DURBIN PACES HARVARD-WESTLAKE : HIS CATCH AND 74-YARD TD SPRINT HIGHLIGHT WIN OVER BURBANK H-W 35, BURBANK 8.Byline: Eric Sondheimer Daily News Deputy Sports Editor Noun 1. sports editor - the newspaper editor responsible for sports news newspaper editor - the editor of a newspaper There's no truth to the rumor Nike representatives are putting together a new commercial featuring Harvard-Westlake's Steve ``Turbo Durbo'' Durbin. But that doesn't mean he can't become a celebrity around the North Hollywood campus with his blazing speed. The senior wide receiver turned on his afterburners for a 74-yard touchdown reception midway through the third quarter Friday to ignite a second-half surge that carried Harvard-Westlake to a 35-8 season-opening win over Burbank on its home field. Durbin, who stands only 5-foot-8 but runs like the track sprinter he is, never broke stride as he caught the pass from quarterback John Terzian and raced in for the touchdown to give the Wolverines a 22-8 advantage. He finished with three receptions for 125 yards. It wasn't only Durbin causing the Bulldogs problems in the debut of first-year coach Gary Willison. 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 Sam Hornblower scored four touchdowns - all on 1-yard plunges. He carried the ball 30 times for 86 yards. Hornblower surely is going to give Wolverines coach Dave Bennett Dave Bennett (born July 111959) is an English former football (soccer) player. He is most famous for playing in two FA Cup Finals; 1981 for Manchester City, when he finished on the losing side, and 1987, when he produced a Man of the Match an ulcer before the season ends because of his unpredictability. He zigs and zags and no one knows which hole he'll finally choose to run through. ``He's a piece of work,'' Harvard-Westlake athletic director Athletic director (commonly, "athletics director") is a position at many American colleges and universities, as well as in larger high schools and middle schools, which oversees the work of the coaches and related staff involved in intercollegiate or interscholastic athletic Gary Thran joked about Hornblower. ``He goes to a different beat.'' Terzian, a junior, was impressive in his varsity debut. He avoided mistakes and completed 7 of 17 passes for 182 yards. Burbank, coming off an 0-10 season, looked improved under the determined leadership of Willison, who wore a tie to the game and made sure his players never gave up. Backup quarterback Bryan Ling came in to rush for 37 yards on 11 carries. Burbank briefly led 8-7 in the first quarter after a 65-yard touchdown run on a reverse play by receiver Jason Edwards Jason Edwards is a musician and producer born in 1969 in Tamworth, Birmingham, UK. He is most well known for being the guitarist in U.K hard rock/ metal outfit 'Wolfsbane', who had considerable success in the early 90s, signing to Rick Rubins 'Def American' label. , who also caught the two-point conversion In American football and Canadian football, a team may try to score a two-point conversion (score two points) instead of an extra point (one point) immediately after it scores a touchdown. pass. But Durbin was the best player on the field. Twice Burbank defenders were called for pass interference In American football and Canadian football, pass interference is when a player interferes with an eligible receiver's ability to make a fair attempt to catch a forward pass. trying to slow him down. And this is a guy who missed his entire sophomore season because of a knee injury. ``I'm running as fast as I've ever had,'' Durbin said. ``It (the knee) hasn't bothered me at all.'' Terzian figures to look for Durbin often this season. ``When he turns on his speed, no one can catch him,'' Terzian said. ``I love passing to him because when he gets his hand on the ball, he's unstoppable.'' CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO Harvard-Westlake's Bethuel Mbugua catches a pass that was called back because of a penalty as Burbank's Joseph Jackson
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