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Falcons distance Olympians after half

Mesa chases a Falcons runner on Saturday night.

Mesa stays inbounds on Saturday.

2018 COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOOTBALL

CERRITOS 50, SAN DIEGO MESA 21

 

EastCountySports.com staff report

 

NORWALK – The San Diego Mesa Olympians led Cerritos College, 21-21, at halftime, but the Cerritos Falcons had the running game of Rhamondre Stevenson and won the second half, 30-0, in a 50-21 National Central League win.

The San Diego Mesa Olympians couldn’t must much of a running game themselves, moving the ball just a paltry 22 yards on the ground.

Stevenson had 270 yards rushing and three touchdowns as the Falcons beat former regional rival Mesa in the teams’ first meeting in 21 years. Cerritos beat the Olympians for the ninth straight time on Saturday night to snap its three-game losing streak.

“Cerritos is a very good football team,” Mesa coach Gary Watkins said. “They have a tough physical running game. They used that to their advantage.”

Mesa passes against Cerritos on Saturday night.

San Diego Mesa (3-4, 0-2 NCL) took the lead on the last play of the first half when the Olympian special teams blocked a 25-yard field goal attempt, as Hunter Allen picked up the ball and ran 69 yards for a touchdown.

It was a sure boost for Mesa heading into halftime taking the lead.

The Falcons had a 20-7 lead but Mesa answered with a touchdown pass from five yards by quarterback Jake Dunninway to Kevin Levesque.

Cerritos opened the scoring in the second half on a 20-yard interception return. The Falcons also scored on a 15-yard fumble return in the first half.

“We didn’t take care of the football,”  “Gave up 14 points on offense, missed tackles and didn’t play well enough to win.”

On Cerritos’ next series, Stevenson rushed up the middle for a 68-yard score

Following an interception by the Falcons, Stevenson picked up a first down on a fourh-and-2, then scored in a run from 30 yards out for his third touchdown of the game, as Cerritos moved ahead by a 43-21 margin.

“I thought the game plans were solid on both sides of the ball,” Watkins said. “I have to do a better job of reinforcing the fact that we can’t beat ourselves, can’t turn the ball over, can’t make mental mistakes and can’t have foolish penalties.”

Mesa will meet powerful Fullerton (7-0, 2-0 NCL), which is undergoing a tumultuous season, next Saturday.

“It’s a one-game season for us every weekend,” Watkins said. “We will continue to learn and be better from it. I have a great group of young men who play their tails off week in and week out. They competed to the final whistle. ”

Cerritos (4-3, 1-1 NCL) will have a conference game against Mt. San Antonio College (4-3, 0-2 NCL).


