LIONS ROCK RIVAL OAK PARK CLAUSEN THROWS FOR 3 TDS AS O.C. WINS FOURTH TITLE IN ROW OAKS CHRISTIAN 46, OAK PARK 7.Byline: ERIK BOAL Special to the Daily News WESTLAKE VILLAGE -- The members of Oaks Christian of Westlake Village's football team won't be auditioning for American Idol American Idol is an annual American televised singing competition, which began its first season on June 11, 2002. Part of the Idol franchise, it originated from the British reality program Pop Idol. anytime soon. Their postgame locker-room rendition of Queen's anthem ``We Are The Champions'' supported that notion. But on one of high school football's biggest stages, the Lions again took on rock-star personas Friday night, receiving standing ovations from their home crowd, signing autographs for hundreds of adoring fans and posing for their customary championship photos. Relying on a defense that delivered hits like a mosh pit mosh pit n. An area in front of a concert stage in which audience members mosh. and an offense that performed like a symphony, Oaks Christian put on a show in front of nearly 4,000 spectators at Thorson Stadium, recording a 46-7 victory over Tri-Valley League rival Oak Park in the Southern Section's Northwest Division Two of North America's major professional sports leagues contain a Northwest Division.
Oaks Christian (14-0), ranked second in the state by Cal-Hi Sports and No. 6 nationally by USA Today USA Today National U.S. daily general-interest newspaper, the first of its kind. Launched in 1982 by Allen Neuharth, head of the Gannett newspaper chain, it reached a circulation of one million within a year and surpassed two million in the 1990s. , extended its winning streak Noun 1. winning streak - a streak of wins streak, run - an unbroken series of events; "had a streak of bad luck"; "Nicklaus had a run of birdies" to 45 consecutive games, the eighth-longest run in California history. The Lions also joined Paraclete of Lancaster (1997-2001) and Hart of Newhall (1998-2001) as the only area teams to win fourstraight championships. ``It's so much fun to come out here and have that support and to hear them cheer for me,'' said Notre Dame-bound quarterback Jimmy Clausen James Richard "Jimmy" Clausen (born September 21, 1987, in Thousand Oaks, California[3]) is an American football player. He is a quarterback at the University of Notre Dame. , who passed for 249 yards and three touchdowns to improve to 41-0 in his career as a starter. ``The past four years have been great. This senior class is real special to me and I love each and every one of them.'' By the start of the fourth quarter, the only doubt left among the Lions faithful was whether Clausen and his offensive counterparts or Oaks Christian's defensive unit would get to deliver an encore performance. Both were worthy of the opportunity after defeating OakPark (12-2) for the third time in four seasons in division finals, including victories in the Div. XI championship games in 2003-04. The Eagles' lone touchdown came on a 2-yard run by Kyle Shorten. ``Our defense played really well,'' Stanford-bound receiver Sean Wiser said. ``All week in practice we focused on swarming swarming 1. a phenomenon observed in cultures of Proteus spp. on solid media in which there is progressive surface spreading from the parent colony. 2. the periodic bee migration of the old queen and accompanying workers and drones from a full original hive which is to the ball and hitting hard. It' s getting near the end of our season and we wanted to give everything we have left.'' Wiser (six catches, 110 yards) and USC-bound Marshall Jones (18 carries, 70 yards) each had three touchdowns for Oaks Christian, which is expected to represent Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, in the inaugural Div. III state bowl game Dec. 16 at Home Depot The Home Depot (NYSE: HD) is an American retailer of home improvement and construction products and services. Headquartered in Vinings, just outside Atlanta in unincorporated Cobb County, Georgia, Home Depot employs more than 355,000 people and operates 2,164 big-box Center in Carson. The announcements for all three state contests will be made Sunday. erik.boal@dailynews.com (818) 713-3607 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Oaks Christian QB Jimmy Clausen holds up the Southern Section's Northwest Division trophy after Friday's victory. Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News |
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