It appeared as if Josh Love took a little best than accepted to balmy up on Friday night. Nearly two quarters. However, already the chief quarterback from Continued Beach Poly angry things around, there wasn't abundant Westlake Village Westlake could do about it.
Following a decidedly blah accomplishment in the aboriginal quarter, Love anesthetized for four touchdowns thereafter to advice adviser the Jackrabbits to a 34-24 achievement over the visiting Warriors in a nonleague bold at Veterans Stadium on the campus of Continued Beach City College.
"Maybe it was jitters. Maybe not. I knew one thing, I had to stick with the bold plan, that's it," Love said. "I was bent to achieve a account out there. It didn't amount how continued that took to accomplish. The end result, accepting the victory, is the alone affair that matters."
Westlake (2-1 overall) had a 14-0 advance in the additional division and a 17-14 advantage at halftime. Love responded for the Jackrabbits (3-0) and threw a brace of touchdown passes to Johnnie Rucker (25 and 3 yards) and a brace added to Dae'John Jeffrey Logan (22 and 25 yards).
Worth advertence is that his counterpart, Malik Henry, kept the underdog Warriors abutting throughout the game. The high-profile inferior completed 19 of 30 passes for 244 yards and a touchdown. He additionally rushed for 31 yards and a score.
In the end, however, Love delivered back it mattered most.
"I accept to accord Josh credit, he played able-bodied tonight and helped get them get over the top," Henry said. "When addition like that gets on a roll, it's boxy to accord with. I anticipate I started off hot. He was hotter, though. The apprenticeship agents approved to stop him, but came up short."
Therein lies the key. If Love continues arena well, about managing the bold and attached the mistakes while dem ography advantage of opportunities back they present themselves, the Jackrabbits arise absolutely able of authoritative some austere babble afresh this season.
Long Beach Poly drillmaster and longtime NFL adept Antonio Pierce declared as abundant during a somewhat abrupt chat afore the game. His tune did not change afterwards the game. "Josh, I think, understands what's accepted of him here," Pierce said.
There you accept it. An credible compound for success. Let the accomplished aegis of the Jackrabbits, led by seniors Iman Marshall and Joseph Wicker, do its job and again await on Love to booty affliction of business back the time is right.
"The pieces of the addle attending like they're in place," Love said. "Everyone knows they accept a job to do, including me. Tonight, yes, I could accept done a bigger job of accepting us off to a fast start. But I did not panic. I trusted my apprenticeship and it paid off in the continued run."
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Title : Long Beach Poly takes awhile to gel but beats Westlake, 34-24
Description : It appeared as if Josh Love took a little best than accepted to balm...