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The Woodman, San Marino’s Ryan Wood, chops up Temple City with 5 touchdowns on Friday night.

(Temple City)- This one had the feel of a pay per view title fight. Everyone arrives, everyone is excited, but before the popcorn is done being popped its over. This one was over just as fast as San Marino’s Ryan Wood scored five touchdowns in the Titans 58-0 win over Temple City on Friday night at North Field.

The Rams highlight was its opening drive. A fourth down conversion and a pair of first downs before punting. Thank you for participating we have some lovely parting gifts for you.

San Marino’s first drive took a little over three minutes to go 85-yards before Matt Wofford crashed in on a sneak from a yard out to put his team on top. No other scoring drive would take as long for Wofford and friends.

With 11:52 to go in the second quarter, fullback Nick Gott went 42-yards to paydirt on a third down and one through the middle of the defense.

…And before you could say Loren Kleinrock it was 14-0 Titans.

Getting the ball back after Temple City’s next punt Wofford went 19-yards to Andrew Cordova and then 18-yards to Gott on a short pass. With the ball at the Rams 17, Wofford went the distance on the next place for the touchdown.

…And before you could say Stevie Yortsos it was 21-0 Titans.

Temple City went three and out on its next possession, San Marino took over at its own 45. A couple of short runs was followed by a 14-yard connection from Wofford to Cordova. On first down and ten from the TC 27 the evenings curtain went up for Ryan Wood. The senior running back scored his first of five touchdowns by going largely untouched through the Rams defense.

…And before you could say Kwame Do it was 28-0.

Temple City was forced to punt on its first four possessions of the game. To this point it wasn’t as much a case of the Rams playing poorly as it was San Marino dominating the line of scrimmage. Blowing up the TC offensive line and destroying it defensive line and second level tacklers. That was before the wheels officially came off.

Starting at its own 20, after Wood’s first score, Nick Starling was stripped fighting for yardage and San Marino’s Justin Hill recovered. Wood covered the remaining 9-yards on the next play.

…And before you could say Mark Ukropina it was 35-0 Titans.

Next TC possession, a fumble on the first snap, San Marino’s Kieran Ryan falls on the football at the Rams 22. One play later Wood goes 22-yards to the house.

…And before you could say Bill Maloney it was 42-0 at halftime.

The Titans were forced to punt on their first possession in the second half and Temple City punted it right back to them. Starting at its own 45, San Marino used a 9-yard run by Gott to cross midfield. One play later a personal foul against the Rams moved the ball closer to the goal line and three plays after that Wood carried the ball 19-yards, largely untouched, across the goal line for his fourth score of the night.

…And before you could say Jonathan Saul it was 49-0 Titans.

Temple City’s next possession ended with an intentional grounding taking place in the end zone. Lead official Steve Brink tossed the flag, gave the signal and it two more points for San Marino plus possession.

Following the Rams free kick the Titans offense took over at its own 38. Wood had taken over the game some time before, but in case anyone had been late to the party he gave them a taste of how the evening had gone for the home team by going 62-yards, again largely untouched, to end zone.

…And before you could say San Marino-Monrovia next week for the Rio Hondo League title, it was 58-0 Titans.

To go with the five scores, Wood finished with 176 yards rushing on 16 carries.