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Junior running back Anthony Barr rushed for 161 yards in 20 carries and scored three touchdowns to help Loyola (2-0) defeat Palos Verdes, 34-0, Saturday in a nonleague game.
The Cubs made two interceptions and recovered two fumbles.
-- Eric Sondheimer
Loyola has opened a 17-0 halftime lead over Palos Verdes behind junior running back Anthony Barr, who has rushed for 62 yards in 10 carries and scored touchdowns on runs of 13 and 17 yards.
It's the last tuneup for Loyola before it faces Concord De La Salle next Saturday night at Glendale High.
-- Eric Sondheimer
Here's a sneak peek at the new football rankings that will be published in Monday's paper, with comments on team movement below the jump:
1. Long Beach Poly (1-0)
2. Corona Centennial (1-0)
3. Mater Dei (2-0)
4. Crespi (2-0)
5. Mission Viejo (2-0)
6. Servite (2-0)
7. St. Bonaventure (2-0)
8. Sherman Oaks Notre Dame (1-0)
9. Oaks Christian (2-0)
10. Redlands East Valley (1-0)
11. Edison (2-0)
12. Los Osos (2-0)
13. Bishop Amat (1-1)
14. Orange Lutheran (1-1)
15. Upland (2-0)
16. Esperanza (2-0)
*17. Loyola (1-0)
18. Los Alamitos (1-0)
19. Lakewood (2-0)
20. Rancho Verde (2-0)
21. Corona Santiago (1-1)
22. Chaparral (0-1)
23. Tesoro (2-0)
24. Norco (1-0)
25. St. John Bosco (2-0)
*This assumes Loyola will defeat Palos Verdes on Saturday night.
It didn't take long for the members of the Simi Valley football team to find out the disheartening news about the Metrolink crash that happened in Chatsworth on Friday. In fact, the Pioneers were on their way out to Ventura to face host Buena in the season opener.
Coach Todd Borowski had the unenviable task of informing his players about the tragedy just before kickoff. A day later, there is still cause for concern. Apparently, several of his players have family members that were directly affected by the incident.
"Around here, we know a lot of people who commute by train, so things have been tough. We're still trying to unravel this whole mess,'' Borowski said Saturday morning without going into specifics. "We're a tight-knit community, so when something like this hits one person, it hits us all.''
"We're hoping, and praying that everyone is safe. Each and every time my phone rings, I try not to think the worst and just hope for the best. In situations like this, that's all you can do. We're just trying to absorb everything right now. We're a family here at Simi Valley and are going to stick together.''
-- Sean Ceglinsky
Royal Coach Gene Uebelhardt, his staff and players left their Simi Valley campus at 4:30 p.m. on Friday afternoon, bound for the San Fernando Valley. The destination was Chaminade High, but the Highlanders ran into several detours en route to West Hills because of the Metrolink crash in Chatsworth.
Arriving at the field on time for the season opener was the last thing on anyone's mind, though. Everyone from Royal was more concerned with the tragedy that had happened just minutes before they departed for what was expected to be a short trip for the game against the Eagles.
"Thankfully, from everything we've heard up to this point, we've been lucky that no one in the Royal family was harmed. Things could change, though. We'll find out more over the next couple of days,'' Uebelhardt said Saturday morning after the Highlanders' 34-12 loss to Chaminade on Friday night.
"We took the 118 Freeway yesterday and we were about to get off at the Topanga Canyon exit to make our way over to Chaminade [in West Hills], and then law enforcement officers waived us off,'' Uebelhardt added. "I had no idea, no clue, what was going on at the time, but apparently, we were right there.''
"There were helicopters, ambulances and fire trucks everywhere. Then I knew something was going on. My wife called me seconds later and told me about the crash. Needless to say, it didn't take long for all of my players to figure out what was going on. We were in shock, we still are.''
-- Sean Ceglinsky
As Moorpark took on host Sherman Oaks Notre Dame on Friday night, players were aware that a Metrolink train bound for Moorpark had crashed into a freight train in Chatsworth, according to Coach Tim Lins.
