FIRST & 10 PREP FOOTBALL NEWS AND FEATURES FROM AROUND THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY ... AND BEYOND.Byline: Erik Boal WHO'S HOT Top triple threats: J.T. Wright, Agoura The Wisconsin-bound senior is Mr. Everything for the Chargers. He has caught 43 passes for 775 yards, is a top return specialist, is averaging 41.5 yards per punt, has kicked four field goals and scored 62 points. David Hopkins, La Canada The All-Southern Section selection is the Spartans' team leader for tackles, with 81, has amassed 441 total yards and scored five touchdowns, is averaging 37.8 yards per punt and has kicked five field goals and 16 extra points. Casey Schlock schlock also shlock Slang n. Something, such as merchandise or literature, that is inferior or shoddy. adj. Of inferior quality; cheap or shoddy. , Vasquez The senior does it all for the Mustangs. He leads Vasquez in receiving (577 yards) and interceptions (four), has scored seven touchdowns, kicked five field goals and 17 extra points, and punts at a 39-yard average. Alex Pantoja, Hoover The senior's punts average 34 yards, and he's rushed for more than 700 yards and nine touchdowns. He's also a linebacker and is among the Tornadoes' top tacklers. Anthony Herdliska, Verdugo Hills The All-City Section choice leads the Dons with 542 receiving yards and he has scored three touchdowns. He's also kicked a field goal and five extra points, punts at a 35-yard average, has intercepted two passes and made 31 tackles. Robert Linda, Burbank The receiver-turned-quarterback leads the Bulldogs with 59 points, with four touchdowns and five field goals, and he has made 32 tackles. He's among Burbank's top three in passing, rushing and receiving yardage yard·age 1 n. 1. An amount or length measured in yards. 2. Cloth sold by the yard. Noun 1. . FANTASTIC FINISH Last year, it was Jeff Rapoport's improbable kickoff return for a touchdown on the game's final play to lift Westlake to a 30-27 victory over Agoura. This season, the early candidate for Play of the Year came Friday night, courtesy of Verdugo Hills of Tujunga's Willie Fisher, who scored with no time remaining to lift the Dons to a 26-23 victory at North Hollywood. Verdugo Hills' Michael Espinoza lined up for a 21-yard field goal that would have tied the score. It was blocked, and the ball rolled on the ground. A North Hollywood player, thinking the game was over, picked up the ball and threw it in the air in celebration. As the NoHo players romped off the field, Fisher picked up the ball and ran it into the end zone, giving Verdugo Hills the victory and sending the Dons sideline into pandemonium Pandemonium Milton’s capital of the devils. [Br. Lit.: Paradise Lost] See : Confusion Pandemonium chief city of Hell. [Br. Lit.: Paradise Lost] See : Hell - and North Hollywood's homecoming crowd into disbelief. ``It was one of the most exciting, bizarre finishes I think I've ever seen,'' Verdugo Hills girls' volleyball coach Will Reinhart said. ``When the guy threw the ball in the air, (Verdugo Hills football coach Darren FitzGerald Darren Fitzgerald (born December 16, 1977 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish football player who plays as a forward. He currently plays for Ballymena United in the Irish League. Honours Irish Cup Winner 2001 Northern Ireland International: Under-21 ) and the rest of the coaches on the sideline knew it was a live ball, so they told Willie to go pick it up and run it in. ``The North Hollywood coaches argued, but it was the correct call.'' HOT TICKET Long lines In communications, circuits that are capable of handling transmissions over long distances. formed at Hart of Newhall and Valencia on Tuesday for tickets to Friday's showdown, expected to be the first sellout in the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. . At Hart, sales were spurred by Principal Gary Fuller's recorded phone message Monday to all students imploring im·plore v. im·plored, im·plor·ing, im·plores v.tr. 1. To appeal to in supplication; beseech: implored the tribunal to have mercy. 