PREP FOOTBALL SPOTLIGHT : FACTS, FIGURES AND COMMENTS FROM LAST WEEK’S GAMES : FIGHT NIGHT

When tempers got out of hand in Friday night’s Ocean League opener between Beverly Hills and host Redondo, officials ejected seven players before stopping the game midway through the fourth quarter with Redondo leading, 30-0.

The ejections may cost both teams their passing attacks for next week.

Among the players kicked out were Redondo quarterback Ted Silva and one of his top receivers, Joey Chappell, and Beverly Hills quarterback Ziv Gottlieb and receiver David Saraf, who entered the game leading the CIF-Southern Section with 41 catches. All the ejected players are facing one-game suspensions.

“Our offensive package will definitely be hurt without our quarterback,” said Redondo Coach Chris Hyduke, whose team plays a league game at Culver City on Friday.

Beverly Hills, which is even more dependent on the pass, plays a nonleague game Friday at Hawthorne.

School administrators were expected to review game films this weekend to determine what caused the fights and if suspensions are warranted.

In any event, Redondo (4-2 overall, 1-0 in league play) played impressively for the second consecutive week. The Sea Hawks upset Hawthorne, 21-18, last week and shut down Beverly Hills’ touted passing game. Gottlieb completed 10 of 21 passes for only 134 yards and an interception.

“We put in a special (defensive) package for Beverly Hills,” Hyduke said. “We frustrated the hell out of them. It was a defense Beverly Hills hadn’t seen and wasn’t prepared for. We had good stunt packages.

“We were really looking forward to the game. It’s a shame it had to end like this.”

MIGHTY MONARCH

Can anyone stop Morningside quarterback Stais Boseman? No one has come close so far this season.

Boseman ran over yet another opponent Friday night, rushing for 200 yards and three touchdowns in only 13 carries to lead the Monarchs past Culver City, 39-13, in an Ocean League opener at Coleman Field in Inglewood. He also passed for 61 yards and a TD.

Boseman has now rushed for 736 yards and 12 touchdowns in five games and leads the South Bay with a 12.4 yards-per-carry average, or a first down every time he runs the ball.

Boseman and Morningside took charge after Culver City quarterback Dameron Ricketts scored on an 80-yard run on the third play from scrimmage.

“We always start slow,” Boseman said. “(Ricketts’ run) was like a little wake-up call. I tried to do all I could to get the offense going. I felt I had to get us back in the game real quick.”

Aside from his quarterback duties, Boseman also played the entire game at defensive back.

“Yes, I was tired,” he said. “I tried to suck it up. Luckily, Ricketts overthrew his man a couple of times.”

BREAKFAST CLUB

Bishop Montgomery Coach Steve Carroll, unhappy with his team’s workouts Monday and Tuesday, conducted practice at 6:30 a.m. Wednesday. The wake-up call seemed to pay off Friday night as the Knights battered visiting St. Bernard, 30-6, in a Mission League game.

“We weren’t happy with our Tuesday practice and the intensity we had,” Carroll said. “We got up Wednesday morning at 6:30 and practiced, and we practiced again after school. We were going to come into this game ready to play.”

After spotting St. Bernard a 6-0 lead, Bishop Montgomery took control by scoring 22 unanswered points in the second quarter. The Knights took the lead for good at 8-6 when a high snap sailed over the head of St. Bernard punter Chris Steinbacher and rolled out the back of the end zone. Koury Clark then returned the free kick 73 yards for a touchdown, giving Bishop Montgomery nine points in 10 seconds and a 15-6 lead.

From there, the Knights controlled the game with their ball-control running attack. Clark finished with 120 yards and two touchdowns in 25 carries and fullback Tony Snowden gained 62 yards in 11 carries, most coming in the second half. Bishop Montgomery finished with a total of 353 yards, 246 on the ground.

“We came here to totally dominate them physically,” said Carroll, whose team improved to 4-2 and 1-1. “It was the best we’ve played for four quarters all year . . . In fact, we played probably the best offensive and defensive game since I’ve been here.”

SWEET REVENGE

Carroll said a motivating factor in Friday’s game was the loss Bishop Montgomery suffered at St. Bernard last season. After that game, St. Bernard angered the Knights by conducting calisthenics on the field.

“They did the Servite dance,” Carroll said. “We’ve been sitting with that for a year. It’s good to get that monkey off our backs. It is really, really sweet revenge.”

GETTING DEFENSIVE

* Bishop Montgomery held St. Bernard to 53 total yards (29 rushing, 24 passing) and made life especially miserable for Viking quarterback Chris Keldorf. The senior was sacked five times for minus-42 yards and completed three of eight passes for only five yards.

* El Segundo defensive end Scott Sutherland recovered three fumbles in a 10-7 victory over host St. Francis in a San Fernando Valley League opener.

* Banning strong safety Brandon Moore intercepted a pass in the fourth quarter of a 49-7 victory over Narbonne to raise his area-leading total to five. He returned the interception for a touchdown, but it was brought back because of clipping.

* Hawthorne’s defense created four turnovers in the second half of its 21-10 victory over Santa Monica, including a 43-yard fumble return for a touchdown by cornerback Corey McCoy.