San Diego Mesa vs. Cerritos Falcons at Cerritos College
10/20/2018 at 6:00 PM
San Diego Mesa
21
Cerritos
50
SCORING 1  2  3  4  FINAL
San Diego Mesa (3-4, 0-2)  7  14  0  0  21
Cerritos (4-3, 1-1)  20  0  23  7  50
Cerritos College | Falcon Stadium
PRD TIME SCORING SUMMARY SAN DIEGO MESA – CERRITOS
1 09:41 Cerritos – R. Stevenson 1 yd run. (Paul Rodriguez kick blocked).
Drive: 4 plays, 72 yards in 1:54.
0 – 6
1 07:35 Cerritos – Jason Nettles 15 yd fumble recovery. (Paul Rodriguez kick is good). 0 – 13
1 03:09 San Diego Mesa – Kevin Levesque 5 yd pass from Jake Dunninway. (Justin Kaplan kick is good).
Drive: 10 plays, 75 yards in 4:25.
7 – 13
1 01:00 Cerritos – Jacob Gasser 52 yd pass from Isaiah Bravo. (Paul Rodriguez kick is good).
Drive: 4 plays, 70 yards in 1:59.
7 – 20
2 04:51 San Diego Mesa – Kevin Levesque 6 yd pass from Jake Dunninway. (Justin Kaplan kick is good).
Drive: 14 plays, 78 yards in 6:20.
14 – 20
2 00:00 San Diego Mesa – FG blocked, returned 69 by Hunter Allen for TD. (Justin Kaplan kick is good). 21 – 20
3 13:14 Cerritos – Latrell Stearns 20 yd interception return. (2pt conversion pass by Isaiah Bravo is good). 21 – 28
3 10:31 Cerritos – R. Stevenson 68 yd run. (2pt conversion pass by Jonathan Vaaulu is good).
Drive: 1 plays, 58 yards in 0:36.
21 – 36
3 00:42 Cerritos – R. Stevenson 30 yd run. (Paul Rodriguez kick is good).
Drive: 6 plays, 54 yards in 2:52.
21 – 43
4 08:27 Cerritos – David Walker 1 yd run. (Paul Rodriguez kick is good).
Drive: 8 plays, 41 yards in 5:14.
21 – 50
SAN DIEGO MESA STATISTICS CERRITOS
21 FIRST DOWNS 19
16
1
4
Passing
Rushing
Penalty
6
8
5
31% (4 of 13) THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 50% (5 of 10)
33% (1 of 3) FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 100% (1 of 1)
396 TOTAL OFFENSE 531
73
5.4
Total Offensive Plays
Average gain per play
55
9.7
374 NET YARDS PASSING 200
35-51
7.3
2-12
3
Completions-Attempts
Net yards per pass play
Sacked: Number-Yards
Had intercepted
14-19
10.5
1-4
0
22 NET YARDS RUSHING 331
22
1.0
Rushing Attempts
Average gain per rush
36
9.2
3-107 PUNTS: Number-Yards 2-74
35.7 Average 37.0
32 TOTAL RETURN YARDS 74
0 0
5-32
0 0
Punt Returns: Number-Yards
Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards
Interception Returns: Number-Yards
1-2
2-31
3-41
11-111 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 10-106
3-2 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 1-1
1-4 SACKS: Number-Yards 2-12
0 0 INTERCEPTIONS: Number-Yards 3-41
31:53 TIME OF POSSESSION 23:46

