Maranatha’s Reid Pike (#11) was close on Thursday night.
(Pasadena)- It was over pretty quick. Maranatha capitalized at every turn and at every turn Desert Christian turned the ball over in the Minutemen’s 38-7 rout of the Knights on Thursday in a non-league contest.
“We told our guys we’re starting a new season,” said Maranatha HC Pete Karavedas. “Our bye came at the right time, we restructured our offense, and its a new season.”
After starting 0-5 along with losing Andrew Elffers for the remainder of the season, Karavedas’ team is now “2-0” thanks in large part to the legs of Omar Younger and sophomore quarterback Eli Snyder.
Younger broke off scoring runs of 62 and 33-yards in the first half and finished with 163 yards on 16 carries. Snyder, a southpaw, threw two touchdown passes and ran for another. Both scoring tosses came in the second half. A 14-yard touchdown pass to Niko Dobbs in the third quarter, on a fourth down and two. The second was another 14-yard pass, this one to Troy French in the fourth quarter.
“Eli (Snyder) is doing a great job for us,” said Karavedas. “He still has a lot to learn, like when to throw the ball away but he’s been doing really well.”
Maranatha’s Jack Basalari kicked a 24-yard field goal to open the scoring in the first. The Minutemen, thanks to four Desert Christian turnovers, scored on five of their first six possessions.
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