HIGHLAND GAINS GROUND COACH SAYS TEAM NEEDS TO IMPROVE.Byline: GIDEON RUBIN Staff Writer PALMDALE -- Highland High's football team's dreadful 0-4 start included a defensive meltdown meltdown Occurrence in which a huge amount of thermal energy and radiation is released as a result of an uncontrolled chain reaction in a nuclear power reactor. The chain reaction that occurs in the reactor's core must be carefully regulated by control rods, which absorb in a Week 3, 54-22 loss to Canyon Springs of Moreno Valley Moreno Valley (mərē`nō), city (1990 pop. 118,779), Riverside co., S Calif., inc. 1984. In 1990, Moreno Valley was California's fastest-growing city, with a population increase of more than 300% between 1980 and 1990, but major reductions in a game Highland led late in the third quarter. In its first two games, Highland had 27 penalties assessed against it. In its Week 1, 34-26 loss to Barstow, Highland's offense played well and its defense sputtered. The reverse was the case in its Week 4, 7-6 loss to Inglewood. And although Highland (2-4, 2-0 Golden League) has since garnered some momentum after opening league with victories over Littlerock and Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley , coach Jim Root doesn't want his players to forget the stretch when from one week to next the team seemed to find a way to lose. ``I would prefer kids remember those games,'' Root said. ``Bad things can happen if you play badly, and it's important that they remember that.'' Root said Friday's 11-0 victory over Antelope Valley illustrated that although his team had progressed since its early-season struggles, there is still significant room for improvement. Highland fumbled seven times against the Antelopes, but recovered four. ``Luckily for us, we were able to keep plugging away, but it really hurt our offensive production,'' Root said. ``You can't make errors like that and expect to win.'' Root acknowledged that his team will need to play its best game if it has any chance in Friday's pivotal league showdown against Lancaster (4-2, 3-0). Highland has a chance to move into a first-place tie with Palmdale (5-1, 3-0) with a victory. It will not be an easy task though. Lancaster has won three in a row and is coming off a 34-7 thrashing thrashing: see threshing. Excessive paging in a virtual memory computer. If programs are not written to run in a virtual memory environment, the operating system may spend excessive amounts of time swapping program pages in and out of the disk. of Knight. ``They are going to be a very tough,'' Root said. ``(Lancaster coach) Jeff Cortez has a well-coached football team and he always has. They are going to be an extremely well coached and well prepared team because he is such an outstanding coach. ``We're going to need to play at another level just to be on the same field as them.'' Dominant defense: Crucial to Highland's turnaround has been its outstanding defensive play. After allowing 122 points the first three weeks, Highland has allowed just 15 points in its last three games, with the only touchdowns allowed over that stretch coming on special teams and against its second team defense. ``Our defense has really been doing a remarkable job,'' Root said. ``I can't find too many faults with the way they've played.'' Defensive backs Fred Anderson Fred Anderson is the name of a number of notable people, including:
Defensive ends Jordan Oates and Chad Chad (chăd, chäd), Fr. Tchad, officially Republic of Chad, republic (2005 est. pop. 9,826,000), 495,752 sq mi (1,284,000 sq km), N central Africa. Ellis have been key contributors too. ``They've been really big surprises for us,'' Root said. ``Outstanding effort'': Palmdale senior defensive back Deon Edwards set a school record with 46 points in the program's in-house grading system for defensive players in Friday's 56-0 victory over Littlerock. Edwards scored two defensive touchdowns and had two interceptions, a fumble recovery, a pass deflection deflection /de·flec·tion/ (de-flek´shun) deviation or movement from a straight line or given course, such as from the baseline in electrocardiography. de·flec·tion n. 1. , a blocked kick, and a tackle for a loss. ``It was just an outstanding effort,'' Palmdale coach Jeff Williams For the poker player, see . For the physician, see . For the astronaut, see . Jeff Williams (born June 6, 1972 in Canberra) is an Australian-born, left-handed pitcher for the Hanshin Tigers baseball team. said. ``It's going to be a tough act to follow but we're going to need a big game from him this week (against Golden Valley of Bakersfield).'' Also: Boron boron (bōr`ŏn) [New Gr. from borax], chemical element; symbol B; at. no. 5; at. wt. 10.81; m.p. about 2,300°C;; sublimation point about 2,550°C;; sp. gr. 2.3 at 25°C;; valence +3. remains the Antelope antelope, name applied to a large number of hoofed, ruminant mammals of the cattle family (Bovidae), which also includes the sheep and goats. The North American pronghorn is sometimes called an antelope, but belongs to a separate, related family (Antilocapridae). Valley's only unbeaten team after Saturday's 's 42-27 Desert Mountain League opening victory over Desert Christian. The Bobcats (6-0, 1-0) have won 16 of their last 17 games going back to last season. Boron, which is ranked No. 2 in the most recent Southern Section Northeast Div. poll, is among four area ranked teams. Rosamond (5-1, 1-0) is ranked fourth in the East Valley Div., Palmdale is ranked sixth in the Western Div., Antelope Valley Christian (5-1, 1-1 Agape agape In the New Testament, the fatherly love of God for humans and their reciprocal love for God. The term extends to the love of one's fellow humans. The Church Fathers used the Greek term to designate both a rite using bread and wine and a meal of fellowship that included League) is ranked No. 8 in the 8-man Div. II poll. The Eagles' 67-22 league loss to Joshua Springs was their first of the season. CAPTION(S): box Box: LOCAL SCOREBOARD |
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