FOOTBALL: OPENERS FINALLY HERE FOR SERRA, MISSION.Byline: ERIK BOAL Special to the Daily News After two months of grueling nonleague competition, the Mission and Serra leagues finally begin their three-game schedules Friday. The coaches of the six area teams that compete in the leagues expect the next three weeks to be the most unforgiving of the season. ``It's a three-game playoff. There's not a lot of room for error,'' said Crespi High of Encino coach Jeremiah Ross, whose team capped one of its toughest nonleague schedules in years Saturday with a 31-17 victory at St. Francis of La Canada Flintridge. ``Our guys know what's at stake.'' After winning back-to-back Southern Section Div. X titles, the Celts The following pages provide lists of nations or people of Celtic origin, arranged by branch of Celtic ethnicity or language grouping: Goidelic Celts
Because the Serra League is the only four-team grouping in the Pac-5, Bishop Amat of LaPuente, Crespi, Loyola of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. and 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 are essentially battling for two automatic playoff berths. Crespi (4-3) plays Friday at Bishop Amat (4-3), and Loyola (4-3) and Notre Dame (7-0) square off at East L.A. College. ``The Pac-5 is so ridiculous, that if we don't finish first or second, we're not going to the playoffs,'' Ross said. ``One of the other leagues will probably get an at-large.'' Alemany of Mission Hills, Chaminade of West Hills, St.Francis and 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. face similar hurdles in the Northern Division, in which the Mission League is paired with the eight-team Golden League and the Bay, Ocean and San Gabriel Valley The San Gabriel Valley is one of the principal valleys of southern California. It lies to the east of the city of Los Angeles, to the north of the Puente Hills, to the south of the San Gabriel Mountains, and to the west of the Inland Empire. leagues, each with six teams. Alemany (4-3) plays Friday at St. Francis (5-2), and Chaminade (4-3) is home against St.Paul (3-4). ``This is the toughest schedule we've had in some time,'' St.Francis coach Jim Bonds said. ``Now we have a three-game series, and if we only play 24 minutes in one of those games instead of 48, we could be sitting home come playoff time.'' La Canada senior Lavelle Peterson became the first area running back this season to twice rush for more than 300 yards, breaking his school record with 356 in Friday's 32-0 Rio Hondo Rio Hondo may refer to:
Peterson, who set the previous mark with 345 yards in a 40-0 romp Sept. 21 over Gabrielino of San Gabriel, is second in the area with 1,376 yards rushing, trailing only Moorpark's Darrell Scott (1,559). Peterson's three touchdowns Friday give him 17 for the season. Oaks Christian of Westlake Village's Marc Tyler rushed for a career-high 308 yards and four touchdowns in the Lions' 55-7 victory over Oak Park. Tyler, third in the area (1,281 yards), has 21 touchdowns this season and 114 for his career. Oaks Christian's 38th consecutive victory moved it into a tie for 15th on the state's all-time list with Clovis West (2002-04) and Los Gatos (1992-94). Calabasas' 39th straight loss placed the Coyotes in a tie for sixth in state history with Richmond (2001-04). erik.boal@dailynews.com (818) 713-3607 |
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