ST. FRANCIS KEEPS ITS BALANCE, WINS OPENER ST. FRANCIS 28, ARCADIA 6.Byline: Dave Shelburne Staff Writer LA CANADA - They love to run the football at St. Francis of La Canada, and they've done it successfully dating back the days when Friedman Field - the Knights' posh, artificial turf Artificial turf, or synthetic turf, is a grass-like man-made surface manufactured from synthetic materials. It is most often used in arenas for sports that were originally or are normally played on grass, however, it is now being used on residential lawns and commercial stadium - was Friedman's Field, where coach Jack Friedman paced the sidelines while his Golden Knights
The Knights still run the ball well - bruisingly so again with a finally healthy Blake Milton pounding through defenders as he did for 100 yards in Friday's 28-6 season-opening win over visiting Arcadia. But St. Francis is Francis I, king of France Francis I, 1494–1547, king of France (1515–47), known as Francis of Angoulême before he succeeded his cousin and father-in-law, King Louis XII. much more than a running team this season, the fifth under head coach Jim Bonds, who was one of a string of 19 consecutive All-Southern Section quarterbacks when he played for Hart High of Newhall. Quarterback Matt Abbey completed 17 of 23 attempts for 320 yards and two touchdowns Friday, twice hooking up for scoring passes to Chris Hertz as the Knights never trailed in a convincing victory over last year's Pacific League champions. St. Francis started out pounding with Milton, who rushed for 42 yards on the Knights' 57-yard drive to a touchdown on their first series of the season. Then Abbey took over, throwing for 235 yards in the first half, when he completed 12 of 17, shook off a deflection deflection /de·flec·tion/ (de-flek´shun) deviation or movement from a straight line or given course, such as from the baseline in electrocardiography. de·flec·tion n. 1. interception, and had his team up 21-0 by halftime - on touchdowns by Milton (4 yard run), Justin Morgan Justin Morgan, 1792–1821, American horse, the foundation sire of the Justin Morgan breed of horses. Originally called "Figure," the stallion was renamed for his first owner, Justin Morgan (1747–97), after both owner and horse were dead. (14-yard run) and a 34-yard scoring pass to Hertz. ``That's a big help,'' Abbey said of having the threat of the run by Milton, who rushed for 876 yards last year despite playing most of that season with a sprained ankle A sprained ankle, also known as a ankle sprain, ankle injury or ankle ligament injury, is a common medical condition where one or more of the ligaments of the ankle is torn or partially torn. . ``He's a good runner and takes a lot of pressure off me. And I take pressure off of him. We kind of work together and get the job done.'' While the Knights were consistently effective on offense - including a second-half 33-yard touchdown connection from Abbey to Hertz - they did equally well on defense. Arcadia's speedy Audarrius Bailey, Pacific League MVP (Multimedia Video Processor) A high-speed DSP chip from Texas Instruments, introduced in 1994. Officially introduced as the TMS320C80, it combines RISC technology with the functionality of four DSPs on one chip. last year as a sophomore, when he rushed for 1,717 yards, eventually got his yards against St. Francis, finishing with a game-high 129 yards rushing and the Apaches' only touchdown - on a 4-yard fourth-quarter run. Dave Shelburne, (818) 713-3609 dave.shelburne(at)dailynews.com |
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