Mesa has five picks, El Camino wins late

By Ramon Scott
Updated: October 14, 2018

Mesa sideline on Saturday night.

2018 EAST COUNTY PREP FOOTBALL

EL CAMINO 51, SAN DIEGO MESA 44

EastCountySports.com staff report

SAN DIEGO – The El Camino Warriors scored two touchdowns in the final 3:22, including an 18-yard scoring pass with 14 seconds left to defeat host San Diego Mesa in a National Central League opener on Saturday night.

The Olympians did some rallying of their own in the fourth quarter, erasing a six-point deficit with a pair of scores.

DEJON SMITH caught a 7-yard touchdown pass from JAKE DUNNINWAY, then Dunninway rushed for a 17-yard TD to put Mesa up 44-36 with 8:19 to go in the game.

Smith scored on a 36-yard pass from Dunninway early in the second quarter to give Mesa (3-3) a 14-0 lead.

Mesa kicker JUSTIN KAPLAN hit a 31-yard field goal with 4:46 to go in the second quarter as the hosts led 16-7 at the half in a reasonable scoring contest.

Then things broke loose in the second half.

Dunninway had a 36-yard scoring pass to AUSTIN RUMBO to put Mesa ahead 23-14 early in the third after the Warriors scored on their first possession of the second half.

The Olympians pretty much wore out their turnover trashcan again on the sidelines with five interceptions, including one that resulted in a 75-yard touchdown by BRENDAN TORRANCE that gave Mesa a 30-21 edge.

El Camino (4-2) erased that lead and grabbed an edge for the first time with two quick scores late in the third quarter.

The Warriors turned the nine-point deficit into a six-point lead in just 2:15.

After Jonah Tavai tied the game for ECC with his second touchdown with 3:22 remaining, Trevon Clark caught an 18-yard touchdown pass from Aaron Tomas with 14 seconds left.

“(El Camino) did go up-tempo in the second half,” Mesa coach GARY WATKINS said. “Our defense played hard until the very last snap.”

Dunninway finished with 464 yards passing on 30-of-44 attempts and four touchdowns, although ECC out-gained the Olympians 546-498.

“We didn’t execute in the moments that we had to,” Watkins said. “Yeah, we made some really explosive plays, but we had the ball inside the 5-yard line two, maybe three, times and we didn’t capitalize on that.”

The game had 31 penalties for 275 yards combined.

“It’s brutal, man,” Watkins said. “The number of unsportsmanlike calls, let the kids play.”

Smith caught 10 passes for 162 yards, while DOMINIC MCMANUS had seven receptions for 120 yards.

KEVIN LEVESQUE scored the only touchdown of the first quarter on a reception.

Former Mount Miguel Matador SANTINO PACHECO got his interception slammed into the receptacle, while AVEON IRVING had two of the five picks.

“Our defense fought all night,” Watkins said. “They were out there for 94 plays and that’s a lot of plays for any defense. That takes a toll when the game comes down to the wire.”

Mesa faces Cerritos College next on the road.

El Camino vs. San Diego Mesa at San Diego Mesa 10/13/2018 at 6:00 PM
El Camino 51	San Diego Mesa 44

SCORING	1	2	3	4	FINAL
El Camino (5-2, 2-0)	0	7	29	15	51
San Diego Mesa (3-4, 0-2)	7	9	14	14	44
San Diego Mesa \| Merrill Douglas Stad

PRD	TIME	SCORING SUMMARY	EL CAMINO – SAN DIEGO MESA
1	02:34	San Diego Mesa – Kevin Levesque 25 yd pass from Jake Dunninway. (Justin Kaplan kick is good). Drive: 1 plays, 1 yards in 0:05.	0 – 7
2	13:07	San Diego Mesa – Dejon Smith 36 yd pass from Jake Dunninway. (Justin Kaplan kick failed). Drive: 3 plays, 21 yards in 1:19.	0 – 13
2	08:12	El Camino – Kishawn Berry 19 yd pass from Grant Ferrauilo. (Chris Valle kick is good). Drive: 6 plays, 10 yards in 1:58.	7 – 13
2	04:46	San Diego Mesa – Justin Kaplan 31 yd field goal. Drive: 10 plays, 62 yards in 2:49.	7 – 16
3	12:05	El Camino – Trevon Clark 13 yd pass from Grant Ferrauilo. (Omar Beltran kick is good).	14 – 16
3	09:46	San Diego Mesa – Austin Rumbo 36 yd pass from Jake Dunninway. (Justin Kaplan kick is good). Drive: 6 plays, 80 yards in 1:55.	14 – 23
3	07:11	El Camino – Kishawn Berry 10 yd pass from Grant Ferrauilo. (Chris Valle kick is good). Drive: 3 plays, 30 yards in 0:49.	21 – 23
3	05:31	San Diego Mesa – Brendan Torranc 75 yd interception return. (Justin Kaplan kick is good). Drive: 13 plays, 55 yards in 4:57.	21 – 30
3	02:15	El Camino – Trevon Clark 15 yd pass from Aaron Thomas. (Omar Beltran kick is good).	28 – 30
3	01:10	El Camino – Jonah Tavai 3 yd run. (2pt conversion pass by Shawn Prejean is good).	36 – 30
4	12:40	San Diego Mesa – Dejon Smith 7 yd pass from Jake Dunninway. (Justin Kaplan kick is good).	36 – 37
4	08:19	San Diego Mesa – Jake Dunninway 17 yd run. (Justin Kaplan kick is good).	36 – 44
4	03:22	El Camino – Jonah Tavai 1 yd run. (2pt conversion rush by Raymond Graham is good).	44 – 44
4	00:14	El Camino – Trevon Clark 18 yd pass from Aaron Thomas. (Chris Valle kick is good).	51 – 44

