City Section

Friday, Sept. 10

NONLEAGUE

Belmont 20, Huntington Park 17
Belmont held on for the victory as Huntington Park (0-1) missed a 23-yard field goal attempt with eight seconds remaining that would have tied the game. Belmont, which led 14-10 at halftime, got a strong game from quarterback Charles Crowell, who threw scoring passes of 53 and 22 yards to Frederick Hilton and added a 37-yard score to Francisco Fernandez on the Sentinels’ first play from scrimmage. Edward Morales rushed for two touchdowns for host Huntington Park.

Carson 24, Venice 21
Dwayne Sanders of Carson made two receptions on fourth-and-long plays in the closing minutes, the second for a 40-yard touchdown with 30 seconds remaining, to lift the No. 17 Colts to a season-opening victory in a rematch of last year’s City Section final.

Defending champion Carson watched its 18-0 second-quarter lead disappear when Venice wide receiver Jimmy Armstrong caught a 40-yard touchdown pass on second-and-goal with 4:27 left. Quarterback Robert Ambers completed the subsequent two-point conversion pass to Talib Woods to give the Gondoliers a 21-18 lead.

The Colts then took over at their own 39-yard line, but a clipping penalty and a sack moved them back to the 27. On fourth down, Carson quarterback Bo Napoleon found Sanders for a 24-yard reception to midfield. Another sack set up the second long fourth down completion, a strike over the middle to Sanders, who had split defensive backs Woods and Jonathan Ortega.

“I couldn’t believe there was no safety back there,” Sanders said.

Venice junior running back Ken Ashley, a transfer from Anaheim Servite, rushed 14 times for 143 yards and a touchdown, but fumbled on the opening kickoff and again on the Colts’ four-yard line late in the first half.

Carson led 18-7 at halftime.

--Dan Arritt

Cleveland 28, Kennedy 19
Quarterback Jeremy Obando completed nine of 13 for 167 yards and three touchdown passes that covered 65, 10 and 15 yards. De’von Hall had three catches for 84 yards and caught two of the scoring pass. Hall also scored three-yard touchdown run. Vernon Catlin also had four catches for 67 yards and one score for Cleveland. Kennedy had a 17-play, 99-yard drive that cut lead to 28-13 in the third quarter.

Crenshaw 21, Taft 20
A whirlwind fourth quarter that featured three turnovers--two in the final minute--ended when a Woodland Hills Taft 37-yard field goal attempt fell short and gave Crenshaw a 21-20 nonleague victory over the No. 22-ranked Toreadors Friday night at Crenshaw.

The Cougars trailed, 20-13, when Ronnie Warren recovered a fumble by Taft quarterback Josh Portis at the Taft 14 yard line with 53 seconds left in the game. Two plays later, sophomore running back Raymond Carter scored on a sweep to get Crenshaw within 20-19.

Crenshaw went for two and Carter once again swept left--to the side of standout lineman Alesky Lanis--and scored the game-winning points with 43 seconds remaining.

Portis, who completed 10 of 20 passes for 216 yards and rushed 12 times for 115, directed Taft on a five-play, 38-yard drive to the Crenshaw 20 with five seconds remaining. Kicker Daniel Deutch then lined up to try and win it, but his kick fell about two feet short.

Crenshaw, which trailed 20-13 at halftime, drove to the Taft six with 57 seconds left, but nearly blew the opportunity when quarterback John Thompson flipped an attempted shuffle pass into the arms of Taft defensive back Shelton Banks. Portis fumbled on the next play and Crenshaw capitalized.

Taft missed an opportunity to take a two-touchdown lead earlier in the fourth. The Toreadors drove to the Crenshaw 11, but Darian Hagan intercepted a Portis pass with 7:24 to play.

Running back Rickie Collins paced the Crenshaw offense with 143 yards in 31 carries. R.J. Garrett added 53 yards and a touchdown in 10 carries. Carter, the backup for Collins, finished with 21 yards and a touchdown in three carries.

--Peter Yoon

Eagle Rock 35, Canoga Park 0
Jeremy Camacho threw three touchdown passes and Ryan Paul rushed for two touchdowns at Eagle Rock. Camacho threw touchdown passes of 46 and 24 yards to Markece Peco and an eight yard scoring pass to V.J. Castanos. Paul rushed for 169 yards in 15 carries, including touchdown runs of one and 64 yards.

Fairfax 7, Monroe 6
Trailing 6-0, Fairfax scored twice in the last 33 seconds to give the Lions (1-0) a nonleague victory over Monroe in a season opener at Fairfax.Fairfax quarterbackTroy Jackson scored on a three-yard option run with 33 seconds remaining and Junior Hernandez converted the point-after kick to put the Lions ahead at 7-6.Then the Lions’ Jon Price intercepted a pass with six seconds left and returned it 35 yards for a touchdown as time expired to account for the final margin.Junior middle linebacker Patrick Hill had 10 tackles to lead Fairfax’s defense, which forced eight turnovers by Monroe (0-1), which scored its touchdown midway through the fourth quarter.

Franklin 36, South Gate 7
Brian Torres rushed for 144 yards with two touchdowns and Joe Childs caught two touchdown passes for Franklin (1-0).

