Griffins pick good time to snap losing streak

By Bill Dickens
Updated: November 6, 2016

2016 GROSSMONT COLLEGE FOOTBALL

By Bill Dickens
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COSTA MESA (11-07-16) — The way Grossmont College 10-year head coach MIKE JORDAN sees it, the Griffins could conceivably land a post-season bowl berth if they are successful against Palomar in the regular season finale.

“It’s all about going 6-4 now,” Jordan said. “If we win next week I think there’s a 90 percent chance we’ll get a bowl bid.”

The Griffins snapped a three-game losing streak by edging the Golden West Rustlers 40-28 on Saturday (Nov. 5) in a National Southern Conference contest. The Griffs now stand at 5-4 overall and 1-3 in the division.

“There are no cheap wins in our conference,” Jordan pointed out. “By winning this game it’s new life for us, even though I know we could have won games we’ve lost in the past.”

The Grossmont passing trio of quarterback BRAD CAGLE and his sure-handed receivers ADRIAN TOLBERT and JABRIL CLEWIS put on an aerial exhibition against previous conference-leading Golden West (4-5, 3-1 SCFA).

Cagle, who ran circles around an aggressive Golden West defense, completed 19 of 39 passes for 229 yards and 4 touchdowns. He also scored on a 10-yard scramble, clipping the pylon as he dove into the endzone, which gave Grossmont a 33-28 lead they would not lose with 8:40 remaining.

Cagle & Company punched the lights out when he fired a 27-yard TD pass that Tolbert beat the ace of the Golden West secondary with an over-the-shoulder catch.

The 6-foot-4 Tolbert finished the game with 7 catches for 134 yards and 3 touchdowns.

“Is Tolbert a D-I receiver? There’s no doubt,” Jordan said. “He has all the moves. He can really go up and get the ball.”

Jordan continues to rave about his 6-foot freshman quarterback.

“He’s probably only a 5-11 guy but I’ll take him any day,” Jordan said. “He’s my guy. He’s like a Brett Favre.”

Cagle led the Griffins to a 27-14 halftime lead. In the second half Golden West put on a series of blitzes that disrupted the Grossmont offense. The Rustlers took a 28-27 lead before Cagle rallied the Griffin troops for the victory.

Grossmont is laden with injuries. The team’s leading rusher NEHEMIAH BROWN is on the sidelines with a hamstring pull. His availability next week is questionable.

“Our line was patched up. We had to go with four guards and a center, our tackles were injured,” Jordan said.

Running back KEITH FULTON led the Griffin ground troops with 16 carries for 76 yards.

Grossmont College scored their 5^th defensive touchdown of the season in this game. The Griffs scored 24 points off Rustlers’ turnovers.

Freshman defensive back JORDAN ELLIS was a ball hawk, pulling down his 7^th, 8^th and 9^th interceptions at the expense of the Rustlers. The Griffins now have 19 picks as a team. ANTON PAIGE also grabbed an interception for the Griffs.

Three Griffins sacked the Rustlers’ quarterback – COLE KIDD, NARQUESSE SMITH and QUANTARIUS BOON.

Sophomore SEBASTIAN SMITH tipped the lid on the Griffins’ scoring with their first touchdown of the game. It was on an 18-yard pass from Cagle, and the race was on.

GROSSMON vs. GoldenW at Orange Coast College 11/5/2016 at 7:00pm
Grossmont 40	Golden West 28

SCORING	1	2	3	4	FINAL
Grossmont (5-4, 1-3)	20	7	0	13	40
Golden West (4-5, 3-1)	7	7	0	14	28
Orange Coast College \| LeBard Stadium

