Page 4 February 14, 2013 Up and Adam Joe’s Sports No Gold in San Francisco Hawthorne Girls Finish Second in Ocean By Adam Serrao as if the coaches of the Niners had a pool By Joe Snyder Ian Fox led the Sea Hawks (18-8, 10-0) with Now that football season is over and that in Vegas with Crabtree scoring the go-ahead Hawthorne High’s girls’ basketball team a game-high 13 points. empty feeling has sunk in for all of us, it is touchdown to ultimately win the game for finished second in the Ocean League with a LAWNDALE FINISHES the perfect time to reflect back on a season their team. A quarterback with the legs and 48-45 overtime victory over host Santa Monica UNBEATEN IN PIONEER past that has been, all in all, very successful speed of Kaepernick and a running back last Friday. The Lady Cougars were led by Lawndale High’s boys’ basketball team, for the team from the San Francisco Bay. A who had just previously galloped for a 33- dominating forward Fineone Prescott with 23 which gave the school its first Pioneer League loss in the Super Bowl is clearly never easy yard run to get the team to the seven and points, 10 steals and 10 rebounds. Prescott had athletic title since it reopened in 1998 and to handle, so fans of the 49ers may be feeling they throw three passes instead of using the 14 of her points and four steals in the fourth began varsity sports four years later, ended the just a tad bit more empty than most of us right run-option that has been so successful for quarter and the overtime period as Hawthorne Pioneer League with an unbeaten 10-0 record about now. But those same fans of the team them all season long. Instead of blaming the rallied from behind. after downing Compton Centennial 59-48 last can look back and say that the Niners at least refs for the game, 49er fans should blame Prescott also led all scorers with 20 points in Thursday at Lawndale. The Cardinals, who are made the game respectable. From the looks of coaching and play-calling like that. Hindsight the Lady Cougars’ 33-31 home loss to Ocean 18-8 overall, were led by Will Newman with things early on, it was as if the team had no is 20-20, however. champion Culver City in a league showdown 21 points, eight rebounds and two blocked business even being there--kind of like Raiders When it comes down to it, it is pretty on February 5. Hawthorne trailed most of the shots. Nathan McAnaly added 18 points and vs. the Buccaneers in the 2002 Super Bowl. obvious that the 49ers will be competing for game, but the Cougars (14-11 overall and 7-3 four assists, and Chimezu Meta contributed 10 But these Niners are nothing at all like those additional Super Bowl titles for many years to in league) tied the game on a basket by Alexis points, nine rebounds and nine blocks. Raiders. Instead of fading off into oblivion, San come in the NFC. Jim Harbaugh isn’t going Francisco, coach Jim Harbaugh and quarterback anywhere, Kaepernick isn’t going anywhere Colin Kaepernick should have no problem and now they have all the experience that is returning to the grand stage very soon. necessary to come out strong next year. “This Losing was an unfamiliar feeling for many will all be motivation,” said San Francisco 49ers’ fans, players and coaches alike. After offensive lineman Joe Staley. Motivation is, losing only four games all season long, indeed, what is needed. The Ravens had it San Francisco also lost in the Super Bowl- because of Ray Lewis. Now the 49ers will -something they hadn’t done in their five look to gain it all summer long because of “When it comes down to it, it is pretty obvious that the 49ers will be competing for additional Super Bowl titles for many years to come in the NFC.” previous appearances in the big game. Most the endless visions that they will have of fans will point to the guys wearing black Lewis falling to the ground and crying into and white and blame them for their team’s microphones as they remained five yards misfortune on the night. Flags have been short of winning the game. thrown all year long down the field at less Jim Harbaugh did a poor job of play-calling contact than what Michael Crabtree was hit towards the end of the biggest game of his with on that pivotal play in the final stages NFL career. We tend to forget, he is still a Hawthorne forward Fineoka Prescott goes for a basket during last week’s Ocean League girls’ basketball action against Culver City. The of the fourth quarter on Super Bowl Sunday. relatively new NFL head coach. Likewise, Cougars fell short of the Centaurs 33-31, but ended up second in league with a 48-45 overtime win over Santa Monica on Thursday. But when you dig yourself as deep of a hole Kaepernick is a brand new NFL quarterback. Hawthorne begins the CIF-Southern Section Division IIIAA playoffs at home against Corona del Mar tonight at 7 p.m. Photo by Joe Snyder. as the 49ers did in that game, it would really It was obvious to predict that he would come Delick with 15 seconds left. The Centaurs, who The Cardinals enter the CIF-Southern Section be unfair to try and extract what would have out with