OAKS CHRISTIAN COMES UP BIG CLAUSEN'S 5 TDS KEY BLOWOUT OAKS CHRISTIAN 54, OAK PARK 20.Byline: Matthew Kredell Staff Writer Forget the small-school label. There's nothing small about the way Oaks Christian of Westlake Village is dominating football games this season. Oaks Christian scored touchdowns on each first-half possession to rout a great small-school Oak Park team 54-20 Friday, proving it belongs on another level. ``We don't see ourselves as a small-school team,'' said Oaks Christian receiver Mark Richardson Mark Richardson may refer to:
In defeating the No. 2 small-school team in the area so handily hand·i·ly adv. 1. In an easy manner. 2. In a convenient manner. Adv. 1. handily - in a convenient manner; "the switch was conveniently located" conveniently 2. , No. 1 Oaks Christian (4-0, 1-0) showed what a gap there is between it and the rest of the class. Oak Park has been Oaks Christian's greatest nemesis Nemesis (nĕm`ĭsĭs), in Greek religion and mythology, personification of the gods' retribution for violation of sacred law; the avenger. Sometimes she was said to be the goddess of good and ill fortune. . The Eagles defeated Oaks Christian in the regular season last year on the final play of the game before the Lions got their revenge in the Southern Section Div. XI title game. In anticipation of another classic battle, more people attended the game than are enrolled at the two schools combined. An estimated 2,500 people filled the Oak Park stands on each side of the field and lined the fences in front of them. Oak Park (3-1, 0-1) had allowed just 10 points in three games this season. But Oaks Christian needed little more than seven minutes to eclipse that. On the fourth play of the game, Richardson took a short slant pass from 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. and split the safeties for a 57-yard touchdown. Oak Park answered with a 49-yard touchdown pass from Sean Sammis to Casey Bage. Clausen took over from there with three consecutive touchdown passes to Joe Giuliani, the third giving Oaks Christian a 28-7 lead six seconds into the second quarter. Clausen, the brother of the former Tennessee and Alemany of Mission Hills quarterback Casey, passed for 257 yards and five touchdowns in the first half as Oaks Christian took a 41-13 lead. ``Oak Park was a really good team last year and this year,'' said Clausen, who finished with 331 yards. ``I think this just shows how much we've grown over the past year.'' Giuliani added two second-half interceptions to his three touchdowns. Oaks Christian overcame its own mistakes. The Lions had 12 penalties for 125 yards, including three personal fouls as the animosity between the teams showed. However, each time Oaks Christian backed itself up, it gave them more yards to accumulate Accumulate Broker/analyst recommendation that could mean slightly different things depending on the broker/analyst. In general, it means to increase the number of shares of a particular security over the near term, but not to liquidate other parts of the portfolio to buy a security . Oaks Christian's victory, in the Tri-Valley League opener for both teams, is more impressive a week after Oak Park defeated small-school No. 3 Mojave 35-3. The teams figure to meet again for the Div. XI title. Oak Park has a certain disdain for Oaks Christian, a private school that opened with athletics athletics or track and field also track-and-field games Variety of sport competitions held on a running track and on the adjacent field. It is the oldest form of organized sports, having been a part of the ancient Olympic Games from c. a stated priority. It began when Kyle <noinclude></noinclude> ''This article or section is being rewritten at One derivation of the surname is from the Scottish Highland word caol, 'channel', or 'strait'. There are other possible derivations (see below). McClure, a defensive lineman Lineman or linesman may refer to:
``They like to think of themselves as a dynasty An application development system for enterprise client/server environments from Dynasty Technologies, Inc., Houston, TX (www.dynasty.com). Introduced in 1993, it is a repository-driven system that supports Windows, Mac and Motif clients and NT, OS/2 and major Unix servers and databases. ,'' standout Oak Park receiver Gavin Ketchum said before the game. ``And I like to remind them that they're not St. Bonaventure (of Ventura) yet.'' Yet is the key word. Matthew Kredell, (818)713-3607 matthew.kredell(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: Oaks Christian High's Aaron Ware tries to get around Oak Park defender Matt Finch finch, common name for members of the Fringillidae, the largest family of birds (including over half the known species), found in most parts of the world except Australia. during Friday night's game. Matthew Simmons/Special to the Daily News Box: DAILY NEWS TOP 10 |
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