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Senior tailback Brian Tuma had a career day for the Leopards with 123 yards on 23 carries and a one-yard TD run that sealed the victory. Lafayette had taken the lead less than a minute into the game when free safety Angel Colon intercepted Brian Mann's pass and returned it 43 yards for a 7-0 lead. Mann finished with 256 yards passing but also three interceptions...
BRAT PACK Hang in there, parents. That naughty child of yours may turn into an angel--eventually. A study of more than 1,000 inner-city boys concludes that there's a nearly 90% chance that young boys who bully or engage in other aggressive behavior will grow out of it by late adolescence. Moreover, contrary to the worries of many Ritalin-weary moms and dads, boys who are hyperactive but not particularly aggressive aren't likely to become violent later in life...
...sure, Ovando was no angel. Though he had no convictions prior to the one in 1997, he was said to be a member of the 18th Street Gang. He also came to the U.S. illegally (and could be deported). As for Perez, the officer turning on his mates, his testimony will earn him a lighter sentence for stealing cocaine...
With a quick flick of his boot, Creighton captain Angel Rivillo hit a bending ball that barely cleared the Crimson wall and found the lower left corner of the Crimson goal, leaving Meagher with little to do but stare out at the Jays' celebration...
...business motive behind these shows--and other new series with major teen characters, or spin-offs of teen hits (The Parkers, Angel, Time of Your Life)--is simple enough: success breeds imitators, and the large (about 31 million), fickle 12-to-19-year-old demographic draws ad money. But the economics alone don't explain the high school vogue, nor why the shows include a couple of the fall's better premieres. True, high school programs are still often mired in soap-opera plots--see the randy Manchester, whose early glimpses just miss so-bad-it's-good status...