Fullerton flattens Griffins with first-half knockout
- Updated: October 24, 2015
Grossmont’s Sergio Bailey hauls in a pass Saturday against Fullerton.
2015 GROSSMONT COLLEGE FOOTBALL
By Bill Dickens
© East County Sports.com
EL CAJON (10-25-15) — Visiting heavyweight Fullerton College virtually knocked out Grossmont College 44-20 Saturday (Oct. 24) at Mashin-Roth Field in a National Southern Conference encounter.
The Hornets (5-3, 2-2) boast a roster that includes 17 players at 280 pounds or more, including a dozen weighing 300-plus. They used that size advantage to blow holes in the Griffins defense, finishing with 398 yards in 60 plays.
Grossmont (2-6, 0-4) turned the ball over four times and suffered six sacks. Fullerton did not give the ball away and limited the Griffin attackers to two sacks.
The Hornets built a 28-0 lead before Grossmont finally got on the board via a 19-yard pass from TOMMY PISTONE to PAUL GOODEN with 36 seconds left in the third quarter.
Grossmont QB Michael Carrillo delivers a pass on Saturday at home against Fullerton.
Pistone, who was on the field a little more than one quarter, connected on 12 of 21 passes for 167 yards and 2 touchdowns in relief of starter MICHAEL CARRILLO.
“I felt like we got something going but we started clicking too late,” Pistone said.
Pistone drilled ADONIS TODD for an 11-yard touchdown with 11:02 remaining.
Just to show what a freakish game this was for the Griffins, a 2-point conversion attempt by Grossmont following Todd’s touchdown turned into a 97-yard fumble return by Fullerton’s Josh Nelson to add 2 points to the Hornets’ account.
Nelson was deadly all day as he earlier picked off a pass and returned it 45 yards to give the Hornets a 28-0 lead.
Christian Brooks looks for running room against the Hornets Saturday afternoon.
When it came to bad luck, the Griffins were right at the top of the list.
In spite of tight defensive coverage, Fullerton’s Jerome Gross grabbed a ricochet off the helmet of a Griffin defender on a pass from quarterback Colin Kearon and toted it 62 yards into the endzone for the Hornets’ final score with 10:10 to play.
Grossmont closed the scoring four minutes later when NEHEMIAH BROWN bolted 19 yards right up the middle. Pistone hit SERGIO BAILEY for the 2-point conversion.
Pistone, who has shared quarterback duties with Carrillo, is a sophomore out of Yuma Catholic where he posted back-to-back 3,000 yard seasons and led the Shamrocks to the state championship in his senior year.
“Like everybody, you want to start every game,” Pistone said. “But you have to be prepared as you would as a starter because you’re one play from going in.
Grossmont College freshman back Jamarcus Federick, of West Orange, Fla., carries on Saturday against visiting Fullerton.
“We finally got our passing touch going but the climb was too much uphill.”
Linebacker NICK GALATIS, one of the state’s top tacklers, recorded a team best 10 stops against Fullerton.
| FULLERTO vs. GROSSMONT at Grossmont College 10/24/2015 at 1:00 |
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| Fullerton 44 |
Grossmont 20 |
| SCORING | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | FINAL |
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| Fullerton (5-3) | 7 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 44 |
| Grossmont (2-6) | 0 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 20 |
| Grossmont College | Mashin-Roth | |||||
| PRD | TIME | SCORING SUMMARY | FULLERTON – GROSSMONT |
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| 1 | 06:29 | Fullerton – Tanner Hodges 1 yd run. (Tavis Guerra kick is good). Drive: 10 plays, 50 yards in 4:37. |
7 – 0 |
| 2 | 09:51 | Fullerton – Anthony Wood 5 yd run. (Tavis Guerra kick is good). Drive: 9 plays, 62 yards in 4:04. |
14 – 0 |
| 3 | 07:45 | Fullerton – Phillip Butler 27 yd run. (Tavis Guerra kick is good). Drive: 10 plays, 80 yards in 4:15. |
21 – 0 |
| 3 | 06:34 | Fullerton – Josh Nelson 45 yd interception return. (Tavis Guerra kick is good). | 28 – 0 |
| 3 | 00:36 | Grossmont – Paul Gooden 19 yd pass from Tommy Pistone. (2pt conversion pass by Tommy Pistone failed). Drive: 6 plays, 92 yards in 2:22. |
28 – 6 |
| 4 | 14:47 | Fullerton – Phillip Butler 72 yd run. (Tavis Guerra kick is good). Drive: 2 plays, 70 yards in 0:42. |
35 – 6 |
| 4 | 11:02 | Grossmont – Adonis Todd 11 yd pass from Tommy Pistone. (2pt conversion rush by Thomas McDonald fumbled – no score). Drive: 12 plays, 65 yards in 3:45. |
35 – 12 |
| 4 | 11:02 | Fullerton – Josh Nelson 98 yd extra point return. | 37 – 12 |
| 4 | 10:10 | Fullerton – Jerome Gross 62 yd pass from Colin Kearon. (Tavis Guerra kick is good). Drive: 2 plays, 60 yards in 0:46. |
44 – 12 |
| 4 | 06:30 | Grossmont – Nehemiah Brown 19 yd run. (2pt conversion pass by Sergio Bailey is good). Drive: 6 plays, 76 yards in 1:35. |
44 – 20 |
| FULLERTON | STATISTICS | GROSSMONT |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | FIRST DOWNS | 27 |
| 4 10 0 |
Passing Rushing Penalty |
14 11 2 |
| 33% (4 of 12) | THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY | 53% (9 of 17) |
| 50% (1 of 2) | FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY | 0% (0 of 1) |
