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Griffins make big plays, blitz Canyons, 49-27

2016 GROSSMONT COLLEGE FOOTBALL 

 

By Bill Dickens
© EastCountySports.com

 

SANTA CLARITA (10-1-16) — After struggling out of the offensive gates a week ago, Grossmont College, scoring only 10 points in a loss to Chaffey, erupted for 517 yards as the Griffins rebounded Saturday (Oct. 1) to beat host College of the Canyons 49-27.

Freshman quarterback BRAD CAGLE completed 17 of 33 passes for 350 yards and 4 touchdowns as the Griffins improved to 4-1. That’s one more win than Grossmont posted last year at this time.

Led by sophomore receiver ADRIAN TOLBERT, who caught 9 passes for 140 yards and 3 touchdowns, Grossmont was dealing in big plays.

screen-shot-2016-10-02-at-9-32-01-amCagle hooked up with Tolbert with a 69-yard scoring strike in the second quarter, which gave the Griffins a 14-7 lead early in the second quarter. The two also connected two more times for scoring hookups of 12 and 17 yards in the first half, which helped the Griffins take a 21-10 advantage.

JABRIL CLEWIS made a one-handed catch from Cagle and rambled 74 yards for a touchdown in the fourth quarter for the Griffins.

SPENCER MOYER came off the bench in the fourth quarter to click on 4 of 5 passes for 32 yards and one touchdown strike of 29 yards to QUINTAN VINZANT.

“It’s huge to bounce back like this,” said Grossmont coach MIKE JORDAN. “It’s tough to lose back-to-back games going into a bye (Oct. 8).”

Even the Griffins’ ground unit had steady footing with 135 yards on 31 carries. JEREMIAH BROWN set the pace with 42 yards and one touchdown on 7 carries.

KEITH FULTON chipped in with 36 yards and one touchdown on 11 carries. Cagle even joined the rushing parade with 39 yards on 9 carries.

“Our ability to run the ball better than we had been opened the door for some big plays for us,” Jordan noted.

On the defensive side, Grossmont surrendered 395 yards to the Cougars (1-3). Linebacker RYDEN KERR put the shoulder into the Griffin defense with 8 tackles, one for loss, and a fumble recovery.

Defensive lineman QUANTARIUS BOONE had 7 tackles, 3 for loss and 2 sacks. Defensive backs KURTIS BROOKS chalked up 5 tackles and JAMES JULIUS notched 4 stops, had a pass breakup and blocked a pass.

The Griffins totaled 7 sacks, including 2 by HUNTER CLARK who also had 2 tackles for loss. IKEY POUMELE had 3 tackles, one for loss, and one sack.

ELIJAH SIMMONS had 2 tackles, one for loss and a sack. GABE OILER also had 2 tackles, one for loss and a sack.

The Griffins punished Canyons on key downs with a dynamic blitz package.

“Our defense really came up big again. We had a lot of people involved in making big plays,” Jordan said.

Grossmont will draw a bye next week before traveling to state power Fullerton on Saturday (Oct. 15).

 

