PREP FOOTBALL: GRACE BRETHREN IS FAVORED IN FINAL : LANCERS TO MEET FAITH BAPTIST FOR THE 8-MAN TITLE SATURDAY.Byline: Dave Shelburne Staff Writer Faith Baptist returns to the Southern Section 8-man football championship game for the eighth time Saturday, when coach Greg Weiss' Contenders seek their third title in a 1 p.m. Large Division final at Grace Brethren. But despite its success and stature stature /sta·ture/ (stach´ur) the height or tallness of a person standing.stat´ural stat·ure n. The height of a person. stature the height of an animal in the standing position. as the area's most-successful 8-man program, Faith Baptist - now in its 23rd playoff play·off also play-off n. Sports 1. A final game or series of games played to break a tie. 2. A series of games played to determine a championship. Noun 1. season - won't go in as the favorite. The host Lancers lanc·er n. 1. A cavalryman armed with a lance. 2. A member of a regiment originally armed with lances. 3. lancers (used with a sing. verb) a. A kind of quadrille. b. , coached by Dennis Stephenson and fielding the best team in Grace Brethren football history, enter their school's first football final top-seeded and undefeated, thanks in large part to a one-sided victory over the then-top-seeded Contenders last month at Faith Baptist. It was the only loss of the season for the Contenders (10-1), who will try to return the favor against the Lancers (11-0) on Saturday with an offense Weiss hopes can be more productive this time. Grace Brethren held Faith Baptist's 55-point-per-game attack to one touchdown until the fourth quarter of that 35-16 decision. ``I think we need to come out and try to establish ourselves physically,'' said Weiss, who suspects his team may have tried passing too much against the Lancers last month. ``We're going to focus on moving the (first-down) sticks.'' Defensively, Weiss will be counting on linemen Matt Dymond, Aydin Keshavarzfard, Jeremy Lopez and Seb Plourde to put more pressure on the Lancers. ``They were able to do some things offensively that I don't think they'll be able to do this time,'' Weiss said. Tyler Larson sparked the Lancers' offense that day, rushing for a game-high 213 yards and scoring twice as Grace Brethren scored its first-ever football win over the Contenders. He'll be joined by quarterback Robert Serra in leading a Lancers offense that is averaging 35 points a game. Defense, sparked by Jackson Beauchamp, has been as solid and was a big factor in last week's semifinal win over longtime long·time adj. Having existed or persisted for a long time: a longtime friend; a longtime resident of Detroit. longtime Adjective 8-man power Rio Hondo Rio Hondo may refer to:
Quarterback Julio Batista, halfback half·back n. Abbr. HB 1. Football a. One of the players positioned near the flanks behind the line of scrimmage. b. The position held by this player. 2. Sports a. Lonnie Clayton and receiver Eujay Masangkay have been offensive leaders for third-seeded Faith Baptist, which reached the championship game with a semifinal win over Bloomington Christian. De-fense: It's been a staple 1. (language) STAPLE - A programming language written at Manchester (University?) and used at ICL in the early 1970s for writing the test suites. STAPLE was based on Algol 68 and had a very advanced optimising compiler. 2. at Grace Brethren the past two seasons, showing up spectacularly in varying fashion when the Lancers meet Faith Baptist. Last year, in a Heritage League title decider at Grace Brethren, the visiting Contenders were hard to contain en route to a 56-18 victory. But Jackson Beauchamp was a defensive standout for the Lancers in defeat, recording a game-high 31 tackles and chasing down several Faith Baptist players from behind. Last month, in another Heritage League title showdown with Faith Baptist, the Lancers were at it again on defense - limiting the host Contenders to season-lows for points and yardage yard·age 1 n. 1. An amount or length measured in yards. 2. Cloth sold by the yard. Noun 1. in a 35-16 win. Adam Bender, Frank Suarez, John Durso and Beauchamp were the defensive leaders that day as the Lancers checked Faith Baptist to 224 yards and just one score until the fourth quarter. What a difference a year makes: After dominating last year's first meeting between the schools, Faith Baptist had trouble doing anything well but punting in Game 2 last month. Weiss credits an improved Grace Brethren defense and the fact that the Lancers were much healthier for this year's league game. ``They've improved their team defensively and they had some key players injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. last year,'' he said. ``That's where they've really upgraded. His own defense played well enough last month against the Lancers to win most 8-man games, yielding just four touchdowns, but the fact was obscured in the loss - as was sensational sen·sa·tion·al adj. 1. Of or relating to sensation. 2. Arousing or intended to arouse strong curiosity, interest, or reaction, especially by exaggerated or lurid details: punting by Batista. ``That (punting) could be a key this time,'' said Weiss, who expects Saturday's rematch REMATCH Cardiology Clinical trials–Randomized Evaluation of Mechanical Assistance Therapy as an alternative in Congestive Heart failure–related to use of a portable, electric left ventricular-assist system–LVAS–eg, HeartMate® to be a close affair. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO (ran in Simi edition only) Quarterbacks Robert Serra, left, of Grace Brethren and Julio Bautista of Faith Baptist will match their skills Saturday. Gus Ruelas/Staff Photographer |
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