butterflies on the biggest stage of are ranked fourth in the CIF-Southern Section Division IIAA as the eighth seed and begin been a game-winning call from the referees. his career in only his 10th start ever. The Division IIA, had a game-winning basket from at home against Canyon High from Canyon From the very first play of the game, the thing that makes Kaepernick different than Taylor Tanita with five seconds remaining. Country Friday at 7 p.m. Canyon finished 49ers were not ready to play. A first down any other run-option quarterback is that he Prescott attempted to tie the game and send it fourth in the Foothill League. and a 20-yard reception erased because of an is just as good in the pocket as he is running into overtime, but her basket fell short. INGLEWOOD PLACES SECOND illegal formation on a play that should have the ball. He doesn’t often make mistakes, “It was a good effort by the girls,” Hawthorne Inglewood High’s boys’ basketball team been practiced continuously over the two though in the Super Bowl his nerves got head coach Alan Harris said. “We wanted to finished fast as it placed second behind champion weeks that the team had off made it clear to him and he and the coaching staff made show that we can compete better.” Delick added Santa Monica in the Ocean League with easy to see that big brother John Harbaugh and plenty of them. Should the 49ers make it seven points for the Cougars. wins over Beverly Hills and Morningside last his Ravens were simply more prepared for back to the Super Bowl next year, or in any Hawthorne enters the CIF-Southern Section week. At Beverly Hills on February 5, the the glitz and glamour of one of the world’s of the next five to seven years, their fans can Division IIIAA playoffs as the 14th seed. The Sentinels rolled over the Normans 75-45. At biggest stages. expect to see a different a team--a team that Cougars begin tonight at home against Corona Inglewood last Thursday, the Sents downed No team has ever come back from more doesn’t give the opposition a free 30 minutes del Mar from Newport Beach. Game time is 7 cross-town rival Morningside 63-45. than 10 points down to win the Super Bowl. of football and a team that learns from the p.m. The Sea Kings finished fourth in the Pacific Inglewood plays in the prestigious CIF- In just his 10th start ever, though, Kaepernick mistakes it made in the final minutes of the Coast League. If Hawthorne wins, it could face Southern Section Division IAA as it visits almost made that happen. With three straight game. With that maturity, the 49ers would third-seeded Jurupa Valley from Riverside on Fountain Valley, the Sunset League champion, chances from the five yard line, Kaepernick have indeed won this Super Bowl and will Saturday at 7 p.m. in the second round. in the first round Friday at 7 p.m. The Sentinels threw three straight incomplete passes, all indeed win the next one in which they are LEUZINGER TAKES SECOND, are seeded 12th in the playoffs. The top three intended for Michael Crabtree. It was almost fortunate enough to play. • BUT IS TOP SEED teams in that division are all nationally ranked, Leuzinger High’s boys’ basketball team saw including Santa Ana Mater Dei (sixth), Long its hopes for the Bay League championship end Beach Poly (10th) and Etiwanda (24th). when it was upset at home by West Torrance Despite finishing only fifth in Ocean play, 58-46 on February 5. In their second league Morningside is in the IVAA Division as it showdown at Redondo last Thursday, the visited second-seeded Price Christian in South Olympians fell short of the Sea Hawks 43-41. Los Angeles in the first round on Wednesday. Despite finishing the Bay with two straight The second round is on Friday. losses, Leuzinger still receive the top seed OTHER PLAYOFFS in the CIF-Southern Section Division IIIAA Lennox Academy’s boys’ basketball team playoffs. The Olympians, who are 19-7 overall placed third in the Coastal League and will visit after finishing the Bay at 7-3, began the Yeshiva, the Liberty League runner-up, in the playoffs at home against San Juan Hills, an first round. The contest was played last night. at-large team from the Sea View League, on COUGAR KICKERS FINISH Wednesday. Deonte Welch led Leuzinger with WITH SPLIT nine points, followed by Eric Childress with Hawthorne High’s boys’ soccer team closed eight and Trevion Anderson with seven against the Ocean League with a 2-0 loss at Santa Bay champion Redondo, the second seed in Monica last Thursday. Two days earlier at the Southern Section Division IIA playoffs.. home, the Cougars shut out Culver City 3-0. “After our loss to West, we talked about Richard Regalado, Candalario Paz and Jason reestablishing ourselves as a defensive team. Santana each scored for Hawthorne in its win On Tuesday February 5, our defense was over the Centaurs. lazy. On offense, we did not shoot the ball. The Cougars finished their season at 6-7-3 We had three great looks at the end, but it overall and placed fourth in Ocean play at didn’t go four us.” 3-6-1. •
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