KENNEDY CRUSHES MONROE KENNEDY 52, MONROE 26.Byline: Kirby Lee Special to the Daily News Kennedy High showed flashes of brillance in its 52-26 victory overMonroe on Friday night. The host Golden Cougars also showed flaws in the league opener at which could present a steep obstacle to its Valley Mission League title hopes. Kennedy (5-0-1, 1-0) was clinging to a 14-12 second-quarter lead against the Vikings (0-5, 0-1) before exploding for 31 unanswered points to open a 45-12 advantage midway through the third quarter. Monroe scored three of its four touchdowns with the aid of Kennedy turnovers. The Vikings turned two first-quarter fumbles into touchdowns before Kennedy - which was coming off an emotional victory over crosstown cross·town or cross-town adj. Running, extending, or going across a city or town: a crosstown street; crosstown traffic. adv. rival Granada Hills the previous week - powered away. The closest Monroe could get from that point was when the game was stopped in the second half after the facemasks of Kennedy's Billy Medley and Monroe's Wilkin Garcia became stuck together. ``We try to come out with the same intensity no matter the team,'' Kennedy running back Jerome Williams
Williams, a senior, ran for 140 yards on 18 carries, 130 coming in the first half. His three first-half touchdowns on runs of one, 55 and twoyards helped propel Kennedy to a 38-12 halftime lead. James Norris James Norris may refer to:
adj. Farthest out; outermost. Adj. 1. outmost - situated at the farthest possible point from a center outermost of the second half with a swollen left knee he injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. in practice. Norris gave Kennedy a 45-12 lead on a 1-yard run on the Golden Cougar's opening drive of the second half before taking the rest of the night off. Kennedy quarterback Adam Geery completed 10 of 20 passes for 142 yards with two scores to Efren Lopez. ``We played well against good teams,'' Kennedy coach Bob Francola said. ``Tonight we were sloppy and the game was close. What matters is how well we play next Friday Next Friday is the 2000 sequel to Friday , which depicts the neighborhood of South Los Angeles in a comedic sense. The hero, Craig Jones (Ice Cube), leaves home and moves in with his lottery winning and sex-crazed Uncle Elroy (Don "D.C." Curry) in Rancho Cucamonga. .'' Monroe's loss on Friday night was the latest in a series of setbacksfor the Vikings in the return of coach Chris Richards
Christopher Robert Richard (born June 7, 1974, in San Diego, California) is a Major League Baseball outfielder and first baseman. He is an alumnus of Oklahoma State University. after a two-game suspension for allowing a non-Monroe student to practice with the team. |
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