Rustlers round up Griffins in Top 15 defensive feature

By Bill Dickens
Updated: September 27, 2015

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EL CAJON (9-27-15) — Grossmont College, led by sophomore linebacker NICK GALATIS, turned in a superlative effort on defense, but the Griffins offense could not keep up as visiting Golden West College claimed a 17-7 National Southern Conference victory in Saturday’s (Sept. 26) opener at Mashin-Roth Field.

The No. 6 ranked Rustlers cashed in on two touchdown passes of 21 and 11 yards from Adam Vance to Jordan Veasy. Humberto Maciel added two extra points and a 31-yard field goal for Golden West.

Grossmont (2-2, 0-1), which stumbled throughout the game, avoided the shutout on a 5-yard touchdown run by THOMAS McDONALD with 4:56 remaining.

After McDonald scored, the Griffins had eyes for a comeback.

Grossmont used an 8-play drive to the Golden West 32, but a fumble recovered by Nathan Jellicoe in the final minute sealed the victory for the Rustlers.

“It’s pretty frustrating to lose a game like this when you know you played so well,” Galatis said. “I know we need more offensive help to pull a game like this out.”

A two-time National Southern Conference Player of the Week, the 6-foot, 225-pound Galatis is Grossmont’s leading tackler, registering 9 against the Rustlers along with 2 sacks and a pass breakup.

“I used what I have (in terms of size),” he said. “I go out there to fight. As far as I’m concerned I’m unchallenged. I read my keys and stick my nose in there.”

Galatis recognized that Golden West was running its offensive plays away from him.

“I realized that right away,” he said. “I read the quarterback’s eyes and flowed that way. When you’re trying to do that you have to read the block, shuffle, shuffle and make things happen.”

Galatis was a non-renowned player at Clairemont High. He broke an ankle in his first year at Southwestern College, and then suffered a broken eye socket in the off-season transition to Grossmont.

“All the time out of high school my focus was to go to Grossmont College because I was aware that Grossmont has a better record of placing players at a four-year college. But I suffered so many injuries in high school I was afraid I couldn’t make it at Grossmont, so I went to Southwestern. I’m glad to be back on my feet at Grossmont (being recruited by Fresno State, San Diego State and Oregon among others).”

Galatis’ act was not solo, as RUEBEN LEASAU notched 8 tackles and forced a fumble for the Griffins. MAURICE CARNELL registered 5 stops and JORDAN ARNOLD logged 4 tackles and 3 sacks in Grossmont’s defensive effort.

No. 6 Golden West (3-0) at No. 15 Grossmont (2-1)

at Mashin-Roth Stadium

EastCountySports.com preview of the game

GOLDEN WEST vs. GROSSMONT at Grossmont College 9/26/2015 at 3:00
Golden West 17	Grossmont 7

SCORING	1	2	3	4	FINAL
Golden West (4-0)	7	3	7	0	17
Grossmont (2-2)	0	0	0	7	7
Grossmont College \| Mashin-Roth

PRD	TIME	SCORING SUMMARY	GOLDEN WEST – GROSSMONT
1	05:38	Golden West – Jordan Veasy 21 yd pass from Adam Vance. (Humberto Maciel kick is good). Drive: 4 plays, 45 yards in 1:31.	7 – 0
2	13:27	Golden West – Humberto Maciel 31 yd field goal.	10 – 0
3	08:55	Golden West – Jordan Veasy 11 yd pass from Adam Vance. (Humberto Maciel kick is good). Drive: 13 plays, 85 yards in 6:00.	17 – 0
4	04:56	Grossmont – Thomas McDonald 5 yd run. (Jordan Reece kick is good). Drive: 1 plays, 5 yards in 0:06.	17 – 7

GOLDEN WEST	STATISTICS	GROSSMONT
17	FIRST DOWNS	11
11 4 2	Passing Rushing Penalty	7 2 2
44% (7 of 16)	THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY	18% (3 of 17)
0% (0 of 1)	FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY	25% (1 of 4)
300	TOTAL OFFENSE	255
69 4.3	Total Offensive Plays Average gain per play	70 3.6
222	NET YARDS PASSING	190
22-32 6.9 3-18 0	Completions-Attempts Net yards per pass play Sacked: Number-Yards Had intercepted	23-45 4.2 1-4 1
78	NET YARDS RUSHING	65
37 2.1	Rushing Attempts Average gain per rush	25 2.6
7-297	PUNTS: Number-Yards	6-242
42.4	Average	40.3
22	TOTAL RETURN YARDS	101
0 0 1-14 1-8	Punt Returns: Number-Yards Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards Interception Returns: Number-Yards	4-21 4-80 0 0
9-98	PENALTIES: Number-Yards	13-120
2-2	FUMBLES: Number-Lost	4-2
1-4	SACKS: Number-Yards	3-18
1-8	INTERCEPTIONS: Number-Yards	0 0
33:03	TIME OF POSSESSION	26:57

Golden West

Grossmont

PASSING	C-A	YDS	TD
Adam Vance	20-27	198	2
Nick Sternard	2-4	24	0
Josh Smith	0-1	0	0

PASSING	C-A	YDS	INT
Michael Carrillo	18-32	154	1
Tommy Pistone	4-12	19	0
Christian Brooks	1-1	17	0

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG
Dominique Kane	8	42	5.3	18
Johnny Hills	14	32	2.3	10
Adam Vance	5	3	0.6	11
Josh Smith	3	2	0.7	7
Giles Guy-Williams	1	1	1.0	1
Malcom Smith	3	0	0.0	3
TEAM	2	0	0.0	0
Nick Sternard	1	-2	-2.0	0