San Diego Mesa

Cerritos

PASSING C-A YDS LG TD INT
Jake Dunninway 34-48 355 43 2 2
Tommy Thomsen 1-3 19 19 0 1
PASSING C-A YDS LG TD INT
Isaiah Bravo 10-13 174 52 1 0
Chris Ramsey 4-6 26 12 0 0
RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
Milan Grice 1 11 11.0 11 0
Tyler Tutt 4 8 2.0 5 0
Dejon Smith 1 8 8.0 8 0
Isaiah Williams 2 7 3.5 5 0
Tommy Thomsen 1 3 3.0 3 0
Aveon Irving 4 0 0.0 4 0
Jake Dunninway 8 -7 -0.9 7 0
TEAM 1 -8 -8.0 0 0
RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
Rhamondre Stevenson 21 270 12.9 68 3
David Walker 8 38 4.8 17 1
Isaiah Bravo 3 15 5.0 11 0
Carl Odom 3 9 3.0 4 0
TEAM 1 -1 -1.0 0 0
RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
Dominic McManus 6 99 16.5 43 0
Dejon Smith 7 97 13.9 33 0
Isaiah Williams 5 52 10.4 15 0
Kevin Levesque 4 35 8.8 19 2
Austin Rumbo 2 25 12.5 15 0
Tyler Tutt 3 23 7.7 15 0
Aveon Irving 4 18 4.5 10 0
Christian Baker 2 13 6.5 8 0
Cade Weaver 2 12 6.0 8 0
RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
Jacob Gasser 4 69 17.3 52 1
Jovohn Tucker 1 49 49.0 49 0
C.J. Parks 2 34 17.0 32 0
Rhamondre Stevenson 2 21 10.5 12 0
Jeremy Haywood 1 12 12.0 12 0
Brandon Jones 1 9 9.0 9 0
Kiki Mendoza 1 4 4.0 4 0
Jamal Tate 1 1 1.0 1 0
Carl Odom 1 1 1.0 1 0
KICKING FG LG XP PTS
Justin Kaplan 3/3 3
KICKING FG LG XP PTS
Leonard Arzt 0/1 0 0
Paul Rodriguez 4/5 4
PUNTING NO YDS AVG LG TB IN 20
Cade Weaver 3 107 35.7 37 0 0
PUNTING NO YDS AVG LG TB IN 20
Isaiah Bravo 1 46 46.0 46 1 0
Paul Rodriguez 1 28 28.0 28 0 0
KICKOFFS NO YDS AVG TB OB
Justin Kaplan 3 152 50.7 0 1
KICKOFFS NO YDS AVG TB OB
Leonard Arzt 8 482 60.3 1 1
KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
Aveon Irving 3 19 6.3 13 0
D.J. Dotson 2 13 6.5 13 0
KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
Jovohn Tucker 1 30 30.0 30 0
Robert Corner 1 1 1.0 1 0
PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
Kiki Mendoza 1 2 2.0 2 0
INTERCEPTION RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
INTERCEPTION RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
Noah Peterson 1 5 5.0 5 0
Latrell Stearns 1 20 20.0 20 1
Dior Denson 1 16 16.0 16 0
FUMBLES NO LOST
Jake Dunninway 1 1
Aveon Irving 1 0
TEAM 1 1
FUMBLES NO LOST
Rhamondre Stevenson 1 1
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS
# SAN DIEGO MESA SOLO AST TOTAL SACKS-YDS TFL-YDS FF FR-YDS INT-YDS BRUP BLKS QBH
6 Reginald Prince 5 8 13 1 – 4 1 – 4
20 Brendan Torrance 2 7 9
43 Isaiah Bolden 3 3 6 1 – 4
22 Darriel Weathers 3 2 5
28 D.J. Dotson 3 2 5
30 Havani Makihele 1 4 5 1-0
99 Hugh Anthony 2 3 5
58 Devin Sanders 1 3 4
12 Isaiah Williams 1 2 3
1D Hunter Allen 0 2 2
2 Isaiah Sayles 0 2 2
17 Joel Bracomontes 1 1 2
39 Jose Briseno 1 1 2
1C Anthony Barksdale 0 1 1
1A Matt Cain 1 0 1
1B Alex Lemon 0 1 1
11 Dejon Smith 1 0 1
14 Sammy Muniz 0 1 1
21 Aveon Irving 0 1 1
31 Andre Kell 1 0 1
TM TEAM 1
53 Eric Payton 1
TOTALS 26 44 70 1 – 4 2 – 8 1-0 2
# CERRITOS SOLO AST TOTAL SACKS-YDS TFL-YDS FF FR-YDS INT-YDS BRUP BLKS QBH
2D Noah Guzman 6 4 10 1 – 1 1
10 Latrell Stearns 3 5 8 1-20
32 Jason Nettles 4 4 8 2 – 12 3 – 26 1 1-15 1
1F Tishawn Barnaby 3 2 5
20 Dior Denson 4 1 5 1-16 1
56 Jordan Thomas 0 5 5
1H Bryan Sarnowski 3 1 4
1E Ronald Jones 1 3 4 1
3D Tre’Vion Ballard 2 2 4
7D Noah Peterson 1 3 4 1-5
1D Robert Corner 2 1 3
44 Etieni Valele 0 3 3
99 Anthony Shipton 1 2 3
6D Nate Walker 0 2 2
42 Tyson Reed 0 2 2
50 Daniel Faamatau 0 1 1
91 Trevon Holloway 1 0 1 1 – 8 1 1-0
98 Daleoun Arthur 0 1 1 2
TOTALS 31 42 73 2 – 12 5 – 35 2 2-15 3-41 3 3
OTHER INFORMATION
Location: Cerritos College
Stadium: Falcon Stadium
Attendance: 750
Referee: David Bautista
Umpire: Jeremy Jones
Head Linesman: Jeffrey Osborne
Line Judge: Tony Shaw
Back Judge: Rob Schaerer
Field Judge: Garrett Earls
Side Judge: Kainan Kiesen

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