VERDUGO HILLS CRUISES IN OPENER GARCIA DE ALBA SCORES THREE TDS VERDUGO HILLS 48, LOS ANGELES 7.Byline: ERIK BOAL Special to the Daily News TUJUNGA -- It was an ominous start to the football season for Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. High and Verdugo Hills of Tujunga made sure things only got worse from there for the visiting Romans. Los Angeles was penalized pe·nal·ize tr.v. pe·nal·ized, pe·nal·iz·ing, pe·nal·iz·es 1. To subject to a penalty, especially for infringement of a law or official regulation. See Synonyms at punish. 2. twice on the game's opening kickoff, then fumbled on its initial offensive series to set up the Dons' first touchdown. By the time the first half came to a close Thursday Thursday: see week. night at Turner Stadium, the Dons had added four more touchdowns, a field goal and a safety before coasting through the second half en route to a 48-7 victory. Sammy Garcia De Alba alba /al·ba/ (al´bah) [L.] white. al·ba n. See white matter. alba [L.] white. , who missed most of last season with a broken leg, scored on touchdown runs of 2, 4 and 23 yards for Verdugo Hills, which handed the Romans their fifth consecutive loss. ``I wasn't sure what was going to happen,'' said Verdugo Hills coach Darren FitzGerald Darren Fitzgerald (born December 16, 1977 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish football player who plays as a forward. He currently plays for Ballymena United in the Irish League. Honours Irish Cup Winner 2001 Northern Ireland International: Under-21 , who last season led the Dons to their first Sunset Six League title since 1980. ``We had a lot of things that didn't go right for us this summer and our uniforms didn't show up (Thursday) and then we had 17 guys sitting in the stands .'' Garcia De Alba, who rushed for a game-high 76 yards, had to come out of the game in the second quarter after experiencing nauseau. But returning All-City linebacker Peter Seller briefly replaced him in the lineup A criminal investigation technique in which the police arrange a number of individuals in a row before a witness to a crime and ask the witness to identify which, if any, of the individuals committed the crime. and rushed for a 20-yard touchdown. Verdugo Hills' defense was equally impressive, holding Los Angeles - which dropped to 2-18 since winning the Northern League title in 2003 - to minus-21 yards in the first half. The Romans, whose biggest play was a 79-yard kickoff return for a touchdown by Justin Kemp Justin Miles Kemp (born 2 October 1977, Queenstown, Cape Province, South Africa) is a South African cricketer who has played Test and ODI cricket for South Africa since the 2000–01 season. Kemp is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast medium bowler. , finished with 45 offensive yards to Verdugo Hills' 233. Jorge Morrales and Willie Fisher also recovered fumbles for the Dons, the latter resulting in a 7-yard touchdown return in the third quarter. Matt Debbaudt added a 25-yard field goal for Verdugo Hills, which plays host to Kennedy of Granada Hills on Sept. 8. erik.boal@dailynews.com (818) 713-3607 |
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