Week 4 Rundown
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Apparently, the Crespi-St. Bonaventure game wasn’t the only surprise on Friday night (well, as far as I’m concerned at least). There were some other ‘whoa’ scores out there from the Valley/North region and here’s just a few of them:
No. 13 Venice 41, No. 21 Oaks Christian 35
I think I was the only one who wasn’t a Venice student or alumni who picked the Gondoliers to take this one, even though we had them ranked ahead of Oaks Christian in this week’s poll. Still, it’s hard to believe the Lions are riding only their second losing ‘streak’ in team history after setting a Southern Section record-48 game winning streak three weeks ago. Here’s the story on Venice’s big night.
Chaminade 24, No. 20 Canyon 21
This one totally shocked me. Not to take anything from Chaminade, but I thought Canyon would come out hungry and ready to show it has moved on from WR Mark Urbina‘s season-ending injury and a so-so performance against Lancaster last week. Well, I totally underestimated how well QB Ryan Griffin would play and I never in a million years thought a freshman kicker would be the guy who ultimately downed the defending Division I state bowl champions. Check out the story on the game.
No. 10 Notre Dame 38, Saugus 35
It took a TD catch by Jeff Dickmann in the final seconds for Notre Dame to comeback in this one, which begs the question, exactly how good are Notre Dame and Saugus? Well, it seems to me the Knights are a little overrated (at least if you’re looking at The Times’ rankings) and the Centurions are a little underrated. Of course, I can’t see the Knights as a lock for the Serra League title anymore, and Saugus will definitely make Canyon and Hart sweat in Foothill League play. Here’s the scoop on Notre Dame-Saugus.
Simi Valley 14, Moorpark 6
Another surprise, but when you have a game-breaker like RB Langston Jackson on your side, anything is possible. It seems that the Musketeers are going to have to post an upset of their own (like beating Newbury Park or Westlake) if they’re going to be a postseason contender. See what the Ventura County Star had to say about this one.
Go here if you want to check out all of the other Week 4 scores. I’ll definitely have more on these four games and other regional contests yet to come later this afternoon and during the upcoming week.
- Austin Knoblauch