"We knew about it," Lins said. "We were seeing the [helicopters] flying over the top of us back and forth."
As of Saturday morning, Lins said he had heard that a relative of a Moorpark teacher had died in the accident.
Notre Dame defeated Moorpark, 17-14.
-- Eric Sondheimer
Dwight Chapman, who was the lead blocker for Anthony Davis on San Fernando's 1970 City runner-up team and served as a football coach off and on for the Tigers for more than 20 years, died on Friday after a short illness. He was 55.
Chapman, who taught health at San Fernando, retired from coaching after directing the freshman-sophomore team last season. He is survived by his daughter, January. Funeral arrangements are pending.
-- Eric Sondheimer
He admitted he was a little nervous playing in his first game at the helm of the defending Inland Division champions, but in the end, quarterback Taylor Martinez proved he’s worthy of leading one of the state’s premier teams.
Martinez, who played in his first game with Centennial since transferring from Cajon in the off-season, completed 12 of 20 passes for 206 yards and three TDs, the last of which came on a 75-yard bomb in the fourth quarter, to push Corona Centennial to a 26-16 victory over host Temecula Chaparral on Friday night.
The Nebraska-bound quarterback was shaky in the first quarter, completing just one of his first five passes, but came alive in the second half when he connected on five consecutive passes. His 75-yard TD pass to a wide-open Zach Fazli in the fourth quarter sealed the victory.
“I felt better as the game went on,” Martinez said. “I wasn’t nervous at all after halftime.”
Chaparral sophomore quarterback Antoine Arnold completed eight of 14 passes for 74 yards and a touchdown and teammate Jonathan Diaz rushed for 121 yards and a touchdown. His 21-yard touchdown on fourth down in the fourth quarter pulled the Pumas to within three points.
However, it was not enough as Chaparral dropped its second consecutive game to the Huskies, having lost to them, 68-14, in last year’s division semifinals.
Be sure to click on the live blog to see how it all went down.
Also, I heard the Huskies had already practiced their victory dance. Check out this fascinating piece of Southland football culture:
-- Austin Knoblauch
CITY
NONLEAGUE
Arleta 24, Sylmar 7
Belmont 55, Contreras 14
Bell 21, Grant 6
Cleveland 68, Verdugo Hills 13
Dorsey 21, Chatsworth 7
Eagle Rock 18, Canoga Park 10
Fremont 20, South East 18
Gardena 31, Jefferson 8
Lincoln 34, Huntington Park 17
Locke 40, Fairfax 22
Los Angeles Hamilton 21, Washington 20
Los Angeles Marshall 56, Los Angeles University 20
Los Angeles Roosevelt 21, Los Angeles Wilson 20
Panorama 22, Van Nuys 14
Reseda 50, North Hollywood 20
San Pedro 48, Santee 3
South Gate 66, Bernstein 0
Sun Valley Poly 61, Monroe 6
Taft 20, Venice 0
Westchester 48, Manual Arts 0
Wilmington Banning 33, Los Angeles 0
8 MAN
NONLEAGUE
Annenberg 52, Discovery Prep 8
Sherman Oaks CES 30, Central City Value 12
SOUTHERN SECTION
NONLEAGUE
#2 Corona Centennial 26, #13 Chaparral 16
Bishop Amat 47, #3 Orange Lutheran 39
#6 Mission Viejo 58, Redondo 20
#7 Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 17, Moorpark 14
