Griffins overwhelm Southwestern in payback opener

By Bill Dickens
Updated: September 5, 2015

Tammy Ryan/TRyan Photography

2015 GROSSMONT COLLEGE FOOTBALL

By Bill Dickens

© East County Sports.com

EL CAJON (09-06-15) — Few players at Mashin-Roth Field for Saturday’s (Sept. 5) season opener know more about Grossmont College’s rivalry with South Bay opponent Southwestern College than wide receiver SERGIO BAILEY.

“I’ll bet that I’m the only guy on the field today that can say they’re 2-0 in this series,” said Bailey, who played at Southwestern as a freshman in last year’s Jaguars’ lop-sided victory over the Griffins.

Bailey has since transferred to Grossmont and made a major impact in the Griffins’ 52-10 payback victory over the Jaguars.

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Sophomore quarterback Michael Carillo throws a pass during Grossmont’s home-opening win over Southwestern on Saturday. (TRyanPhotography photo)

Bailey caught touchdown passes of 17-yards from MICHAEL CARRILLO and 23-yards from TOMMY PISTONE, staking the Griffins to a 14-3 lead in the middle of the second quarter.

“I’m really happy here – love the atmosphere here at Grossmont,” said Bailey, who led the Griffins with 5 receptions for 67 yards. “The school programs are great, the coaches are excellent… can’t ask for anything more.”

Bailey was pleased to make an immediate contribution as he accounted for two of Grossmont’s seven touchdowns.

“Our quarterbacks just happened to see me in the clear, and what happened after that, happened,” he said. “It was all good.”

Three Grossmont passers completed 31 of 45 aerials for 436 yards and 5 scores. They were sacked only twice all day.

Playing less than half the game, Pistone completed 14 of 24 for 220 yards and a pair of scores. Returning starter Carrillo completed 16 of 20 for 183 yards and 2 scores. He also rushed for 38 yards on 5 carries.

“Most of the guys we have this year are sophomores,” said Carrillo, who passed for 2,387 and 10 touchdowns as a freshman. “It makes a difference. I feel more comfortable, more confident and understand the game better than I have in the past. Of course it’s nice to have a quality group of receivers like we do.”

Sophomore slot back CHRISTIAN BROOKS caught 4 passes for 29 yards but was more effective with his passing arm. He executed a flea flicker 32-yard touchdown pass to ANDRE PRICE that hoisted the Griffins’ lead to 35-3 early in the third quarter.

“We practice the flea flicker every day in practice,” Brooks said. “We were just waiting for a chance to use it in a game.

“We are a very confident football team right now but we have to stay humble,” he added.

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Grossmont’s Levi Boyd, from Itasca, Texas, drags a Southwestern tackler on Saturday. (TRyan Photography)

Price cashed in 2 catches for 43 yards and 2 touchdowns.

Grossmont utilized 13 receivers. ADRIAN TOLBERT reeled in 3 passes for 58 yards including a 26-yard TD strike from Pistone in the Griffins’ 21-point second quarter.

Tight end LEVI BOYD (6-5, 240) amazed the crowd of more than 800 with 4 catches for 91 yards. It was after he caught the ball where Boyd dazzled the fans by bowling over several Southwestern defenders on each reception.

“They went to me a lot with passes in the first half,” said Boyd. “But I was more involved in blocking schemes in the second half. I don’t care how we get it done, I just want to win and that’s all that matters.

Not to be overlooked was the Grossmont defense, which smothered the Jaguars.

“Our defense is phenomenal,” said Griffins head coach MIKE JORDAN.

Secondary coach BRETT HUDSON agreed. “We were flying around back there and provided pretty decent coverage every time they went to the air,” he said.

Hudson credited AIRRIC PARKER for “being the glue of our secondary. He’s a man of motion and keeps our guys moving on every play.”

Other standouts in the Grossmont pass defense included DAVAUGHN MURRAY, DERRELL WHITAKER, TYNEIL COOPER and MAURICE CARNELL. Murray and Cooper had interceptions. JOE GORDON and CLAY CROMWELL recovered fumbles.