| 398 | TOTAL OFFENSE | 392 |
| 60 6.6 |
Total Offensive Plays Average gain per play |
80 4.9 |
| 130 | NET YARDS PASSING | 263 |
| 10-18 7.2 2-15 0 |
Completions-Attempts Net yards per pass play Sacked: Number-Yards Had intercepted |
23-47 5.6 6-44 3 |
| 268 | NET YARDS RUSHING | 129 |
| 42 6.4 |
Rushing Attempts Average gain per rush |
33 3.9 |
| 5-175 | PUNTS: Number-Yards | 5-188 |
| 35.0 | Average | 37.6 |
| 105 | TOTAL RETURN YARDS | 17 |
| 1-2 3-22 3-81 |
Punt Returns: Number-Yards Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards Interception Returns: Number-Yards |
0 0 2-17 0 0 |
| 11-101 | PENALTIES: Number-Yards | 4-53 |
| 2-0 | FUMBLES: Number-Lost | 1-1 |
| 6-44 | SACKS: Number-Yards | 2-15 |
| 3-81 | INTERCEPTIONS: Number-Yards | 0 0 |
| 29:07 | TIME OF POSSESSION | 29:21 |
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| DEFENSIVE STATISTICS | ||||||||||||
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| # | FULLERTON | SOLO | AST | TOTAL | SACKS-YDS | TFL-YDS | FF | FR-YDS | INT-YDS | BRUP | BLKS | QBH |
| 22 | Deryck Fletcher | 7 | 1 | 8 | – | – | 1 | – | 1-27 | |||
| 55 | Thomas Cletcher | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 – 24 | 3 – 24 | – | – | 1 | |||
| 91 | Tirrell Gilmore | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 – 14 | 3 – 25 | – | – | ||||
| 95 | Christopher Cowart | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.5 – 3 | 0.5 – 3 | – | – | 1 | 1 | ||
| 44 | Lukas McCarthy | 2 | 2 | 4 | – | – | – | – | 2 | |||
| 93 | Alvin Aneke | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.5 – 3 | 0.5 – 3 | – | – | ||||
| 14 | Marcus Kirkpatrick | 3 | 0 | 3 | – | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| 34 | Dillan Cazares | 2 | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| 41 | Quinten Mercado | 3 | 0 | 3 | – | – | – | 1-9 | ||||
| 48 | Josh Nelson | 2 | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | 1-45 | ||||
| 3 | D’Angelo Ross | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| 4 | Khaliel Shegog | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 26 | Tim Roberts | 2 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 40 | Jakob McCarthy | 0 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 49 | Steve Everette | 2 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 30 | Walter “Scooter” Roberson | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 32 | Xavier Chisholm | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 39 | Robert Sanko | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 51 | Dea Baumann | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 62 | David Tolmachoff | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 38 | Jason Davis | – | – | 1-0 | – | |||||||
| TOTALS | 38 | 22 | 60 | 6 – 44 | 7 – 55 | 1 | 1-0 | 3-81 | 4 | 1 | 3 | |
| # | GROSSMONT | SOLO | AST | TOTAL | SACKS-YDS | TFL-YDS | FF | FR-YDS | INT-YDS | BRUP | BLKS | QBH |
| 55 | Nick Galatis | 2 | 7 | 9 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 20 | Davaughn Murray | 0 | 5 | 5 | – | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| 23 | Miles Steed | 2 | 3 | 5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 24 | Tyneil Cooper | 4 | 1 | 5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 44 | Phillip Diaz | 2 | 2 | 4 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 57 | Lance Leota | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 – 7 | 1.5 – 8 | – | – | ||||
| 4 | Derrell Whitaker | 1 | 2 | 3 | – | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| 43 | Kaleb Harstvedt | 1 | 2 | 3 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 47 | Rueben Leasau | 2 | 1 | 3 | – | 0.5 – 1 | – | – | 1 | |||
| 53 | Josh Harrison | 1 | 2 | 3 | – | 1 – 3 | – | – | ||||
| 8 | David Lewis | 2 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 30 | Airric Parker | 0 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 38 | Sowell Elder | 2 | 0 | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – | |||
| 45 | Jordan Arnold | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 – 8 | 1 – 8 | – | – | 1 | |||
| 90 | Anthony Davis | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| 93 | Julio Villa | 2 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 1 | Maurice Carnell IV | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 2 | Sergio Bailey | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 3 | Thomas McDonald | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 6 | Kurtis Brooks | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 27 | Narqesse Smith | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 29 | Jemeil Jackson | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 41 | Cole Kidd | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 66 | Trea Samifua | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| TOTALS | 30 | 34 | 64 | 2 – 15 | 4 – 20 | 1 | 0-0 | – | 3 | 2 | ||
| OTHER INFORMATION | |
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| Location: Grossmont College Stadium: Mashin-Roth Attendance: 300 |
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