Gardena 27, Jefferson 20
Gardena’s Contrell Walker threw touchdown passes of 15 and 45 yards, both to Austin Usher, at Jefferson. Usher finished with five catches for 85 yards in the season opener for both teams. Junior Marquiese Reed rushed 13 times for 124 yards, including a 54-yard scoring run in the third and DeVohn Moutra recorded 11 tackles with one sack and also caught a 27-yard touchdown pass for the Panthers.

L.A. Wilson 27, Roosevelt 0
Chris Patino passed for two touchdowns and ran for two more for host Wilson (1-0). Patino completed 23 of 34 attempts for 303 yards, including a 13-yard touchdown pass to Udell Clayton and a 35-yard scoring pass to Jesus Cordero. Both of Patino’s rushing touchdowns were from one yard out. Abraham Venegas had nine receptions for 134 yards and also had two interceptions and linebacker Manuel Pena made 14 tackles for Wilson.

Los Angeles 41, Hollywood 7
Patrick Morrison ran for 135 yards on 12 carries including a five-yard touchdown run and Christian Martinez threw two touchdown passes for host Los Angeles (1-0), which led 21-0 at halftime. Kevin Pikes rushed for 105 yards and Jorge Cabrera scored on a four-yard run in the fourth quarter for Hollywood (0-2) but the Sheiks still lost their 34th consecutive game--the longest current active streak in California.

Narbonne 21, Dorsey 7
Jeremiah Johnson’s seven-yard touchdown run was the lone score for No. 8-ranked Dorsey (0-1) which played without the services of standout senior weakside linebacker Zachary Crossland and several other players because of injuries.

Crossland suffered a sprained knee in practice earlier this week and is also expected to miss next week’s game at Santa Margarita, although he is expected back the following week.

Don linebacker Courtney Williams did play but was hampered by a sore right ankle, running back Staphon Johnson was slowed by a hip injury suffered earlier this week, and Javon Hayes has an injured arch in one foot.

Host Narbonne is 1-0.

North Hollywood 40, L.A. University 32
Senior tailback Marlon Lucky rushed for 183 yards in 21 carries and scored on runs of 1, 22, 14 and 68 yards in the Huskies’ nonleague victory. Lucky started slowly but rushed for 100 yards in the second half. Receiver Greg Walker of University caught four passes for 131 yards, including touchdown receptions of 35 and 63 yards from quarterback Jason Robinson.

San Pedro 43, LA Jordan 28
Gregory Woods carried 18 times for 157 yards and four touchdowns while Dustin Garneau passed for 182 yards and two scores for San Pedro in the season opener for both schools.

Sylmar 25, Palisades 10
Andre Harris scored on a 99-yard interception return and Dylan Cohen kicked a 42-yard field goal for visiting Palisades, which trailed 12-3 at halftime in the season opener for both schools.

Washington 21, Hamilton 0
Senior running back LaVon Macon ran for 118 yards on 18 carries for host Hamilton (0-1), which trailed 6-0 at halftime in its season opener.

Garfield 40, Marshall 7
Locke 22, Wilmington Banning 7
Narbonne 21, Dorsey 7
San Pedro 43, L.A. Jordan 28

INTERSECTIONAL

El Camino Real 34, Calabasas 18
Alex Henderson had 17 carries for 233 yards and scored two touchdowns for Calabasas (0-1). Host El Camino Real is (1-0).

Fremont 35, Compton 0
Andre Bouvay rushed for 235 yards and three touchdowns in 14 carries and Danny Williams caught four passes for 75 yards and one touchdown for host Fremont in the season opener for both schools. Andrew Bouvay scored the Pathfinders’ final touchdown on a two-yard quarterback sneak. Fremont held Compton to 87 yards from scrimmage and recovered four Tar Babes fumbles.

Lincoln 28, Keppel 14
Quarterback Dan Vazquez completed six of 14 passes for 169 yards and two touchdowns and also ran for a nine-yard score for host Lincoln (1-0). Carlos Jaramillo caught all six passes from Vazquez, finishing with 169 yards receiving, including scoring catches of 27 yards in the second quarter and 76 yards in the third quarter. La’Mont Maxie rushed for 58 yards in nine carries for the Railsplitters and Vazquez finished with 25 yards in three carries.

Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 31, Birmingham 13
Junior quarterback Garrett Green connected on his first seven passes of the second half and finished 16 of 24 for 158 yards and two touchdowns in the Knights’ nonleague victory.

Green, who also rushed for 66 yards in eight carries, directed scoring drives of 73 and 80 yards in the third quarter after Notre Dame, ranked No. 7 by the Times, led at halftime, 10-0.

Cary Harris rushed for 107 yards in 16 carries, and tight end Mike DiVincenzo caught touchdown passed of five and 28 yards for Notre Dame, the two-time defending Southern Section Division III champions.

Birmingham had trouble sustaining drives despite quarterback Andrew Miramontes passing for 310 yards and one touchdown, a 73-yard reception by Kenny Davis. The Patriots suffered a costly injury when their best defensive lineman, David Ikahihifo, broke his arm in four places.

--Eric Sondheimer

Bell Gardens 26, Bell 20