FOOTBALL NOTES NEWBURY PARK NEEDS TO KICK-START KICKING GAME.Byline: Chris Cocoles Staff Writer Newbury Park High spent much of its preseason practices at nearby Peppertree Park while the Panthers' stadium underwent construction. The park doesn't have goal posts, preventing the Panthers from practicing field goals or extra points. And when the workouts shifted back to campus the Monday before the season began, Newbury Park simply took placekicking for granted. ``The four PATs we had in the (the season opener against Burroughs) were our first four live PAT's of the year,'' Panthers coach George Hurley George Hurley (born September 4 1958 in Brockton, Massachusetts) is a drummer noted for his work with The Minutemen and fIREHOSE. Hurley's powerful style brought a sense of musicianship to the genre, paving the way for new possibilities in underground music. said. ``We had time to get (the kick in). We just chose to do something else instead.'' The Panthers failed on all four conversion kicks against Burroughs, then went 1 for 2 on extra points along with a missed field goal in last week's 20-13 loss at Paso Robles Robles is a common surname in the Spanish language meaning oaks, and may refer to:
``Our holder is new. Our (long snapper In American football, the term long snapper refers to a player who is a specialized center during punts, field goals, and extra point attempts. His job is to snap the ball as quickly and accurately as possible. ) is new. . . . That was the biggest difference. The ball never got on the tee,'' Hurley said of the Panthers' botched botch tr.v. botched, botch·ing, botch·es 1. To ruin through clumsiness. 2. To make or perform clumsily; bungle. 3. To repair or mend clumsily. n. 1. conversions against Burroughs. ``Thursday (the day before the season opener), we're wandering around the end of practice and going, `Oh, by the way, can anybody snap long snaps? Who did it last year?' '' --A rivalry born? Westlake and Clovis West will discuss playing again after completing a home-and-home series. The Warriors are locked into playing Buena and Hart next year in weeks one and three. A week-two game with Clovis West would provide another brutal early schedule. After the 24-23 cliffhanger cliff·hang·er n. 1. A melodramatic serial in which each episode ends in suspense. 2. A suspenseful situation occurring at the end of a chapter, scene, or episode. 3. the teams put on Saturday in Clovis, Lombardi wants to play Westlake again. ``It was fun. Sure, it was exciting. But it was a fun game, too,'' Lombardi said. ``We like to play good teams out of our section. . . . Westlake's football program is one of the best in Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, .'' --Odds and ends: A 2-0 Royal team, 5-1 in its last six games, has flourished with a rugged defense that shut down both Saugus and Channel Islands. The Highlanders host Ventura on Friday, but a 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. team has yet to contain Cougars RB Tyler Ebell. Ebell combined for 782 rushing yards and nine touchdowns in blowout victories over Simi Valley and Moorpark. . . . The Marmonte League got bruised last week, going a collective 1-6 in nonleague games. Only Royal was a winner, over Channel Islands. |
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