Griffins hand Pasadena first home shutout in 21 years

By Bill Dickens
Updated: September 13, 2015

Maurice Carnell IV intercepts a pass against Pasadena on Saturday night

2015 GROSSMONT COLLEGE FOOTBALL

By Bill Dickens
© East County Sports.com
PASADENA (09-13-15) — After opening the season with back-to-back routs, Grossmont College is averaging 51.5 points per game. On the flip side the Griffins have surrendered only one touchdown and 10 points total.

The Griffins amassed 550 yards in total offense, including 344 on the ground as they pounded Pasadena City College, 51-0 on Saturday night (Sept. 12) at Jackie Robinson Field.

“We’re progressing a little bit,” said Grossmont coach MIKE JORDAN, who’s Griffins opened the season with a 52-10 victory over Southwestern last week. Against Pasadena, Grossmont broke off long scoring TD runs of 75 yards by THOMAS McDONALD early in the third quarter, and 80 yards by NEHEMIAH BROWN with 17 seconds left in that period.

“We were able to break off some long plays,” Jordan said, “and that definitely turned the game in our favor.”

Grossmont led 23-0 at halftime and 44-0 after three periods.

McDonald averaged 19.6 yards on eight carries and finished with 157 yards to lead the Griffins’ ground game. Brown also came up big, averaging 20.8 yards on four carries for 83 yards.

Griffins quarterbacks TOMMY PISTONE and MICHAEL CARRILLO combined to complete 20 of 33 passes for 206 yards, including touchdown strikes of 17 yards from Pistone to CHRISTIAN BROOKS and 25 yards from Carrillo to JALEN LAKE.

“Both of our quarterbacks threw well,” Jordan noted. “It’s nice to have two good quarterbacks.”

Brooks reeled in 6 passes for 94 yards, and CORY McKESSEN snagged 3 for 29 yards. Ten Griffins caught passes in the contest.

Grossmont took command on back-to-back TD runs of 5 and 14 yards by running back JAMARCUS FEDERICK.

On defense, the Griffins sacked two Lancers quarterbacks 7 times, including 3 by NICK GALATIS, who totaled a game-high 11 tackles – 4 for losses.

Linebacker KALEB HARSTVEDT notched 9 tackles, while safety DEVAUGHN MURRAY logged 6 stops.

Defensive back ARMANDO SMITH accounted for the Griffins’ first points by notching a tackle in the end zone for a safety.

“Our next eight games will be more of a challenge,” admitted Jordan.

That begins next weekend at Riverside. The Griffins upset the Tigers last year when Riverside was ranked No. 1 in the state.

“I’m sure they’re gonna come after us,” Jordan said.

SUMMARY

Grossmont vs. Pasadena CC at Pasadena City Coll. 9/12/2015 at 6 pm
Grossmont 51	Pasadena 0

SCORING	1	2	3	4	FINAL
Grossmont (2-0)	9	14	21	7	51
Pasadena (0-2)	0	0	0	0	0
Pasadena City Coll. \| Robinson Stadium

PRD	TIME	SCORING SUMMARY	GROSSMONT – PASADENA
1	04:58	Grossmont – Team safety	2 – 0
1	02:14	Grossmont – J. Federick 5 yd run. (Jordan Reece kick is good). Drive: 6 plays, 61 yards in 2:43.	9 – 0
2	06:59	Grossmont – J. Federick 14 yd run. (Jordan Reece kick is good). Drive: 3 plays, 56 yards in 1:02.	16 – 0
2	01:08	Grossmont – C. Brooks 17 yd pass from Tommy Pistone. (Jordan Reece kick is good). Drive: 5 plays, 76 yards in 0:53.	23 – 0
3	14:42	Grossmont – Thomas McDonald 75 yd run. (Jordan Reece kick is good). Drive: 1 plays, 75 yards in 0:11.	30 – 0
3	06:19	Grossmont – Jalen Lake 25 yd pass from M. Carrillo. (Jordan Reece kick is good). Drive: 4 plays, 43 yards in 2:01.	37 – 0
3	00:17	Grossmont – Nehemiah Brown 80 yd run. (Jordan Reece kick is good). Drive: 1 plays, 80 yards in 0:11.	44 – 0
4	09:23	Grossmont – Paul Gooden 33 yd punt return for TD. (Jordan Reece kick is good).	51 – 0

