HOOVER LOSES 11TH IN ROW VERDUGO HILLS 7, HOOVER 6.GLENDALE - Armond Esmaili's two-point conversion In American football and Canadian football, a team may try to score a two-point conversion (score two points) instead of an extra point (one point) immediately after it scores a touchdown. run failed with 1:24 remaining, enabling Verdugo Hills to escape with a 7-6 nonleague season-opening victory over Hoover of Glendale on Thursday at Moyse Stadium. Trailing 7-0 from the 7:09 mark of the first quarter, Hoover put together its only serious second-half drive late in the game. Hoover scored on Fal Rangel's 1-yard run that culminated a 15-play, 80-yard drive that consumed con·sume v. con·sumed, con·sum·ing, con·sumes v.tr. 1. To take in as food; eat or drink up. See Synonyms at eat. 2. a. more than eight minutes. But the failed conversion run extended the Tornadoes' losing streak to 11 games. Verdugo Hills scored in the first quarter when Michael Tinker connected with Kyle <noinclude></noinclude> ''This article or section is being rewritten at One derivation of the surname is from the Scottish Highland word caol, 'channel', or 'strait'. There are other possible derivations (see below). Mugavero on a 16-yard touchdown pass and Reece Apmadoc kicked the extra point, giving the Dons a 7-0 lead. Tinker was 8 of 15 for 120 yards and wide receiver Neil Gossard had 63 yards on three catches and rushed for 79 yards on 12 carries. For Hoover, Esmaili gained 81 yards on 22 carries, and Jamal Kendrick had four catches for 47 yards. Hoover missed on two chances to score in the first half when they drove inside Verdugo Hills' 20-yard line. But Edny Aldana intercepted a Marvin Serrano ser·ra·no n. pl. ser·ra·nos A cultivar of the tropical pepper Capsicum annuum having small, blunt, highly pungent red or green fruit used in cooking. pass to end one drive and a 13-yard holding penalty and three incomplete passes An incomplete pass is a term in American football which means that a legal forward pass hits the ground before a player on either team gains possession. For example, if the quarterback throws the ball to one of his wide receivers, and the receiver either does not touch it, or tries thwarted thwart tr.v. thwart·ed, thwart·ing, thwarts 1. To prevent the occurrence, realization, or attainment of: They thwarted her plans. 2. another scoring chance. Serrano was 6 of 20 for 71 yards and Robert Kurtz was 5 of 7 for 59 yards for Hoover. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Hoover's Daniel Vargas pressures Verdugo Hills quarterback Michael Tinker (3), who fumbled but recovered the ball during Thursday's game. Tina Burch/Staff Photographer |
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