HIGH SCHOOL NOTEBOOK

By STEVE HENSON

Oct. 12, 1999 12 AM PT

Canoga Park, the only team in the Sunset Six League devoted to a passing attack, attempted only five passes in a 27-0 victory over Van Nuys on Friday.

Quarterback Mike Spangle, a senior third-year starter, has struggled, completing only 43% of his passes. So Coach Rudy Lugo decided to establish a running game against the Wolves.

Canoga Park (2-3) gained 255 yards on the ground, eclipsing the team rushing total in its first four games combined. Michael Burnes had 106 yards, Jesus Navarro added 75 in seven carries and Oscar Carpio had 69 yards and two touchdowns.

Spangle made the most of his infrequent throws. Both of his completions went for touchdowns--34 yards to Tony Olivera and 16 yards to Israel Perez.

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Steve Henson

Steve Henson is a reporter with the Fast Break sports team at the Los Angeles Times. He previously served as an assistant editor and reporter in the Sports department. Henson was a leader in digital-only newsrooms from 2007-19 as a senior editor and columnist at Yahoo Sports and as senior editor at the USA Today Sports Media Group. This is his second stint at The Times, having covered the Dodgers and UCLA as well as doing enterprise, investigative and features writing from 1985-2007. Henson was awarded first place in sports features in 2021 by the L.A. Press Club and has been honored several times by the Associated Press Sports Editors (APSE) and also by the California News Publishers Assn., the Football Writers Assn. of America and U.S. Basketball Writers Assn.

HIGH SCHOOL NOTEBOOK

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