#9 St. Bonaventure 35, Atascadero 14
#10 Oaks Christian 43, Muir 14
#11 Redlands East Valley 24, #23 Riverside North 16
#14 Los Osos 20, Cajon 7
#15 Upland 35, Glendora 21
Palmdale 29, #18 Hart 6
#20 Lakewood 37, Peninsula 10
#21 Rancho Verde 35, Yucaipa 0
#22 Corona Santiago 50, La Quinta 13
#24 Tesoro 29, Fountain Valley 13
Alta Loma 20, Carter 15
Azusa 42, Pasadena Marshall 0
Baldwin Park 17, Montebello 0
Banning 44, Fontana 20
Barstow 21, Rialto 0
Bassett 29, Firebaugh 26
Beaumont 28, Cathedral City 25
Bloomington 14, Ontario 7
Bonita 18, Claremont 3
Boron 56, CSDR 18
Brea Olinda 43, Troy 35
Brentwood 22, St. Anthony 14
Buena 13, Simi Valley 10 (ot)
Burbank Burroughs 17, Schurr 14
California 23, Rowland 10
Cantwell-Sacred Heart 49, Salesian 7
Capistrano Valley 24, Marina 15
Cerritos Valley Christian 35, Westminster La Quinta 13
Chaminade 34, Royal 12
Charter Oak 52, Pioneer 28
Chino 43, Pacific 6
Citrus Hill 45, Lakeside 13
Coachella Valley 21, Twin Pines 0
Corona 24, Arlington 20
Corona del Mar 37, Laguna Beach 0
Culver City 42, St. Bernard 28
Dana Hills 56, El Toro 21
Desert 48, Lucerne Valley 14
Desert Hot Springs 28, Rim of the World 24
Diamond Bar 34, Walnut 14
Diamond Ranch 21, Colony 0
Eastside 12, Victor Valley 12 (tie)
Eisenhower 20, Patriot 7
El Monte 34, La Puente 13
El Rancho 49, Cerritos 13
El Segundo 3, West Torrance 0
Estancia 41, Bolsa Grande 26
Etiwanda 38, Temecula Valley 21
Fillmore 41, Village Christian 14
Foothill 21, Tustin 6
Fullerton 33, La Mirada 16
Garden Grove 42, Westminster 28
Garden Grove Pacifica 23, Long Beach Wilson 7
Garey 34, Nogales 32
Glendale 44, Alhambra 28
Golden Valley 48, Hoover 6
Great Oak 26, Valley View 14
Irvine 28, Woodbridge 6
JSerra 24, Huntington Beach 17
Kaiser 42, Apple Valley 3
King 41, Heritage 6
Knight 25, Gahr 20
La Habra 40, Downey 15
La Serna 56, Glenn 0
Laguna Hills 26, Trabuco Hills 6
Lawndale 36, Hawthorne 12
Loara 20, Savanna 12
Lompoc 34, Santa Ynez 0
Long Beach Jordan 28, Beverly Hills 13
Los Angeles Baptist 34, Vasquez 19
Lynwood 21, Harvard-Westlake 21 (tie)
Magnolia 58, Katella 21
Malibu 10, Channel Islands 7
Maranatha 27, La Salle 26
Miller 30, Highland 10
Millikan 45, Bellflower 27
Mira Costa 40, South Torrance 14
Monrovia 14, Duarte 6
Montclair 24, Sierra Vista 9
Moreno Valley 18, Elsinore 13
Morningside 25, Compton Centennial 19 (ot)
Morro Bay 29, Carpinteria 11
Newbury Park 14, Camarillo 7
Nipomo 24, Arroyo Grande 0
Norwalk 58, Los Amigos 14
Oak Park 28, Grace Brethren 26
Ontario Christian 20, Bishop 10
Oxnard 48, Santa Barbara 21
Oxnard Pacifica 35, Templeton 21
Palm Desert 35, Sultana 9
Palm Springs 21, Hemet 0
Paramount 15, Long Beach Cabrillo 12
Pasadena Poly 28, Campbell Hall 21
Pioneer Valley 34, Nordhoff 19
Placentia Valencia 17, Villa Park 7
Rancho Alamitos 42, Saddleback 7
Rancho Cucamonga 30, Canyon Springs 0
Righetti 35, Lompoc Cabrillo 28
Rio Hondo Prep 34, Mojave 0
Riverside Christian 46, Brethren Christian 6
Riverside Notre Dame 16, Twentynine Palms 14
Riverside Poly 40, Ramona 20
Rosemead 50, Covina 12
Saddleback Valley Christian 29, Capistrano Valley Christian 0
Sage Hill 24, Animo Leadership 8
San Bernardino 26, Jurupa Valley 13
San Dimas 56, South El Monte 33
