CITY SECTION: TAFT HAS DATE AT THE COLISEUM TAFT 38, CRENSHAW 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 The first quarter suggested a battle to the finish, but Taft wasn't in the mood for any drama Friday night. The sixth-seeded Toreadors scored 31 consecutive points in a 23-minute span that began early in the second quarter and dominated 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.] 38-28 in a City Section football semifinal at San Pedro High. The Toreadors (10-2) of Woodland Hills advance to face either Dorsey or Fremont at the Coliseum Coliseum: see Colosseum. in next Friday's championship game, which they reached with victories over No. 3 Carson and No. 2 Crenshaw (10-1) in consecutive weeks. ``Coming out in the second half, we could feel the Coliseum,'' said quarterback Cary Dove, who rebounded from two early interceptions to complete 9 of 16 attempts for 233 yards and three touchdowns. On a night when Steve Smith caught just three passes for 82 yards, 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 Justin Tryon came through with 163 yards and one touchdown on 20 carries. Taft scored the final 10 points of the second quarter to lead 17-12. Then Dove made two big plays on the Toreadors' first drive of the third quarter. On first down, Noah Smith came back for Dove's underthrown ball and made a 36-yard catch. After a sack, Dove threw down the right sideline sideline See on the sidelines. to Steve Smith, who beat cornerback cor·ner·back also corner back n. Football Either of two defensive halfbacks stationed a short distance behind the linebackers and relatively near the sidelines. Noun 1. Robert Holt holt n. Archaic A wood or grove; a copse. [Middle English, from Old English.] holt Noun the lair of an otter [from by two steps and cruised into the end zone for a 44-yard touchdown. Taft's Paul Pratt intercepted Crenshaw quarterback Bryant Thompson three plays into the next possession, and Taft needed just four more plays to take a 31-12 lead when Tryon scored on a draw from 28 yards out. Crenshaw then drove to the Taft 36 but turned the ball over on downs. The Toreadors then put the game away when Tryon ran for 32 yards on the final play of the third quarter and Dove followed with a 38-yard scoring pass to Noah Smith for a 38-12 lead. The Toreadors needed just nine plays to score their 21 second-half points, and Taft's defense allowed Crenshaw just 34 yards on three third- quarter drives, which helped put the game out of reach at the start of the final period. Crenshaw made the score reasonably close with two touchdown runs by Corey Hudson (19 carries, 154 yard) in the final 10 minutes. ``Coach (Troy) Starr gave us one of his famous halftime speeches, and we were ready to go after that,'' Tryon said. Steve Smith, usually the Toreadors' catalyst on offense, had just one catch for 21 yards and one run for minus-3 in the first half, but Taft found success anyway with a balanced attack. Dove threw an interception on the game's first possession, and Crenshaw drove 57 yards by running on eight of nine plays. Fullback Dary Adway scored from 1 yard out for a 6-0 lead. Taft drove 76 yards to take the lead, aided by two pass interference In American football and Canadian football, pass interference is when a player interferes with an eligible receiver's ability to make a fair attempt to catch a forward pass. penalties inside the Crenshaw 35. On third and five from the Crenshaw 5, Dove threw to the endzone. The ball glanced off the hands of leaping Crenshaw defensive back Patrick Owens, and right to Noah Smith, who was standing 5 yards away. The teams exchanged touchdowns early in the second quarter, as Crenshaw capped a 12-play, 80-yard drive with a 1-yard run by Adway 43 seconds into the quarter. Taft needed just three plays to retake re·take tr.v. re·took , re·tak·en , re·tak·ing, re·takes 1. To take back or again. 2. To recapture. 3. To photograph, film, or record again. n. 1. the lead, as Dove hit Pratt for a 44-yard completion, Tryon ran for 15 yards on a draw and Noah Smith scored on a reverse from 14 yards out to give the Toreadors a 14-12 lead. The Toreadors neared 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 on their next possession, but Dove threw his second interception of the half, this one by Christopher Johnson. With 30 seconds left and facing fourth and 19 at its own 41, Crenshaw faked a punt but the run came up well short. A 30-yard run by Tryon put Taft in field goal range, and Isaac Garden hit from 31 yards out as time expired for a 17-12 Taft halftime lead. FRIDAY'S SCORES City Section City Bracket: --Taft 38, Crenshaw 28 City Section 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. Bracket: --Kennedy 39, Venice 27 --Narbonne 38, San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. 6 So. Sec. Div. III: --Valencia 13, Palmdale 0 So. Sec. Div. IV: --Dos Pueblos 42, Westlake 21 So. Sec. Div. XII: --Paraclete 20, Mary Star 6 So. Sec. Div. XIII: --Arrowhead Chr. 30, Oaks Chr. 14 CAPTION(S): box Box: FRIDAY'S SCORES |
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