Warriors overcome Curry’s 4 TD passes

By Ramon Scott
Updated: October 28, 2018

Second TD catch of the game by Logan Gamble, of Palomar College. / photo by Hugh Cox

2018 COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOOTBALL

EL CAMINO 42, PALOMAR 35

By Tom Saxe

Special to EastCountySports.com

TORRANCE (10-27-2018) – Palomar, which came into the game ranked 16th in the state, came so near but yet so far from knocking off 10th-ranked El Camino on Saturday evening and grabbing ownership of the inside track to becoming the Central Conference’s No. 1 playoff representative in the process.

Quarterback Connor Curry completed 28 of 49 pass attempts for 389 yards and four touchdowns but the Warriors held off the Comets 42-35 at Murdoch Stadium by taking advantage of two late fake punts and a failed Palomar on-side kick late in the fourth quarter.

A TD catch by Mikel Barkley, of Palomar, on Saturday night. / photo by Hugh Cox

Curry threw two touchdown passes to Cal transfer Logan Gamble for 9 yards and 36 yards, a 38 TD pass to Johnny Armentrout (El Camino High), a 26-yard TD pass Mikel Barkley and a late two-point conversion pass to Barkley.

Palomar, meanwhile, helped hang itself with dropped passes in the open past the El Camino secondary, missed assignments, costly penalties and three lost fumbles.

“We did so many good things, including some spectacular things, and kept battling back, but missed too many of our opportunities, had too many dropped balls and untimely penalties and were hurt by their two fake punts,” coach Joe Early said. “If we would have executed, we wouldn’t have been in the situation we found ourselves in at the end.”

The Comets also were victims of missed tackles, a missed field goal and a missed extra point.

Palomar’s other TD came on an 8-yard run on a double-reverse by Malachi Russell (El Camino High).

Gamble finished with five receptions for 80 yards and the two TDs. Devin Nilson (Carlsbad High) caught six passes for 71 yards and returned six punts for 90 yards and David Wigand (Mission Hills High) returned three kickoffs for 144 yards with a long of 61 yards. Barkley, Armentrout, Bryce Walker, Johnny Arzola (Oceanside High), Russell and Zach Morel (Vista High) joined Gamble and Nilson with multiple receptions.

Defensively, the Comets kept El Camino’s relentless offensive attack off balance with 13 tackles for loss for 47 yards. Chris Calhoun (Mission Hills High) contributed nine tackles (seven solo) and a quarterback hurry; Spencer Kaoanga (Oceanside High) had nine tackles, including 2.5 for loss, and a QB hurry and Josh Bernard (Oceanside High) had eight tackles (seven solo) including four tackles for loss.

Palomar will play its final home game next Saturday when the Comets host Cerritos, a winner over Mt. SAC Saturday evening, at Escondido High’s Chick Embrey Field at Wilson Stadium.

Palomar vs. El Camino College at Torrance, Calif. 10/27/2018 at 6:00 PM
Palomar 35	El Camino 42

SCORING	1	2	3	4	FINAL
Palomar (4-4)	0	7	7	21	35
El Camino (6-2)	7	7	21	7	42
Torrance, Calif. \| Murdock Stadium

PRD	TIME	SCORING SUMMARY	PALOMAR – EL CAMINO
1	11:29	El Camino – Kishawn Berry 8 yd pass from Grant Ferrauilo. (Chris Valle kick is good). Drive: 8 plays, 70 yards in 3:31.	0 – 7
2	12:39	El Camino – Shawn Prejean 63 yd pass from Aaron Thomas. (Omar Beltran kick is good). Drive: 3 plays, 65 yards in 1:08.	0 – 14
2	09:10	Palomar – Logan Gamble 9 yd pass from Connor Curry. (Mark Meader kick is good). Drive: 8 plays, 59 yards in 3:23.	7 – 14
3	12:03	El Camino – Tauaese Taz 44 yd run. (Chris Valle kick is good). Drive: 2 plays, 45 yards in 0:39.	7 – 21
3	09:06	El Camino – Tauaese Taz 5 yd run. (Omar Beltran kick is good). Drive: 6 plays, 30 yards in 2:00.	7 – 28
3	04:31	El Camino – Kameron Denmark 4 yd run. (Chris Valle kick is good). Drive: 10 plays, 77 yards in 4:14.	7 – 35
3	03:42	Palomar – J. Armentrout 38 yd pass from Connor Curry. (Mark Meader kick is good). Drive: 3 plays, 42 yards in 0:43.	14 – 35
4	14:42	Palomar – Malachi Russell 8 yd run. (Mark Meader kick blocked). Drive: 8 plays, 68 yards in 2:25.	20 – 35
4	08:35	Palomar – Mikel Barkley 26 yd pass from Connor Curry. (Mark Meader kick is good). Drive: 6 plays, 44 yards in 1:47.	27 – 35
4	03:57	El Camino – Jeff Hansen 1 yd run. (Omar Beltran kick is good). Drive: 10 plays, 75 yards in 4:38.	27 – 42
4	01:53	Palomar – Logan Gamble 36 yd pass from Connor Curry. (2pt conversion pass by Mikel Barkley is good). Drive: 7 plays, 73 yards in 2:04.	35 – 42