PRD	TIME	SCORING SUMMARY	GROSSMONT – GOLDEN WEST
1	14:44	Golden West – Zimari Manning 23 yd pass from Adam Vance. (Quinton Conaway kick is good). Drive: 2 plays, 23 yards in 0:06.	0 – 7
1	11:04	Grossmont – Sebastian Smith 18 yd pass from Brad Cagle. (Dominick Grimm kick failed). Drive: 9 plays, 73 yards in 3:30.	6 – 7
1	07:07	Grossmont – Adrian Tolbert 26 yd pass from Brad Cagle. (Conner Erwin kick is good). Drive: 8 plays, 51 yards in 2:23.	13 – 7
1	02:10	Grossmont – Jordan Ellis 45 yd interception return. (Conner Erwin kick is good).	20 – 7
2	07:33	Grossmont – Adrian Tolbert 15 yd pass from Brad Cagle. (Conner Erwin kick is good). Drive: 7 plays, 58 yards in 3:29.	27 – 7
2	03:18	Golden West – Zimari Manning 4 yd pass from Adam Vance. (Quinton Conaway kick is good). Drive: 7 plays, 78 yards in 3:54.	27 – 14
4	14:53	Golden West – Angel Matute 28 yd pass from Adam Vance. (Quinton Conaway kick is good). Drive: 11 plays, 89 yards in 6:04.	27 – 21
4	11:21	Golden West – Desmond Bowden 2 yd run. (Quinton Conaway kick is good). Drive: 3 plays, 38 yards in 1:18.	27 – 28
4	08:40	Grossmont – Brad Cagle 10 yd run. (2pt conversion pass by Brad Cagle failed). Drive: 7 plays, 80 yards in 2:34.	33 – 28
4	07:10	Grossmont – Adrian Tolbert 27 yd pass from Brad Cagle. (Conner Erwin kick is good). Drive: 1 plays, 12 yards in 0:23.	40 – 28

GROSSMONT	STATISTICS	GOLDEN WEST
23	FIRST DOWNS	22
13 6 4	Passing Rushing Penalty	13 7 2
40% (6 of 15)	THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY	38% (5 of 13)
100% (1 of 1)	FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY	0% (0 of 1)
229	NET YARDS PASSING	347
19-39 5.9 1-8 0	Completions-Attempts Net yards per pass play Sacked: Number-Yards Had intercepted	28-46 7.5 2-19 4
109	NET YARDS RUSHING	68
26 4.2	Rushing Attempts Average gain per rush	27 2.5
7-233	PUNTS: Number-Yards	5-184
33.3	Average	36.8
147	TOTAL RETURN YARDS	159
1-11 4-38 4-98	Punt Returns: Number-Yards Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards Interception Returns: Number-Yards	3-35 7-124 0 0
12-88	PENALTIES: Number-Yards	11-106
1-1	FUMBLES: Number-Lost	4-1
2-19	SACKS: Number-Yards	1-8
4-98	INTERCEPTIONS: Number-Yards	0 0
26:02	TIME OF POSSESSION	33:58

Grossmont

Golden West

PASSING	C-A	YDS	LG	TD	INT
Brad Cagle	19-39	229	27	4	0

PASSING	C-A	YDS	LG	TD	INT
Adam Vance	28-46	347	39	3	4

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Keith Fulton	16	76	4.8	21	0
Brad Cagle	6	31	5.2	14	1
Nolan Minfield	2	2	1.0	1	0
Dominic Juarez-Lewis	1	1	1.0	1	0
TEAM	1	-1	-1.0	0	0

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Gabriel Ford	10	46	4.6	17	0
Desmond Bowden	10	23	2.3	15	1
Zimari Manning	3	10	3.3	5	0
Adam Vance	4	-11	-2.8	6	0

RECEIVING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Adrian Tolbert	7	134	19.1	27	3
Jabril Clewis	6	42	7.0	14	0
Sebastian Smith	2	25	12.5	18	1
Javon Walker	2	20	10.0	10	0
Quintin Vinzant	1	11	11.0	11	0
Keith Fulton	1	-3	-3.0	0	0

RECEIVING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Sheldon White	8	135	16.9	39	0
Zimari Manning	7	101	14.4	34	2
Angel Matute	3	37	12.3	28	1
Quinn McElfresh	3	32	10.7	19	0
Gabriel Ford	3	25	8.3	11	0
Samuel Flowers	1	9	9.0	9	0
Desmond Bowden	3	8	2.7	4	0

KICKING	FG	LG	XP	PTS
Conner Erwin			4/4	4
Dominick Grimm			0/1	0

KICKING	FG	LG	XP	PTS
Quinton Conaway			4/4	4

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TB	IN 20
Nels Haltom	2	78	39.0	41	0	0
Blake Lester	5	155	31.0	42	0	2