EL CAMINO	STATISTICS	SAN DIEGO MESA
36	FIRST DOWNS	25
20 13 3	Passing Rushing Penalty	18 2 5
59% (10 of 17)	THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY	43% (6 of 14)
67% (2 of 3)	FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY	0% (0 of 2)
546	TOTAL OFFENSE	498
94 5.8	Total Offensive Plays Average gain per play	72 6.9
346	NET YARDS PASSING	464
32-51 6.8 1-10 5	Completions-Attempts Net yards per pass play Sacked: Number-Yards Had intercepted	30-44 10.5 2-16 2
200	NET YARDS RUSHING	34
43 4.7	Rushing Attempts Average gain per rush	28 1.2
3-103	PUNTS: Number-Yards	3-126
34.3	Average	42.0
119	TOTAL RETURN YARDS	181
1-4 8-103 2-12	Punt Returns: Number-Yards Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards Interception Returns: Number-Yards	0 0 4-56 5-125
15-142	PENALTIES: Number-Yards	16-126
1-1	FUMBLES: Number-Lost	3-2
2-16	SACKS: Number-Yards	1-10
2-12	INTERCEPTIONS: Number-Yards	5-125
28:25	TIME OF POSSESSION	31:35

El Camino

San Diego Mesa

PASSING	C-A	YDS	LG	TD	INT
Grant Ferrauilo	16-30	187	24	3	3
Aaron Thomas	16-20	159	30	2	1
Jeff Hansen	0-1	0	0	0	1

PASSING	C-A	YDS	LG	TD	INT
Jake Dunninway	30-44	464	44	4	2

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Raymond Graham	21	132	6.3	43	0
Shawn Prejean	11	35	3.2	12	0
Aaron Thomas	4	13	3.3	18	0
Tauaese Taz	1	11	11.0	11	0
Jonah Tavai	3	5	1.7	3	2
Jeff Hansen	2	4	2.0	3	0
Grant Ferrauilo	1	0	0.0	0	0

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Alex Lemon	5	12	2.4	8	0
Tyler Tutt	9	9	1.0	7	0
Aveon Irving	2	8	4.0	5	0
Jake Dunninway	12	5	0.4	17	1

RECEIVING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Trevon Clark	10	151	15.1	30	3
Kishawn Berry	8	82	10.3	19	2
Gabriel Bermudez	5	58	11.6	24	0
Kyrin Cannon	4	29	7.3	9	0
Shawn Prejean	2	12	6.0	7	0
Claude Coleman	1	10	10.0	10	0
Team	1	4	4.0	4	0
Grant Ferrauilo	1	0	0.0	0	0

RECEIVING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Dejon Smith	10	162	16.2	44	2
Dominic McManus	7	120	17.1	35	0
Austin Rumbo	4	70	17.5	36	1
Tyler Tutt	3	37	12.3	38	0
Kevin Levesque	3	37	12.3	25	1
Cade Weaver	1	30	30.0	30	0
Alex Lemon	1	4	4.0	4	0
Team	1	4	4.0	4	0

KICKING	XP	PTS
Shawn Prejean	0/0	0
Raymond Graham	0/0	0
Omar Beltran	2/2	2
Jonah Tavai	0/0	0
Chris Valle	3/3	3

KICKING	FG	LG	XP	PTS
Justin Kaplan	1/2	31	5/6	8

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TB	IN 20
Shawn Prejean	2	70	35.0	36	0	0
Joseph Rodriguez	1	33	33.0	33	0	0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TB	IN 20
Cade Weaver	3	126	42.0	47	0	1

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	OB
Omar Beltran	8	430	53.8	1	0

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	OB
Justin Kaplan	8	377	47.1	0	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Asamm Burroughs	2	36	18.0	23
Kishawn Berry	2	35	17.5	19
Aaron Magee	2	23	11.5	18
Jordan Brown	1	10	10.0	10
Taylor Davis	1	-1	-1.0	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Aveon Irving	1	19	19.0	19
Aveon Irving	1	18	18.0	18
D.J. Dotson	1	17	17.0	17
Matt Cain	1	2	2.0	2