PALOMAR	STATISTICS	EL CAMINO
22	FIRST DOWNS	20
17 3 2	Passing Rushing Penalty	7 11 2
43% (6 of 14)	THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY	39% (7 of 18)
25% (1 of 4)	FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY	50% (2 of 4)
450	TOTAL OFFENSE	497
76 5.9	Total Offensive Plays Average gain per play	79 6.3
389	NET YARDS PASSING	230
28-49 7.9 5-28 1	Completions-Attempts Net yards per pass play Sacked: Number-Yards Had intercepted	15-28 8.2 3-11 0
61	NET YARDS RUSHING	267
27 2.3	Rushing Attempts Average gain per rush	51 5.2
2-68	PUNTS: Number-Yards	7-263
34.0	Average	37.6
279	TOTAL RETURN YARDS	71
7-91 6-188 0 0	Punt Returns: Number-Yards Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards Interception Returns: Number-Yards	0 0 3-52 1-19
7-85	PENALTIES: Number-Yards	11-97
3-3	FUMBLES: Number-Lost	1-0
3-11	SACKS: Number-Yards	5-28
0 0	INTERCEPTIONS: Number-Yards	1-19
27:33	TIME OF POSSESSION	32:27

Palomar

El Camino

PASSING	C-A	YDS	LG	TD	INT
Connor Curry	28-49	389	38	4	1

PASSING	C-A	YDS	LG	TD	INT
Aaron Thomas	11-19	174	63	1	0
Grant Ferrauilo	4-9	56	44	1	0

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Shevell Sterling	6	27	4.5	9	0
DeVion Sneed	6	21	3.5	8	0
Malachi Russell	0	8		0	1
Connor Curry	12	4	0.3	10	0
Damon Wigand	2	4	2.0	4	0
Devin Nilson	1	-3	-3.0	0	0

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Taz Tauaese	7	133	19.0	72	2
Sean Davenport	8	43	5.4	13	0
Aaron Thomas	8	37	4.6	13	0
Jeff Hansen	3	29	9.7	27	1
Quinn Perry	1	22	22.0	22	0
Shawn Prejean	10	15	1.5	17	0
Raymond Graham	3	12	4.0	10	0
Aundre Carter	2	6	3.0	5	0
Kameron Denmark	5	1	0.2	4	1
Kishawn Berry	1	-8	-8.0	0	0
Grant Ferrauilo	2	-9	-4.5	0	0
Omar Beltran	1	-14	-14.0	0	0

RECEIVING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Logan Gamble	5	80	16.0	36	2
Devin Nilson	6	71	11.8	22	0
Mikel Barkley	3	70	23.3	26	1
Johnny Armentrout	3	53	17.7	38	1
Bryce Walker	2	33	16.5	27	0
Johnny Arzola	3	31	10.3	16	0
Malachi Russell	2	21	10.5	17	0
Zach Morel	2	12	6.0	5	0
Shevell Sterling	1	10	10.0	10	0
William Gonzalez	1	8	8.0	8	0

RECEIVING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Trevon Clark	4	91	22.8	44	0
Shawn Prejean	2	68	34.0	63	1
Kishawn Berry	5	40	8.0	18	1
Aaron Magee	2	19	9.5	12	0
Gabriel Bermudez	1	10	10.0	10	0
Kameron Spencer	1	2	2.0	2	0

KICKING	FG	LG	XP	PTS
Mark Meader	0/1	0	3/4	3
Mikel Barkley			0/0	0
Connor Curry			0/0	0

KICKING	XP	PTS
Ridge Ford	0/0	0
Omar Beltran	3/3	3
Chris Valle	3/3	3

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TB	IN 20
Jacob Stepanek	2	68	34.0	36	0	0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TB	IN 20
Quinn Perry	6	227	37.8	42	0	0
Joseph Rodriguez	1	36	36.0	36	0	0

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	OB
Mark Meader	5	253	50.6	1	0

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	OB
Omar Beltran	5	266	53.2	0	0
Chris Valle	2	54	27.0	0	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Damon Wigand	3	144	48.0	61
Lamar Raboteau	1	21	21.0	21
Orion Diaz	1	15	15.0	15
Adrien Robinson	1	8	8.0	8

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Taz Tauaese	2	34	17.0	18	0
Asamm Burroughs	1	18	18.0	18	0

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Devin Nilson	6	90	15.0	26	0
Johnny Arzola	1	1	1.0	1	0