“All of us in the secondary are hungry for the ball,” said Whitaker who had 4 tackles including one for a loss. “Our secondary is way better than last year. If you look at us now, when the ball is in the air you usually see two guys around the receiver. We probably have four Division I guys in the defensive backfield.”

RUEBEN LEASAU and NICK GALATIS each logged 6 tackles.

Grossmont outgained the Jaguars 595-181 yards, and the Griffins did so while emptying the bench.

Griffins kicker/punter JORDAN REECE was 7-for-7 on PATs and connected on a 35-yard field goal.

A bad snap by the Griffins early in the game gave the Jaguars a first-and-goal at the 3. Although the score doesn’t indicate it, it was a huge momentum switch. The Jaguars tried three running plays but could only reach the 1-yard line and had to settle for a 20-yard field goal by Omar Hernandez, giving Southwestern a 3-0 lead.

Grossmont scored 52 unanswered points after that before Southwestern’s number three quarterback, Luke Napolitano, scored on a 3-yard junket with 7:08 remaining.

SOUTHWESTERN vs. GROSSMONT at Grossmont College 9/5/2015 at 3:00
Southwestern 10	Grossmont 52

SCORING	1	2	3	4	FINAL
Southwestern (0-1)	3	0	0	7	10
Grossmont (1-0)	7	21	14	10	52
Grossmont College \| Mashin-Roth

PRD	TIME	SCORING SUMMARY	SOUTHWESTERN – GROSSMONT
1	10:46	Southwestern – Omar Hernandez 20 yd field goal. Drive: 4 plays, 1 yards in 1:42.	3 – 0
1	04:59	Grossmont – Sergio Bailey 17 yd pass from M. Carrillo. (Jordan Reece kick is good). Drive: 1 plays, 17 yards in 0:06.	3 – 7
2	08:27	Grossmont – Sergio Bailey 23 yd pass from Tommy Pistone. (Jordan Reece kick is good). Drive: 8 plays, 43 yards in 3:41.	3 – 14
2	07:52	Grossmont – Adrian Tolbert 26 yd pass from Tommy Pistone. (Jordan Reece kick is good). Drive: 1 plays, 26 yards in 0:06.	3 – 21
2	02:52	Grossmont – Thomas McDonald 1 yd run. (Jordan Reece kick is good). Drive: 7 plays, 79 yards in 2:43.	3 – 28
3	10:11	Grossmont – Andre Price 33 yd pass from C. Brooks. (Jordan Reece kick is good). Drive: 9 plays, 83 yards in 3:29.	3 – 35
3	04:00	Grossmont – Andre Price 10 yd pass from M. Carrillo. (Jordan Reece kick is good). Drive: 8 plays, 83 yards in 3:58.	3 – 42
4	14:09	Grossmont – Nehemiah Brown 14 yd run. (Jordan Reece kick is good). Drive: 5 plays, 64 yards in 2:57.	3 – 49
4	12:00	Grossmont – Jordan Reece 35 yd field goal.	3 – 52
4	07:08	Southwestern – Luke Napolitano 3 yd run. (Omar Hernandez kick is good). Drive: 5 plays, 51 yards in 1:46.	10 – 52

SOUTHWESTERN	STATISTICS	GROSSMONT
10	FIRST DOWNS	33
6 3 1	Passing Rushing Penalty	19 12 2
8% (1 of 12)	THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY	36% (5 of 14)
0% (0 of 1)	FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY	67% (2 of 3)
181	TOTAL OFFENSE	595
56 3.2	Total Offensive Plays Average gain per play	87 6.8
139	NET YARDS PASSING	436
18-32 4.3 1-11 2	Completions-Attempts Net yards per pass play Sacked: Number-Yards Had intercepted	31-45 9.7 2-20 0
42	NET YARDS RUSHING	159
24 1.8	Rushing Attempts Average gain per rush	42 3.8
8-300	PUNTS: Number-Yards	4-179
37.5	Average	44.8
189	TOTAL RETURN YARDS	7
0 0 8-189 0 0	Punt Returns: Number-Yards Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards Interception Returns: Number-Yards	2-7 0 0 2-0
8-62	PENALTIES: Number-Yards	13-108
2-2	FUMBLES: Number-Lost	2-2
2-20	SACKS: Number-Yards	1-11
0 0	INTERCEPTIONS: Number-Yards	2-0
21:13	TIME OF POSSESSION	38:47

