HART IS GETTING ITS KICKS CUMMINGS' LEG HAS HELPED INDIANS REACH DIV. III TITLE GAME.Byline: Gerry Gittelson Staff Writer NEWHALL - Josh Cummings has given Hart High just the kick it's needed in the football playoffs. He has four field goals over the last two playoff play·off also play-off n. Sports 1. A final game or series of games played to break a tie. 2. A series of games played to determine a championship. Noun 1. victories, and he could be the deciding factor tonight, when Hart (11-2) bids for its third consecutive Southern Section Division III
Division III (or DIII) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association of the United States. championship against Mira Costa (12-1) at College of the Canyons College of the Canyons is one of the fastest-growing community colleges in the state. According to the National Junior College Research Association, College of the Canyons consistently ranks in the top 50 community colleges in the nation. . In Friday's 13-0 semifinal victory over St. Francis, Cummings kicked field goals of 29 and 34 yards. He also punted six times for a 43.7 average, pinning St. Francis inside its own 20 on his first three attempts. A week earlier against Crescenta Valley The Crescenta Valley is a small inland valley in Los Angeles County, California. Its name derives from its crescent-like shape, with the convex portion facing roughly northeast and the concave portion southwest. , Cummings' field goals of 41 and 31 yards provided the margin of victory in a 28-23 triumph. He also punted once for 46 yards. Cummings, a 5-foot-11, 175-pound senior, has nine field goals, a 39.2 punting average and 37 PATs. He also booms about 80 percent of his kickoffs into the end zone, which is important because they're automatic touchbacks in high school football. ``Things aren't going too bad,'' he said. ``Kicking is one-third of the game. It gets points, it gets field position, so it's important.'' Cummings realized how vital his kicking was when Hart's coaches decided to pull him from his duty as starting defensive back; his kicking was too important to risk injury. ``In the beginning I got a little mad about that,'' Cummings said. ``But it's all right now.'' Cummings has improved his punting. Early in the season he struggled in that department because he kicks soccer-style on place-kicks and conventionally on punts. A year ago, all he did was kick off, so he has been learning as he goes. ``It takes a lot of confidence to be a kicker Kicker A right, warrant, or some other feature added to a debt instrument to make it more desirable to potential investors. Notes: The ability to trade a bond or other debt instrument in for stock may entice investors, if they feel the stock will appreciate. , but sometimes it's fun,'' he said. ``I kick a lot in practice, getting my leg ready. I also lift a lot of weights with my legs because kicking is hard on the legs.'' Cummings attended a kicking camp in Northern California Northern California, sometimes referred to as NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The region contains the San Francisco Bay Area, the state capital, Sacramento; as well as the substantial natural beauty of the redwood forests, the northern over the summer. He is hoping all the hard work will result in a college scholarship. He wants to follow in the footsteps of former Hart kickers kickers See bells and whistles. Kirk Bardin, Jimmy Harper, Kevin McLaughlin Kevin McLaughlin (??? to 17 July 1864) was an African American who escaped from slavery in South Carolina and was captured by slave-hunters in Boston in 1852 His arrest outraged Boston abolitionists and many ordinary Bostonians, who were increasingly hostile towards the enforcement and Scott Etheridge, all of whom made it into the college ranks. ``Josh has been great, especially the last two games,'' coach Mike Herrington said. ``I'm sure he would have liked to play defensive back too, but his kicking has just helped us so much in the long run. (Before this season) I've lost a number of games because we had bad kicking. I remember when I was the coach at Bellflower bellflower, in botany bellflower or bluebell, name commonly used as a comprehensive term for members of the Campanulaceae, a family of chiefly herbaceous annuals or perennials of wide distribution, characteristically found on dry , we lost a playoff game 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 because we couldn't kick an extra point. So in high school football especially, kicking is very valuable.'' HERE'S THE KICKER Josh Cummings has four field goals in the last two games for Hart High, which hosts Mira Costa in the Division III championship at 7:30 tonight at College of the Canyons. Name: Josh Cummings Sport: Hart football Ht/Wt: 5-11, 175 Position: Kicker/punter Last week: Kicked field goals of 29 and 34 yards and averaged 43.7 yards on six punts to help the Indians defeat St. Francis 13-0 in the semifinals. Season: Nine field goals, 39.2 punting average CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: Hart High kicker Josh Cummings' field goals and punts have helped put the Indians in their third consecutive Southern Section title game. Tom Mendoza/Staff Photographer Box: Here's the Kicker (see text) |
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