11.18.09 - Falcons have 17 named All-Conference
Led by 10 1st Team selections on both offense and defense, the Cerritos College football team saw 17 named to the All-Northern Division Central Conference Team. The Falcons (9-1), who are preparing for their upcoming Southern California Regional Playoff Game against Palomar College on Saturday, had one player who was a unanimous selection. Sophomore running back Tylik Carter (Long Beach Jordan HS), who is lost for the season due to an injury, received first place votes from all of the other coaches in the conference.

    Named to the 1st Team on offense along with Carter were center Jeff Houser (St. John Bosco HS) and tackle Jarrell Winston (Woodrow Wilson, D.C. HS), who was a 2nd Team selection as a freshman. Sophomore quarterback Chris Morales (La Habra HS) and one of his wide receivers, Joshua Robbins (La Mirada HS) were named to the 1st Team, as well as all-purpose player Eric Russell (Gahr HS). In fact, Russell was also a 1st Team selection at defensive back and received the same honors his freshman year....[more]

11.15.09 - Football seeded #3; hosts Palomar on Saturday
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....[more]

11.14.09 - Win over El Camino sends team to the playoffs
Playing without two starters on offense and another two that were questionable before the beginning of the game, the Cerritos College football team turned to their defense and special teams to put points on the board. The Falcon secondary returned three of their five interceptions for touchdowns, while the team added another on a punt return, en route to a 42-28 National Division Central Conference win over El Camino College at Falcon Stadium on Saturday night. With the win, Cerritos (9-1 overall) clinched second place in the conference at 5-1 and earned their first playoff bid since the state developed the format seven years ago. A loss would have dropped the Falcons into a non-playoff bowl game.

    The team will find out on Sunday if they are seeded #3 or #4 for the first round of the playoffs and will host an opponent to be determined next Saturday. The win over El Camino was the first since a 41-31 decision in 2001....[more]

11.07.09 - Blocked extra point ends perfect season
Freshman kicker Francisco Rodriguez (Bell HS) looked to add the extra point in the first overtime to tie the game against Mt. San Antonio College in their National Conference Central Division game on Saturday afternoon. The extra point would have sent the important game to a second overtime, but his kick was blocked, and the Mounties came away with a 27-26 victory. Cerritos (8-1, 4-1) entered the game as the #1-ranked team in Southern California, with Mt. SAC ranked #2. The loss drops the Falcons into a three-way tie for first place with one game remaining. Cerritos will now host El Camino College, who is the third team in the tie, while Mt. SAC (8-1, 5-0) will close with Chaffey College. A win and the Falcons will advance to the Southern California Regional Playoffs, while a loss will send them to a non-playoff bowl game...[more]

10.31.09 - Big plays lead Cerritos to 27-17 win
Big players come up big in big games. It was never more evident for the Cerritos College football team in their 27-17 National Division Central Conference win at College of the Desert on Saturday night. The win improved the Falcons, ranked #2 in Southern California, to 8-0 on the year and 4-0 in conference play. They have their two most important games of the season coming up, and will travel to Mt. San Antonio College (7-1, 4-0) on Saturday for a 1:00 p.m. contest. The Mounties defeated previous #1 El Camino, 42-26 on Saturday night...[more]

10.24.09 - Falcons rout Riverside for best start in 44 years
For the first time since their undefeated 10-0 season in 1965, the Cerritos College football team is off to a 7-0 start. The Falcons routed Riverside College, 58-17 at Falcon Stadium on Saturday night to also improve to 3-0 in the National Division Central Conference. The 58 points are also the second most points the team has scored all season, as they put 66 on the board against Santa Monica College. Cerritos will now travel to College of the Desert for a 6:00 p.m. game next Saturday.

    The Falcons jumped out to a quick 21-0 lead in the first quarter and led 38-10 at intermission. They opened the scoring on their first drive, going 70 yards on six plays, which was culminated on a 2-yard run by sophomore running back Tylik Carter (Long Beach Jordan HS). Not long after that, sophomore quarterback Chris Morales (La Habra HS) tossed a 26-yard touchdown pass to sophomore wide receiver Tavoy Moore (Gahr HS)...[more]

10.17.09 - Mazzotta wins 200th game with 21-16 victory
It probably wasn't the way he envisioned it, but Cerritos College head football coach Frank Mazzotta welcomed the cold water bath he received after his Falcons defeated Citrus College, 21-16 in a National Division Central Conference win on Saturday afternoon. Even more than improving the team's record to 6-0 on the year and 2-0 in the division, it also marked his 200th career win at Cerritos. The 6-0 start is also the best by a Cerritos team since they opened the 1993 year with a 6-0-1 mark. The Falcons will now return home to host Riverside College in their annual homecoming Game at 7:00 p.m. next Saturday.

