MISSED CHANCES HURT SIMI VALLEY IN LOSS TO MOORPARK; LONG DRIVES GO TO WASTE NEAR GOAL LINE.Byline: Chris Cocoles Staff Writer The 99-1/2 yards was the easy part for Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. High's freshman football team. Getting that final half-yard proved to the Pioneers' undoing Thursday. Simi Valley went scoreless three times inside the 10, including two wasted drives from the 1, in a frustrating frus·trate tr.v. frus·trat·ed, frus·trat·ing, frus·trates 1. a. To prevent from accomplishing a purpose or fulfilling a desire; thwart: 21-10 loss to Moorpark in the Marmonte League The Marmonte League is a high school sports league primarily made up of schools from Ventura County. The Marmonte Leauge is part of the CIF Southern Section. Click here to view the league schedule. opener for both teams. The Pioneers (1-3, 0-1) matched up well with the Musketeers, said coach Stephen Galvin. But the missed opportunities proved to be too costly. ``It was horrible,'' Galvin said of the failed chances that included a fumble at the goal line, a missed fourth-and-goal assignment on a running play and a missed field goal. ``We just kept shooting ourselves in the foot at the 6-inch line.'' More frustrating for the Pioneers was not capitalizing enough on a 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 defense that intercepted one pass, forced three fumbles and sacked Moorpark quarterbacks five times for a total of 26 yards. One of the sacks and an ensuing en·sue intr.v. en·sued, en·su·ing, en·sues 1. To follow as a consequence or result. See Synonyms at follow. 2. To take place subsequently. fumble, by Peter Bolanos, set up a field goal that helped close the gap. ``We were intercepting passes, stripping the ball away and getting sacks. But we still couldn't quite get the win,'' Galvin said. ``Give Moorpark credit. They made the plays we couldn't.'' The Pioneers were led by Ryan Gillette, who literally carried his team on offense. Gillette caught a 53-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Brandon Rende, kicked a 27-yard field goal and kicked the extra point to score all 10 Simi Valley points. The opportunistic opportunistic /op·por·tu·nis·tic/ (op?er-tldbomacn-is´tik) 1. denoting a microorganism which does not ordinarily cause disease but becomes pathogenic under certain circumstances. 2. Pioneers defense was led by lineman Brian Neiens, who returned from an injury to post two sacks. Devon Pechette contributed a fumble recovery. Westlake JV: Canyon's tight running formations forced the Warriors to switch around their defense, even if that meant sticking a 5-foot-6, 150-pound defensive back in the middle of the line. All Chad Spears did from the nose-guard spot was help shut down the Cowboys in Westlake's 47-32 shootout Shootout Venture capital jargon. Refers to two or more venture capital firms fighting for the startup. victory. Warriors coach Mike Leibin, whose team is 3-1, watched Canyon score two quick touchdowns but used Spears as part of a new 4-5-2 alignment to help contain the Cowboys. ``We had to close up the middle and we put him in at nose guard even though he's never played there before,'' Leibin said of Spears. ``He's a heck heck interj. Used as a mild oath. n. Slang Used as an intensive: had a heck of a lot of money; was crowded as heck. [Alteration of hell. of a football player. A physical football player. All the Canyon coaches were going up to him after the game saying, `We couldn't handle you.' '' Few of Westlake's opponents have handled sophomore tailback tail·back n. Football The back on an offensive team who lines up farthest from the line of scrimmage. tailback Noun Brit a queue of traffic stretching back from an obstruction Jon Contos, either. His 204 yards on 24 carries was the third time Contos has surpassed the 200-mark this season. Contos scored three rushing touchdowns, caught a 62-yard scoring pass and threw a 35-yard touchdown. He also ran in a pair of 2-point conversions. Contos figures to make an impression on Westlake's varsity next season. ``He's an all-around athlete,'' Leibin said. ``I couldn't tell you (what he'll do next season). There's a lot of depth at running back on the varsity. But I would think he'd be a (contributor) next year. I know there's going to be a place for him.'' Warriors quarterback Kent Sowell completed 10 of 20 passes for 177 yards and three touchdowns. |
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