PLAYOFF MATCHUPS ATTRACTIVE.Byline: Gerry Gittelson Staff Writer Intriguing first-round matchups were the order of the day as City Section high school football pairings were announced on Saturday. The most attractive Thursday openers are Granada Hills (8-2) at San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. (9-1), Kennedy (7-3) at Sylmar (7-3) and Taft (5-5) at San Pedro (8-2). North Hollywood, Cleveland and Canoga Park also made the 16-team City Championships; the final is Dec. 10 at the Coliseum. San Fernando and Granada Hills have been fighting it out for San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. supremacy since the 1960s. The rivalry has featured such legends as quarterbacks John Elway John Albert Elway, Jr. (born June 28, 1960) played American football quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Denver Broncos from 1983 through 1998. Elway holds many college and professional records and was inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame and is the only and Dana Potter of Granada Hills and running backs Anthony Davis Anthony Davis can refer to:
Sylmar is looking to avenge a 21-20 loss to Kennedy two weeks ago, which ended Sylmar's state-record league winning streak at 69 games. Sylmar, coming off Friday's 31-6 victory over San Fernando, is one of the hottest teams in the region, having won six of seven. The win over previously undefeated San Fernando was devastating dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. for the Tigers. A San Fernando victory probably would have brought at least a No. 2 seed. Instead, San Fernando fell all the way to eighth, and the San Fernando-Granada Hills winner probably meets top-seeded Carson (8-2) in the second round. ``I think (Kennedy) playing Sylmar is gonna be everything a playoff game should be,'' said Kennedy coach Bob Francola, whose Golden Cougars tied Sylmar for first-place in the Valley Mission League. ``I'm pretty excited about it because it's going to be huge game in front of a big crowd.'' Francola said a crowd of about 5,500 saw Kennedy beat Sylmar this season. He expects even more on Thursday. ``Our kids definitely want to play this game,'' Sylmar coach Jeff Engilman said. ``We don't think we should have lost that first game.'' Taft lost to San Pedro in the City finals in 1996 and 1997. After Carson, the top seeds are Franklin (10-0), Crenshaw cren·shaw also cran·shaw n. A variety of winter melon (Cucumis melo var. inodorus) having a greenish-yellow rind and sweet, usually salmon-pink flesh. [Origin unknown.] (8-2) and Westchester (9-1). CITY SECTION FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS CITY BRACKET FIRST ROUND (All games Thursday, Nov. 18 at 7 p.m.) No. 16 North Hollywood (5-5) at No. 1 Carson (8-2) No. 9 Granada Hills (8-2) at No. 8 San Fernando (9-1) No. 12 Cleveland (6-4) at No. 5 Dorsey (8-2) No. 13 Roosevelt (7-3) at No. 4 Westchester (9-1) No. 14 Bell (6-3-1) at No. 3 Crenshaw (8-2) No. 11 Kennedy (7-3) at No. 6 Sylmar (7-3) No. 10 Taft (5-5) at No. 7 San Pedro (8-2) No. 15 Canoga Park (6-4) at No. 2 Franklin (10-0) INVITATIONAL BRACKET FIRST ROUND (All games Thursday, Nov. 18 at 7 p.m.) No. 16 El Camino Real El Camino Real (Spanish for The Royal Road or The King's Highway) was the name of a series of pre-automobile highways linking the various New World colonies of Spain:
No. 9 Marshall (6-4) at No. 8 Poly (5-4) No. 12 South Gate (5-4-1) at No. 5 Venice (8-2) No. 13 Manual Arts (5-5) at No. 4 Reseda (7-3) No. 14 Jefferson (4-5-1) at No. 3 Gardena (6-3-1) No. 11 Narbonne (5-5) at No. 6 Monroe (6-4) No. 10 Eagle Rock (8-2) at No. 7 Chatsworth (3-7) No. 15 Locke (4-6) at No. 2 Palisades Palisades, cliffs along the west bank of the Hudson River, NE N.J. and SE N.Y., extending from N of Jersey City, N.J., to the vicinity of Piermont, N.Y., with a general altitude of from 350 ft to 550 ft (107–168 m). (8-2) CAPTION(S): box BOX: City Section football playoffs (see text) |
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