North Shore area. . Franklin (7-3), champions of the Northern League, rallied from a 28-21 halftime deficit behind quarterback Narciso Diaz, who was 19 of 30 for 281 yards and three touchdown, but was sacked at the Fremont 31 as time expired. Bradford scored the go-ahead touchdown with 8:21 left in the fourth quarter when he made a leaping catch on an Abe Escobar 15-yard pass on triple coverage. Milvon James clinched the victory with a 17-yard touchdown run with 1:13 left in the game. -Bob Timmermann --Dorsey 34, Banning 22: Jermaine Moore had 209 yards and three touchdowns on 18 carries to lead the Dons (7-3) over the Pilots (3-7) at Jackie Robinson Noun 1. Jackie Robinson - United States baseball player; first Black to play in the major leagues (1919-1972) Jack Roosevelt Robinson, Robinson Park. -Christian Kinney |
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