IT ALL GOES GRANADA HILLS' WAY CHARLS, HIGHLANDERS KEEP PRESSURE ON; GRANT GOES `BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD' GRANADA HILLS 41, GRANT 6.Byline: Ross Ross , Sir Ronald 1857-1932. British physician. He won a 1902 Nobel Prize for proving that malaria is transmitted to humans by the bite of the mosquito. Siler Staff Writer Though many of the fans hadn't returned to their seats in time, the only play anyone needed to see to understand how the season opener went Friday night for the No. 7 Granada Hills High football team was the second half kickoff. With the Highlanders leading by 27 points, Jackie Kecskes popped up her otherwise-ordinary kick, only to have the ball plop plop v. plopped, plop·ping, plops v.intr. 1. To fall with a sound like that of an object falling into water without splashing. 2. to the ground near the Grant of Van Nuys 26-yard line. The seemingly-confused return team allowed Granada Hills' Keith Brown Keith Brown can refer to: People
It was first down Granada Hills and another in a long night of disappointing moments for Grant. The Highlanders went on to score on quarterback Brandon Charls' 6-yard touchdown run and routed 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. 41-6 at home. To open his senior season, Charls completed 14 of 21 passes for 204 yards, with two touchdown passes and another three on the ground. Senior Gilbert Linton ran for 99 yards on 17 carries and Granada Hills intercepted two passes in a total display of dominance. ``We're going to take things back to the drawing board,'' Grant coach Bill Foster said, ``and figure out what was went wrong on both sides of the ball.'' After throwing for nearly 2,000 yards a year ago, Charls shined in his first game. He scrambled scram·ble v. scram·bled, scram·bling, scram·bles v.intr. 1. To move or climb hurriedly, especially on the hands and knees. 2. effectively (finishing with 37 yards rushing) and threw well on the move. Charls suffered from cramps during the third quarter but returned to the field and didn't miss a play. The game was expected to showcase two teams expected to rate among the City Section's best. Grant won last year's Sunset Six League title and Granada Hills advanced to the Invitational in·vi·ta·tion·al adj. Restricted to invited participants: an invitational golf tournament. n. An event, especially a sports tournament, restricted to invited participants. Adj. 1. final. Instead, the Highlanders won in a runaway. ``Coming in, I thought it was going to be a tossup,'' Granada Hills co-coach Darryl Stroh said. ``Our guys did a great job on offense and defense, to hold them down and move the ball like that.'' Granada Hills took a 14-0 lead less than eight minutes in. Ricardo Salcedo sparked the Highlanders with a 58-yard return on the opening kickoff and Charls darted in from 2 yards only four plays later. Senior linebacker Sean Sidey then set the tone on defense, sacking sack·ing n. A coarse, stout woven cloth, such as burlap or gunny, used for making sacks; sackcloth. sacking Noun coarse cloth woven from flax, hemp, or jute, and used to make sacks Noun Dashawn Smith (4 of 15, 67 yards) for a 6-yard loss. The Lancers were forced to punt and Linton scored on a 14-yard run. Ross Siler, (818)713-3610 ross.siler(at)dailynews.com |
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