Page 6 November 29, 2012 TORRANCE TRIBUNE Up and Adam Rivalry Renewed Black Friday Turns By Adam Serrao season. After all, the win did come before the Golden for North, West between the Los Angeles Clippers and so far, to say the least. What the Clipperscoaching change and the Lakers have had a lotto get used to at the beginning of this seasonFor as long as anyone can remember,there has been no such thing as a rivalry By Adam Serrao halftime motivated, led by their quarterback the Los Angeles Lakers. While they have also have going for them, though, is that they Normally at about this time of year, the Hernandez. “I told the defense, ‘Get me the shared the same building over the past have taken on and beaten other powerhouse football season winds down and we are forced ball and we’re going to put it in the end 13 years, the Clippers have failed to even teams across the league on a consistent basis. to say goodbye to all of our favorite teams zone,’” Hernandez explained. That’s exactly enter the conversation when the topic of Wins against the aforementioned Lakers, for the season and wish our favorite high what he did. Hernandez did it himself as he sharing championships has been discussed. the Denver Nuggets, Memphis Grizzlies, school athletes well as some venture on to and the Saxons went on a 10-play drive in Quite frankly, the Lakers have consistently Chicago Bulls, San Antonio Spurs (twice) pursue the up-and-coming basketball season- the third quarter finished off by a 16-yard been so good over the years that they have and the reigning champion Miami Heat have -or even still, some graduate and advance on touchdown run by Hernandez to lengthen the not only dominated the headlines when added up to be victories over playoff-caliber to college. Well, the North High Saxons are Saxons’ lead. The young quarterback didn’t it comes to their play on the court, but teams that in turn set the Clippers up for an have also been equally adept at gathering extremely successful season. The Lakers, on “We set our mind early in the season to get a ring and we’re just one step headlines from around the NBA and Los the other hand, have only beaten one fairly closer. We’ve got to bring it home to North for the first time.” Angeles when it comes to off-the-court good team--the Brooklyn Nets. issues as well. All of a sudden, however, a If there’s anyone in this league who knows not used to “normally.” Nothing about their stop there, however, as he continued to carry team that has consistently been composed about a rivalry, it’s Kobe Bryant. Throughout performance last week or their great showing the team on his shoulders throughout the of stars similar to Pooh Richardson and his years in the NBA, he has battled it out all year has been normal and that wasn’t fourth quarter as well. With a seven-point Eric Piatkowski in the past has changed with the Spurs, Phoenix Suns and of course going to stop now. By breaking the game lead and just over six minutes remaining in almost overnight into a team comprised of the Boston Celtics, just to name a few. When open in the fourth quarter last Friday night the contest, the Saxons recovered a fumble assets like Chris Paul and Blake Griffin. you ask him of his team’s rivalry with the at North High, the Saxons beat top-seeded and Hernandez led his team on another drive The turning away of Clipper Darrell says Clippers, though, he becomes very candid, to Bishop Diego in the CIF Southern Section that ended with a short touchdown run to put it all. These “new-look” Clippers have a say the least. “Please,” Bryant sighed. “We’ve Northwest Division semifinals by a final score the team up by two touchdowns late in the new identity. They are ready to stop fooling got five championships. Rivals come from of 28-14. The win advances the Saxons to fourth quarter. In a gutsy move, head coach around and start taking some of the shine the playoffs.” The Clippers have made the this year’s championship game--a point that Todd Croce initiated an onside kick and the off of the city’s perennial favorites, but will playoffs only two times in the last 15 years they have only reached three previous times. Saxons recovered to seal the deal and advance they attract enough attention to take all of while the Lakers have been there seemingly It was a rather unorthodox performance the team to the CIF championship game. “It the shine away from the Lakers? every single year, so Kobe does have a point. for the Saxons, as they struggled to get their means the world to me,” senior wide receiver No matter what their record says about “It isn’t a rivalry--it never has been a rivalry,” normally explosive offense going for the Jenkins explained. “We set our mind early in how the team has been playing to start the he continued. Again, true. All time, head to entire first half. Where their offense struggled, the season to get a ring and we’re just one season, the Lakers’ roster is one that is not head, the Lakers have played 193 games however, their defense picked up, holding a step closer. We’ve got to bring it home to only formidable but also scary to many against the Clippers. The Lakers have won Bishop Diego team that averages over 38 North for the first time.” Jenkins finished the other teams around the league. One of the 143 of those games. points per game to only seven points in the night with seven catches for 124 yards and reasons why the roster has taken the shape The Clippers have been a historically first half and seven in the second half. When a touchdown while his quarterback finished that it currently has is because of the nixed horrible team throughout their history. the offense did pick up for North, it was the the game 18 of 21 for 243 yards, a passing trade by David Stern that will forever live With key additions like Jamal Crawford, usual suspects that got it going. With just touchdown and two rushing touchdowns. in infamy in the hearts and minds of Los Matt Barnes, Lamar Odom and (once he over four minutes remaining in the first half, In three previous trips, the Saxons have Angeles basketball fans everywhere. Chris returns from injury) Grant Hill to add to the starting quarterback, Jorge Hernandez finally never come out of the championship game Paul could have, and probably should have, flourishing talent of Griffin and Paul, that got rolling. Connecting on the drive to his victoriously. “We’ve been here two other become a Laker to team up with Kobe for a all might change. It certainly looks as if it normally lethal receivers, Devante Jenkins times with this staff,” Croce said. “We haven’t few championships before the latter aging all- is already on its way to doing so this year and Michael Jurado began hauling in passes gotten the job done. We want another crack star retired. Instead, Paul went to a different in particular. The problem with speaking of to drive the team down the field. Hernandez at it.” That’s exactly what the fourth-seeded locker room in the same building and Kobe a rivalry, though, is that you have to change connected with Jurado on a fourth-and-five Saxons will get when they move on to face has now been forced to (if you can call it the entire pedigree of a team. The Lakers play to keep the drive moving before Jenkins the number two-seeded Nordhoff next Saturday that) team up with Dwight Howard. Now have a traditionally winning pedigree that got himself open in the corner of the end zone in the final. The game will be at Nordhoff, that Paul must look at this new Lakers’ team has done its part to entrench its team’s brand for a 12-yard touchdown reception to tie the so hop on the bus with the team and get out from an outsider’s perspective, however, he deeply into the roots of Los Angeles tradition. game up at 7-7 at the end of the first half. there to support your North High Saxons is certainly not one to panic at the sight of While Paul and the rest of his Clipper The Saxons came out of the locker room at See Up and Adam, page 8 their roster. “Why should I be nervous,” he teammates would love to change that culture, said on the Dan Patrick Show. “When we it would not only take defeating the Lakers Put the strength and roster, you could’ve just given us the medal- the NBA championship, but it would takein this year’s season series and winninggot to the Olympics, if you looked at our stability of a well- -but you have to play the games and that’s multiple NBA championships and banners to Put the strength and established lender exactly what we can expect from both of Sure, the Clippers are getting better as abe hung in the rafters of the Staples Center.what makes it so exciting.” Excitement is stability of a well- to work for you. these teams all season long, but so far the team and are ready to take the next step as established lender beat-down of their counterparts in the third winning those titles, however, the Lakerschampionship contenders. 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