Falcons distance Olympians after half
- Updated: October 21, 2018
Mesa chases a Falcons runner on Saturday night.
Mesa stays inbounds on Saturday.
2018 COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOOTBALL
CERRITOS 50, SAN DIEGO MESA 21
EastCountySports.com staff report
NORWALK – The San Diego Mesa Olympians led Cerritos College, 21-21, at halftime, but the Cerritos Falcons had the running game of Rhamondre Stevenson and won the second half, 30-0, in a 50-21 National Central League win.
The San Diego Mesa Olympians couldn’t must much of a running game themselves, moving the ball just a paltry 22 yards on the ground.
Stevenson had 270 yards rushing and three touchdowns as the Falcons beat former regional rival Mesa in the teams’ first meeting in 21 years. Cerritos beat the Olympians for the ninth straight time on Saturday night to snap its three-game losing streak.
“Cerritos is a very good football team,” Mesa coach Gary Watkins said. “They have a tough physical running game. They used that to their advantage.”
Mesa passes against Cerritos on Saturday night.
San Diego Mesa (3-4, 0-2 NCL) took the lead on the last play of the first half when the Olympian special teams blocked a 25-yard field goal attempt, as Hunter Allen picked up the ball and ran 69 yards for a touchdown.
It was a sure boost for Mesa heading into halftime taking the lead.
The Falcons had a 20-7 lead but Mesa answered with a touchdown pass from five yards by quarterback Jake Dunninway to Kevin Levesque.
Cerritos opened the scoring in the second half on a 20-yard interception return. The Falcons also scored on a 15-yard fumble return in the first half.
“We didn’t take care of the football,” “Gave up 14 points on offense, missed tackles and didn’t play well enough to win.”
On Cerritos’ next series, Stevenson rushed up the middle for a 68-yard score
Following an interception by the Falcons, Stevenson picked up a first down on a fourh-and-2, then scored in a run from 30 yards out for his third touchdown of the game, as Cerritos moved ahead by a 43-21 margin.
“I thought the game plans were solid on both sides of the ball,” Watkins said. “I have to do a better job of reinforcing the fact that we can’t beat ourselves, can’t turn the ball over, can’t make mental mistakes and can’t have foolish penalties.”
Mesa will meet powerful Fullerton (7-0, 2-0 NCL), which is undergoing a tumultuous season, next Saturday.
“It’s a one-game season for us every weekend,” Watkins said. “We will continue to learn and be better from it. I have a great group of young men who play their tails off week in and week out. They competed to the final whistle. ”
Cerritos (4-3, 1-1 NCL) will have a conference game against Mt. San Antonio College (4-3, 0-2 NCL).
| San Diego Mesa vs. Cerritos Falcons at Cerritos College 10/20/2018 at 6:00 PM |
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| San Diego Mesa 21 |
Cerritos 50 |
| SCORING | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | FINAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Mesa (3-4, 0-2) | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Cerritos (4-3, 1-1) | 20 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 50 |
| Cerritos College | Falcon Stadium | |||||
| PRD | TIME | SCORING SUMMARY | SAN DIEGO MESA – CERRITOS |
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| 1 | 09:41 | Cerritos – R. Stevenson 1 yd run. (Paul Rodriguez kick blocked). Drive: 4 plays, 72 yards in 1:54. |
0 – 6 |
| 1 | 07:35 | Cerritos – Jason Nettles 15 yd fumble recovery. (Paul Rodriguez kick is good). | 0 – 13 |
| 1 | 03:09 | San Diego Mesa – Kevin Levesque 5 yd pass from Jake Dunninway. (Justin Kaplan kick is good). Drive: 10 plays, 75 yards in 4:25. |
7 – 13 |
| 1 | 01:00 | Cerritos – Jacob Gasser 52 yd pass from Isaiah Bravo. (Paul Rodriguez kick is good). Drive: 4 plays, 70 yards in 1:59. |
7 – 20 |
| 2 | 04:51 | San Diego Mesa – Kevin Levesque 6 yd pass from Jake Dunninway. (Justin Kaplan kick is good). Drive: 14 plays, 78 yards in 6:20. |
14 – 20 |
| 2 | 00:00 | San Diego Mesa – FG blocked, returned 69 by Hunter Allen for TD. (Justin Kaplan kick is good). | 21 – 20 |
| 3 | 13:14 | Cerritos – Latrell Stearns 20 yd interception return. (2pt conversion pass by Isaiah Bravo is good). | 21 – 28 |
| 3 | 10:31 | Cerritos – R. Stevenson 68 yd run. (2pt conversion pass by Jonathan Vaaulu is good). Drive: 1 plays, 58 yards in 0:36. |
21 – 36 |
| 3 | 00:42 | Cerritos – R. Stevenson 30 yd run. (Paul Rodriguez kick is good). Drive: 6 plays, 54 yards in 2:52. |
21 – 43 |
| 4 | 08:27 | Cerritos – David Walker 1 yd run. (Paul Rodriguez kick is good). Drive: 8 plays, 41 yards in 5:14. |
21 – 50 |
| SAN DIEGO MESA | STATISTICS | CERRITOS |
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| 21 | FIRST DOWNS | 19 |
| 16 1 4 |
Passing Rushing Penalty |
6 8 5 |