GROSSMONT vs. CANYONS at Santa Clarita, CA
10/1/2016 at 6:00pm
Grossmont 
49
Canyons 
27
SCORING 1 2 3 4 FINAL
Grossmont (4-1)  7  14  14  14  49
Canyons (2-3)  0  13  7  7  27
Santa Clarita | Cougar Stadium
PRD TIME SCORING SUMMARY GROSSMONT – CANYONS
1 03:02 Grossmont – Adrian Tolbert 12 yd pass from Brad Cagle. (Dominick Grimm kick is good).
Drive: 5 plays, 23 yards in 1:54.
7 – 0
2 13:53 Canyons – LeBronze Allen 32 yd pass from CJ Williams. (Kevin Neitzke kick is good).
Drive: 4 plays, 59 yards in 1:28.
7 – 7
2 13:01 Grossmont – Adrian Tolbert 69 yd pass from Brad Cagle. (Dominick Grimm kick is good).
Drive: 3 plays, 75 yards in 0:52.
14 – 7
2 08:35 Canyons – Kevin Neitzke 19 yd field goal.
Drive: 10 plays, 55 yards in 4:21.
14 – 10
2 07:31 Grossmont – Adrian Tolbert 17 yd pass from Brad Cagle. (Dominick Grimm kick is good).
Drive: 3 plays, 75 yards in 1:04.
21 – 10
2 00:57 Canyons – Kevin Neitzke 26 yd field goal.
Drive: 17 plays, 59 yards in 6:27.
21 – 13
3 10:56 Canyons – Tylan McBride 7 yd run. (Kevin Neitzke kick is good).
Drive: 8 plays, 75 yards in 4:04.
21 – 20
3 05:15 Grossmont – Keith Fulton 3 yd run. (Dominick Grimm kick is good).
Drive: 9 plays, 78 yards in 2:40.
28 – 20
3 01:08 Grossmont – Nehemiah Brown 14 yd run. (Dominick Grimm kick is good).
Drive: 8 plays, 60 yards in 3:06.
35 – 20
4 14:52 Canyons – Marquise Brown 58 yd pass from CJ Williams. (Kevin Neitzke kick is good).
Drive: 3 plays, 63 yards in 1:08.
35 – 27
4 09:58 Grossmont – Jabril Clewis 74 yd pass from Brad Cagle. (Dominick Grimm kick is good).
Drive: 3 plays, 75 yards in 1:26.
42 – 27
4 05:57 Grossmont – Quintin Vinzant 29 yd pass from Spencer Moyer. (Dominick Grimm kick is good).
Drive: 5 plays, 55 yards in 2:00.
49 – 27
GROSSMONT STATISTICS CANYONS
21 FIRST DOWNS 21
11
7
3
Passing
Rushing
Penalty
11
7
3
47% (7 of 15) THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 33% (5 of 15)
0% (0 of 1) FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0% (0 of 1)
517 TOTAL OFFENSE 395
69
7.5
Total Offensive Plays
Average gain per play
72
5.5
382 NET YARDS PASSING 269
21-38
10.1
1-1
0
Completions-Attempts
Net yards per pass play
Sacked: Number-Yards
Had intercepted
16-33
8.2
7-29
1
135 NET YARDS RUSHING 126
31
4.4
Rushing Attempts
Average gain per rush
39
3.2
5-179 PUNTS: Number-Yards 6-226
35.8 Average 37.7
31 TOTAL RETURN YARDS 199
3-12
1-15
1-4
Punt Returns: Number-Yards
Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards
Interception Returns: Number-Yards
2-62
6-137
0 0
8-87 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 11-113
0-0 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 1-1
7-29 SACKS: Number-Yards 0 0
1-4 INTERCEPTIONS: Number-Yards 0 0
26:46 TIME OF POSSESSION 33:14

