FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK: FIERRO DELIVERS FOR SIMI.Byline: Sean Ceglinsky Staff Writer Losing was never an option for Robbie Fierro on Friday night. The 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. High quarterback's play was instrumental in a 42-40 victory over 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. . Now it appears as if the Pioneers have the momentum and confidence to not only remain in contention in the 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. race, but also make a difference. ``Robbie went out and did his job and we got a must-win,'' Simi Valley coach Karl Zierhut said. ``I'm real, real pleased with him. He's has a very good grasp of what we're trying to do offensively, and that's 90 percent of it.'' A loss would have been devastating dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. . The Pioneers (3-3, 1-2) would have fallen behind by three games to first-place Royal (4-2, 3-0). Now, they sit a game behind Moorpark (3-3, 2-1) and Westlake (3-3, 2-1) in the standings and tied for third with Agoura (3-3, 1-2), well ahead of Calabasas (0-6, 0-3). ``If we lose against Thousand Oaks, and I know this might sound like a cliche, but we don't control our own destiny Destiny goddess of destiny of mankind. [Gk. Myth.: Kravitz, 78] See : Fate . Now, we do,'' Fierro said Saturday. ``We're taking big steps in the right direction. We're proving we can compete with anyone.'' The Simi Valley coaching staff was patiently waiting for a breakout game from Fierro. The senior delivered against Thousand Oaks, completing 18 of 29 passes for 339 yards and three touchdowns. Fierro also was on the receiving end of a touchdown pass. He scored on a 6-yard reception in the first quarter on a double reverse. ``When coach called the trick play A trick play, also known as a gadget play, is a play in American football that uses deception and unorthodox strategies to fool the opposing team. Trick plays are highly risky, usually with a large potential for a loss of yards or turnover, but the payoff is often high with , I was excited because I thought we were going to be able to catch them off-guard,'' Fierro said. ``That play got us going. Everyone was going crazy, on the sidelines On the sidelines An investor who decides not to invest due to market uncertainty. on the sidelines Of or relating to investors who, having assessed the market, have decided to avoid committing their funds. and in the stands.'' Things don't figure to get any easier from here on out for Simi Valley, which travels to Moorpark in Week 7 in a battle that could very well determine which team stays alive in the league race and which one doesn't. Beyond that, Simi Valley plays Agoura and Calabasas in consecutive weeks before the regular-season finale For the music notation program, see . A finale (italian word) is a closing part, act or movement of a dramatic or musical composition, or more generally any event or procedure with a dramatically concluding effect. at crosstown cross·town or cross-town adj. Running, extending, or going across a city or town: a crosstown street; crosstown traffic. adv. rival Royal. ``The good news is we won Friday. The bad news is we have to keep winning every game the rest of the way,'' Zierhut said. ``You can't count anyone out. This league is crazy this season.'' --Playmaker: Week in and week out, Simi Valley's Tony Washington continues to establish himself as one of the top receivers in the Marmonte League. For the second time in as many weeks, the 5-foot-11, 175 pounds senior had three touchdown catches. He was on the receiving end of 50-, 4-, and 34-yard scoring passes against Thousand Oaks and finished with seven receptions for 158 yards. ``He brings his 'A' game every night,'' Zierhut said. ``He can turn a 12-yard curl curl In mathematics, a differential operator that can be applied to a vector-valued function (or vector field) in order to measure its degree of local spinning. It consists of a combination of the function's first partial derivatives. in to a 50-yard catch. He plays with pride and intensity. That's just Tony being Tony. He's a gifted athlete.'' --Big-time ground gainer: Danny Mosier rushed for more than 190 yards for the third time in as many weeks Friday, this time gaining 198 on 10 carries in a 38-0 victory over Calabasas. He also scored three touchdowns on runs of 77, 25 and 18 yards before resting for most of the fourth quarter with the game out of reach. Mosier ranks among the top rushers in the area with 905 yards on 97 carries, averaging 9.3 yards per carry. Royal will need a similar type effort Friday against host Newbury Park to remain in first place in league. Sean Ceglinsky, (818) 713-3607 sean.ceglinsky(at)dailynews.com |
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