For a high school football team, starting 0-4 does not mean the demise of a season, but it’s a spot every competing team, or a CIF hopeful, wants to avoid. In Friday night’s match up be…
For a high school football team, starting 0-4 does not mean the demise of a season, but it’s a spot every competing team, or a CIF hopeful, wants to avoid.
“You look at those first few games against Cathedral and against Granite Hills,and we were right in those games. To get these guys battling and understanding howgood they can be is something we’re working through. Were going to get some guysback coming off this five-game stretch, so we’re hopeful we can get healthy and make anice run,” said Crusaders coach Rashard Cook.
The Crusaders offense, while balanced, was able to find numerous explosiveplays through the air in the first 1st half. Mater Dei quarterback Kartell Purvis was in rhythmearly, connecting on three first-half passing touchdowns that included a 54-yarderon a excellent seam ball to Larell Parker and a 35-yard touchdown pass to Isaiah Cook.
While the first half was filled with chunk plays for Mater Dei, the second halfturned into a game of keep-away, leaning into their running game of Jordan Dumaranand Jeremiah King, and a short passing game to slowly but surely bleed the clock out.Meanwhile, on defense, linebackers Sebastian Hernandez and Diego Mendozawould do an excellent job of containing the Mira Mesa running game that found so muchsuccess in the first half.
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