Leading 21-9 early in the second half, the Falcons withheld a fourth quarter touchdown by the Owls (1-6, 0-3) as well as a late drive that saw them get as close as the Cerritos 13-yard line. But a trio of defensive stops held back Citrus and secured the win. On second down at the 13-yard line, freshman Jonathan Holmes (Washington Prep HS) broke up an intended pass by Citrus quarterback Byron Ingram, while freshman Walton Taumoepeau (Buena Park HS) applied pressure. On the next two plays, sophomore cornerback DeQuan Everett (Long Beach Wilson HS) broke up a pair of passes in the end zone, with the second coming on fourth down, which turned possession back over the Cerritos....[more]

10.03.09 - Cerritos goes into bye week with 5-0 record
Heading into their National Division Central Conference opener, the Cerritos College football team wanted to get off to a good start against Chaffey College at Falcon Stadium on Saturday night. Last season, it was a 16-9 overtime loss to the Panthers that eventually kept them out of the playoffs. After punting away their first drive, the Falcons got on the scoreboard when sophomore quarterback Chris Morales (La Habra HS) found sophomore wide receiver Joshua Robbins (La Mirada HS) from 45 yards out for an acrobatic touchdown. The score seemed to start the momentum that the defense also picked up on, which resulted in a 31-14 victory. The win improves the Falcons to 5-0, their best start since 2002, while they are 1-0 in conference play. After a bye week, Cerritos will travel to Citrus College for a 1:00 p.m. game.

Knowing that the Panthers (2-3) would use the quarterbacking tandem of Michael Leonard and AJ Springer, the latter who is known to scramble and came into the game leading the team in rushing, the Falcon defense felt in order to be successful, they would need to create pressure the entire night. The end result was exactly what Cerritos was looking to do, as the team registered seven quarterback sacks, eight tackles for loss and six quarterback hurries. The team also forced seven turnovers (four fumble recoveries and three interceptions), while limiting Chaffey to 265 yards of offense...[more]

09.26.09 - Falcons hold off Pirates with stopped two-point conversion
Cerritos College sophomore linebacker Jack Francis (La Mirada HS) stopped Ventura College quarterback Antavius Sims on a two-point conversion with nine seconds left in the fourth quarter to preserve a 36-35 win at the Ventura Sports Complex on Saturday night. Cerritos will now host Chaffey College (2-2) at 7:00 p.m. next Saturday in their National Division Central Conference Opener. The Panthers dropped a 28-27 decision to Grossmont College on Saturday. The 4-0 start by the Falcons is their best since they started out 5-0 in the 2002 season...[more]

09.19.09 - Football continues to roll up big numbers
In a series that has spanned 52 years, the common belief is that regardless of their record, whenever the Cerritos College and Long Beach City College football teams meet up, the games are expected to be highly contested. Frank Mazzotta, the Falcon head coach for the last 32 years and member of the 1962 LBCC National Championship team, has always stressed to his players and coaches that even if both teams came into the game 0-9, it will still be the biggest game of the season. For Mazzotta's Cerritos team, they broke open a close first quarter and slowly pulled away for a 47-10 win, which improves their record to 3-0 on the year while the Vikings dropped to 0-3. The 37-point margin of victory was the second most lop-sided in the series, with a 41-0 win by the Falcons in 1985 being the worst. Cerritos, who improved their series lead over LBCC to 28-22-1, will now play their second road game in a row when they travel to Ventura College next Saturday for a 7:00 p.m. contest...[more]


09.12.09 - Cerritos now 2-0 after 66-2 romp
After a slow start to their game against Santa Monica College on Saturday night, the Cerritos College football team exploded for 60 straight points in a 66-2 romp. The 64-point margin of victory tied the team's all-time record, as the 1959 team handed Eastern Arizona College a 64-0 loss in 1959. The 66-point total also ties for the third-most points scored in school history, with 76 being the record in a 76-18 win over Ventura College in 1959. The Falcons (2-0) will now travel to cross-town rival Long Beach City College for a 6:00 p.m. game at Veterans Stadium on Saturday night...[more]



09.05.09 - Falcons open with 49-7 rout
Although it was just their first game of the 2009 season, the Cerritos College football team played as if they were in mid-season form. The Falcons scored on their first five possessions of the game and opened up a 49-0 lead over East Los Angeles College on Saturday night at Falcon Stadium, before settling for a 49-7 non-conference win. Cerritos (1-0) will now host Santa Monica College at 7:00 p.m. next Saturday.

    From the outset of the game, the Falcons were in complete control, as they maneuvered down the field with little resistance from the Huskies. On the game's opening drive, sophomore quarterback Chris Morales (La Habra HS) found sophomore wide receiver Michael Willie (Long Beach Wilson HS) for a 48-yard reception. A pair of penalties against East LA put the ball at the two-yard line and Morales connected with sophomore wide receiver Joshua Robbins (La Mirada HS) for a touchdown with only 52 seconds elapsing from the game...[more]

03.03.09 - Ex-Falcon signs free agent contract with Seattle Seahawks
Former Cerritos College All-American wide receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh, who spent the last eight seasons with the Cincinnati Bengals, as signed a five-year free agent contract with the Seattle Seahawks. Houshmandzadeh, who was an All-Pro in 2007 after leading the NFL in receptions with 112, selected the Seahawks over the Bengals and Minnesota Vikings...[more]

02.05.09 - Falcons announce the signing of seven players
The Cerritos College coaching staff has announced that seven players from their 2008 team have signed letters of intent, with three of them going to the PAC-10, while five of them are Division I scholarships. The Falcons went 7-4 on the year and were invited to play in the prestigious Golden Empire Bowl in Bakersfield, where they were defeated by Palomar College, 38-33...[more]