Granada Hills Has All the Heroes

Down through the years, it seemed that there was always someone to carry the Canoga Park High football team.

In the ‘60s, it was running back Bob Adams who led the Hunters to their last City Section championship in 1968.

In the ‘70s, Canoga Park had All-City tailback Mark Terranova.

In the ‘80s, it was all-league running back Mike Conover.

But as they approach the ‘90s, the Hunters have become the hunted.

Granada Hills, the Valley-area’s top-ranked team, showed Canoga Park no mercy Friday night, stalking the Hunters and dropping them, 44-6, in a Northwest Valley Conference game at Granada Hills.

About the only thing the woeful Hunters (0-6, 0-3 in conference play) had in common with the Highlanders was their green-and-white school colors.

Granada Hills running back Brett Washington led the way, rushing for 165 yards and two touchdowns--his seventh and eighth of the year.

Granada Hills scored on its first three possessions and was driving again when the half mercifully ended for Canoga Park.

The Highlanders went 54 yards on their first scoring march, Washington running seven yards for the touchdown with 7:01 remaining in the first quarter.

Leon Glasgow capped a 56-yard drive with a 13-yard touchdown burst late in the second period. Andy Petroski added the kick, putting Granada Hills ahead, 14-0.

It was Washington again in the second quarter, rambling untouched 17 yards on a draw play to score his second touchdown. Petroski’s kick made it 21-0 Highlanders with 8:51 left in the first half.

Granada Hills held Canoga Park to three yards rushing in the first half and 123 yards overall.

The Highlanders, led by Washington’s 123 yards, had 221 yards in offense in the first half.

Granada Hills (6-0, 3-0) led, 21-0, at intermission, then tacked on 16 third-quarter points to turn the game into a runaway.

Even backup quarterback Chris Gadomski got into the act, tossing a 75-yard touchdown pass to Glasgow in the fourth quarter.

Hunter quarterback David Erhardt was about all Canoga Park had going for it.

Erhardt completed 15 of 31 passes for 200 yards and one touchdown. He threw one interception.

Erhardt’s 39-yard touchdown pass to David Payne with 2:07 left broke a two-game streak during which the Highlander defense had not given up an offensive touchdown.

Granada Hills has allowed only 40 points in six games.