FOOTBALL: OAKS CHRISTIAN 48, HARVARD-WESTLAKE 14 CLAUSEN EARNS RESPECT THROWS FOR 5 TDS IN BLOWOUT WIN.Byline: ERIK BOAL Special to the Daily News Perhaps it was the ultimate sign of respect, or a sign things were already getting out of control for Harvard-Westlake of Studio City's football team. Less than four minutes into Saturday night's Southern Section Northwest Division Two of North America's major professional sports leagues contain a Northwest Division.
That was after the Notre Dame-bound Clausen, the state's career leader with 142 passing touchdowns, had already completed his first sixattempts for 107 yards and two scores. The chants continued after every one of Clausen's five first-half incompletions, but his 279 yards and five touchdown passes in three quarters of work did plenty to silence Harvard-Westlake's home crowd in between those rare drops or misfires, as Oaks Christian advanced to its fourth consecutive division final with a 48-14 victory at Valley College. ``It was fun. We haven't heard that one this year,'' said Clausen, who finished 24 of 29 to go over 10,300 career passing yards. ``We really took that one to heart and just focused on coming out and executing and doing what we needed to do to get the win.'' The Lions (13-0), ranked second in the state by Cal-Hi Sports and No. 6 nationally by USA Today USA Today National U.S. daily general-interest newspaper, the first of its kind. Launched in 1982 by Allen Neuharth, head of the Gannett newspaper chain, it reached a circulation of one million within a year and surpassed two million in the 1990s. , extended their winning streak Noun 1. winning streak - a streak of wins streak, run - an unbroken series of events; "had a streak of bad luck"; "Nicklaus had a run of birdies" to 44 -- tied for eighth all-time in state history -- entering Friday's championship game against Tri-Valley League rival Oak Park. The Eagles (12-1), who recorded a 17-14, double-overtime victory Friday over Covina, will face three-time champion Oaks Christian in the final for the third time in four seasons. The Eagles lost to the Lions 21-16 in the 2003 Div.XI title game and 39-21 in 2004. Oak Park, the last team to defeat the Lions, in Nov. 2003, suffered a 55-7 setback setback In architecture, a steplike recession in the profile of a high-rise building. Usually dictated by building codes to allow sunlight to reach streets and lower floors, the building must take another step back from the street for every specified added height interval. in the teams' regular-season meeting Oct. 20. ``We'd like to face some new competition, just because we've played them so many times before,'' said Stanford-bound receiver Sean Wiser, who caught nine passes for 81 yards. ``But they're so close and it's a rivalry, so we know they'll be up and we'll be up. We've worked hard for four years and it's the last time we're going to play them, so it's going to be exciting.'' Although Oaks Christian lost three fumbles, one recovered by Harvard- Westlake (10-3) in the end zone, the Lions showed no signs of slowing down on their way to a likely appearance in the inaugural Div. III state bowl game Dec. 16 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 in Carson. Clausen connected with Wiser on three touchdown passes and Anthony Gildon on two others, giving him 12 scoring passes in three playoff games Noun 1. playoff game - one game in the series of games constituting a playoff game - a single play of a sport or other contest; "the game lasted two hours" playoff - any final competition to determine a championship . ``I was just focused on spreading the ball around and getting it to the playmakers Playmakers is a TV series on ESPN that depicted the lives of the players on a fictional professional football team. The show starred Omar Gooding, Marcello Thedford, Christopher Wiehl, Jason Matthew Smith, Russell Hornsby and Tony Denison. ,'' said Clausen, who led the Lions on a 10-play, 78-yard drive just before the half, finalizing the 96-second march with a 5-yard touchdown pass to Wiser to increase the lead to 35-0. erik.boal@dailynews.com (818) 713-3607 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Oaks Christian's Sean Wiser, right, runs for a touchdown against Harvard-Westlake. Gene Blevins/Daily News |
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