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TB	IN 20
Quinton Conaway	5	184	36.8	44	0	1

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	OB
Nels Haltom	7	426	60.9	0	0

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	OB
Quinton Conaway	5	252	50.4	1	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Jabril Clewis	2	26	13.0	17
Perry Afato	1	9	9.0	9
Gabe Oilar	1	3	3.0	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Darren Sandoval	6	120	20.0	24	0
Tommy Kramer	1	4	4.0	4	0

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Dylan Spradling	1	11	11.0	11	0

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Zimari Manning	2	35	17.5	35	0
Nicholas Kunkel	1	0	0.0	0	0

INTERCEPTION RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jordan Ellis	3	93	31.0	48	1
Anton Paige	1	5	5.0	5	0

INTERCEPTION RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD

FUMBLES	NO	LOST
Gabe Oilar	1	1

FUMBLES	NO	LOST
Zimari Manning	1	0
Gabriel Ford	2	1
Nicholas Kunkel	1	0

DEFENSIVE STATISTICS
#	GROSSMONT	SOLO	AST	TOTAL	SACKS-YDS	TFL-YDS	FF	FR-YDS	INT-YDS	BRUP	BLKS	QBH
23	Narqesse Smith	7	0	7	1 – 6	1 – 6		–	–
29	Anton Paige	4	3	7	–	–		1-0	1-5
55	Ryden Kerr	6	1	7	–	1 – 1		–	–
43	Trey Schemke	3	3	6	–	1 – 1		–	–
7	Kurtis Brooks	2	3	5	–	–		–	–
44	Roderick Woods	2	3	5	–	–		–	–
9	Dominic Juarez-Lewis	4	0	4	–	–		–	–
49	Quantarius Boone	2	2	4	1 – 13	2.5 – 15		–	–
19	Hunter Clark	3	0	3	–	–		–	–
26	Jordan Ellis	3	0	3	–	–		–	3-93
27	Joseph Watkins	1	2	3	–	–		–	–
41	Cole Kidd	2	0	2	–	1 – 2		–	–
50	Johnny Garcia	1	1	2	–	–		–	–
80	Sebastian Smith	1	0	1	–	–		–	–
32	Tommy Washington	1	0	1	–	–		–	–
36	Perry Sherrod	0	1	1	–	–		–	–
39	Perry Afato	0	1	1	–	–		–	–
56	Lance Leota	0	1	1	–	0.5 – 1		–	–	1
59	Chris James	0	1	1	–	–		–	–
81	Gabe Oilar	1	0	1	–	–		–	–			1
TOTALS		43	22		2 – 19	7 – 26		1-0	4-98	1		1
#	GOLDEN WEST	SOLO	AST	TOTAL	SACKS-YDS	TFL-YDS	FF	FR-YDS	INT-YDS	BRUP	BLKS	QBH
50	Bobby Orellano	1	5	6	–	1 – 3		–	–
7	Joseph Inda	2	4	6	–	0.5 – 1		–	–			1
20	Trevin Kahunanui	2	3	5	–	–		–	–	1		1
10	Matthew Posey	2	2	4	1 – 8	1 – 8		–	–	3
47	Keiti Iakopo	3	1	4	–	–		–	–
15	Hunter Margain	1	2	3	–	–		–	–
23	Rimareyae Harvey	3	0	3	–	–		–	–
91	Jamie Diaz	0	3	3	–	1 – 1		–	–
13	Nick Ebanks	1	1	2	–	–		–	–
21	Joey Maduena	2	0	2	–	–		–	–
26	Desmond Passi	2	0	2	–	–		–	–
2	Jason Thomas	1	1	2	–	–		–	–
32	Darren Sandoval	1	1	2	–	–		–	–
41	Jack Pilkerton	1	1	2	–	0.5 – 2		–	–			1
3	Kory Garcia	1	1	2	–	–		–	–	2
6	Gabriel Ford	1	0	1	–	–		–	–
5	Kyle Manliguis	1	0	1	–	–		–	–
24	Lynval Sutherland	1	0	1	–	–	1	1-0	–
44	David Aldapa	0	1	1	–	–		–	–
33	Tyler Vaimaona				–	–		–	–			1
TOTALS		26	26		1 – 8	4 – 15	1	1-0	–	6		4