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TURNOVERS COSTLY FOR CAMPBELL HALL RIO HONDO 10, CAMPBELL HALL 7.


Byline: Gideon Rubin Special to the Daily News

Nothing about Campbell Hall Campbell Hall can refer to:
  • a residence hall at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)
  • Campbell Hall School in North Hollywood, California
 of North Hollywood's season was ordinary.

Appropriately enough, its 10-7 loss to Rio Hondo Rio Hondo may refer to:
  • Río Hondo, a town in the Guatemalan department of Zacapa.
  • Rio Hondo (Belize), a river which forms much of the border between Belize and Mexico.
  • Rio Hondo (California), a tributary of the Los Angeles River in the U.S. state of California.
 in the Southern Section Div. XIII title game at Birmingham High was an anomaly of a statistical sort.

Campbell Hall (10-4), which bounced up and down the division's rankings like a pinball and advanced to its first championship game in school history after a fourth-place Delphic League finish, outgained its opponent in total yardage yard·age 1  
n.
1. An amount or length measured in yards.

2. Cloth sold by the yard.

Noun 1.
 by a walloping 291-140.

The Vikings had 15 first downs and held Rio Hondo (12-1) to four.

But they were unable to overcome five turnovers against an opponent that was if nothing else opportunistic opportunistic /op·por·tu·nis·tic/ (op?er-tldbomacn-is´tik)
1. denoting a microorganism which does not ordinarily cause disease but becomes pathogenic under certain circumstances.

2.
.

Campbell Hall was appearing in its first title game in school history.

Rio Hondo (12-1), a perennial small-school power that won 10 8-man titles before going to 11-man football in 2001, was making its first 11-man title in its second consecutive Div. XIII championship game appearance.

``This the best feeling in the world,''Rio Hondo running back Bill Baumgartner said. `` We played so well together, nothing could tear us apart.''

Baumgartner rushed for 53 yards on 13 carries.

Campbell Hall was led by running back Brandon Scott, who rushed for 120 yards on 34 carries.

The Vikings night began inauspiciously, with star defensive end Taylor Henry - the state's sack leader with 22 - being taken to a local hospital after dislocating his finger in the pregame warm-ups. He rejoined "Rejoined" is an episode of , the sixth episode of the fourth season.

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 the team at halftime, by which time his team trailed 10-0.

``We gave it our best effort but we came up short,'' Campbell Hall coach Russell Gordon said ``We had a great season, we accomplished a lot.''.

Campbell Hall closed to within 10-7 when Sam Weinberger, a Div A DIV Associate of Divinity . I prospect who's being scouted as a linebacker, scored on a 22-yard run two plays into the fourth quarter, capping an 8-play 54-yard drive.

Campbell Hall quarterback Zachary Kaplan was intercepted at midfield mid·field  
n. Sports
1. The section of a playing field midway between goals.

2. Players whose usual positions are in the midfield.



mid
 on the last play of the first quarter by Rio Hondo linebacker John Collins. The turnover resulted in a 27-yard Tervor Finchamp field goal.

The Vikings turned the ball over again on their next possession, this time with Kaplan fumbling fum·ble  
v. fum·bled, fum·bling, fum·bles

v.intr.
1. To touch or handle nervously or idly: fumble with a necktie.

2.
 a snap.

Campbell Hall's defense held Rio Hondo on its ensuing en·sue  
intr.v. en·sued, en·su·ing, en·sues
1. To follow as a consequence or result. See Synonyms at follow.

2. To take place subsequently.
 possession, but a 40-yard punt pinned the Vikings at their own 5. Campbell Hall managed just five yards, and was forced to punt from its 10, and a 29-yard punt gave Rio Hondo great field possession.

The Kares took advantage, scoring two plays later when quarterback Will Torrico hooked up with Trevor Finchamp on a 36-yard touchdown pass.

The Vikings drove to the Kares 12 on their first possession of the second half, when Kaplan was intercepted again, this time by Joe Padilla on the 3-yard-line.

Gideon Rubin, (818)713-3607

gideon.rubin(at)dailynews.com

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