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD

INTERCEPTION RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD

INTERCEPTION RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Isaiah Lemos	1	19	19.0	19	0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST
Zach Morel	1	1
DeVion Sneed	2	2

FUMBLES	NO	LOST
Kishawn Berry	1	0

DEFENSIVE STATISTICS
#	PALOMAR	SOLO	AST	TOTAL	SACKS-YDS	TFL-YDS	FF	FR-YDS	INT-YDS	BRUP	BLKS	QBH
33	Giovanni Herrera	5	4	9	–	–		–	–	1
43	Chris Calhoun	7	2	9	–	0.5 – 1		–	–			1
45	Spencer Kaoanga	2	7	9	–	2.5 – 9		–	–			1
29	Josh Bernard	7	1	8	–	4 – 8		–	–
1	Jay Craft	6	0	6	–	1 – 14		–	–
26	Maxwell Milner	4	1	5	–	0.5 – 1		–	–	1
97	Vaaalotasi Ierome	3	2	5	1.5 – 5	1.5 – 5		–	–
49	Orion Diaz	3	0	3	–	1 – 1		–	–
21	Louie Flores	1	1	2	–	–		–	–	1
42	Kaaina Lewis	2	0	2	–	–		–	–
91	Jayson Pace	2	0	2	1 – 5	1 – 5		–	–			1
94	Nick So’oto	0	2	2	–	0.5 – 2		–	–
96	Jordan Duson	2	0	2	–	–		–	–
98	Mason Simeta	1	1	2	0.5 – 1	0.5 – 1		–	–			1
6	Logan Gamble	1	0	1	–	–		–	–
18	Malachi Russell	1	0	1	–	–		–	–
23	Adrien Robinson	0	1	1	–	–		–	–
24	Damon Wigand	1	0	1	–	–		–	–
93	Martin Bonacci	1	0	1	–	–		–	–			1
99	Isaac Tuia	1	0	1	–	–		–	–			1
92	Koa Evalu-Robinson				–	–		–	–			1
TOTALS		50	22	72	3 – 11	13 – 47		0-0	–	3		7
#	EL CAMINO	SOLO	AST	TOTAL	SACKS-YDS	TFL-YDS	FF	FR-YDS	INT-YDS	BRUP	BLKS	QBH
7D	Vincent Heard	5	1	6	–	–	1	1-0	–	1
8D	Quinn Perry	5	1	6	1.5 – 6	2.5 – 9	2	1-0	–
22	Jordan Brown	4	2	6	–	–		1-10	–		1	2
20	Isaiah Lemos	5	0	5	–	–		–	1-19	1
52	Justin Martz	4	1	5	1.5 – 11	1.5 – 11		–	–
17	Jaymin Austin	3	1	4	–	–		–	–
6D	Jaylen Morgan	2	1	3	–	–		–	–	1
33	Alfredo Reyes	3	0	3	–	–		–	–	2
57	Sioeli Pulu	1	2	3	0.5 – 2	1.5 – 5		–	–			2
1D	Jaylen Stewart	1	1	2	–	–		–	–
3D	Angelo Pacheco	1	1	2	0.5 – 3	0.5 – 3		–	–
5D	Juston David	2	0	2	–	–		–	–
16	Jeff Hansen	1	1	2	–	–		–	–
18	Anthony Lemos	2	0	2	–	–		–	–
26	Kameron Denmark	1	1	2	–	–		–	–
28	Aaron Hatfield	1	1	2	–	–		–	–
30	Ridge Ford	2	0	2	–	–		–	–
47	Omar Beltran	2	0	2	–	–		–	–
53	Christion Johnson	1	1	2	–	–		–	–			1
56	Jonah Tavai	1	1	2	0.5 – 2	0.5 – 2		–	–			2
4D	Ryan Nixon	1	0	1	–	–		–	–
9D	John Hubbard-Johnson	1	0	1	–	–		–	–
10	Kyrin Cannon	1	0	1	–	–		–	–
31	Taylor Davis	1	0	1	–	–		–	–
32	Ali Chokr	1	0	1	–	–		–	–
43	John Ti’a	1	0	1	–	–		–	–
49	Lancelott Manuleleua	0	1	1	–	–		–	–
98	Vandrew Epenesa	0	1	1	0.5 – 4	0.5 – 4		–	–
2D	Jayquan Richardson				–	–		–	–	1
TOTALS		53	18	71	5 – 28	7 – 34	3	3-10	1-19	6	1	7

OTHER INFORMATION
Location: Torrance, Calif. Stadium: Murdock Stadium Attendance: 145	Referee: David Bautista Umpire: Jeremy Jones Head Linesman: Trent Brown Line Judge: Tony Shaw Back Judge: Rob Schaerer Field Judge: Kainan Kieser Side Judge: Michael Moore Scorekeeper: Larry Daniels