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Photo by
Juan Velez.
Freshman Dion Curry pulls in a 4-yard
touchdown reception in the Falcons 66-2
win over Santa Monica. He also caught a
49-yard TD pass. |
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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.
The Falcons opened
the scoring in the game by driving 45 yards on three
plays, culminating on a 1-yard run by sophomore
running back Marshawn Friloux
(Bellflower HS). Sophomore
Eric
Russell (Gahr HS) got the team
in great field position to start the game, as he
returned the opening kickoff 36 yards to the
Corsairs 45-yard line. On their second place from
scrimmage, sophomore quarterback
Chris
Morales (La Habra HS)
connected with freshman tight end
Lucas Mealy
(St. John Bosco HS) for 35 yards, which put
the ball at the one-yard line.
In fact, the
Falcons held the ball very little on the night, as
they had possession of the ball for just 21:47,
while the Corsairs controlled the ball for 38:13.
Cerritos did the most when they had the ball,
amassing 464 yards of total offense (230 rushing,
234 passing) and held Santa Monica to just 153
yards.
Santa Monica would
score the lone points in the game on the extra point
try, as Roderick Benman blocked freshman kicker
Francisco Rodriguez's (Bell
HS) extra point try and James Banks returned it
for a two-point conversion.
In fact, the
Corsairs threatened to take the lead in the second
quarter when they drove to the Falcon seven-yard
line. But that's where their drive stalled and the
Cerritos defense stiffened. On two consecutive
plays, Santa Monica quarterback Zachary Scribner saw
his pass broken up by Russell, while his fourth down
pass was incomplete and the Falcons took over
possession of the ball.
From that point
forward, it was all Cerritos, as they drove 93 yards
on they next possession in just four plays and
needed only 1:19 to score. The big play was a
65-yard pass from Morales to sophomore wide receiver
Michael Willie (Long Beach Wilson
HS), while the final 22 yards came on a pass to
sophomore wide receiver
Joshua Robbins (La
Mirada HS).
The defense held
on the next drive, with Russell and freshman
Keith
McGill (La Mirada HS) each
breaking up passes. On the night, Russell finished
with a career-high seven breakups. Corsair punter Gerryl Benett
saw his punt returned for a 49-yard touchdown by
freshman
Dion Curry
(West HS).
By halftime, it
was a 30-2 lead after sophomore running back Tylik
Carter (Long Beach Jordan HS)
scored from a yard out with 25 seconds left in the
first half and then opened the second half with a
seven-yard scoring run.
Before he was
done, Morales (10-of-20, 230 yards) found Willie (4
catches, 155 yards) for a 32-yard touchdown pass,
while freshman quarterback
BJ Denker
(North Torrance HS) directed the team on a
pair of touchdown drives, which included a four-yard
scoring strike to Curry with 11:25 left in the game.
Freshman running back
Ray Craig
(Norwalk HS), who played just the fourth
quarter, carried the ball nine times for 68 yards
and a two-yard touchdown. Carter led the running
game with 69 yards on 10 totes, while Friloux picked
up 60 yards on six carries.
Pressure came all
night from the Cerritos defense, as they posted nine
tackles for loss, led by sophomore defensive end
Darryl Johnson (Long Beach Poly
HS/Sacramento State), who had 1.5 and three
tackles. Sophomore linebackers
David
Flores (St. Paul HS) and Cee
Jay Harris (Long Beach Wilson HS)
shared the team lead with nine tackles, while a
third sophomore linebacker,
Jack
Francis (La Mirada HS), had
four tackles and returned an interception 55 yards
for a touchdown.
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