FOOTBALL: OAKS CHRISTIAN 48, HARVARD-WESTLAKE 14 CLAUSEN QUIETS DOUBTERS 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 touchdown passes, had already completed his first six attempts for 107 yards and two touchdowns. The chants continued after every one of Clausen's five first-half incompletions, but his 279 yards passing and five touchdown passes in threequarters did plenty to silence Harvard-Westlake's home crowd in between those rare drops or misfires. Oaks Christian advanced to its fourth consecutive division final with a 48-14 victory at Valley College. 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 games -- 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, losing 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 in the teams' regular-season meeting Oct. 20. Although Oaks Christian lost three fumbles, one of which was 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, who finished 24-of-29 passing to go over 10,300 career passing yards, connected with Sean Wiser (nine catches, 81 yards) 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 . Marshall Jones, making his second start at running back in place of injured Gatorade state player of the year Marc Tyler Marc Tyler (born September 27, 1988 in Palmdale, California) is an American football running back for the University of Southern California Trojans football team. High school career Tyler attended Oaks Christian High School in Westlake Village, California. , rushed for 114 yards and a touchdown as Oaks Christian scored on its first four possessions en route to 346 first-half yards. Harvard-Westlake, which was victimized by two lost fumbles and a blocked punt, avoided the shutout when John Howe connected with Ryan Calvert on a 4-yard touchdown pass with 3:19 remaining. Howe finished with 139 total yards and Spencer Spiegel recovered two fumbles for the Wolverines, the Del Rey Del Rey may refer to:
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