DEFENSE HELPS 'SHIP SAIL IN.Byline: Ivan Orozco Staff Writer CARSON -- It was an offensive touchdown that sealed the game Friday, but it was the defense for Crespi of Encino that gave its team a chance to reach the "'Ship." That's "ship," short for the Pac-5 Division championship. "We're going to the 'Ship! We're going to the 'Ship!" was the chant chant, general name for one-voiced, unaccompanied, liturgical music. Usually it refers to the liturgical melodies of the Byzantine, Russian Orthodox, Roman Catholic, and Anglican churches and is analogous to cantillation in Jewish liturgical music, Qur'anic chanting that echoed through the Celts' looker room after a 13-10 semifinal overtime win against Servite of Anaheim at Home Depot The Home Depot (NYSE: HD) is an American retailer of home improvement and construction products and services. Headquartered in Vinings, just outside Atlanta in unincorporated Cobb County, Georgia, Home Depot employs more than 355,000 people and operates 2,164 big-box Center. No celebratory music. No blasting radios. Only the phrase taken by Crespi players from the 2001 movie "Hardball hard·ball n. 1. Baseball. 2. Informal The use of any means, however ruthless, to attain an objective. hardball Noun US & Canad 1. ." Hardball is what the Celts The following pages provide lists of nations or people of Celtic origin, arranged by branch of Celtic ethnicity or language grouping: Goidelic Celts
After holding Servite to a 1-yard touchdown by running back D.J. Shoemate for four quarters, the Celts defensecame up with back-to-back sacks late in regulation to end a late Friars' rally. Crespi linebackers E.J. Woods and Karim Williams sacked Friars quarterback Johnny McEntee for 4- and 9-yard losses, sending a 7-7 game into overtime. That's where Crespi's defense stiffened again, forcing Servite to kick a 27-yard Nick Echeverry field goal. "I felt our defense could have played a little better but we came out with a good game plan to stop Shoemate," said Woods, who scored the winning touchdown on a 2-yard plunge in overtime. Shoemate, who came into the game averaging more than 100yards per game, was held by the Celts (11-2) to 74 yards on 22 carries. Most of those yards came in the last three quarters after Servite coach Troy Thomas opted to give Shoemate his first carry on the final play of the first quarter. "I don't why they did that, I guess it was in the gameplan," said Celts defensive lineman Julian Fields, who spent the rainy rain·y adj. rain·i·er, rain·i·est Characterized by, full of, or bringing rain. rain  i·ness n.Adj. night being triple-teamed by the Friars offensive line. "They thought they could win without them but in the second half they came back ... but by that time it was a little bit too late." The Friars finished with 190total yards and eight first downs, seven of those coming in the second half. Servite's McEntee threw for 100 yards, completing 7-of-12 passes and threw an interception. That was the 18th interception by the Celts secondary, this time by Adam Gottschalk to end a Servite drive at the Friars 47-yard-line early in the fourth quarter. Going into next Saturday's Pac-5 title game against Long Beach Poly, the Celts defense has given up 159 points in 13 games against high-powered offenses like Mater Dei Mater Dei is Latin for "Mother of God", referring to the Virgin Mary. The term has been used to name various institutions, often Catholic, including:
But Crespi didn't mind giving up three points in overtime against Servite. "When we held them to that field goal I thought one thing," Woods said. "Thank you God -- we're going to the championship." ivan.orozco@dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Servite running back Bijon Samoodi feels the wrath wrath n. 1. Forceful, often vindictive anger. See Synonyms at anger. 2. a. Punishment or vengeance as a manifestation of anger. b. Divine retribution for sin. adj. of Crespi defenders during Friday's game. Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News |
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