GROSSMONT	STATISTICS	PASADENA
20	FIRST DOWNS	16
6 11 3	Passing Rushing Penalty	7 5 4
0% (0 of 14)	THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY	13% (2 of 16)
67% (2 of 3)	FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY	0% (0 of 1)
550	TOTAL OFFENSE	175
68 8.1	Total Offensive Plays Average gain per play	72 2.4
206	NET YARDS PASSING	139
20-33 6.2 4-12 1	Completions-Attempts Net yards per pass play Sacked: Number-Yards Had intercepted	10-29 4.8 7-43 3
344	NET YARDS RUSHING	36
35 9.8	Rushing Attempts Average gain per rush	43 0.8
7-270	PUNTS: Number-Yards	10-359
38.6	Average	35.9
88	TOTAL RETURN YARDS	156
5-69 2-11 3-8	Punt Returns: Number-Yards Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards Interception Returns: Number-Yards	2-1 7-145 1-10
13-132	PENALTIES: Number-Yards	8-61
3-1	FUMBLES: Number-Lost	3-2
7-43	SACKS: Number-Yards	4-12
3-8	INTERCEPTIONS: Number-Yards	1-10
30:50	TIME OF POSSESSION	29:10

Grossmont

Pasadena

PASSING	C-A	YDS	TD	INT
Tommy Pistone	11-13	131	1	0
Michael Carrillo	9-20	75	1	1

PASSING	C-A	YDS	TD	INT
Jett Even	10-27	139	0	3
Marc Peart	0-2	0	0	0

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Thomas McDonald	8	157	19.6	75	1
Nehemiah Brown	4	83	20.8	80	1
Dominic Juarez-Lewis	9	80	8.9	36	0
Jamarcus Federick	5	24	4.8	14	2
Michael Carrillo	5	14	2.8	6	0
Sergio Bailey	1	-4	-4.0	0	0
Tommy Pistone	3	-10	-3.3	0	0

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG
Trensten Spragling	11	45	4.1	20
Jaylin Reavis	9	14	1.6	6
Justin Carroll	2	9	4.5	8
Matthew Larson	2	7	3.5	5
Joseph Thomas	6	6	1.0	9
Marc Peart	1	-4	-4.0	0
TEAM	1	-6	-6.0	0
Jett Even	11	-35	-3.2	7

RECEIVING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Christian Brooks	6	94	15.7	33	1
Cory McKessen	3	29	9.7	11	0
Jalen Lake	1	25	25.0	25	1
Nehemiah Brown	2	15	7.5	8	0
Sergio Bailey	2	10	5.0	5	0
Brandon Bonham	1	10	10.0	10	0
Jovon Richardson	1	7	7.0	7	0
Levi Boyd	2	7	3.5	6	0
Andre Price	1	6	6.0	6	0
Dominic Juarez-Lewis	1	3	3.0	3	0

RECEIVING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Adrian Fonoimoana-Hall	4	60	15.0	27
Nate Degraffinreaidt	1	20	20.0	20
Rasheem Whitfield	1	17	17.0	17
DaiCorri Briscoe	1	16	16.0	16
Trensten Spragling	1	14	14.0	14
Donell Tuff	1	13	13.0	13
Justin Carroll	1	-1	-1.0	0

KICKING	FG	LG	XP	PTS
Jordan Reece	0/1	0	7/7	7

KICKING	FG	LG	XP	PTS

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TB	-20
Alex Templeton	7	270	38.6	49	0	3

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TB	-20
Kareem Zeenni	10	359	35.9	50	0	1

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	OB
Alex Templeton	3	171	57.0	0	1
Jordan Reece	5	302	60.4	0	0

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	OB
Kareem Zeenni	2	92	46.0	0	1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Tyneil Cooper	1	17	17.0	17	0
Jordan Arnold	1	-6	-6.0	0	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Trensten Spragling	3	80	26.7	40
Joseph Thomas	3	57	19.0	25
DaiCorri Briscoe	1	8	8.0	8

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Paul Gooden	1	33	33.0	33	1
Nehemiah Brown	2	20	10.0	19	0
Tyneil Cooper	1	10	10.0	10	0
Maurice Carnell IV	1	6	6.0	6	0

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Joseph Thomas	1	5	5.0	5	0
DaiCorri Briscoe	1	-4	-4.0	0	0

INTERCEPTION RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Maurice Carnell IV	1	0	0.0	0	0
Davaughn Murray	2	8	4.0	8	0

INTERCEPTION RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Robert Morgan	1	10	10.0	10	0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST
Michael Carrillo	1	1
Jordan Arnold	1	0
Levi Boyd	1	0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST
Jett Even	2	1
Joseph Thomas	1	1