Grossmont

Canyons

PASSING C-A YDS LG TD INT
Brad Cagle 17-33 350 74 4 0
Spencer Moyer 4-5 32 29 1 0
PASSING C-A YDS LG TD INT
CJ Williams 16-33 269 58 2 1
RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
Nehemiah Brown 7 42 6.0 15 1
Keith Fulton 11 36 3.3 14 1
Brad Cagle 9 35 3.9 8 0
Colton Clark 2 16 8.0 12 0
Isaac Martinez 2 6 3.0 3 0
RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
Tylan McBride 15 96 6.4 31 1
BJ Sirmons 6 20 3.3 6 0
Kyle Smith 4 18 4.5 11 0
CJ Williams 13 -2 -0.2 10 0
Marquise Brown 1 -6 -6.0 0 0
RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
Adrian Tolbert 6 140 23.3 69 3
Jabril Clewis 1 74 74.0 74 1
Tyler Guice 1 46 46.0 46 0
Marshall Faulk Jr 1 43 43.0 43 0
Quintin Vinzant 1 29 29.0 29 1
Nehemiah Brown 2 23 11.5 17 0
Marcelluz Smith 2 11 5.5 11 0
Michael Ledesma 2 9 4.5 5 0
Dylan Spradling 1 6 6.0 6 0
Colton Clark 1 2 2.0 2 0
Keith Fulton 3 -1 -0.3 6 0
RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
Marquise Brown 6 128 21.3 58 1
RB Marlow 3 38 12.7 19 0
LeBronze Allen 1 32 32.0 32 1
Wes Fitzpatrick 2 27 13.5 16 0
Kyle Smith 1 22 22.0 22 0
Tylan McBride 2 13 6.5 11 0
BJ Sirmons 1 9 9.0 9 0
KICKING FG LG XP PTS
Dominick Grimm 0/1 0 7/7 7
KICKING FG LG XP PTS
Kevin Neitzke 2/3 26 3/3 9
PUNTING NO YDS AVG LG TB IN 20
Nels Haltom 3 116 38.7 50 0 0
Blake Lester 2 63 31.5 37 0 0
PUNTING NO YDS AVG LG TB IN 20
Austin McKinney 6 226 37.7 44 1 0
KICKOFFS NO YDS AVG TB OB
Nels Haltom 8 394 49.3 2 0
KICKOFFS NO YDS AVG TB OB
Kevin Neitzke 5 310 62.0 4 0
KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
Perry Afato 1 15 15.0 15 0
KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
BJ Sirmons 3 60 20.0 37 0
Marquise Brown 1 46 46.0 46 0
Connor Blanchfield 1 16 16.0 16 0
Hunter Schuessler 1 15 15.0 15 0
PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
Nehemiah Brown 2 11 5.5 7 0
James Julius 1 1 1.0 1 0
PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
Marquise Brown 2 62 31.0 34 0
INTERCEPTION RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
Tyler Clanton 1 4 4.0 4 0
INTERCEPTION RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
FUMBLES NO LOST
FUMBLES NO LOST
Marquise Brown 1 1
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS
# GROSSMONT SOLO AST TOTAL SACKS-YDS TFL-YDS FF FR-YDS INT-YDS BRUP BLKS QBH
55 Ryden Kerr 5 3 8 1 – 2 1-0
49 Quantarius Boone 4 3 7 2 – 11 2.5 – 12
7 Kurtis Brooks 4 1 5
6 James Julius 2 2 4 1 1
44 Roderick Woods 3 1 4
56 Lance Leota 2 2 4
8 Alex Carswell 2 1 3 1
32 Tommy Washington 3 0 3
45 Ikey Poumele 2 1 3 1 – 4 1 – 4
50 Johnny Garcia 2 1 3
52 Cameron Myers 1 2 3
19 Hunter Clark 2 0 2 2 – 7 2 – 7 1
20 Tyler Clanton 0 2 2 0.5 – 0 1-4
26 Jordan Ellis 2 0 2
27 Joseph Watkins 1 1 2
29 Anton Paige 2 0 2 1
31 Logan Darby 1 1 2
59 Chris James 2 0 2
81 Gabe Oilar 1 1 2 1 – 2 1 – 2
92 Elijah Simmons 2 0 2 1 – 5 1 – 5
36 Perry Sherrod 1 0 1
46 Nels Haltom 1 0 1
90 Dontae Mims 1 0 1
TOTALS 46 22 68 7 – 29 9 – 32 1-0 1-4 3 1 1
# CANYONS SOLO AST TOTAL SACKS-YDS TFL-YDS FF FR-YDS INT-YDS BRUP BLKS QBH
56 Bryan Barrera 8 4 12 3 – 4 1
5 Nolan Jackson 6 1 7 1
7 Hayden Wright 1 5 6 0.5 – 0 1 1
21 David Wilder 4 2 6 2
36 Kavon Jarrell 2 2 4 1
35 Jerel Hall 3 0 3 1 – 5
58 MJ Savea 2 1 3 1 – 10
25 Robert Franklin 2 0 2
44 Andrew Karatepeyan 1 1 2
47 Zach Gragas 1 1 2
57 Oliver Wade 2 0 2
94 Sione Taufahema 1 1 2 0.5 – 1
16 Jacob Sammut 1 0 1
40 Justin Dennison 1 0 1
46 Brandon Shook 1 0 1 1
53 Connor Blanchfield 1 0 1
73 Tyler Bjorklund 1 0 1
99 Dorian Gerald 1 2
39 Jordan Neely 1
34 DeAndre Henderson 1
TOTALS 38 18 56 6 – 20 0-0 10 1 2
OTHER INFORMATION
Location: Santa Clarita, CA
Stadium: Cougar Stadium
Attendance: 732
Scorekeeper: A. Wilding

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