2. them to secure advance tickets - or risk being shut out. At Valencia, students lined up at break time and lunch to buy tickets, and others purchased tickets in the school office. Both schools have an allotment of 2,500 tickets, including 1,000 free tickets distributed on Tuesday to students. The game could sell out today. Valencia's year-old stadium holds 4,900 - plus about 500 standing-room-only spaces, Principal Paul Priesz said. The past few Hart-Valencia games have drawn as many as 9,000 at College of the Canyons College of the Canyons is one of the fastest-growing community colleges in the state. According to the National Junior College Research Association, College of the Canyons consistently ranks in the top 50 community colleges in the nation. . Until last year, the Vikings played home games at Canyon High but always switched their home games against Hart to the larger facility at COC See chip on chip. , Hart's home field. Valencia didn't consider moving the game this year. QUITE A CATCH Thousand Oaks' Matt Luft turned in one of the greatest performances by a receiver in area history last season, catching 17 passes for 301 yards in a 38-31 victory over Arroyo Grande in the Southern Section Div. IV playoffs. The 6-foot-5 Luft was at it again Friday, hauling in eight receptions for 254 yards, including an 81-yard touchdown in the final minute, to lead the Lancers lanc·er n. 1. A cavalryman armed with a lance. 2. A member of a regiment originally armed with lances. 3. lancers (used with a sing. verb) a. A kind of quadrille. b. to a 38-34 victory over visiting Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. . Luft's total gave him two of the top three single-game yardage totals by an area receiver, and it vaulted him onto the state's career list for catches and yards. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Cal-Hi Sports, Luft's 158 receptions is 23rd all-time and fifth among area receivers. Taft of Woodland Hills' Steve Smith, now at USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. , holds the state record with 271, followed by Newbury Park's Leodes Van Buren (269). Burroughs of Burbank's Glenn Adriatico (200) is 11th, and Westlake's Billy Miller (189) is 12th. Luft's 2,732 yards is 19th on the state list and seventh in the area. Smith (4,486) holds the state record, followed by Van Buren (4,455). Adriatico (3,146) is ninth, Miller (2,999) 12th, L.A. Baptist of North Hills' Jim Romero (2,851) 14th and Westlake's Joey Cuppari (2,757) 18th. LEAGUE ON THE RUN Despite the presence of two of the state's top high school quarterbacks (Valencia's Michael Herrick and Hart of Newhall's Tyler Lyon), this has been Year of the Running Back in the Foothill League. Canyon's J.J. DiLuigi, Valencia's Shane Vereen and Burroughs of Burbank's Thomas Kyle are closing in on school records, and Hart's Delano Howell and Burbank's Marcus Hood also have been solid. DiLuigi, a 5-foot-9, 174-pound junior, gave one of the greatest performances in area history Friday, scoring a school-record six touchdowns and a 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. in a 55-7 victory over Saugus at College of the Canyons. DiLuigi has rushed for 956 yards and scored 26 touchdowns, and he's averaging 43.5 yards on kick returns. He could break school single-season records in rushing (Louis Montano, 1,596 in 2003) and touchdowns (Chris Perry Chris Perry is the name of:
Vereen, a 5-11, 171-pounder has rushed for 1,000 yards, caught 33 passes and scored 18 touchdowns for a Valencia team that primarily relies mostly on Herrick's arm. Kyle, a three-year starter, broke Burroughs' career rushing record two weeks ago. He's coming off his sixth 100-yard rushing performance of the season and 825 yards, caught 15 passes and scored nine of Burroughs' 18 touchdowns. Howell, a sophomore coming off an ankle injury, has blossomed with consecutive 100-yard performances; and Hood, a junior transfer from Notre Dame Notre Dame IPA: [nɔtʁ dam] is French for Our Lady, referring to the Virgin Mary. In the United States of America, Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks, has rushed for 766 yards and eight touchdowns. LEAGUE UPDATES Foothill League Valencia quarterback Michael Herrick moved into fourth on the state's all-time passing yardage list with a 195-yard effort in the Vikings' 42-3 victory over Burbank. Herrick, already the state's career completion leader with 701, has 9,255 yards in 33 games. The Mississippi-bound Herrick is in position to pass Chad Davis Chad Davis (b. 1981) is an American hacker (or cracker) from Green Bay, Wisconsin, who operated under the alias of Mindphasr. He was the subject of one of the most high-profile prosecutions of cybercriminals of the late 20th century. for third on the career list in Friday's game against visiting Hart of Newhall. Davis, who played for Palm Springs, Torrey Pines Torrey Pines can refer to:
