CONSIDER SCORE SETTLED WITH ROUT NOTRE DAME AVENGES 2003 LOSS TO ST. PAUL IN CONVINCING FASHION NOTRE DAME 43, ST. PAUL 14.Byline: Matthew Kredell Staff Writer Notre Dame Notre Dame IPA: [nɔtʁ dam] is French for Our Lady, referring to the Virgin Mary. In the United States of America, Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks doesn't enter a football season with the primary goal of winning a Southern Section title, not even after taking two in a row. Coach Kevin Rooney Kevin Rooney born on May 4, 1956 in Catskill, NY and is a boxing trainer and former boxer. Amateur Boxing Career Rooney won the 1975 147lb Sub-Novice New York Golden Gloves Championship. Rooney defeated Kevin Higgins of West Point in the finals. wouldn't allow it. Rooney has coached for 25 years, long enough to know that division titles can't be planned for. So when he gathers his team before the season, Rooney tells his players to take home the Mission League title. That didn't happen last year. St. Paul St. Paul as a missionary he fearlessly confronts the “perils of waters, of robbers, in the city, in the wilderness.” [N.T.: II Cor. 11:26] See : Bravery of Santa Fe Springs Santa Fe Springs, city (1990 pop. 15,520), Los Angeles co., SW Calif., inc. 1957. The city lies in an oil and natural gas region and has diversified manufacturing. took it away. Worse, Notre Dame gave it away. The Knights blew an 8-point lead in the final two minutes and lost on a last-second field goal. Regardless of their ultimate success, Notre Dame players remember that night as much as any over the past year. They weren't going to let it happen again. Notre Dame rushed for 363 yards and never let up in dominating visiting St. Paul 43-14. ``We remember every game we lose, I think,'' Rooney said. ``Our goal every year is to be Mission League champion. Not achieving that last year certainly didn't sit well with everybody. We'd sure like to try to win it this year.'' Notre Dame (7-0, 2-0), ranked No. 1 by the Daily News, proved its worth again. Each time the Knights have played a highly anticipated game this season, they have turned it into a blowout Blowout The rapid sale of all shares in a new securities offering. See: hot issue. blowout The nearly immediate sale of a new security issue because of great investor demand. See also hot issue. . Notre Dame also beat then-No. 4 Westlake 41-6 and then-No. 2 Valencia 33-3. ``We're really experienced,'' running back Cary Harris said. ``There are a lot of seniors starting both ways. We're a really good team. We rise to the occasion.'' Notre Dame made a statement from the beginning, going 92 yards for a touchdown on its opening possession. Rodney Glass rushed for 66 of those yards, including a 10-yard score. St. Paul quickly tied the game at 7-7, but Notre Dame answered with 17 points in a row going into halftime. Garrett Green executed a perfect quarterback draw, bursting up the middle and then breaking outside down the left sideline sideline See on the sidelines. for a 57-yard touchdown with 1:59 to go in the second quarter. As the players ran into the locker Things commonly known as lockers include:
``We definitely came out for the second half fired up,'' Green said. ``We were not going to let them get back into the game like last year.'' The Knights scored on their first drive of the second half to put the game away, as Glass took it in again from 13 yards for a 31-7 advantage. Glass rushed for 100 of his 132 yards on 13 carries in the first quarter. Harris added 111 yards on 17 carries with two touchdowns, and Green almost made it a 100-yard trio with 92 yards on 9 runs. Forcing St. Paul to pass, Notre Dame had three interceptions by Green, Matthew Green, Matthew, 1696–1737, English poet. His one important poem, The Spleen (1737), marked by its wit, was in praise of the contemplative life. Estrada and Shane Horton. St. Paul (4-3, 1-1) was as dangerous a team as Notre Dame has faced this year, despite having two losses coming in. Their defeats coming into Friday were to Div. I powers in Santa Margarita Santa Margarita ("Saint Margaret") may refer to:
["An Overview of the Poly Programming Language", D.C.J. Matthews, in Data Types and Persistence, M.P. Atkinson et al eds, Springer 1988]. 2. . At 7-0 and with its toughest regular-season foe now out of the way, the Knights should make a run at a perfect season. ``That would be nice, Glass said. ``We just have to keep with what we're doing and play the way we play. Matthew Kredell, (818)713-3607 matthew.kredell(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Notre Dame player Drew Abeyta leaps over a big pile of players during Friday night's game. Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News |
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