DILUIGI IS GRAND IN CANYON WIN SENIOR RUSHES FOR 279 YARDS, A CAREER HIGH CANYON 49, CHAMINADE 32.Byline: RAMONA SHELBURNE Ramona Shelburne is an American sports journalist currently writing for the Los Angeles Daily News. Shelburne was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. She attended El Camino Real High School in Woodland Hills, California where she was a class valedictorian. Staff Writer CANYON COUNTRY -- It had been two weeks since Canyon High's heartbreaking heart·break·ing adj. 1. Causing overwhelming grief or distress. 2. Producing a strong emotional reaction: heartbreaking loveliness. loss to St. Bonaventure of Ventura, and J.J. DiLuigi hadn't forgotten a single play. Forget about having a short memory for losses, DiLuigi wanted revenge. Friday night, he took all that frustration out on Chaminade of West Hills. Canyon's BYU-bound senior rushed for a career-high 279 yards and scored four touchdowns on 32 carries to lead the host Cowboys cowboys, in American history. 1 Tory marauders, adherents to the British cause in the American Revolution, who fought in the contested area of Westchester co., N.Y. to a 49-32 victory over the Eagles on Friday night. ``We were all very anxious for this game,'' DiLuigi said. ``We just wanted to come out and take it to them and show everyone we're still a great team.'' Canyon (2-2) had lost two consecutive games in which it was either leading or tied going into the second half. Its start didn't exactly sit well for a program coming off a Southern Section Division II title. Canyon had hoped to get back on the right side of the win column last week against Lancaster, but the game was cancelled due to unhealthy air conditions created by the Day Fire. About 2 p.m. Friday, it looked like recent history might repeat itself as a fire broke out in the Newhall Pass Newhall Pass is a mountain pass in Los Angeles County, California, USA. Historically called San Fernando Pass and Fremont Pass, it separates the Santa Susana Mountains from the San Gabriel Mountains. , but school officials took a wait-and-see approach -- shortening the JV game and pushing kickoff to 7:45 p.m.-- that paid off when the smoke cleared by nightfall. Chaminade was also looking to make a statement. The Eagles (3-1) were off to a fast start this year, but wanted to establish themselves as an area power and not just a Mission League-favorite. If not for a horrid hor·rid adj. 1. Causing horror; dreadful. 2. Extremely disagreeable; offensive. 3. Archaic Bristling; rough. start, in which they fell behind 21-0 early in the second quarter, the Eagles might have done it. ``We're disappointed. We felt like we could beat them. And a win would've made everyone know who we are,'' said Chaminade junior quarterback Ryan Griffin, who finished 29 of 49 for 356 yards and four touchdowns. ``But we just didn't execute.'' Griffin pushed Chaminade's high-powered offense at a blistering blis·ter·ing n. See vesiculation. pace in the second half, carving carving, n the shaping and forming with instruments. up the Cowboys' secondary with touchdown strikes to Kevin Pilar Pilar strong-minded female leader of a group of guerrillas in the Spanish Civil War. [Am. Lit.: Hemingway For Whom the Bell Tolls] See : Female Power Pilar (10 catches, 141 yards, three TDs) and Aubrey Smith (12 catches, 139 yards, one TD). But every time the Eagles cut the lead to 10, DiLuigi squirted through a hole and into the end zone. ``This was J.J.'s show tonight,'' said wide receiver Chris Kingsbury, who blocked two extra point attempts in the game. ``He works hard and is a real leader for us.'' ramona.shelburne@dailynews.com (818) 713-3617 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Canyon's J.J. DiLuigi finds the end zone on a second-quarter run against Chaminade. Alex Collins/Special to the Daily News |
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