| 31% (4 of 13) | THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY | 50% (5 of 10) |
| 33% (1 of 3) | FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY | 100% (1 of 1) |
| 396 | TOTAL OFFENSE | 531 |
| 73 5.4 |
Total Offensive Plays Average gain per play |
55 9.7 |
| 374 | NET YARDS PASSING | 200 |
| 35-51 7.3 2-12 3 |
Completions-Attempts Net yards per pass play Sacked: Number-Yards Had intercepted |
14-19 10.5 1-4 0 |
| 22 | NET YARDS RUSHING | 331 |
| 22 1.0 |
Rushing Attempts Average gain per rush |
36 9.2 |
| 3-107 | PUNTS: Number-Yards | 2-74 |
| 35.7 | Average | 37.0 |
| 32 | TOTAL RETURN YARDS | 74 |
| 0 0 5-32 0 0 |
Punt Returns: Number-Yards Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards Interception Returns: Number-Yards |
1-2 2-31 3-41 |
| 11-111 | PENALTIES: Number-Yards | 10-106 |
| 3-2 | FUMBLES: Number-Lost | 1-1 |
| 1-4 | SACKS: Number-Yards | 2-12 |
| 0 0 | INTERCEPTIONS: Number-Yards | 3-41 |
| 31:53 | TIME OF POSSESSION | 23:46 |
San Diego Mesa |
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| DEFENSIVE STATISTICS | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | SAN DIEGO MESA | SOLO | AST | TOTAL | SACKS-YDS | TFL-YDS | FF | FR-YDS | INT-YDS | BRUP | BLKS | QBH |
| 6 | Reginald Prince | 5 | 8 | 13 | 1 – 4 | 1 – 4 | – | – | ||||
| 20 | Brendan Torrance | 2 | 7 | 9 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 43 | Isaiah Bolden | 3 | 3 | 6 | – | 1 – 4 | – | – | ||||
| 22 | Darriel Weathers | 3 | 2 | 5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 28 | D.J. Dotson | 3 | 2 | 5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 30 | Havani Makihele | 1 | 4 | 5 | – | – | 1-0 | – | ||||
| 99 | Hugh Anthony | 2 | 3 | 5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 58 | Devin Sanders | 1 | 3 | 4 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 12 | Isaiah Williams | 1 | 2 | 3 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 1D | Hunter Allen | 0 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 2 | Isaiah Sayles | 0 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 17 | Joel Bracomontes | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 39 | Jose Briseno | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 1C | Anthony Barksdale | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 1A | Matt Cain | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 1B | Alex Lemon | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 11 | Dejon Smith | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 14 | Sammy Muniz | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 21 | Aveon Irving | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 31 | Andre Kell | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| TM | TEAM | – | – | – | – | 1 | ||||||
| 53 | Eric Payton | – | – | – | – | 1 | ||||||
| TOTALS | 26 | 44 | 70 | 1 – 4 | 2 – 8 | 1-0 | – | 2 | ||||
| # | CERRITOS | SOLO | AST | TOTAL | SACKS-YDS | TFL-YDS | FF | FR-YDS | INT-YDS | BRUP | BLKS | QBH |
| 2D | Noah Guzman | 6 | 4 | 10 | – | 1 – 1 | – | – | 1 | |||
| 10 | Latrell Stearns | 3 | 5 | 8 | – | – | – | 1-20 | ||||
| 32 | Jason Nettles | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 – 12 | 3 – 26 | 1 | 1-15 | – | 1 | ||
| 1F | Tishawn Barnaby | 3 | 2 | 5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 20 | Dior Denson | 4 | 1 | 5 | – | – | – | 1-16 | 1 | |||
| 56 | Jordan Thomas | 0 | 5 | 5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 1H | Bryan Sarnowski | 3 | 1 | 4 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 1E | Ronald Jones | 1 | 3 | 4 | – | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| 3D | Tre’Vion Ballard | 2 | 2 | 4 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 7D | Noah Peterson | 1 | 3 | 4 | – | – | – | 1-5 | ||||
| 1D | Robert Corner | 2 | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 44 | Etieni Valele | 0 | 3 | 3 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 99 | Anthony Shipton | 1 | 2 | 3 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 6D | Nate Walker | 0 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 42 | Tyson Reed | 0 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 50 | Daniel Faamatau | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 91 | Trevon Holloway | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | 1 – 8 | 1 | 1-0 | – | |||
| 98 | Daleoun Arthur | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 2 | |||
| TOTALS | 31 | 42 | 73 | 2 – 12 | 5 – 35 | 2 | 2-15 | 3-41 | 3 | 3 | ||
| OTHER INFORMATION | |
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| Location: Cerritos College Stadium: Falcon Stadium Attendance: 750 |
Referee: David Bautista Umpire: Jeremy Jones Head Linesman: Jeffrey Osborne Line Judge: Tony Shaw Back Judge: Rob Schaerer Field Judge: Garrett Earls Side Judge: Kainan Kiesen |
