HIGH SCHOOL NOTEBOOK

By MIKE BRESNAHAN

Nov. 2, 1999 12 AM PT

Every quarter is rough if you’re playing Westlake. Especially the second.

The Warriors (7-1, 4-0 in league play) have outscored opponents in the second quarter, 121-7. Overall, they have outscored teams, 293-75.

The Warriors even held Clovis West, ranked No. 10 in the nation by one publication, scoreless in the second quarter.

Buena is the only team to score against Westlake in the quarter, in the season opener.

“It doesn’t get much better than that, I guess,” said Coach Jim Benkert of Westlake. “I would imagine it’s partly because a lot of times we defer. Our opponents get the ball more often [in the first quarter] and we get it more in the second quarter.

“By that time, we’re running on both cylinders on both sides of the ball.”

How balanced is the Newbury Park offense?

The Panthers lived by the pass in recent years, but have rushed for 1,334 yards and thrown for 1,335 this season.

With two regular-season games left, the Panthers (4-4, 3-1) have already rushed for more yards than they did in four of the last five seasons. Last year, they rushed for 1,458 yards in 11 games.

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Mike Bresnahan

Mike Bresnahan previously covered the Lakers for the Los Angeles Times. He started the beat in 2004, a month after Shaquille O’Neal was traded, and covered several seasons of mediocrity before the Lakers won back-to-back championships in 2009 and 2010. Now they’re back to mediocrity. Bresnahan is from Los Angeles, started with The Times after graduating the University of Wisconsin in 1994, and has also covered the L.A. Kings, pro beach volleyball and numerous colleges and high schools. He left The Times in 2016.

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