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Birmingham wins rematch with Garfield

Trajuan Briggs' 184 yards rushing propel Patriots to a 27-15 win.

By Staff Reports

November 21, 2008

Junior running back Trajuan Briggs rushed for 120 of his 184 yards in the second half, and Lake Balboa Birmingham High's defense came up with five interceptions to propel the ninth-seeded Patriots to a 27-15 victory over eighth-seeded Los Angeles Garfield on Thursday night in a first-round game of the City Section Championship Division playoffs.

Birmingham (6-5) scored on the first play of the game when De'Von Flournoy took a shovel pass and went 64 yards for a touchdown. But Flournoy went out because of a shoulder injury in the second quarter, and the Patriots didn't score the rest of the half.


Birmingham will play top-seeded Harbor City Narbonne in a quarterfinal Wednesday.

Garfield (6-5) took a 9-6 halftime lead on field goals of 32, 41 and 37 yards by Sergio Macedo.

Briggs scored twice in the third quarter on runs of six and 24 yards. Birmingham got second-half interceptions from B'Jon Wilson, Tashawn White, Kenny Pool and Sergio Perez, who returned his 72 yards for a touchdown.

The Patriots attempted only one pass in the second half after injuries knocked out their two starting receivers. But it was perfect timing for Briggs, who overpowered the Bulldogs and helped Birmingham avenge a 29-28 loss to Garfield in September.

-- Eric Sondheimer




There would be no repeat performance for Garfield.


By RON GUILD, Sports Editor 27.NOV.08


The rematch of the season opener went in the direction of Birmingham, which used a strong second-half performance to beat the Bulldogs, 27-15 in a first-round game of the City Division playoffs.

Birmingham (6-5), which earned a quarterfinal game at No. 1 Narbonne (10-1), had four interceptions in the second half to win the game going away. Sergio Perez ran back one of the picks 72 yards for a score.

Trajuan Briggs had 120 of his 184 rushing yards in the second half and scored a pair of touchdowns in the third quarter for the Patriots.

Garfield (6-5) fell behind on the first play when De’Von Flournoy went 64 yards with a shovel pass.

But Sergio Macedo kicked field goals of 32, 41 and 37 yards to give the Bulldogs a 9-6 lead by halftime.