CONTRERAS MAKES SURE SYLMAR KEEPS STREAKING : SYLMAR 48 MONROE 28.Byline: Gary Miereanu Special to the Daily News David Contreras wasn't thinking about his rushing totals, though he racked up 183 yards. The Sylmar High School Sylmar High School is a public school in the northeast San Fernando Valley in the Sylmar district of Los Angeles, California. Established in the 1950s, it is part of the Los Angeles Unified School District, District 2, and serves more than 3,600 students in grades 9-12. 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 didn't care about his touchdowns, regardless of his trio of scores. The diminutive di·min·u·tive adj. 1. Extremely small in size; tiny. See Synonyms at small. 2. Grammar Of or being a suffix that indicates smallness or, by semantic extension, qualities such as youth, familiarity, affection, or Spartan had just one thing in mind entering the Valley Mission League opener Friday night at Monroe: respect the streak. Contreras combined with quarterback John Valdez to carry Sylmar into the State record book with a 48-28 victory over the host Vikings - the Spartans' 68th consecutive league victory. Sylmar (1-0, 4-2) joins Salinas-Palma High with the two longest league winning streaks Noun 1. winning streak - a streak of wins streak, run - an unbroken series of events; "had a streak of bad luck"; "Nicklaus had a run of birdies" in California history. The Spartans accumulated ac·cu·mu·late v. ac·cu·mu·lat·ed, ac·cu·mu·lat·ing, ac·cu·mu·lates v.tr. To gather or pile up; amass. See Synonyms at gather. v.intr. To mount up; increase. their initial 67 straight wins in the Valley Pac-8 League. ``My uncle Albert
``Everything'' included scoring runs of 9, 12 and 2 yards, complementing a near-perfect 10-of-11 night for Valdez. The Sylmar QB finished with 157 yards as well as a pair of 2-yard TD sneaks. ``John is really starting to blossom,'' Sylmar coach Jeff Engilman said. ``He doesn't miss often, does he? He'd have been perfect if the guy hadn't dropped the damn ball.'' The efforts of Contreras and Valdez countered an impressive Monroe (0-1, 5-1) performance by Tyrone Burwell. The Vikings tailback had 19 carries for 156 yards and a touchdown, as well as catching a pair of passes - including a 4-yard TD pass from Steve Beltran. Monroe cut the deficit to 28-20 on Deandre Phillips' 8-yard TD run just 7 seconds before halftime. But Sylmar accounted for the next 20 points, getting TDs from Valdez (2-yard run), Mark Sutton (15-yard run; four carries for 59 yards on the night) and Clifford Johnson (9-yard reverse). |
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