SOPHOMORE SPOILS CRESPI'S PARTY KNOX'S TD, CONVERSION LIFTS BIRMINGHAM BIRMINGHAM 28, CRESPI 27.Byline: Dave Shelburne Staff Writer Sophomore Milton Knox Jr. added an exclamation point exclamation point: see punctuation. exclamation point - exclamation mark Friday to the instant rivalry San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. intersectional foes Birmingham and Crespi have put together. Host Crespi, bidding for a 12th consecutive victory and hoping to even the series at 1-1, was 17 seconds away from pulling that off Friday night in a meeting of defending section champions. Then Knox broke free in the Crespi secondary, caught a 40-yard pass from James Beloff and kept going for a game-tying 63-yard touchdown, crossing the goal line with eight seconds to play. Knox finished it off by running for the 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. , hammering through the middle of the Crespi line, for a 28-27 victory that was the first of the season for the Patriots of Lake Balboa Balboa, town (1990 pop. 2,751), Colón prov., in the former Panama Canal Zone, on the Gulf of Panama. The port for Panama City, Balboa was the administrative headquarters of the Panama Canal Zone. It was also the site of a U.S. navy base (closed 1999). . Crespi of Encino (2-1) seemed to have the come-from-behind win locked up with its own standout receiver - D.J. Holt holt n. Archaic A wood or grove; a copse. [Middle English, from Old English.] holt Noun the lair of an otter [from - had a 25-yard touchdown reception with 1:04 to play. Crespi running back Josh Morgan finished with 138 yards rushing, also scoring on second-half touchdown runs of 35 and 39 yards. He was supported by the passing of Matt Wabby (206 yards and two touchdowns) and a strong all-around game by receiver/defensive back Darren Brown This article is about the musician known as "Wiz". For the magician, see Derren Brown. Darren Brown (January 18 1962 - December 6 2006), known as Wiz , who had several spectacular catches and a diving A DIV Associate of Divinity interception for Crespi. But all the Celts' work was undone by Knox, who had a game-high 193 yards rushing, added another 93 yards on receptions from fellow junior Beloff (232 yards passing), and scored on first-half runs of 4 and 3 yards to give Birmingham a 12-7 halftime lead. Knox felt he could get open for the game-ending touchdown and told Beloff. ``The play was supposed to go left side but it went right,'' Knox said. ``I said, `James, don't look left side. If you look right, no one is staying with me.' And James just threw it up there so pretty. I just ran up under and God gave me the talent to do the rest.'' The dramatic finish was also a fitting finish to the second consecutive meeting of well-matched teams. Birmingham won 21-14 last year and kept on going to win the City Section championship. Crespi bounced back from that loss to put together a nine-game winning streak Noun 1. winning streak - a streak of wins streak, run - an unbroken series of events; "had a streak of bad luck"; "Nicklaus had a run of birdies" that culminated in the Southern Section Divion X championship. Dave Shelburne, (818) 713-3609 dave.shelburne(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 5 boxes Box: (1) DAILY NEWS TOP 10 (2) SMALL SCHOOLS (3) OTHER SCORES (4) FRIDAY'S STARS (5) TODAY'S GAMES |
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