Redondo drops chance for Bay League football championship
Redondo sophomore running back Jermar Jefferson looks for running room against a stingy Palos Verdes defense. Jefferson gained 40 of Redondo’s 41 rushing yards in the game. Photo Palos Verdes capitalized on Redondo miscues Friday afternoon to win a 15-7 defensive battle and claim its fifth consecutive Bay League championship in front of a vocal home crowd celebrating Senior Day. Redondo had plenty of opportunities to dethrone the Sea Kings, but two fumbles that led to nine points and long passes to wide-open receivers that fell incomplete were too much for the Sea Hawks to overcome. Palos Verdes (6-3, 4-0) increased its league winning streak to 27 games and will tack on one more next week since Peninsula has forfeited its final three games of the regular season. Palos Verdes head coach Guy Gardner took the Bay League championship and winning streak in stride. “I’m happy for our staff and our players and proud of the effort our guys put out,” Gardner said. “In all honesty, we really don’t think about those things (number of league titles). I’m sure it’s in the back of our heads some place but those things take care of themselves if you work hard and keep things in front of you…
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