Photo by: Juan Velez Tylik Carter led the team with 98 yards on seven carries and one touchdown. More Photos

    By the time they had run two plays in their first game of the 2008 season, the Cerritos College football team was already holding a 15-0 lead at East Los Angeles College on Saturday night. By the time the clock had run out on the game, the Falcons (1-0) had a 65-7 win over the Huskies. Cerritos will now play their first home game of the season next Saturday when they host Santa Monica College at 7:00 p.m. The win over East LA runs the Falcons overall series record to 14-0.

    
    The game started with sophomore LeQuan Lewis (Artesia HS/College of the Sequoias) returning the opening kickoff 80 yards for a touchdown. Then, on the second East LA play, freshman defensive end Jeramey Cutler (Lakewood HS) tackled Huskie quarterback Pedro Velasquez in the end zone for a safety. On their first drive after the safety, freshman running back Tylik Carter (Long Beach Jordan HS) broke off a 33-yard run to put the ball at the Huskie 1-yard line. Carter finished his drive with a 1-yard touchdown plunge and after a missed extra point, the Falcons had a 15-0 lead just 1:53 into the game.

    
    Cerritos seemed to do just about anything they wanted on offense and posted 272 first half yards to minus-14 for East Los Angeles. One of the keys to their negative first-half yards was a punt attempt where the ball was snapper over Huskie punter Tony Hernandez’s head. A trio of Falcons landed on the ball in the end zone for a touchdown.

    
    In the first half alone, Cerritos scored points eight different ways: kickoff return, running play, passing play, punt return, safety, fumble recovery, two-point conversion and extra point. By halftime, it was a 51-0 score.

    
    With their sizeable lead, the Falcons utilized many of the players on their roster and added two more second-half touchdowns, while the Huskies reached the end zone once.

    
    The Cerritos defense limited East Los Angeles to negative team yards until their drive in the fourth quarter that accounted for their lone points. On the offensive side of the ball, the Falcons had several solid showings, despite limited playing time by the starting unit. It was evident in the first quarter that Cerritos was the more skilled team, as they led 37-0 by the end of the first quarter.

    
    On the night, Cerritos finished with 536 total yards, while limiting East Los Angeles to just 96 yards. Looking to balance their offensive attack, the Falcons compiled 305 yards on the ground and 243 through the air.

    
    Individually, Carter led the team with 98 yards on seven carries and one touchdown, with freshman D’Amato Tyson (Beckman HS) busting a 55-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter and finished with 61 yards. Through the air, sophomore quarterback Jeffrey Fischer (Lakewood HS) completed 9-of-11 passes for 105 yards and two touchdowns in limited time, while the duo of freshmen David Neff (John Glenn HS) and Chris Morales (La Habra HS) combined to complete 11-of-15 passes for 138 yards. A trio of receivers caught a team-high three passes, with freshman Mario Miller (North Torrance HS) finishing with 59 yards.