crenshaw vs de la salle
De La Salle (12-2) has returned to Southern California for the fourth consecutive year to compete in a California Interscholastic Federation state championship bowl game at the Home Depot Center. [1]
De La Salle and all its tradition and reputation, a six-time mythical national champion and the only school to be selected to a State Bowl game all four years ‘ no one else has been picked more than twice ‘ against a Los Angeles City team far more known for its basketball prowess. [2]
Crenshaw coach Robert Garrett said of De La Salle. [1]
OPEN DIVISION: De La Salle (Concord) 12-2 vs. Crenshaw (Los Angeles) 14-0, 8 p.m. [2]
The marquee game on the schedule is on Saturday night at 8 p.m., in the fifth and final game of the weekend, the Open Division title clash between perennial powerhouse Concord De La Salle, the champions of the CIF North Coast Section Division I, making their fourth appearance in Carson, against CIF Los Angeles City Section D-I champions Los Angeles Crenshaw, making their first trip to the Home Depot Center and becoming the first City Section team selected. [3]
Crenshaw is going to have to come through in a tough final game with its matchup against De La Salle of Concord in Saturday’s CIF Open Division state championship bowl game. [4]
LOS ANGELES - As De La Salle High’s football team walked onto the field at Southwest College in Los Angeles for its final practice of the season Friday, it became apparent that a small detail had been forgotten. [1]
Maybe De La Salle High wasn’t the clear-cut choice as Northern California’s top football team in mid-November, but it was on Sunday. [5]
And now the rest of California is about to see what all the fuss is about because Crenshaw, the City Section Division I champion, was chosen today to be in the prime-time televised CIF state championship Open Division bowl game Saturday night at the Home Depot Center in Carson. [6]
Unlike last year, there are no shockers as the CIF releases its state championship bowl game matchups on Selection Sunday. [7]
It looks like the race to be State Team of the Year will come down to Crenshaw vs. De La Salle winner, but Oceanside is still right there and Servite still has a shot as well. [4]
One day after the Spartans won their 18th consecutive North Coast Section title, the California Interscholastic Federation’s 10 section commissioners voted the team into its premier state bowl game - the CIF Open Division championship Saturday at the Home Depot Center in Carson. [5]
It’s the nickname of De’Anthony Thomas from Los Angeles Crenshaw, the fastest, most recognizable teenage athlete to come out of the area in years. [6]
Maybe it’s the historical significance of the two schools in many sports, but the one Open Division matchup for the 2009 CIF State Championship Bowl Games that just had that certain sizzle to it above all other possibilities was De La Salle of Concord from the north vs. Crenshaw of Los Angeles from the south. [7]
California High School Cheer and Dance Championships: Saturday at Home Depot Center Tennis Stadium, $15 adult admission ($8 student, senior, children) includes entrance to football games. [2]
Sources:
[1] CIF football: De La Salle faces Crenshaw for unofficial state …
[2] CIF Bowl Open Division preview: No. 16 Crenshaw versus De La …
[3] Scout.com: 2009 CIF State Bowl Games Schedule
[4] ESPN - New Overall Top 25 State Football Rankings …
[5] De La Salle High football team faces Crenshaw-Los Angeles for …
[6] Thomas, Crenshaw get chance to dazzle a statewide audience …
[7] ESPN - CIF bowl pairings spreads the wealth - CalHiSports.com