HIGH SCHOOL NOTEBOOK

By STEVE HENSON

Oct. 4, 2000 12 AM PT

Verdugo Hills is 0-4 and has scored only two touchdowns. But no one can say first-year Coach Darrin Fitzgerald isn’t giving everyone an opportunity.

Twelve ballcarriers have struggled to gain 227 yards in 115 carries. Ten receivers have combined for 27 receptions. And four quarterbacks have completed 29 of 78 passes for 218 yards.

Donte Carney has rushed for a touchdown and Bill Parra scored on a pass from Michael Tinker.

The sharing doesn’t stop there: Different kickers--Juan Pena and Ivan Moreno--have booted the PAT after each touchdown.

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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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