DIV. XIII: BETTER YET, FLINTRIDGE PREP KEEPS IMPROVING FLINTRIDGE PREP 27, CAMPBELL HALL 14.Byline: Gideon Rubin Staff Writer This might not be the same Flintridge Prep of La Canada that was one of the area's best small-school teams during the regular season. The postseason version might actually be better. ``I think we've improved in some areas,'' Flintridge Prep coach Marty Konrad said before Friday night's Southern Section Div. XIII playoff play·off also play-off n. Sports 1. A final game or series of games played to break a tie. 2. A series of games played to determine a championship. Noun 1. quarterfinal quar·ter·fi·nal adj. Of or relating to one of four competitions in a tournament, whose winners go on to play in semifinal competitions. n. 1. quarterfinals A quarterfinal round. 2. A quarterfinal match. against Campbell Hall Campbell Hall can refer to:
``We're a better team defensively, and we're definitely more balanced on offense,'' Konrad said. The Rebels' play in a 27-14 victory over Campbell Hall at Birmingham High supported their coach's assertion. Flintridge Prep (10-1) advances to the semifinals for the second time in three years, and will play Marshall of Pasadena next Saturday at a site to be determined. The Rebels haven't been to a Southern Section championship game since 1995 and haven't won a title since 1991. Flintridge Prep, which beat Campbell Hall 21-14 in a Week 3 nonleague game, survived a sloppy slop·py adj. slop·pi·er, slop·pi·est 1. Marked by a lack of neatness or order; untidy: a sloppy room. 2. start that helped the Vikings take a 3-0 lead on a Spencer Breecker 25-yard field goal. A shanked shank n. 1. a. The part of the human leg between the knee and ankle. b. A corresponding part in other vertebrates. 2. a. The whole leg of a human. b. A leg or leglike part. punt started the drive, which also featured a 15-yard penalty for kicking the ball on what should have a fumble recovery, and another apparent fumble recovery that slipped out of the hands of a Rebels defender and rolled out of bounds. Flintridge Prep scored on its next two possessions, when T.C. Scotton scored on rushing touchdowns of 3 and 6 yards to make it 14-3. Scotton rushed for 140 yards and four touchdowns on 31 carries, and Jeff Yun rushed for 61 yards on four carries, including a 41-yard run that set up Scotton's first TD. Campbell Hall's Matt Kirschner gained 142 yards on 20 carries, including the Vikings' only touchdown on a 46-yard run midway Midway, island group (2 sq mi/5.2 sq km), central Pacific, c.1,150 mi (1,850 km) NW of Honolulu, comprising Sand and Eastern islands with the surrounding atoll. Discovered by Americans in 1859, Midway was annexed in 1867. A cable station was opened in 1903. through the fourth quarter. Ruben Munoz's 2-point conversion run made it 27-14. Campbell Hall still was in the game before a meltdown meltdown Occurrence in which a huge amount of thermal energy and radiation is released as a result of an uncontrolled chain reaction in a nuclear power reactor. The chain reaction that occurs in the reactor's core must be carefully regulated by control rods, which absorb in the final minutes of the first half, though it could have been worse. A fumble deep in their own territory set up a four-play, 15-yard scoring drive capped by a Scotton 3-yard run. The Vikings then fumbled the ensuing en·sue intr.v. en·sued, en·su·ing, en·sues 1. To follow as a consequence or result. See Synonyms at follow. 2. To take place subsequently. kickoff, giving Flintridge Prep possession at the Campbell Hall 36 with 35 seconds remaining. But the Rebels couldn't take advantage and settled for a 20-6 lead going into the intermission. Gideon Rubin (818) 713-3607 gideon.rubin(at)dailynews.com |
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