By Corey Kwok
(Covina) – Danny Sheehan completed 10 of 25 in the air for 129 yards and a touchdown and kicked the eventual game-winning 27 yard field goal with 10.1 seconds left to give South Hills a 31-28 win over Los Osos Thursday night at Covina District Field.
Oh and also tackled the ensuing kick-returner down at the Huskies-30 as time expired. The Huskies’ overcame a Los Osos second half rally to string their first back-to-back wins since 2009, reversing a lopsided loss to the Grizzlies in last year’s affair.
South Hills committed awkward turnovers twice inside the 10, but its defense returned suffocating dividends in the first half, where Los Osos was stymied to just 54 net yards and one first down. The Huskies forced the Grizzlies to punt six times and elsewhere gained possession via a Jamie Canada interception and two fumble recoveries by Adam Goss, who hustled in the second one from 10 out to extend South Hills’ lead to 14-0 with 2:53 left until halftime. Canada also caught the opening score – a 10 yard strike from Sheehan.
It became an imposing 21-0 South Hills lead shortly into the third quarter when Manny Alvarez took a pick-six 47 yards to paydirt. The Grizzlies then ate up the next 4:07 over a 10 play-62 yard series to get on the scoreboard as Victor Bolden took a reverse, eluded several tackles, and scrambled around left-end to the endzone to cut the deficit to 21-6 after the missed PAT.
Los Osos took over after the Huskies went three-and-out and needed only 4 plays on the ensuing series, which culminated in a 34 yard touchdown dash by Michael McNicholl. The two point pass failed and Los Osos inched to within nine, 12-21.
Jamel Hart bowled it in from two yards out to answer back and expand South Hills’ lead to 28-12 after three stanzas. Hart finished with 161 yards in 30 carries to lead all rushers, with two receptions for 47 yards as well.
The Grizzlies cut the SH lead to eight when McNicholl ran in the TD and two point conversion, before tying it 28-all on starting quarterback Stephen Johnson’s sneak from one yard out with 3:17 left. Johnson had a torrid 95 yard night going 12 for 31.
South Hills improved to 3-2 and is set to begin Sierra league play at home with a mammoth matchup next Friday versus longtime nemesis Charter Oak. Los Osos, now 2-3, hails from the Inland Empire’s tough Baseline league and will open up conference play on the road vs. Glendora next Friday at Citrus College.
LO: 0, 0, 12, 16 – 28
SH: 0. 14, 14, 3 — 31
*No score in 1st qtr.
2nd:
8:38 SH – Danny Sheehan 10yd pass to Jamie Canada, Sheehan PAT
2:53 SH – Adam Goss 12yd fumble return, Sheehan PAT
3rd:
9:46 SH – Manny Alvarez 47yd interception return, Sheehan PAT
5:39 LO – Victor Bolden 14yd run, Erik Sweetland PAT failed (short)
0:22.1 SH – Jamel Hart 2yd run, Sheehan PAT
4th:
8:30 LO – Michael McNicholl 3yd run, McNicholl 2pt run
3:17 LO – Stephen Johnson 1yd run, McNicholl 2pt run
0:10.1 SH – Sheehan 27yd field goal
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