* Peninsula lineman Victor Glusac tackled Leuzinger quarterback John Cotton from behind and forced a fumble at the Leuzinger 35-yard line on the last play of the third quarter. Defensive back Smiley Sanchez recovered, setting up Brian Durbin’s 27-yard field goal with 7:24 left that gave the Panthers a 10-7 victory.

* North Torrance defensive back Jason Jassman returned an interception 30 yards for a touchdown in a 35-6 victory over Centennial.

* Morningside linebacker Shawn Shamsiadeen recorded three of six sacks on Culver City quarterback Dameron Ricketts in a 39-13 victory.

TURNED AWAY

Torrance’s frustration continued Friday night in a 32-29 nonleague loss at Mira Costa. The Tartars saw their final possession stall inside the Mira Costa 10-yard line after four consecutive incomplete passes.

“We couldn’t put it in,” Torrance Coach Bill Bynum said. “The clock ran out on us.”

Bynum was encouraged by his team’s performance, although the Tartars fell to 1-5 entering their Pioneer League opener Friday against South Torrance. Quarterback Jason Kendall had his best game, completing 27 of 40 passes with no interceptions for 343 yards and three touchdowns. He leads the area in passing with 1,529 yards and 12 TDs.

“I’ll tell you, our record is not indicative of our team,” Bynum said. “Little mistakes will haunt you if you don’t clear them up, and we made some critical mistakes at the wrong time. But everything is starting to hit on all cylinders at the right time.”

Bynum said he never considered going for a tying field goal on Torrance’s last drive.

“Hell no,” he said. “These guys have worked too darn hard to settle for kissing your sister.”

LOOKING AHEAD

It will be a matchup of contrasting styles when Torrance plays host to South on Friday. Whereas Torrance attempted 40 passes against Mira Costa, South threw only eight times in its 27-14 victory over West. The Spartans carried the ball 52 times for 348 yards and four touchdowns, with tailback Ryan Brady (175 yards) and quarterback Alan Hook (115) leading the attack.

STRONG RETURN

Mira Costa running back Miguel Garcia, who suffered a sprained ankle against South in the second week of the season, apparently has regained his form if Friday’s performance against Torrance is any indication. He led all South Bay rushers with 227 yards and two touchdowns in 27 carries in the Mustangs’ victory.

CLOSE SHAVE

One of those most relieved by Hawthorne’s 21-10 come-from-behind victory over Santa Monica was Coach Dan Robbins. But not for the reason you might think.

After last week’s loss to Redondo, Robbins vowed not to shave again until the Cougars won. He said the beard was a nuisance, and a girl in one of his classes told him the new look did not suit him.

“Thank God we won,” he said. “Those whiskers were really starting to itch.”

MISSED CHANCE

Leuzinger Coach Tom Jessee was confident kicker Victor Martinez could tie the game, but a 31-yard field goal attempt fell short with 14 seconds left, allowing Peninsula to escape with a 10-7 Bay League victory at Leuzinger.

“That kid would have made that a million times,” Jessee said. “I saw him kick it in practice. I think he may have slipped when he kicked it.”

OFF YEAR

This is the first time since 1980 that Carson has lost as many as three games in a season. The Colts fell to 3-3 Thursday night with a 30-27 loss to Washington. The 1980 team finished 8-3 and lost in the second round of the City Section playoffs to Banning, 26-0. It was the last time Carson was shut out.

IN QUOTES

Mira Costa Coach Bill Lysle on Torrance quarterback Jason Kendall, who passed for 343 yards and three touchdowns in a 32-29 loss to the Mustangs: “Kendall was electrifying. He’s the best athlete we’ve seen. He makes things happen.”

Lysle on Mira Costa quarterback Greg Gilmer, who passed for 161 yards and two TDs: “Gilmer is getting more and more mature. He’s not throwing into coverage any more.”

Peninsula Coach Gary Kimbrell on his team’s 10-7 victory over Leuzinger: “(Leuzinger) has as talented and good a group of athletes as we are going to face this year. I hope I’m correct in that analysis because they’re all I can handle.”

Redondo Coach Chris Hyduke on fighting that ended his team’s 30-0 victory over Beverly Hills midway through in the fourth quarter: “It’s a sad commentary. We were kicking their (butt) and they just couldn’t take it . . . I thought they had more class than that.”

St. Bernard Coach Tom Strickland on his team’s 30-6 loss to Bishop Montgomery, which rushed for 246 yards and controlled the line of scrimmage: “We knew we were going to be outmanned up front. We took our chances as far as stunting. Sometimes we were there, sometimes not.”

Bishop Montgomery Coach Steve Carroll on Knight fullback Tony Snowden, who rushed for 62 yards in 11 carries and took some of the pressure off tailback Koury Clark: “Tony Snowden in the last two weeks has come of age. He has found out that he is 6-foot, 235 pounds of raw beef, and he’s starting to run that way. He’s carrying tacklers with him. When teams key on Koury Clark, we have somebody else to go to.”

Morningside linebacker Shawn Shamsiadeen on the six sacks the Monarchs had against Culver City quarterback Dameron Ricketts: “Once he started getting hit real hard, he didn’t want to run any more.”