SMALL SCHOOL SOUTHERN SECTION FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS: BLOWOUTS MAY HURT MOJAVE.Byline: Gideon Rubin Staff Writer MOJAVE - If experience in close games truly is a factor in the playoffs, the Mojave High football team's remarkable regular-season run could come back to haunt them. A multiple-threat power rushing game combined with a physical, athletic and opportunistic defense has combined to produce lopsided lop·sid·ed adj. 1. Heavier, larger, or higher on one side than on the other. 2. Sagging or leaning to one side. 3. results from one week to the next. The Mustangs (9-1), who make their seventh consecutive playoff appearance on Friday when they play host to Whittier Christian (4-6) at 7:30 p.m., have won by an average of 33.9 points a game. Mojave's closest game this season was a 35-20 league-opening victory over Bishop in Week 6 - the only game decided by fewer tan 20 points. By Mojave standards, last week's 41-8 victory over Desert, qualifies as a nail-biter because the Mustangs led 7-0 at halftime. ``It is a little bit of a concern,'' Satterfield said. ``We haven't experienced that yet, so it's just something we'll have to deal with.'' --Smarts up front: The Mojave offensive line, which features right tackle Aaron Thacker, right guard Daniel Ortiz, center Matt Zang, left guard Erik Thompson Erik Thompson (b. La Jolla, California, July 22, 1959) is an American voice actor and television announcer. Career Erik began his career in 1978 as a disc jockey at a small AM radio station in Vista, California and later became a radio personality in the San Diego and and left tackle David White David or Dave White can refer to a number of people:
The unsung heroes on a team that has amassed 2,944 rushing yards this season regularly consult with coaches to make midgame adjustments. ``They're good players, and they're smart,'' Satterfield said. ``They're able to adjust if we have a game plan and if things aren't going the way we don't want them too.'' The line's above-average athleticism and quickness also has been crucial to the unit's success because it is average from a size standpoint. The 235-pound White is the line's biggest player. ``They're athletic and they're able to block downfield down·field adv. & adj. Sports To, into, or in the defensive team's end of the field. Adj. 1. downfield - toward or in the defending team's end of the playing field; "he threw to a downfield receiver" ,'' Satterfield said. ``They've helped us turn 15-yard runs into some really big plays.'' --Second-homecoming: Vasquez's second home playoff game Noun 1. playoff game - one game in the series of games constituting a playoff game - a single play of a sport or other contest; "the game lasted two hours" playoff - any final competition to determine a championship in school history will be the first it actually gets to play at home. After winning its first-ever playoff game last season, the Mustangs played eventual Southern Section Div. XII champion Village Christian of Sun Valley at Quartz Hill High because Vasquez's home field didn't have lights. ``It didn't even really feel like a home game,'' senior receiver Tyler Jensen said. But with players raising funds to rent lighting equipment, Vasquez (7-3) already has played four night games and earned the right play host to Mammoth (5-5) in an opening-round Div. XII playoff game at 7 p.m. Friday. ``It's tough as a coach to explain to the kids why, 'Yes we've earned the right to be at home, but we have to be somewhere else,' '' Vasquez coach Tim Evert e·vert v. To turn inside out or outward. evert to turn inside out; to turn outward. said. ``It's really neat to be able to tell the kids we're in the playoff and we're playing at home.'' --Injury update: Mojave senior all-league fullback/linebacker Chris Blackstone, who is about four weeks removed from having a cast removed from a broken leg, is questionable for Friday's game. ... Vasquez senior slot receiver/running back Robert Smith Robert Smith, Bob Smith or Bobby Smith may refer to: Business
 This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject.Please help recruit one or [ improve this article] yourself. See the talk page for details. ) is out for Friday's game against Verbum Dei of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . Gideon Rubin (818), 713-3607 gideon.rubin(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Mojave's starting offensive linemen (from left) Aaron Thacker, Daniel Ortiz, Matt Zang, Erik Thompson and David White are the unsung heroes of the Mustangs' 9-1 season, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. coach Larry Satterfield. Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News |
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