ROUNDUP: RAPPOPORT RUNS WESTLAKE TO TITLE-GAME REMATCH.

Byline: Daily News

Jeff Rappoport scored two touchdowns and rushed for 107 yards on nine carries as Westlake remained undefeated Saturday night with a 38-7 Southern Section Division IV semifinal victory over host Moorpark.

The victory sets up a rematch of last year's title game won by St. Bonaventure, which defeated Agoura 34-3 Friday.

Westlake (13-0), ranked No. 1 by the Daily News, scored on its first possession of the game on Rappoport's 4-yard run, which capped a 73-yard drive in seven plays with 4:58 remaining in the first quarter.

Moorpark (9-4) responded on its next possession with a 77-yard scoring drive in 12 plays, the final 6 yards on a run by Anthony Lopez to tie it 7-7. Lopez finished with 66 yards on 16 carries.

Rappoport added a 45-yard touchdown run in the second quarter as Westlake needed only four plays to go 50 yards on a scoring drive set up by an interception by David Winer, who picked off Cody Holland at the 50-yard line.

Westlake then scored 31 unanswered points and Moorpark committed six turnovers on two fumbles and four interceptions.

Rudy Carpenter had two touchdowns, the first on a 69-yard pass to Michael Stuart and then scored on a 1-yard run to start the second half and give Westlake a 28-7 lead. Brett Westernoff recovered a fumble by Lopez on the 38-yard line and retuned to the 7-yard line.

Carpenter completed 4 of 7 passes for 117 yards.

Tahj Mowry added a 5-yard touchdown run and finished with 95 yards on 19 carries and teammate Ryan Merritt booted a 37-yard field goal to close out the scoring for Westlake.

- George Vranau

--Village Christian 49, Ontario Christian 29: Jason Christensen rushed for 294 yards and five touchdowns as host Village Christian of Sun Valley advanced to its first section championship in eight years with a Division XII victory at Kennedy High in Granada Hills.

Christensen scored four touchdowns in the second half as Village Christian (11-2), which avenged last year's quarterfinal exit at the hands of Ontario Christian, outscored its opponent 35-9 in the final two quarters.

Jake Hagedorn completed 6 of 12 passes for 131 yards, including a 16-yard scoring pass to Andrew Bethany to tie it 20-20 in the third quarter.

Will Pena was his favorite receiver, with four catches for 101 yards.

Christopher Barneck had three sacks for Village Christian's defense, which settled down in the second half and did not allow Ontario Christian to score on two drives in the third quarter despite advancing inside the Village Christian 25-yard line.

Barneck carried the ball six times for 69 yards and a 25-yard score.

Ontario Christian, the defending section champion, got off to a quick start when Rich Owens returned the opening kickoff 90 yards for a score in the first quarter. Owens had 331 all-purpose yards (211 rushing, 100 on returns, and 30 on three receptions).

- Julio Cortez

--Oak Park 48, Carpinteria 7: The last time Oak Park went an hour north to Carpinteria, it won 31-0. It was much worse this time around with higher stakes involved: a trip to the Div. XI final.

Oak Park (12-1) scored on its first drive when Nolan McNair found Gavin Ketchum for a 31-yard touchdown pass with 8:23 left in the first quarter.

Carpinteria (7-6) answered with an 80-yard scoring drive, but Oak Park scored six unanswered touchdowns to advance to face Oaks Christian of Westlake Village next week.

McNair amassed 359 yards passing, completing 19 of 24 pass attempts for four touchdowns. Three of those went to Ketchum, who had eight catches for 171 yards.

Teammate Brandon Koller also caught eight passes for 156 yards and a 50-yard touchdown.

- Nathan Brown 

--Flintridge Prep 26, Marshall 0: T.C. Scotton rushed for 91 yards and a touchdown as Flintridge Prep of La Canada (11-1) advanced to the Division XIII title game with a victory over Marshall of Pasadena (9-3) at Duarte High.

Flintridge Prep's defense limited Marshall to only 95 yards and six first downs. It also sacked Marshall quarterback Ryan Ray several times.

Wes Ouchi scored the game's first points on a 54-yard shovel pass from Eric Sarkissian from a punt formation.

Scotton scored his touchdown on a 1-yard run on the first play of the fourth quarter to strech Flintridge Prep's lead to 20-0. It was Scotton's 26th touchdown of the season.

Flintridge Prep will play the only team that defeated it during the regular season, Pasadena Poly, for the championship Saturday night at a site to be determined.

This will be Flintridge Prep's first appearance in an non-eight-man final. Flintridge Prep won an eight-man title in 1989 and was runner-up in 1995.

Eddie Li added two field goals for Flintridge Prep in the second quarter. The last one came on a 40-yard kick on the final play of the first half.

Quarterback Greg Sherman scored Flintridge Prep's other touchdown on a 1-yard run with 4:57 left in the game. Sherman was 4 of 9 passing for 45 yards and rushed for 13 yards on six carries.

- Bob Timmermann

Riverside Christian 48, Santa Clarita Christian 0: In a football season filled with one-sided victories over outmanned opponents, Santa Clarita Christian of Canyon Country learned what it's like on the other side, losing in the eight-man championship final in a game shortened by the division's 45-point mercy rule.

``It's a hard loss at this point in the season but it happens,'' Santa Clarita Christian quarterback Stephen Mercier said. ``They had our number. It seemed like they knew where our plays were going every time.''

- Gerry Gittelson

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