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Asamm Burroughs	1	4	4.0	4	0

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD

INTERCEPTION RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Isaiah Lemos	2	12	6.0	13	0

INTERCEPTION RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Santino Pacheco	1	0	0.0	0	0
Brendan Torrance	1	75	75.0	75	1
Aveon Irving	2	52	26.0	37	0
Damurier Palmer	1	-2	-2.0	0	0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST
Jeff Hansen	1	1

FUMBLES	NO	LOST
Tyler Tutt	1	1
Jake Dunninway	1	0
Dominic McManus	1	1

DEFENSIVE STATISTICS
#	EL CAMINO	SOLO	AST	TOTAL	SACKS-YDS	TFL-YDS	FF	FR-YDS	INT-YDS	BRUP	BLKS	QBH
TM	Team	9	0	9	1 – 7	2 – 13		–	–
17	Jaymin Austin	3	5	8	–	1 – 4		–	–			1
3D	Angelo Pacheco	2	3	5	–	1 – 2		–	–
8	Shawn Prejean	4	1	5	–	1 – 1		–	–
8D	Quinn Perry	3	2	5	–	–		–	–
56	Jonah Tavai	1	3	4	–	0.5 – 0		–	–
4D	Ryan Nixon	2	1	3	–	–		–	–
20	Isaiah Lemos	2	1	3	–	–		–	2-12	1
22	Jordan Brown	1	2	3	–	1 – 1		–	–
52	Justin Martz	2	1	3	1 – 9	1 – 9		–	–
57	Sioeli Pulu	1	2	3	–	1.5 – 3		–	–
7D	Vincent Heard	0	2	2	–	–		–	–
9	Asaph Zamora	1	1	2	–	–		–	–
33	Alfredo Reyes	1	1	2	–	–		–	–
43	John Ti’a	0	2	2	–	–		–	–
53	Christion Johnson	2	0	2	–	–	1	1-0	–
98	Vandrew Epenesa	0	2	2	–	–		–	–	1
1D	Jaylen Stewart	1	0	1	–	–		–	–	1
2D	Jayquan Richardson	1	0	1	–	–		–	–
3	Bryan Jones	0	1	1	–	–		1-0	–
4	Tauaese Taz	1	0	1	–	–		–	–
6D	Jaylen Morgan	1	0	1	–	–		–	–
7	Aaron Magee	0	1	1	–	–		–	–
9D	John Hubbard-Johnson	0	1	1	–	–		–	–
11	Grant Ferrauilo	0	1	1	–	–		–	–
13	Trevon Clark	1	0	1	–	–		–	–
18	Anthony Lemos	0	1	1	–	–		–	–
30	Ridge Ford	0	1	1	–	–		–	–
31	Taylor Davis	1	0	1	–	–		–	–
66	Hugo Miranda	0	1	1	–	–		–	–
34	Rooney Amisone III				–	–		–	–	1
TOTALS		40	36	76	2 – 16	9 – 33	1	2-0	2-12	4		1
#	SAN DIEGO MESA	SOLO	AST	TOTAL	SACKS-YDS	TFL-YDS	FF	FR-YDS	INT-YDS	BRUP	BLKS	QBH
20	Brendan Torrance	9	6	15	–	1.5 – 6		–	1-75
TM	Team	12	0	12	–	–	1	–	–
23	Damurier Palmer	6	4	10	–	0.5 – 2		–	1–2	1
31	Andre Kell	6	4	10	–	1 – 1		1-0	–
19	Santino Pacheco	4	2	6	–	–		–	1-0
22	Darriel Weathers	3	3	6	–	–		–	–	2
2D	Isaiah Williams	2	3	5	1 – 10	1.5 – 11		–	–
28	D.J. Dotson	3	1	4	–	–		–	–	2
12	Alex Lemon	1	2	3	–	–		–	–
14	Sammy Muniz	2	1	3	–	–		–	–
21	Aveon Irving	1	2	3	–	–		–	2-52	1
43	Isaiah Bolden	1	2	3	–	0.5 – 1		–	–
54	Isaiah Mitchell	1	2	3	–	–		–	–
99	Hugh Anthony	0	3	3	–	1 – 4		–	–
17	Joel Bracomontes	1	1	2	–	–		–	–
85	Kevin Levesque	0	2	2	–	–		–	–
11	Dejon Smith	0	1	1	–	–		–	–
26	Junior Salas	0	1	1	–	–		–	–
29	Fernando Harris	1	0	1	–	–		–	–
30	Havani Makihele	0	1	1	–	–		–	–
37	Ryan Jewell	0	1	1	–	–		–	–
50	Kalid Ali	0	1	1	–	–		–	–
88	Austin Rumbo	0	1	1	–	–		–	–
TOTALS		53	44	97	1 – 10	6 – 25	1	1-0	5-125	6