Article & Photos by David Bradshaw
The
Eagles received the opening kickoff and wasted no time getting on the
board. They took just under 2 minutes to score on a Brett
Virgil pass the Javier
Luna took 42 yards for the TD. The
extra point made it 7-0.
Glendale
punted it back to San Jacinto. The Eagles offense marched right down
the field again on a 4 yard Sherod White
scoring run to make it 14-0.
Glendale
was able to drive deep into MSJC territory and was set up on a 3rd
and goal when Big Michael Erim
intercepted a tipped pass to stop the
drive. stalled on it’s next drive punting it back to Glendale.
The San
Jacinto defense appeared to have their second interception of the day
but it was waived off due to a pass interference call, keeping the
Glendale drive alive. Glendale went for the first on 4th down just
inside MSJC territory but were turned awa, turning the ball over on
downs.
Virgil
wasted no time with a spectacular run, dodging would be tacklers and
setting up the MSJC offense deep in Glendale’s end. Virgil found
CJ Sullivan with 3 yard TD pass to push
the lead to 21-0 at the half.
Glendale
got the ball to start the second half and were forced to punt. San
Jacinto's Kari Oates fielded
the punt and began to walk forward, as several Glendale defenders
stood near, apparently thinking he called for a fair catch. He had
not and after walking through the initial defenders he raced 70 yards
for the TD, making it a 28-0 game.
That
would be the start of a wild third quarter that would have 35 points
scored. Glendale scored on the first play after the ensuing kickoff
on a 63 yard TD run by Tru Fugate,
making it 28-7.
MSJC
was forced to punt on the next drive. A short punt set up the
Glendale drive. MSJC appeared to have another interception, but it
was negated by on offside penalty, Glendale took advantage of the
break and scored on a 1 yard QB sneak by Nathan
Eldridge, closing the score to 28-14.
Luna
returned the kickoff to the Glendale 20 yard line. Virgil scored 3
plays later on a 12 yard run, pushing the lead back 35-14. Glendale
took their turn at returning a kick to San Jacinto's 19 yd line.
Glendale scored 4 plays later on a 2 yard Fugate TD run making it
35-21. Closing out a wild 3rd quarter.
MSJC
had to punt and Glendale marched 78 yards, scoring on a 9 yard run by
Elijah Washington to make it a one
score game, 35-28.
MSJC
was again forced to punt the ball back to Glendale with a chance to
tie. Glendale moved into MSJC territory but the drive ended on a
huge sack by Kervin Jones.
The MSJC offense moved into scoring position and was faced with a
fourth down pass that appeared to fall incomplete.
A late
flag for pass interference gave the San Jacinto offense the boast it
needed and Sherod White scored
on an 18 yard touchdown run. MSJC caught Glendale off guard and
completed the 2 point conversion making it 43-28.
The San
Jacinto defense stopped Glendale on 4th down near mid field giving
the ball back to the offense with around 3 minutes left. MSJC could
not gain a 1st down and decided to go for it on 4th down. The attempt
was stopped by Glendale giving their offense the ball with just over
2 minutes left in the game.
On
their second play, linebacker Steven Bradshaw intercepted a tipped
pass giving the ball back to the offense.
Brett Virgil scored 3 plays later on a
42 yard run closing out the scoring at 50-28.
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