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CITY SECTION ROUNDUP: PORTIS' FIVE TOUCHDOWN PASSES LEAD TAFT.


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Josh Portis threw five touchdowns passes, including two to Malcolm Smith Malcolm Smith may refer to:
  • Malcolm Smith (artist) (1912–1966), American retro-futurist artist
  • Malcolm Smith (footballer born 1953) (born 1953), English former footballer
  • Malcolm Smith (footballer born 1970) (born 1970), English former footballer
 to lead Taft to a 40-6 nonleague victory over visiting University.

Portis, who completed 17 of 23 passes for 247 yards, connected with Smith five times for 82 yards and scoring passes of 27 and 22 yards. Portis also led Taft in rushing with 57 yards on eight carries.

Shelton Banks returned an interception 45 yards for a touchdown in the third quarter. he also rushed for a 6-yard touchdown to close the first half and punted twice for an average of 36 yards for Taft (3-1).

Taft's Jamere Holland caught four passes for 101 yards and teammate Thyrell Lewis had five catches for 59 yards, including an 11-yard touchdown reception. Holland and Lewis also each had an interception.

- Jacob H. Pollon

--Sylmar 40, North Hollywood 28: C.J. Gable rushed for 302 yards and four touchdowns and outdid out·did  
v.
Past tense of outdo.
 visiting North Hollywood's star tailback Marlon Lucky for undefeated Sylmar (4-0).

Gable scored on runs of 52, 5, and 27 yards in the first half. He added a 47-yard run with 2:05 left. Gable added four catches for 50 yards.

Sylmar QB John Austin John Austin may refer to a:
  • J. L. Austin (1911–1960), a philosopher of language
  • John Austin (author), British author specializing in WWII propaganda
  • John Austin (legal philosophy), 19th century legal and political theorist who wrote 'An Essay on Sovereignty'
 completed 5 of 14 passes for 47 yards and rushed for 62 more yards on nine carries, including a 43-yard touchdown run that broke a 28-28 tie with 5:30 remaining.

North Hollywood (2-2) was led by Lucky, who rushed for 177 yards and two touchdowns. He also caught three for 56 yards, including a 29-yard scoring pass from William Cowan People named William Cowan include:
  • Dr. William Cowan (1818–1902) of the Hudson's Bay Company
  • William Cowan, former reeve of North Gower Township, Ontario
 to give North Hollywood a 21-20 lead with 11:54 left.

- Mark Bosteder

--Fremont 35, Grant 34: Steven Sierra threw for four touchdowns and ran for another but host Grant of Van Nuys came up a point short.

Trailing 35-28, Sierra found Franco Stasilli for a 25-yard pass that set up a 1-yard touchdown on a quarterback sneak quarterback sneak
n. Football
An offensive play in which the quarterback runs forward into the offensive line immediately after receiving the ball at the snap.
. After the score, Grant elected to try for the 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.  but failed when Fremont (4-0) stuffed Fred Winborn at the 2-yard line with 2:46 remaining.

- Justin Frank

--Canoga Park 20, Reseda 13: Vincent Argott threw three touchdown passes as host Canoga Park (1-3) scored 20 unanswered points and held off late rally by winless Reseda.

Leading 14-13, Argott connected with Jason Egan (seven receptions for 99 yards) on a 43-yard scoring pass in the middle of the fourth quarter.

Reseda had a chance to win when Thor Thomas blocked a punt and the Regents took over at the Hunters' 45-yard line. But Corey Woods completed just one of his next six passes and Reseda turned the ball over on downs with 42 seconds remaining. Woods completed just 8 of 34 passes for 70 yards and two interceptions.

- Alex Valladares

--El Camino Real 19, Kennedy 12: Senior Eddie Gomez Edgar "Eddie" Gomez (born October 4, 1944) is a Puerto Rican jazz double bassist born in Santurce, Puerto Rico, perhaps most notable for his work done with the Bill Evans trio from 1966 to 1977.  rushed for 191 yards, caught two passes for 31 yards, scored three touchdowns and had an interception for host 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:
  • There is an El Camino Real in California; see: El Camino Real (California).
 (3-1).

Gomez was responsible for 28 of El Camino Real's 37 plays, but was held to just 21 yards in the third quarter to keep Kennedy of Granada Hills (0-4) in the game.

Trailing 7-6 with nine minutes left, Kennedy completed a successful wide-receiver option pass for a 30-yard touchdown. Kenny Everett Kenny Everett (born Maurice Cole in Crosby, Merseyside, 25 December 1944, died 4 April 1995), was a popular English radio DJ and television entertainer. Early life
Everett attended the local secondary modern school, St.
 threw behind scrimmage to receiver Jesse Jimenez, who connected with Rashi Scarbrough to give Kennedy a 12-7 lead.

El Camino Real's Gomez then intercepted Everett with five minutes left, and El Camino Real scored two consecutive touchdowns - a 30-yard pass from Ricky Neale and a 20-yard run.

- Nate Brown

--Venice 31, Granada Hills 14: Visiting Venice (2-2) blew open a tie game with 17 points in the second half to pull away from winless Granada Hills.

Ray Felger caught a 45-yard touchdown pass from Alex Ritthamel late in the second quarter to pull Granada Hills (0-4) into a 14-14 tie at the half.

- Dale Legaspi

--Cleveland 55, Hollywood 6: Mason Powell caught a 21-yard touchdown pass from De'Von Hall and rushed for a 47-yard score in the first half as visiting Cleveland remained undefeated.

Julius Killings had 122 of Cleveland's 364 rushing yards and scored on a 44-yard run. Hall, who was 4 of 4 for 28 yards, rushed for a 1-yard touchdown and Vernon Catlin had a 27-yard scoring run for Cleveland, which led 35-0 at halftime.

- Jacob H. Pollon

--Chatsworth 28, 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.
 15: Sophomore tailback James Walker James Walker may refer to a number of persons:
  • Jimmy Walker (1881–1946), born James J. Walker, a former mayor of New York City
  • Jimmy Walker (golfer), (born 1979) American golfer
  • James D.
 scored two touchdowns as host Chatsworth improved to 4-0 for the first time since 1998.

- P.C. Shaw

--Monroe 20, Palisades Palisades, cliffs along the west bank of the Hudson River, NE N.J. and SE N.Y., extending from N of Jersey City, N.J., to the vicinity of Piermont, N.Y., with a general altitude of from 350 ft to 550 ft (107–168 m).  10: Host Monroe of Los Angeles (2-2) spotted Palisades (1-3) an early field goal and then scored on touchdown runs by Michael Krikorian and Theo Alexander after two consecutive Palisades turnovers in the second quarter.

- John Wareham

NORTHERN LEAGUE

--Eagle Rock 49, Los Angeles 7: Jeremy Camacho threw for five touchdowns, including three to Markece Peco, who set a school record with 204 receiving yards for host Eagle Rock (4-1, 1-0).

- Alex Valladares

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