HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: CANYON, HART READY TO HOST PLAYOFFS; SAUGUS ON THE ROAD.Byline: IVAN OROZCO Staff Writer It's time It's Time was a successful political campaign run by the Australian Labor Party (ALP) under Gough Whitlam at the 1972 election in Australia. Campaigning on the perceived need for change after 23 years of conservative (Liberal Party of Australia) government, Labor put forward a to tighten the shoulder pads This article is about football protective equipment. For shoulder pads in fashion, see Shoulder pads (fashion). Shoulder pads are a piece of protective equipment used in American and Canadian football. , adjust the facemasks and dust off the uniforms. The Southern Section Northern Division playoffs are here, and three Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. teams are in the mix. Foothill League champion Canyon of Canyon Country received the second seed in the 16-team bracket and will host Royal of 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. at 7:30 p.m. Friday. Hart of Newhall will host 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. and Saugus will travel to Atascadero. The Cowboys (7-2) might have drawn the favorable half of the bracket to defend their CIF (1) (Common Intermediate Format) A standard video format used in videoconferencing. CIF formats are defined by their resolution, and standards both above and below the original resolution have been established. The original CIF is also known as Full CIF (FCIF). championship, Dec. 9 at the 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. Royal, a fourth-place team out of the competitive 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. , clinched a playoff berth by winning half of its games. Three of those wins were against what were considered softer league opponents (Calabasas, Simi Valley and Agoura). The Highlanders (5-5) are 1-4 on the road and have been outscored 201-148. They rely on the offense of Marcus Hunt who has rushed for more than 100 yards in five games. ``Royal is a smash-mouth football team,'' said Harry Welch, the longtime Cowboys' coach. ``When you have (Hunt) running hard, pounding at you, and a quarterback in Michael Long The Highlanders will face a starting Canyon defense that has allowed 10 points in its past three games. The Cowboys' first-team defense held Valencia to three points in a 62-17 win Friday. That same defense held Saugus to seven points two weeks ago and shut out Golden Valley the week before. ``Blake McMartin our inside linebacker is an unsung important player on that defense,'' Welch said. ``His physicality and hustle has made us an effective defensive team.'' A win against Royal could set up the Cowboys with a matchup against Pacific View League champion Rio Mesa. Canyon could also meet undefeated Westlake of Westlake Village (10-0) in the semifinals. If Welch's team reaches the finals, Canyon could meet Hart in a rematch of last year's Div. II championship. ``I'm an old guy and it's hard for me to focus beyond one week,'' Welch said. ``I don't like it when my players do it, when my coaches do it. ``We have to score a winning run. We can end up losers Friday night if we don't focus. It doesn't matter what the rest of the bracket says.'' The Indians (6-4) might have drawn the harder part of the bracket. Thousand Oaks, the third-place team from the Marmonte League, brings an accurate passer in quarterback Ryan Clancy, and John Lister, a sophomore running back. A win against the Lancers lanc·er n. 1. A cavalryman armed with a lance. 2. A member of a regiment originally armed with lances. 3. lancers (used with a sing. verb) a. A kind of quadrille. b. (7-3) could set up Hart against No.1 seed St. Bonaventure in the second round. The Indians would host the Seraphs (9-1) as determined by a coin flip Sunday. The Seraphs shut out the Indians 34-0 in the season opener and beat the Cowboys 21-14 in Week 3. It's possible that the Warriors' 23-12 win against Moorpark (8-2) on Friday sent the Indians to the half of the bracket, which features the Seraphs. Saugus, the Foothill League third-place team that lost its final two regular season games by a combined margin of 59 points, is not complaining about having to travel to Atascadero. Under coach Jason Bornn, the Centurions have reached the playoffs three years in a row but have failed to move past the first round since 1999. It might not be easy for Bornn's team to advance this year. The Greyhounds are 9-1, their only loss coming to Thousand Oaks in Week 3. If Saugus advances, it could meet Moorpark or Camarillo in the next round. ivan.orozco@dailynews.com (818) 713-3607 |
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