IT'S HART'S TURN TO CELEBRATE INDIANS AVENGE LAST SEASON'S UPSET BY VIKINGS HART 17, VALENCIA 14.Byline: Matthew Kredell Staff Writer Hart High of Newhall football players spent their lunch period on Friday watching in agony as coaches prepared them for the night's game by replaying Valencia's celebration from the previous year. The Indians watched in dead silence as Valencia fans stormed Hart's home field. They weren't going to let that happen again. After a year in exile, Hart is back where it belongs atop the Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, football scene. Paul Weinstein Paul Weinstein is chief operating officer and senior fellow at the Progressive Policy Institute, a centrist think tank based in Washington, D.C. that is affiliated with the Democratic Leadership Council. kicked a 45-yard field goal with 4:10 remaining and James Wheeler knocked away a fourth-down pass with just over a minute to play as No. 6 Hart upset No. 2 Valencia 17-14 to take control of the Foothill League. ``We showed we're still the kings of Santa Clarita,'' Wheeler said. ``Last year was just a fluke fluke, parasitic flatworm of the trematoda class, related to the tapeworm. Instead of the cilia, external sense organs, and epidermis of the free-living flatworms, adult flukes have sucking disks with which they cling to their hosts and an external cuticle that .'' This time it was Hart fans who stormed the Valencia field and formed a mosh pit mosh pit n. An area in front of a concert stage in which audience members mosh. around their celebrating players. People filled the Valencia stands beyond their 5,000-seat capacity for what is turning out to be a real rivalry after Hart won the first 10 games of the series before Valencia pulled the upset last year. Weinstein, a senior who had missed a 36-yard field goal in the third quarter, calmly drilled a career-best 45-yarder with plenty to spare for the second game-winning field goal of his career. ``Paul just has thick skin,'' Hart quarterback Tyler Lyon said. ``You got to, in order 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. . He's a great kicker because nothing gets on his mind. I knew he wouldn't miss two kicks in a row.'' Wheeler, playing running back because starter Delano Howell suffered a sprained ankle A sprained ankle, also known as a ankle sprain, ankle injury or ankle ligament injury, is a common medical condition where one or more of the ligaments of the ankle is torn or partially torn. in the third quarter and backup Robbie Casselberry was suffering from cramps, set up the field-goal attempt with a 21-yard run. Wheeler also sparked Hart's tying touchdown drive earlier in the third quarter. With Hart (7-1, 3-0) struggling to move the ball, he broke free for a 35-yard run. He finished with 94 yards on just nine carries. Lyon, who struggled early in the game, made two big third-down completions to Taylor Embree and finished the drive with a 1-yard quarterback sneak quarterback sneak n. Football An offensive play in which the quarterback runs forward into the offensive line immediately after receiving the ball at the snap. to tie the score 14-14. Lyon had 113 passing yards and 42 rushing. After Weinstein's field goal gave Hart a 17-14 lead, Valencia quarterback Michael Herrick badly overthrew Jason Engelberg on a deep pass and the ball was intercepted by Troy Yudin. CAPTION(S): 2 photos, 5 boxes Photo: (1) Valencia's Shane Vereen, right, tries to elude e·lude tr.v. e·lud·ed, e·lud·ing, e·ludes 1. To evade or escape from, as by daring, cleverness, or skill: The suspect continues to elude the police. 2. Hart's Robbie Casselberry in the second quarter on Friday night. Vereen rushed for 125 yards. Alex Collins/Special to the Daily News (2) Hart's Anthony Luna, left, flips over Valencia's Nick Hale while making a tackle. David Crane/Staff Photographer Box: (1) DAILY NEWS TOP 10 (2) SMALL SCHOOLS (3) OTHER SCORES (4) FRIDAY'S STARS (5) TODAY'S GAMES |
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