DEFENSIVE STATISTICS
#	GROSSMONT	SOLO	AST	TOTAL	SACKS-YDS	TFL-YDS	FF	FR-YDS	INT-YDS	BRUP	BLKS	QBH
55	Nick Galatis	5	6	11	3 – 25	4 – 26	1	–	–	1
43	Kaleb Harstvedt	4	5	9	–	0.5 – 2		–	–
20	Davaughn Murray	3	3	6	–	–		–	2-8	1
19	Hunter Clark	1	3	4	–	0.5 – 2		–	–			1
30	Airric Parker	2	2	4	–	–		–	–	1
45	Jordan Arnold	0	4	4	0.5 – 2	0.5 – 2		–	–
51	Victor Washington	2	2	4	1 – 4	1 – 4	1	–	–			1
1	Maurice Carnell IV	2	1	3	–	1 – 3		–	1-0
23	Miles Steed	3	0	3	–	–		–	–
29	Jemeil Jackson	3	0	3	–	–		–	–
90	Anthony Davis	2	1	3	1.5 – 8	1.5 – 8		–	–
6	Kurtis Brooks	2	0	2	–	–		–	–
8	David Lewis	1	1	2	–	–		–	–
35	Armando Smith	2	0	2	–	–		–	–
52	Haji Haji	1	1	2	–	1 – 2		–	–
56	Clay Cromwell	1	1	2	–	1 – 3		1-0	–			1
57	Lance Leota	0	2	2	–	–		–	–
91	Chris Erby	1	1	2	–	1 – 5		–	–			1
9	Cory McKessen	0	1	1	–	–		–	–
11	Jordan Reece	1	0	1	–	–		–	–
21	Andre Price	0	1	1	–	–		–	–
24	Tyneil Cooper	1	0	1	–	1 – 6		–	–
27	Narqesse Smith	0	1	1	–	–		–	–
39	Perry Afato	1	0	1	–	–		–	–
41	Cole Kidd	1	0	1	–	–		–	–
44	Phillip Diaz	0	1	1	–	–		–	–			1
53	Josh Harrison	1	0	1	–	–		–	–
58	Billy Cummings	0	1	1	–	–		–	–
92	Joe Gordon	1	0	1	1 – 4	1 – 4		–	–
93	Julio Villa	1	0	1	–	–		–	–
47	Rueben Leasau				–	–		1-0	–			1
TOTALS		42	38	80	7 – 43	14 – 67	2	2-0	3-8	3		6
#	PASADENA	SOLO	AST	TOTAL	SACKS-YDS	TFL-YDS	FF	FR-YDS	INT-YDS	BRUP	BLKS	QBH
9	Jayln Williams	5	4	9	–	–		–	–
10	Sean Cowell	2	5	7	–	1 – 2		–	–			1
93	Jaren Jackson	2	4	6	1.5 – 3	3 – 6		–	–			1
8	Terry Wilson	2	3	5	0.5 – 1	0.5 – 1		–	–
51	Erasmo Isiordia	2	3	5	1 – 2	1 – 2		1-0	–
7	Evan Alexander	3	1	4	–	–	1	–	–
22	Christopher Byrd	2	2	4	–	–		–	–	1
36	Muleck Henderson	2	2	4	–	–		–	–
5	Caleb Devine	1	2	3	–	–		–	–
30	Antwione Davis	2	1	3	–	–		–	–
43	Elyjah Hoapili-Kreutz	0	3	3	0.5 – 3	1 – 4		–	–
2	Robert Morgan	2	0	2	–	–		–	1-10
4	Chris Tuiasosopo	1	1	2	–	–		–	–			1
13	Nizhan Taylor	1	1	2	–	1 – 4		–	–
24	Luis Luna	2	0	2	–	–		–	–
92	Anthony Bellow	1	1	2	0.5 – 3	0.5 – 3		–	–			1
6	Elijah Turner	0	1	1	–	–		–	–
11	Siaki Alualu	0	1	1	–	–		–	–
17	Kendell Jefferson	0	1	1	–	–		–	–
35	Kyle Alvarez	0	1	1	–	–		–	–
40	Matthew Larson	1	0	1	–	–		–	–
52	Demarco Munoz	0	1	1	–	–		–	–
56	Kevin Bailey	0	1	1	–	–		–	–			1
58	Nick Castaneda	0	1	1	–	–		–	–
59	Steven Ramirez	1	0	1	–	–		–	–
77	Anthony Valerio	1	0	1	–	–		–	–
TOTALS		33	40	73	4 – 12	8 – 22	1	1-0	1-10	1		5

OTHER INFORMATION
Location: Pasadena City Coll. Stadium: Robinson Stadium Attendance: 325	Referee: Dave Garza Umpire: A. Gutierrez Head Linesman: Dan Kaminski Line Judge: Gary Krause Back Judge: John Thur Field Judge: Ryan Castillo Side Judge: Peter Enz Scorekeeper: Chore/Lewis