Southwestern

Grossmont

PASSING	C-A	YDS	INT
Luke Napolitano	8-12	61	0
Connor Wynn	7-15	42	2
Will Galvez	1-1	27	0
Joe Hudson	2-4	9	0

PASSING	C-A	YDS	TD
Tommy Pistone	14-24	220	2
Michael Carrillo	16-20	183	2
Christian Brooks	1-1	33	1

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Connor Wynn	4	20	5.0	9	0
Malik Kimbrough	2	8	4.0	4	0
Erick Fernandez	1	8	8.0	8	0
Joe Hudson	2	5	2.5	16	0
Shannon Nickson	5	5	1.0	3	0
Luke Napolitano	1	3	3.0	3	1
Anthony Williams	3	3	1.0	5	0
Juan Stewart	2	0	0.0	2	0
Tegan Brown	2	0	0.0	0	0
TEAM	1	-3	-3.0	0	0
Zack Kozlik	1	-7	-7.0	0	0

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Nehemiah Brown	8	56	7.0	26	1
Thomas McDonald	9	42	4.7	28	1
Michael Carrillo	5	38	7.6	16	0
Dominic Juarez-Lewis	5	26	5.2	8	0
Christian Brooks	1	19	19.0	19	0
Nolan Minfield	4	18	4.5	7	0
Jamarcus Federick	6	17	2.8	15	0
Ray Wilson	1	-3	-3.0	0	0
Tommy Pistone	1	-9	-9.0	0	0
TEAM	2	-45	-22.5	0	0

RECEIVING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Gregory Blackshere	2	39	19.5	22
Travis Gardner	2	31	15.5	27
Matt Secrest	2	25	12.5	25
Malik Kimbrough	6	18	3.0	9
Kayo Hannah	1	9	9.0	9
Lordanje Aguon	2	9	4.5	9
Juan Stewart	1	5	5.0	5
Ahamd Huddleston	1	4	4.0	4
Will Galvez	1	-1	-1.0	0

RECEIVING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Levi Boyd	4	91	22.8	35	0
Sergio Bailey	5	67	13.4	23	2
Adrian Tolbert	3	58	19.3	26	1
Andre Price	2	43	21.5	33	2
Quadarius Fair	3	39	13.0	16	0
Cory McKessen	2	35	17.5	32	0
Christian Brooks	4	29	7.3	11	0
Adonis Todd	1	24	24.0	24	0
Jalen Lake	1	17	17.0	17	0
Thomas McDonald	2	16	8.0	13	0
Paul Gooden	2	13	6.5	9	0
Nehemiah Brown	1	11	11.0	11	0
Dominic Juarez-Lewis	1	-7	-7.0	0	0

KICKING	FG	LG	XP	PTS
Omar Hernandez	1/1	20	1/1	4

KICKING	FG	LG	XP	PTS
Jordan Reece	1/2	35	7/7	10

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TB	-20
Anthony Babida	7	252	36.0	46	0	3
Zack Kozlik	1	48	48.0	48	1	0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TB	-20
Alex Templeton	4	179	44.8	62	0	1

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	OB
Omar Hernandez	3	200	66.7	3	0

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	OB
Jordan Reece	9	557	61.9	1	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Ahamd Huddleston	5	136	27.2	45
Shannon Nickson	2	37	18.5	21
Jihad Elder	1	16	16.0	16

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Paul Gooden	1	7	7.0	7	0
Tyneil Cooper	1	0	0.0	0	0

INTERCEPTION RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD

INTERCEPTION RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Davaughn Murray	1	0	0.0	0	0
Tyneil Cooper	1	0	0.0	0	0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST
Shannon Nickson	1	1
TEAM	1	1