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Thomas McDonald	10	48	4.8	16	1
Jamarcus Federick	8	23	2.9	10	0
Tommy Pistone	3	5	1.7	59	0
Michael Carrillo	3	-5	-1.7	5	0
TEAM	1	-6	-6.0	0	0

RECEIVING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jordan Veasy	7	102	14.6	22	2
Quest Truxton	5	47	9.4	23	0
Giles Guy-Williams	1	22	22.0	22	0
Johnny Hills	6	18	3.0	6	0
Malcom Smith	1	17	17.0	17	0
Josh Smith	1	16	16.0	16	0
Denim Sansom	1	0	0.0	0	0

RECEIVING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Sergio Bailey	5	55	11.0	21
Levi Boyd	4	43	10.8	18
Quadarius Fair	4	33	8.3	22
Paul Gooden	2	19	9.5	20
Thomas McDonald	4	16	4.0	9
Cory McKessen	3	14	4.7	9
Brandon Bonham	1	10	10.0	10

KICKING	FG	LG	XP	PTS
Humberto Maciel	1/2	31	2/2	5

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

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TB	-20
Humberto Maciel	7	297	42.4	53	2	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TB	-20
Alex Templeton	6	242	40.3	50	0	3

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	OB
Humberto Maciel	4	200	50.0	0	0

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	OB
Jordan Reece	2	104	52.0	0	1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Quest Truxton	1	14	14.0	14	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Christian Brooks	1	45	45.0	45
Tyneil Cooper	1	29	29.0	29
Miracle Tausaga	2	6	3.0	5

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Tyneil Cooper	2	11	5.5	8	0
Paul Gooden	2	10	5.0	10	0

INTERCEPTION RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jared Wilson	1	8	8.0	8	0

INTERCEPTION RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD

FUMBLES	NO	LOST
Malcom Smith	1	1
Dominique Kane	1	1

FUMBLES	NO	LOST
Michael Carrillo	1	1
Tommy Pistone	2	1
TEAM	1	0

DEFENSIVE STATISTICS
#	GOLDEN WEST	SOLO	AST	TOTAL	SACKS-YDS	TFL-YDS	FF	FR-YDS	INT-YDS	BRUP	BLKS	QBH
4	Jake Jiannoni	3	3	6	–	0.5 – 3		–	–
21	Daniel Tejeda	6	0	6	–	–		1-0	–
5	Phillip Hong	4	1	5	–	–		–	–
24	Kory Garcia	5	0	5	–	3 – 4		–	–	3
7	Tristian Green	3	0	3	–	–		–	–	1
94	Frank Larriva	2	1	3	–	–		1-0	–
17	Justin Stewart	2	0	2	1 – 4	1 – 4		–	–			2
23	Drake Kieler	2	0	2	–	–		–	–
25	Johnny Hills	2	0	2	–	–		–	–
26	Damarrea Joyce	1	1	2	–	0.5 – 3		–	–
42	Alex Alagata	2	0	2	–	–		–	–
44	Alex Ojelabi	2	0	2	–	–		–	–
57	Silas Collins	2	0	2	–	–	1	–	–
96	Dominic Surace	1	1	2	–	–		–	–		1
6	Simaj Bilal	1	0	1	–	–		–	–
9	Aszuan Whiley	1	0	1	–	–		–	–
10	Diamonte Wiggins	0	1	1	–	–		–	–
18	Damon Roberts	1	0	1	–	–		–	–
20	Johnny Johnson	1	0	1	–	–		–	–
22	Jason Thomas	1	0	1	–	–		–	–
28	Melvin Kahunanui	1	0	1	–	–		–	–
37	Dylan Sneed	1	0	1	–	–	1	–	–
43	Will Talamaivao	1	0	1	–	–		–	–
90	Bobby Orelano	1	0	1	–	–		–	–
99	Sebastian Demartini				–	–		–	–			2
31	Jared Wilson				–	–		–	1-8
TOTALS		46	8	54	1 – 4	5 – 14	2	2-0	1-8	4	1	4
#	GROSSMONT	SOLO	AST	TOTAL	SACKS-YDS	TFL-YDS	FF	FR-YDS	INT-YDS	BRUP	BLKS	QBH
47	Rueben Leasau	6	2	8	–	1.5 – 7	1	–	–	1
55	Nick Galatis	4	4	8	–	1 – 5		–	–	1
1	Maurice Carnell IV	4	1	5	–	–		–	–
20	Davaughn Murray	4	1	5	–	–		–	–
43	Kaleb Harstvedt	3	2	5	–	0.5 – 1	1	–	–
30	Airric Parker	3	1	4	1 – 8	2 – 12		–	–
45	Jordan Arnold	4	0	4	2 – 10	2 – 10		–	–	1
90	Anthony Davis	2	2	4	–	1.5 – 6		–	–
35	Armando Smith	3	0	3	–	–		–	–
91	Chris Erby	3	0	3	–	1 – 1		1-0	–
4	Derrell Whitaker	2	0	2	–	1 – 1		–	–	1
9	Cory McKessen	2	0	2	–	–		–	–
24	Tyneil Cooper	1	0	1	–	–		–	–
27	Narqesse Smith	1	0	1	–	–		–	–
32	Dominic Juarez-Lewis	1	0	1	–	–		–	–
41	Cole Kidd	1	0	1	–	–		–	–
57	Lance Leota	1	0	1	–	–		–	–
58	Billy Cummings	0	1	1	–	–		–	–
66	Trea Samifua	0	1	1	–	0.5 – 1		–	–
92	Joe Gordon	0	1	1	–	–		–	–
44	Phillip Diaz				–	–		1-0	–
29	Jemeil Jackson				–	–		–	–	1
TOTALS		45	16	61	3 – 18	11 – 44	2	2-0	–	5