--Burbank assistant coach Tim Loock, who oversees the receivers, had to feel good about Jason McNeil's school-record 15 receptions nine days ago against Canyon of Canyon Country, except for one thing: Loock held Burbank's previous record of 12, set in 1977. Marmonte League The Marmonte League is a high school sports league primarily made up of schools from Ventura County. The Marmonte Leauge is part of the CIF Southern Section. Click here to view the league schedule. After seeing leads of 21 points (vs. Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. ) and 22 (vs. Simi Valley) disappear in the second halves of losses, Westlake left nothing to chance in Friday's 44-14 rout of Agoura. Westlake built a 37-0 halftime lead, sparked by the return of tailback Jeff Rapoport, who missed four games with an ankle injury. Rapoport rushed for 142 yards and two touchdowns for the Warriors. --Newbury Park's 23-16 victory Friday over Moorpark was its third league victory by seven or fewer points. With three games to play, the Panthers, seeking their first league title since 1998, are the league's only undefeated team. Mission League Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks was the model of efficiency in Friday's 49-6 victory over host St. Paul St. Paul as a missionary he fearlessly confronts the “perils of waters, of robbers, in the city, in the wilderness.” [N.T.: II Cor. 11:26] See : Bravery of Santa Fe Springs Santa Fe Springs, city (1990 pop. 15,520), Los Angeles co., SW Calif., inc. 1957. The city lies in an oil and natural gas region and has diversified manufacturing. , scoring seven touchdowns in its first 15 offensive plays. The Knights scored four TDs in nine first-half plays. The Daily News' No. 1 team ran only 28 plays from scrimmage, or two more than the number of rushing attempts by St. Paul running back Nicolas Grigsby. Notre Dame finished with 549 offensive yards, including 439 rushing on 23 attempts. Tri-Valley League After a 58-14 victory Friday over Palmdale, Oaks Christian of Westlake Village - the top-ranked team in Southern Section Div. XI - has outscored six foes by 278 points. The Lions last year set an area record by outscoring opponents by an average margin of 37.9 points. Oaks' average margin of victory is 46.3 points this season. If Oaks Christian maintains such dominance, its average margin of victory would rank third all-time in California, according to Cal-Hi Sports. Only Central Catholic of Modesto - 53.6 points last year and 49.6 in 2003 - has higher scoring margins. West Valley League Taft of Woodland Hills' 25-0 victory Friday over defending City Section champion Birmingham of Lake Balboa became more significant when the Toreadors learned that Crenshaw cren·shaw also cran·shaw n. A variety of winter melon (Cucumis melo var. inodorus) having a greenish-yellow rind and sweet, usually salmon-pink flesh. [Origin unknown.] of Los Angeles defeated Dorsey of Los Angeles 16-13 the same night. Taft, which defeated Crenshaw 35-34 in a season opener, has the inside track on the No. 1 seed for the City Section playoffs. It is one of four undefeated teams in the City, along with Huntington Park, Sylmar and University of West Los Angeles The University of West Los Angeles (UWLA) is a private, non-profit School of Law with two campuses in the Los Angeles metropolitan area in Inglewood and Woodland Hills, California. The School of Law is accredited by the Committee of Bar Examiners of The State Bar of California. . The Toreadors lead the City Section in scoring with 313 points and have recorded three shutouts. --Taft sophomore quarterback Exavier Johnson completed his first two passes in Friday's victory to extend his streak to 16 consecutive completions, tying him for sixth in area history with Jim Bonds, now coach at St. Francis of La Canada Flintridge. Bonds accomplished the feat while at Hart of Newhall against Alhambra in 1986. Gerry Gittelson, contributed CAPTION(S): photo, 4 boxes Photo: Agoura's J.T. Wright is a top receiver, return specialist, punter and place-kicker. Tina Burch/Staff Photographer Box: (1) DAILY NEWS TOP 20 (2) SMALL SCHOOLS (3) THEY SAID IT (4) SEVEN-DAY FORECAST |
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