FUMBLES	NO	LOST
TEAM	2	2

DEFENSIVE STATISTICS
#	SOUTHWESTERN	SOLO	AST	TOTAL	SACKS-YDS	TFL-YDS	FF	FR-YDS	INT-YDS	BRUP	BLKS	QBH
27	Dominic Morgan	7	0	7	–	–		–	–
10	Niko Hammond	2	3	5	–	1 – 4		–	–
18	Alex Shellwood	4	1	5	–	–		–	–	1
5	Chris Farrell	4	0	4	1 – 9	2 – 11		–	–	1
23	Shareef Shabazz	3	1	4	–	–		–	–
93	Victor Ramirez	4	0	4	–	2 – 8		1-0	–	1
13	James Smith	3	0	3	–	–		–	–
14	Kevin Gaines	3	0	3	–	–		–	–
25	Austin Molina	3	0	3	–	–		–	–
41	David Blevins	2	1	3	–	–		–	–
96	Hayden Herrington	3	0	3	–	–		–	–
97	Rasheed Farha	3	0	3	–	–		1-0	–			1
19	Josh Christopher	2	0	2	–	1 – 3		–	–
34	Trevor Kemp	1	1	2	–	–		–	–
36	Connal Brown	2	0	2	–	–		–	–
48	Dustin Kimbell	2	0	2	–	–		–	–
61	Jesse Hawk	1	1	2	–	–		–	–
92	Jaquiel Bradford	2	0	2	–	1 – 2		–	–
95	Mahmoud Mansour	2	0	2	1 – 11	2 – 12		–	–
3	Kayo Hannah	1	0	1	–	–		–	–
4	Luke Napolitano	0	1	1	–	–		–	–
26	Xavier Guillory	1	0	1	–	–		–	–
35	Alonzo Garcia	1	0	1	–	–		–	–
52	Montezuma Santos	0	1	1	–	–		–	–			1
72	Eric Lagasse	1	0	1	–	–		–	–
75	Theartis Eaton	1	0	1	–	–		–	–
98	David Gonzalez	1	0	1	–	–		–	–
99	Zack Kozlik	1	0	1	–	–		–	–
TOTALS		60	10	70	2 – 20	9 – 40		2-0	–	3		2
#	GROSSMONT	SOLO	AST	TOTAL	SACKS-YDS	TFL-YDS	FF	FR-YDS	INT-YDS	BRUP	BLKS	QBH
20	Davaughn Murray	3	2	5	–	0.5 – 1		–	1-0
55	Nick Galatis	3	2	5	–	1.5 – 4		–	–
47	Rueben Leasau	4	0	4	–	2 – 3		–	–	1
4	Derrell Whitaker	3	0	3	–	1 – 1		–	–
8	David Lewis	3	0	3	–	–		–	–
19	Hunter Clark	2	1	3	–	–		–	–
30	Airric Parker	3	0	3	–	1 – 1		–	–
43	Kaleb Harstvedt	1	2	3	–	–		–	–
45	Jordan Arnold	2	1	3	–	1 – 7		–	–
24	Tyneil Cooper	2	0	2	–	–		–	1-0
38	Sowell Elder	2	0	2	–	–	1	–	–
40	Cy Steele	2	0	2	–	–		–	–
44	Phillip Diaz	0	2	2	–	–		–	–
66	Trea Samifua	2	0	2	–	–		–	–
1	Maurice Carnell IV	1	0	1	–	–		–	–
6	Kurtis Brooks	1	0	1	–	–		–	–
11	Jordan Reece	1	0	1	–	–		–	–
35	Armando Smith	1	0	1	–	–		–	–
39	Perry Afato	1	0	1	–	–		–	–
48	Miracle Tausaga	0	1	1	–	–		–	–
53	Josh Harrison	1	0	1	–	–		–	–
56	Clay Cromwell	0	1	1	–	–		–	–
90	Anthony Davis	1	0	1	1 – 11	1 – 11		–	–
92	Joe Gordon	1	0	1	–	–		1-0	–
41	Cole Kidd				–	–		1-0	–
29	Jemeil Jackson				–	–		–	–	1
TOTALS		40	12	52	1 – 11	8 – 28	1	2-0	2-0	2