St. Francis had a 14-point lead 4 minutes into the sport due to an interception and fumble restoration and by no means trailed Friday in a 24-14 victory over Valley Christian.
The win sends the Lancers on to the Central Coast Part Open Division championship recreation towards St. Ignatius in a 7 p.m. begin subsequent Friday at San Jose Metropolis School..
Quentin Robinson’s 53-yard interception return for a landing on Valley Christian’s third play from scrimmage obtained the scoring began. Then a Sefanaia Alatini fumble restoration arrange Kingston Keanaaina’s 19-yard landing run for the early 14-0 lead.
Valley Christian responded within the second quarter on a 6-yard landing move from freshman Rome Leota-Pritchard to sophomore Riley McElvane to make it 14-7 at halftime.
Defenses took over within the third quarter because the groups mixed to punt 5 instances. It remained a one-score recreation till the Lancers lastly obtained some respiratory room when Aaron Wong kicked a 23-yard area aim with 4 minutes left.
“Valley had a good plan,” St. Francis coach Greg Calcagno stated. “They loaded the box and moved Champ (Taulealea) around.”
“Our defense played great,” Valley Christian coach Mike Machado stated, making a degree to say the names of defensive finish Micah Mosley, defensive tackles Edgar Birelas and Federico Cobarubio and cornerback Aaron Noriega Jr., along with the Washington-bound Taulealea.
Alatini, a senior security, then got here up together with his second turnover of the sport, an interception, to get the ball again for St. Francis..
“A heck of a football player,” Calcagno stated. “Very athletic, very strong. A hitter. Good at covering space and physical at the point of attack.”
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That arrange Keanaaina, who broke a 75-yard run for his second landing of the sport and twenty third of the season, to make it 24-7. The BYU-bound senior completed with 219 yards dashing on 29 carries.
Leota-Pritchard related with McElvane once more on a 20-yard TD move within the ultimate seconds to shut out the scoring. Leota-Pritchard accomplished 16 of 23 passes for 222 yards.
