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2005 CIF Champions (11-3)
TORRANCE - Josh Morgan's 1-yard run Friday night gave defending champion Crespi of Encino a 20-14 double-overtime victory over host North Torrance in a Southern Section Div. X quarterfinal. Crespi will play Cabrillo of Lompoc on Friday in the Div. X semifinals. Both teams had a chance to take the lead with field goals in the first overtime, but bad snaps in a light rain crushed any hopes of scoring. North had a chance to go ahead in the second overtime, but a 24-yard field-goal attempt by Abraham Contreras was well short. Morgan finished with 221 yards on 29 carries and scored all three touchdowns for Crespi (9-3). His 15-yard touchdown with 1:20 left in regulation sent it to overtime and helped the Celts escape from North Torrance, the team it defeated in last year's championship game. Morgan rushed for a 21-yard score - culminating a 13-play, 80-yard drive in the second quarter - to give Crespi a 7-0 lead at halftime. North fought back in the second half and was in great shape after Andrew Banks ran in from 2 yards out in the third quarter and quarterback Daniel Torres added a 1-yard score with 8:02 remaining, giving the Saxons a 14-7 lead. Crespi helped keep North's go-ahead scoring drive alive with two personal-foul penalties. Banks finished with 141 yards on 21 carries and Torres completed 15 of 25 passes for 180 yards. Billy McClellan caught eight passes for 92 yards for North (6-6) and Avery Rucker added an interception for the Saxons, who missed opportunities to take the lead in the first half. Torres threw an incomplete pass on fourth-and-seven inside the 10-yard-line to end one Saxons series. Contreras also missed a 25-yard field goal attempt on fourth-and-five from the 8 in the second quarter. |