SYLMAR PROVES SUPERIOR; CONTRERAS STARS VS. SAN FERNANDO : SYLMAR 31, SAN FERNANDO 6.Byline: Gerry Gittelson Staff Writer For Sylmar High linebacker Mark Sutton, football is a simple game: ``I hit my man as hard as I can and he does move backwards,'' he said. The plan worked on a grand scale against previously undefeated San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. on Friday. In a matchup featuring the top two City Section squads in the 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. , Slymar whipped the Tigers 31-6 before a soldout crowd at Sylmar High. ``We're a powerhouse A fourth-generation language from Cognos that was introduced in the late 1970s for midrange computers. It supports both character-oriented, terminal-based applications as well as Windows clients. Applications developed under PowerHouse can be imported into Cognos' Axiant client/server environment. ,'' Sutton said. Sutton won't get an argument from San Fernando. His Spartans dominated from the start and allowed 263 yards - just 173 through three quarters. The victory forces a three-way tie for first place in the Valley Mission League among Sylmar, San Fernando and Kennedy. All three are expected to make the City Championship playoffs when pairings are announced today. Sylmar running back David Contreras rushed for 112 yards in 19 carries, threw a 20-yard touchdown pass and kicked a 37-yard field goal. Teammate John Valdez completed 7 of 9 passes for 145 yards, including a 52-yard touchdown to Clifford Johnson, and Valdez added 78 yards rushing and a TD. Valdez also contributed an interception in his first start on defense, replacing injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. Donnell Livingston.``I thought we played a perfect game,'' Valdez said. ``We got the momentum and we knew we'd put them away if we scored a few TDs. We just came out hard and hurt their confidence.'' Sylmar (7-3, 4-1) has won 6 of 7 since an early nonleague loss at high-powered Hart. The Spartans saved their best peformance for neighboring neigh·bor n. 1. One who lives near or next to another. 2. A person, place, or thing adjacent to or located near another. 3. A fellow human. 4. Used as a form of familiar address. v. San Fernando (9-1, 4-1), a natural rival but an infrequent in·fre·quent adj. 1. Not occurring regularly; occasional or rare: an infrequent guest. 2. opponent because until this year the teams have always been in different leagues. Their last meeting was in 1991, when Sylmar knocked the Tigers out of the City 4A playoffs 31-7. ``We came out here to win,'' Johnson said. ``We played great as a team, left it all out on the field and that's why we won.'' San Fernando's Thomas Hoohuli completed 13 of 28 passes for 145 yards and two interceptions. Bobby Stanley rushed for 82 yards in 15 carries. ``I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. what happened. We just came out flat,'' Stanley said. Sylmar pressured Hoolhuli with a strong inside rush and came with some jarring hits in the secondary. Contreras was particularly impressive on defense, breaking up several passes and returning an interception 71 yards. ``We were very well prepared and we played a great defensive game,'' Sylmar coach Jeff Engilman said. ``It's been a long season, but the crowd definitely helped us tonight.'' CAPTION(S): photo PHOTO Sylmar High's Eddie Gomez Edgar "Eddie" Gomez (born October 4, 1944) is a Puerto Rican jazz double bassist born in Santurce, Puerto Rico, perhaps most notable for his work done with the Bill Evans trio from 1966 to 1977. (8) leaps to gather in a pass for his third touchdown. Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News |
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