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For the second
time in as many years, the Cerritos College football
team will be facing Palomar College in a post-season
game. However, this year's game will be a first
round Southern California Regional Playoff game,
while last year the two met in the Golden Dome Bowl
in Bakersfield. The Falcons (9-1), seeded #3 for the
playoffs after defeating El Camino College, 42-28 on
Saturday, will host the #6-seeded Comets (8-2) at
7:00 p.m. on Saturday in the National Bowl. The
winner will face the victor of the #2 Fullerton-#7
Los Angeles Harbor winner next Saturday. This marks
the first year the Falcons have advanced to the
playoffs since the format began seven seasons ago.
Tickets for the game are $8 for General Admission
and $5 for students (with ID) and staff from the two
colleges (with ID), senior citizens and children
under 12 years old.
Cerritos earned
the right to get into the playoffs in their win over
El Camino, which determined the second place team to
come out of the National Division Central
Conference. They won the game on the strength of
three interception returns for touchdowns, while
they added a punt return for touchdown. The played
the game against the Warriors without two starters
on offense, while two others were questionable prior
to the start of the game.
Offensively, the
team is led by sophomore quarterback
Chris Morales (La Habra HS),
who has completed 137-of-268 passes for 2,210 yards
and 25 touchdowns, with 10 interceptions. His
favorite receivers have been sophomore wide receiver
Michael Willie (Long Beach Wilson
HS) with 39 catches for 760 yards and two
scores, while sophomore wide receiver
Joshua Robbins (La Mirada HS)
has pulled in 32 passes for 502 yards and seven
scores. Willie missed most of the game against El
Camino, but the team also utilizes freshman tight
end
Lucas Mealey (St. John Bosco HS),
who leads the team with eight touchdowns and has 28
receptions for 405 yards.
On the ground,
sophomore Tylik
Carter (Long Beach Jordan HS)
is lost for the season with an injury and still
leads the team with 632 yards. Picking up the slack
have been sophomore Demetrek
Chambers (Long Beach Millikan HS),
who has 322 yards and four scores, while freshman
Jason Davis (La Habra HS) has
added 273 yards. Freshman
Ray Craig (Norwalk HS) will
also see playing time.
On defense,
linebackers
Cee Jay Harris (Long Beach Wilson
HS),
David Flores (St. Paul HS),
David Lopez (Garfield HS) and
Jack Francis (La Mirada HS)
lead the way in tackles, while the team has posted
36 quarterback sacks and 78 tackles for loss.
Versatile sophomore free safety
Eric Russell (Gahr HS) has
intercepted four passes and brought back two for
touchdowns against the Warriors, while he is fourth
on the team with 50 tackles. He also leads the team
with 16 kick returns for a 32.4 average and is
second with eight punt returns for a 26.2 average.
As for the Comets,
they rely on the quarterbacking duo of Nate Ong and
Matt Christian, who have combined to throw for 2,385
yards and 18 interceptions. Martavious Lee leads the
team with 44 receptions for 684 yards, while another
pair of receivers have caught over 20 passes. Orenzo
Davis paces a ground game with 833 yards and 10
scores, with Anthony Young leading the defense with
four interceptions. On defense, 17 different players
have recorded at least one quarterback sack, while
Chris Boudreaux has 55 tackles to lead the way.
PLAYOFF BRACKET -
http://www.coasports.org/Football/men/09Brackets.pdf
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