CLAUSEN, TOREADORS ROLL LSU-BOUND QB THROWS FOUR TDS TAFT 54, MARSHALL 33.Byline: Chris Cocoles Staff Writer There was no Win One For The Coach battle cry at Taft High of Woodland Hills. Yes, veteran Toreadors football coach Troy Starr is stepping down at season's end Season's End are a British band based in Hampshire. They describe themselves as playing Progressive symphonic metal[1], although they are often tagged as a gothic metal band by reviewers and reference sources[2][3]. . But Taft players swear the incentive to make a deep City Section Championship postseason run wasn't a factor in Thursday's first-round game against visiting Marshall. No. 8-seeded Taft was pushed by the ninth-seeded Barristers but shoved back with an explosive second half to win a 54-33 shootout Shootout Venture capital jargon. Refers to two or more venture capital firms fighting for the startup. . Next up for the Toreadors (9-2) is top-seeded 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.] , a 44-7 winner over South Gate Thursday. Before the game, Starr dismissed the notion that his players needed his departure as motivation. Afterwards af·ter·ward also af·ter·wards adv. At a later time; subsequently. afterwards or afterward Adverb later [Old English æfterweard] Adv. 1. , Toreadors quarterback Rick Clausen Richard James Clausen (born June 29, 1982) is a former American football player who played college football for Louisiana State University. He transfered to the University of Tennessee, where he walked on to the football team as a backup quarterback. gave the players' side. ``We actually don't think about it during the games,'' said Clausen, who transferred to Taft from Alemany. ``At practices it does linger in the backs of our minds. But coach Starr wants us to play for us.'' Sophomore standout wide receiver/defensive back Steve Smith still has two years remaining without Starr to ponder Ponder - A non-strict polymorphic, functional language by Jon Fairbairn <jf@cl.cam.ac.uk>. Ponder's type system is unusual. It is more powerful than the Hindley-Milner type system used by ML and Miranda and extended by Haskell. . ``I want to send coach Starr out on a high note. And I want to win for our seniors,'' said Smith, who shook off a slow start to catch two touchdown passes from Clausen and returned an interception for another score. ``We just want to keep playing hard.'' Taft needed an extra push to finally pull away from Marshall (9-2), which trailed 20-14 at halftime but began the third quarter with a convincing 55-yard go-ahead scoring drive capped by Marvin Quinonez's 7-yard touchdown run. The Barristers' 21-20 advantage didn't last. Clausen sneaked in from the 1 to regain the lead. And Taft kept coming with four touchdowns in the final 6 minutes, 22 seconds of the quarter. Clausen, who has signed with LSU LSU Louisiana State University LSU Large Subunit LSU La Salle University (Philadelphia, PA) LSU La Sierra University LSU Link State Update (OSPF) LSU Learning Support Unit , was shaky early but rebounded to finish 20 of 39 for 311 yards and four touchdown passes. The left-hander had plenty of receiving options. Waylon Witcher and Clarence Simpson also had caught TD passes from Clausen. ``You can throw the short hitch pattern and every one of them can turn it into an 80-yard touchdown pass,'' Clausen said. ``It's just a quarterback's dream.'' Taft's season - and Starr's storied career at the school - could end at any time, particularly with powerful Crenshaw looming looming: see mirage. next. ``The dream isn't over yet. We still feel like we have a lot of football left to be played,'' Clausen said. ``We're looking forward to playing Crenshaw.'' |
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