PREP WRAPUP / DAVID RAATZ : Miraleste Gets Its Kicks, but Is Booted by Redondo : Football: Marauders’ Ostergard kicks a 57-yard field goal, but the Sea Hawks cruise in opener, 39-9.

It was nostalgia night Friday at Sea Hawk Bowl, where host Redondo High beat Miraleste, 39-9, in a non-league football season opener.

Not only did Redondo and Miraleste trade late hits, personal fouls and harsh words in a bitterly fought game reminiscent of their Pioneer League battles in the 1970s, but a male streaker at halftime also made some in the crowd wonder if they were in a time warp.

Earlier, another stunning event took place when senior Brett Ostergard kicked a 57-yard field goal, only seven yards shy of the national record, on Miraleste’s first possession of the game.

But the feat was no surprise to Ostergard, the stepson of Marauder first-year Coach Tony Bantula.

“I knew I could make it,” said the 6-foot-3, 235-pound Ostergard, whose previous career high was 47 yards. “We were in the middle of the field, so it was just a matter of kicking it hard and straight.”

Ostergard, who said he regularly kicks 60-yard field goals in practice, gave Miraleste its only highlight. On the game’s first drive, Redondo took a 6-0 lead on Dan Sanchez’s 39-yard pass to Sean Aubert, and the Sea Hawks continued to move the ball effectively throughout the game. They led, 19-3, at halftime.

Miraleste appeared to get more frustrated as its deficit mounted, but Redondo’s new coach, Chris Hyduke, said he thought tension between the two teams was evident from the start.

“This rivalry between Miraleste and Redondo goes back to the old days,” Hyduke said. “You saw it tonight.”

Although both coaches were making their debuts, Redondo was more organized on the field and on the sideline.

As Miraleste tried to rally in the second half, the coaching staff lost track of timeouts and downs. There was also occasional trouble in relaying plays to quarterback Steve Cooper, who had Miraleste’s only touchdown on a five-yard run in the fourth quarter.

Bantula, who was in good spirits after the game, acknowledged difficulty, but denied that his team was unprepared.

“We just made too many mistakes,” Bantula said. “Typical first-game mistakes, that’s it.

“We’ve got a lot of work to do, but we’ve got the right plays. We played hard, and I’m proud of my boys.”

Hyduke said his transition at Redondo is inherently smoother than at Miraleste. Hyduke has been an assistant coach with the Sea Hawks; Bantula, a former NFL player, was out of football when he began coaching with Miraleste last spring.

“Since I’ve been the defensive coordinator here for the last five years, I would definitely say there was a little bit of a disadvantage for Tony,” Hyduke said. “It’s been hard enough for me taking over the program and putting in a new offense, so I know it’s had to be very hard on him.

“But don’t shed any tears for them. That’s a pretty good little team, once they get things ironed out.”

Sanchez finished with three touchdown passes. Redondo running back Anthony Curtis had two touchdowns on a 52-yard reception and a 30-yard run.

Like Bantula, first-year North Torrance Coach Joe Austin was out of football last year. But Austin, formerly the coach at South Torrance for 17 years, had better results in his opening game as the Saxons won at San Clemente, 14-11.

Two fourth-quarter touchdowns--a one-yard run by quarterback Brian Jurado and a 20-yard interception return by Dano Casillas--helped North to the come-from-behind victory. The Saxons are already halfway to meeting last year’s victory total.

Coach Steve Carroll has started both of his seasons at Bishop Montgomery the same way: losing to Leuzinger. But he came out of Friday night’s 25-15 road loss to the Olympians with much more optimism than he had after being shut out at home in 1989.

Leuzinger scored all four of its touchdowns after Knight turnovers, but Carroll said, “(Without turnovers) I see a different football game being played.

“It would have gone down to the wire. We’ll grow, and we’ll learn to win again.”

Olympian Coach Steve Carnes sounded like the loser.

“We were lucky, this was not a good effort,” said Carnes, whose team faces two-time CIF Division II champion Paramount in its next game. “We’ll be in for a long season if we don’t get squared away.”

Actually, Leuzinger’s performance had several impressive facets. Showing great depth, five running backs were effective, including tailback Marvin Johnson, whose three-yard touchdown run made the score 25-7 with 4:25 left in the third quarter.

And lineman Mike Donnelly was one of many special-team standouts as he recovered two fumbled punts, drew a clipping penalty and was in on several tackles.

Inglewood, coming off an 0-9 season, threw a scare into Palos Verdes, as the teams played to a scoreless tie in the first half Friday afternoon. The Sentinels surprised and confused Palos Verdes, ranked second in CIF Division VIII, by playing a 5-3 defense after using a 6-1 formation a year ago.

But the Sea Kings were a different team in the second half. Palos Verdes scored twice early in the third quarter en route to a 22-0 victory at home.

“We were really disappointed at the way we played in the first half,” said Palos Verdes running back George Felactu, who had 137 rushing yards, two touchdowns and a two-point conversion. “We wanted to hit harder and follow our blocks better.”

In a span of three plays early in the third quarter, Palos Verdes took a 15-0 lead.

Sea King Coach Bill Judy said his game plan was altered by Inglewood’s changes on offense and defense.

“We came to pass in the first half,” Judy said, “but (new quarterback Tim) King was under pressure. And we didn’t adjust to their 5-3 until the second half.

“Last year, they ran wishbone, and everybody’s talking about them running wishbone again this year, but they didn’t do it. It was a game where our preparation was off totally.”

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