SO. SECTION - DIV. IV: AGOURA FINISHES A NOTCH BELOW ST. BONNIE OVERWHELMS SURPRISING CHARGERS ST. BON. 34, AGOURA 3.Byline: Matthew Kredell Staff Writer MOORPARK - Braden Lepisto kept his helmet strapped strapped adj. Informal In financial need: We are strapped for cash right now. strapped Adjective strapped for Slang around his head long after the game was over, knowing that the moment it came off it would hit im that his high school career is over. He mingled with his Agoura teammates in a tight huddle of hugs and tears for 15 minutes after Friday's 34-3 loss to St. Bonaventure of Ventura in the Southern Section Div. IV semifinals at Moorpark College Moorpark College is a California-state funded community college located on a 134 acre (542,000 m²) property reclining on a hill in Moorpark, a town in Ventura County, California. . A season that exceeded all their expectations ended in a second half of disappointment against the division's top seed. ``I love these guys,'' Lepisto said. ``I've been with them since middle school. It's tough to realize that we won't be playing together anymore. This is an amazing a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. team that no one thought would get this far.'' St. Bonaventure (13-0) fulfilled ful·fill also ful·fil tr.v. ful·filled, ful·fill·ing, ful·fills also ful·fils 1. To bring into actuality; effect: fulfilled their promises. 2. its end of setting up the game nearly everyone wants to see, a 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® with Westlake in a battle of unbeatens for the Div. IV title. Westlake faces Moorpark today in the other semifinal. Last year, St. Bonaventure ran all over Agoura 68-14 in the quarterfinals. This time, the Chargers (11-2) were ready to battle. They hoped to get another shot at Westlake, their lone blemish blem·ish n. A small circumscribed alteration of the skin considered to be unesthetic but insignificant. blemish in the regular season. Lepisto kicked a 41-yard field goal on the final play of the first half to bring Agoura within 10-3. Even on St. Bonaventure's touchdown, a revamped Agoura defense led by linebackers Joey LaRocque and Clay Matthews William Clay Matthews, Jr. (born March 15, 1956 in Palo Alto, California) is a former American football linebacker who played for the Cleveland Browns and the Atlanta Falcons. He played 19 seasons and 278 games in the NFL (third most in NFL history). made the Seraphs take 14 plays to score rather than the one or two it often took last season. The Chargers had the momentum and the ball to start the second half, but went three-and-out and couldn't maintain their intensity as the offense struggled. Bryan Walker completed 15 of 34 passes for 168 yards and rushed for 44 yards for Agoura, but a stretch of seven consecutive incompletions in the third quarter - many on dropped passes - put too much pressure on the defense. A 10-point game near the end of the third quarter quickly got out of hand as the Chargers committed three of their four turnovers in the final 13 minutes of the game. Agoura's only two losses on the season came to the top-ranked teams in the division, Westlake and St. Bonaventure. Those two teams likely will finish with one loss between them. ``Being third in Div. IV isn't bad,'' Matthews said. ``We have nothing to hang our heads over. We came out ready to play, but in the second half it just slipped away.'' Matthew Kredell, (818)713-3607 matthew.kredell(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Agoura quarterback Bryan Walker (16) fights for yardage yard·age 1 n. 1. An amount or length measured in yards. 2. Cloth sold by the yard. Noun 1. Friday night. Joel P. Lugavere/Special to the Daily News |
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