CARSON AND CRENSHAW BOTH LOST CLOSE GAMES THIS WEEKEND TO SOUTHERN SECTION POWERS, MATER DEI AND LAKEWOOD.  CARSON LOST IN TRIPLE OVERTIME IN A GAME THAT WAS DECIDED BY THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A FIELD GOAL AND A TOUCHDOWN AND CRENSHAW HAD A DEFENSIVE BREAKDOWN IN THE CLOSING MINUTES OF THE FOURTH QUARTER AFTER LEADING BY 14 AT THE HALF.  THE BULLDOGS OF L.A. JORDAN LOOKED UNSTOPPABLE AS THEY DEFEATED THE LOCKE SAINTS IN AN IMPRESSIVE FASHION ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL.

This Friday folks don't miss the Game of the Week.

 Venice Bulldogs

@

Taft Toreadors

7:00pm

2008 TOP PLAYERS THERE ARE HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR CERTAIN PLAYERS IN THE CITY..... WATCH OUT FOR 1. NOEL GRISBY (CRENSHAW) 2.JAMES BOYD (JORDAN) 3. SENEAN CARSON (SOUTH EAST) 4. D.J. MORGAN (TAFT) 5. THOMAS GRAY (NARBONNE) 6. MORRELL PRESLEY (CARSON)

THE BOYS WILL BE PLAYING FOR THAT TROPHY AGAIN. THIS YEAR SHOULD BE SPECIAL. FOR THERE ARE LOTS OF NEW STARS, READY TO SHINE!    The Los Angeles City  Top Ten 1.Jordan Bulldogs- Lookin Strong (Eastern) 1-0 2.Crenshaw Cougars- Very fast  (Coliseum) 0-1 3.Carson Colts- New Def Coordinator (Marine) 0-1 4.Taft Toreadors- Could surprise everyone (West Valley) 5.Narbonne Gauchos- Watch out (Marine)  6.Garfield Bulldogs- moved up to Championship Div (Eastern) 1-0 7.Venice Gondoliers- maybe. who's left? (Western) 0-1 8.Huntington Park Spartans- Eagle Rock stoppers (Eastern) 9.Birmingham Patriots- lotta seniors gone (West Valley) 0-1 10.UniversityWildcats- We'll see (Western)   LOS ANGELES CITY SECTION Football Season is back. The Road to City             CHECK OUT  THE NEW SITE   WWW.CITYSECTIONSPORTS.COM

Coach of the Week

All the Coaches

For successfully making a winner out of all the athletes in the city. When we say winner we mean winning at a higher level than 10-0 or 0-10. Winning is the process that keeps a kid from going astray from April in the spring, to passing league, to Hell week on through the season. This is a task that it takes a very special person to accomplish. Those of us who coach, know, there is much more to coaching than just wins and losses.

First and goal meets Eric Dickerson

HOW LONG WILL WE ALLOW THE SELECTION COMMITTEE TO SCORN OUR CHILDREN ON WHAT WAS A VALID TECHNICALITY? BY NOT HAVING A POST SEASON PLAYOFF BRACKETING SYSTEM THAT ENDS AT THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. THIS WOULD BE SIMILAR TO TEXAS AND LOUISIANA OOPS, THAT WOULD MEAN THAT ITS DONE FAIR . IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, HOW CAN WE CALL THIS A CHAMPIONSHIP. THIS SHOULD BE CALLED THE HIGH SCHOOL BCS SYSTEM. IS A CHAMPIONSHIP REALLY A CHAMPIONSHIP WHEN IT'S PICKED AND NOT PLAYED FOR. I GUESS WE WILL FIND OUT ONE DAY.

GAMES TO BE PLAYED

WEEK ONE

Friday 9/12

3:00pm
Gardena@ Jefferson
Canoga pk@ Eagle Rock
Marshall@ University
Washington@ Hamilton

3:30pm
Sylmar@ Arleta

7:00pm
Venice@ Taft
Manual Arts@ Westchester
Chatsworth@ Dorsey
Locke@ Fairfax
SouthEast@ Fremont
Poly@ Monroe
Resdeda@ North Hollywood
Cleveland@ Verdugo
Bell@ Grant
Panorama@ VanNuys
Wilson@ Roosevelt
Bernstien@ SouthGate
Huntington Pk@ Lincoln
Santee@ SanPedro
Los Angeles@ Banning
Contreras@ Belmont

Intersectional
3:00pm
Esperanza@ Jordan

7:00pm
Inglewood@ Narbonne
Crenshaw@ Norco
Carson@ Serra
Don Lugo@ Franklin
Kilpatrick@ West Adams
LittleRock@ SanFernando
Calabassas@ El Camino Real
Canyon@ Granada
Birmingham@ Crespi

7:30pm
Kennedy@ Alemany

Game Highlights

Wed 9/3

Mater Dei@ Carson 46-43 (3OT)

Thur 9/4

Birmingham@ Garfield  28-29

Fri 9/5

Jordan@ Locke 42-15

Crenshaw@ Lakewood  34-42

SouthEast@ North Hollywood  0-43

Monroe@ Granada Hills 22-42

Venice@ San Fernando 6-13

West Adams@ St. Genevieve  36-37

Rancho Verde@ Fremont  35-0

Torrey Pines@ Roosevelt  41-0

Contreras@ Bosco Tech  14-28

Harvard-Westlake@ Franklin  41-0

Sat 9/6

Eagle Rock@ Verdugo  24-25