CITY ROUNDUP: TAFT WIN MARRED BY INJURIES.Byline: Daily News The West Valley League football game between Taft of Woodland Hills and cross-town cross·town or cross-town adj. Running, extending, or going across a city or town: a crosstown street; crosstown traffic. adv. counterpart 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:
El Camino Real linebacker Anthony DeLeon hurt his back on a kickoff at the 11:51 mark of the third quarter and was taken to the West Hills Emergency Center as a precautionary pre·cau·tion·ar·y also pre·cau·tion·al adj. Of, relating to, or constituting a precaution: taking precautionary measures; gave precautionary advice. Adj. 1. measure. Coaches and school administrators for both sides agreed to stop the game at that point. Earlier in the game, Taft running back Malcolm Smith Malcolm Smith may refer to:
Andre Harris scored on touchdown runs of 2, 5 and 5 yards for Taft (10-0, 5-0) and finished with 35 yards on four carries. Teammate Exavier Johnson completed 8 of 16 passes for 143 yards. El Camino Real (3-7, 2-3) had 51 yards of total offense. - P.C. Shaw --Cleveland 27, Granada Hills 23: Derrick derrick: see crane. Derrick famous hangman; eponym of modern hoisting apparatus. [Br. Hist.: Espy, 170] See : Execution Denson's 47-yard touchdown reception from Jeremy Obando with 4:02 remaining proved to be the winner in a West Valley league finale at Granada Hills. Chris Martinez rushed for a career-high 150 yards on 21 carries, including first-half touchdowns of 30, 16, and 1 yard to lead Cleveland. Granada Hills' Josh Streid gained a game-high 185 yards on 16 carries with two touchdowns. Streid's 60-yard touchdown run on the first play of the fourth quarter gave the Highlanders a 23-19 lead. With the victory, Cleveland not only stayed out of last place in the league but wrapped up an 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. playoff birth. - Jack Pollon --Birmingham 42, Chatsworth 7: Milton Knox Jr. ran for four touchdowns to lead Birmingham of Lake Balboa Balboa, town (1990 pop. 2,751), Colón prov., in the former Panama Canal Zone, on the Gulf of Panama. The port for Panama City, Balboa was the administrative headquarters of the Panama Canal Zone. It was also the site of a U.S. navy base (closed 1999). (5-5, 4-1 West Valley) to a victory against visiting Chatsworth (3-6, 2-3). Knox had the first two scores of the game, thefirst on a 53-yard run and the second on a 1-yard run. Craig Posey A posey can be a flower bouquet. As a surname it is of French and English origins, originating and or derived from the greek word Desposyni. People whose surname is or was Posey include:
Chatsworth quarterback Wesley Spire ran 22 yards up the middle with 1:16 left in the first half to make it 21-7. But Birmingham continued to dominate in the second half. Knox found his openings in the third quarter, scoring on runs of 12 and 10 yards. He led all rushers with 189 yards. The Patriots capped their scoring when quarterback James Beloff connected with Willie Candler for a 44-yard touchdown pass. - Sherry Perez VALLEY MISSION --Sylmar 55, Monroe 0: C.J. Gable gable Triangular section formed by a roof with two slopes, extending from the eaves to the ridge where the two slopes meet. It may be miniaturized over a dormer window or entranceway. rushed for 151 yards on 11 carries and scored on touchdowns runs of 1, 2 and 24 yards for Sylmar (10-0, 5-0), which clinched the league title with the victory over host Monroe of North Hills (1-9,1-4). Gable finished the regular season with 1,717 yards rushing and 27 touchdowns. Teammate John Austin John Austin may refer to a:
The Spartans' defense sacked Donald Senegel five times and held Monroe to four first downs and minus-45 yards rushing. - John Call Reseda 47, Van Nuys 31: Senior Larry Looney rushed for 303 yards and five touchdowns on 31 carries for host Reseda (3-7, 2-3) in a victory against Van Nuys (1-9, 1-4). Looney scored on runs of 4, 6, 3, 44 and 11 yards. Kyle Ochoa threw for 450 yards for Van Nuys and teammate Earl Williams Earl Williams could refer to:
