POTTER ANSWERS CALL FOR OAKS CHR. LIONS STRETCH THEIR WIN STREAK TO 48 OAKS CHRISTIAN 36, MUIR 20.Byline: IVAN OROZCO Staff Writer WESTLAKE VILLAGE -- Christopher Potter A potter is someone who makes pottery. Potter may also refer to: People
Stepping in to replace former Oaks Christian of Westlake Village's 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. , arguably ar·gu·a·ble adj. 1. Open to argument: an arguable question, still unresolved. 2. That can be argued plausibly; defensible in argument: three arguable points of law. the best quarterback in area history, could draw an immense amount of pressure and rattle nerves. But taking a phone call from Clausen on Friday before Oaks Christian's 36-20 non-league win against Muir of Pasadena perhaps helped ease some of the tension. "He called to wish me good luck and I did the same to him," Potter said about Clausen, who is slated to make his first start for Notre Dame Notre Dame IPA: [nɔtʁ dam] is French for Our Lady, referring to the Virgin Mary. In the United States of America, Notre Dame today. "I got to learn from Jimmy the last three years and just waited my turn and now that I finally have it I want to keep the tradition going." Potter, a 6-foot, 180-pound senior, moved a Lions' offense at will against an overmatched Muir team. He completed 6-of-11 passes for 138 yards and a couple of touchdowns in more than twoquarters of play. Potter now has two wins as the Lions' starting quarterback, adding to Oaks Christian's Southern Section consecutive wins record, now at 48. Having running back Malcolm Jones The Malcolm Jones was an American automobile manufactured in Detroit from 1914 to 1915. It was a four-cylinder water-cooled cyclecar. Reference David Burgess Wise, The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles. in the backfield helped calm Potter's nerves. "To have a back like that when he's so young and experienced forces the defense to take both the run and the pass away," said Potter, who was subbed for Isaiah Kempf early in the third quarter. Jones carried 16 times for 130yards and two touchdowns and caught another for a score. The Lions' sophomore running back scored the first time he touched the ball. Jones tucked in a Potter pass and sifted through tacklers dashing dash·ing adj. 1. Audacious and gallant; spirited. 2. Marked by showy elegance; splendid: a dashing coat. See Synonyms at fashionable. 74 yards into the end zone 23 seconds into the game. "The first half was kind of boring because I was scoring right off the bat," Jones said. Jones added two more touchdowns in the first quarter, from 1and 21 yards, for a 21-0 lead. Ryan Landseadel added a 1-yard touchdown run for Oaks Christian (2-0) in the second quarter. Potter's second touchdown pass went to Chris Owusu late in the second quarter on a 15-yard fade route. Jones added a two-point conversion In American football and Canadian football, a team may try to score a two-point conversion (score two points) instead of an extra point (one point) immediately after it scores a touchdown. for a Lions' 36-0 lead with more than two minutes left in the first half. Muir (0-1) scored all of its points in the second half, facing mostly Lions reserves. Most of the Mustangs' yardage yard·age 1 n. 1. An amount or length measured in yards. 2. Cloth sold by the yard. Noun 1. came on two plays for scores: Reuben Thomas' 62-yard touchdown pass to Ahmere Owens and a 71-yard run by Thomas. Thomas scored again from a yard out late in the game for the Mustangs' final points. "We knew the kind of team we were facing," Mustangs coach Ken Howard
Kenneth Joseph Howard, Jr. (born March 28, 1944) is a Tony Award- and Daytime Emmy Award-winning American actor known for his role in the television show The White Shadow said. "You're playing against a school that's pushing out D-I players and when you come and score against a school like this one, it only boosts your confidence." ivan.orozco@dailynews.com (818) 713-3607 |
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