San Jacinto 49, Yucca Valley 7
San Luis Obispo 27, Dos Pueblos 13
San Marcos 10, Rio Mesa 8
San Marino 21, Gabrielino 0
Santa Ana 36, Buena Park 21
Santa Clara 28, Hueneme 0
Santa Fe 40, Warren 14
Santa Maria St. Joseph 31, Bishop Diego 13
Santa Monica 31, Leuzinger 6
Santa Paula 39, Whittier Christian 36
Saugus 51, Pasadena 12
Segerstrom 42, Century 0
Serrano 35, Silverado 20
Silver Valley 19, Anza Hamilton 7
Sonora 31, Hacienda Heights Wilson 21
South Hills 23, Ayala 12
St. Francis 54, Arcadia 7
St. John Bosco 34, Damien 0
Summit 31, Tahquitz 0
Temple City 34, Arroyo 0
Thousand Oaks 23, Valencia 14
Ventura 27, Agoura 21
Viewpoint 36, Ribet Academy 0
Vista Murrieta 15, Colton 14
West Covina 53, Blair 0
West Valley 42, Arroyo Valley 10
West Ranch 42, Lancaster 26
Western 29, Anaheim Canyon 22
Workman 42, Keppel 12
INTERSECTIONAL
#5 Crespi 31, Birmingham 0
#8 Servite 35, Fresno Clovis West 21
#16 Esperanza 9, Los Angeles Jordan 8
Gardena Serra 21, #25 Carson 19
Bakersfield Frontier 22, Antelope Valley 16
Calexico 29, Desert Mirage 27
Canyon Country Canyon 54, Granada Hills 6
Clovis East 21, Redlands 13
El Camino Real 28, Calabasas 7
Franklin 28, Don Lugo 27
Fresno Edison 8, Dominguez 6
Gonzales 34, Santa Maria 29
Indio 29, Brawley 21
Las Vegas (Nev.) Meadows 46, Chadwick 26
Littlerock 25, San Fernando 21
Narbonne 34, Inglewood 13
Norco 20, Crenshaw 0
Paso Robles 44, Fresno Central 7
San Diego Mission Bay 38, Paloma Valley 35
Santa Margarita 42, Poway 20
St. Paul 31, Garfield 22
West Adams 21, Kilpatrick 6
8 MAN
NONLEAGUE
Camarillo Cornerstone Christian 48, Ojai Valley 20
Desert Chapel 53, River Springs 0
First Lutheran 34, Los Angeles Lutheran 18
Hesperia Christian 49, Bermuda Dunes Desert Christian 20
Moreno Valley Calvary Chapel 56, San Jacinto Valley Academy 8
Santa Clarita Christian 59, Trona 20
Victor Valley Christian 64, La Verne Lutheran 46
West Shores 54, Marywood-Palm Valley 46
Westmark 30, Price 8
INTERSECTIONAL
Escondido Christian Life Academy 64, St. Michael's Prep 54
Temecula Prep 53, San Marcos St. Joseph Academy 26
Kevin Cummings was seemingly all over the field during Crespi's 31-0 nonleague victory over Birmingham on Friday night. And there was nothing the Patriots could do to prevent the 6-foot-1 senior from making big play after big play, on both sides of the ball, no less.
He was responsible for the game's first momentum-changing sequence. In the second quarter, Cummings recovered a Trajuan Briggs fumble, thwarting a Birmingham drive. He then scored on a 37-yard touchdown pass from Bryan Bennett on the subsequent drive to give Crespi a 15-0 lead at halftime.
Any comeback hopes the Patriots might have had were spoiled by Cummings, who intercepted a Morey Croson pass to open the second half. Jeremiah McKibbins essentially put the game away minutes later with a 10-yard touchdown run for the Celts, ranked No. 5 in the Southland by The Times.
Cummings rarely came off the field. He even pitched in with a couple of tackles on special teams. Offensively, he provided some timely downfield blocks for McKibbins and finished with a pair of receptions for 62 yards.
-- Sean Ceglinsky
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