Reseda led 33-19 at the half and 40-31 at the end of three quarters. - Mike Hochberg SUNSET SIX --Canoga Park 26, Hollywood 18: Canoga Park (7-3, 3-2) got a defensive stop on fourth-and-7 with 1:13 remaining to thwart a comeback bid by visiting Hollywood (3-7, 1-4). The Hunters saw their 20-point first half lead shrink to two points late in the fourth quarter, but a 22-yard touchdown run by senior Andrew Argott provided some breathing roon and the final margin of victory. Canoga Park's Jose Martinez had 187 yards rushing. Hollywood scored its first touchdown on a 55-yard interception return by Jesse Rivers. Teammate Bryan Mejia scored on a 34-yard run early in the fourth quarter. - Colin Ward-Henninger --Grant 28, North Hollywood 26:Fred Winborn rushed for 273 yards and two touchdowns and also returned an interception 104 yards for a score to lead visiting Grant (4-6, 3-2) to the victory against North Hollywood. Hamadicko Njimboa rushed 27 times for 230 yards and scored on runs of 1, 30 and 7 yards for North Hollywood (4-6, 2-3). Jake Tepper caught a 30-yard touchdown pass to put Grant ahead 28-20. After Njimboa's third scoring run got North Hollywood to within two points, Tepper intercepted North Hollywood's 2-point conversion attempt to preserve the win. - Frank Carulli Verdugo Hills 21, Poly 16: Verdugo Hills' defense stopped Poly's Jesus Reyes short of the goal line as time expired to give the Dons their first outright Sunset Six title since 1980 with a victory against visiting Poly of Sun Valley. Bryce Freeman returned the opening kickoff of the second half to give Verdugo Hills (7-2, 5-0) a 21-2 lead, but Poly responded in the fourth quarter as Reyes, who had 233 yards on 35 carries, rushed for touchdowns of 1 and 3 yards to make it 21-16 with 2:34 remaining. Poly (1-9, 0-5) recoved 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. onside kick onside kick n. Football A kickoff in which the ball carries just far enough, at least ten yards, to be recovered legally by the kicking team. , which set up its potential winning drive. - Alex Valladares NORTHERN --Eagle Rock 48, 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. 6: V.J. Castanos rushed for 121 yards and two touchdowns, all in the first half, as Eagle Rock defeated host Los Angeles to earn a share of its second straight league title. With the victory, the Eagles (8-2, 5-1) moved into a two-way tie for first place with Franklin 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. , but they are not assured a playoff berth. Franklin won a coin toss Wednesday to earn the division's only automatic playoff bid. Eagle Rock's Jose Navarro returned the game's opening kickoff 75 yards for a school-record fourth kickoff return for a touchdown this year. Navarro's quick strike set the tone, as Eagle Rock stormed to a 42-0 halftime lead over Los Angeles (1-8,1-5). Eagle Rock pulled most of its starters at halftime, including quarterback Jeremy Camacho, who was 9 of 14 for 200 yards and two touchdowns in the first half. Camacho finished the year with 1,768 yards and 20 touchdowns in eight games. - Kevin Connelly Kevin Connelly was born in Middlesbrough, England. He is an impressionist comedian, and after dinner speaker and is probably most famous for his role on the popular BBC television programme 'Dead Ringers'. CAPTION(S): photo, 4 boxes Photo: Kennedy of Granada Hills' Chris Gadalla, left, tries to escape the tackle of San Fernando's Victor Lopez in Thursday's Valley Mission League game. Hans Gutknecht/Staff Photographer Box: (1) DAILY NEWS TOP 10 (2) OTHER SCORES (3) THURSDAY'S STARS (4) TODAY'S GAMES |
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