La Salle’s Jered Aragon.
By Corey Kwok
(Pasadena)- A tight first half contest turned into a Cathedral runaway in the third as the Phantoms took a 34-9 decision over La Salle at Kohorst Field on Friday night.
Cathedral’s defense recorded five sacks, while its offense scored three touchdowns of over 50 yards towards in the season opener for both teams.
***Three of the sacks were by Noah Johnson; Mark Finau had the other two.
***Cathedral running back Martaveous Holliday rushed eight times for 209 yards and two touchdowns. This includes an 85-yard dash to the end zone 17 seconds into the second half, and a 71-yard score early in the fourth quarter.
***Phantom running back Jahmaree DeSett (7 rushes – 88 yards) scored on a 52-yard run with 3:41 remaining in the fourth.
***The game began slowly as Cathedral and La Salle combined for nine penalties and a loss of 54 yards in the opening stanza.
***The Phantoms took a 7-0 lead off a touchdown pass from M.C Poe (14-31-154yds, 2 TDs, 1INT) to Aaron Moore (6 receptions, 85 yards, 2 TDs).
***La Salle marched three times into Cathedral territory, but did not score until they converted a fumble recovery (by Sebastian Schiff) near the goal line. This set up a short 4-yard run for Milan Acquaah to tie the score 7-7.
***Acquaah led the Lancers on the turf with 67 yards and the team’s lone touchdown.
***La Salle starting signal caller Aaron McCorkle, who bore the brunt of the Phantoms defense, completed 14 of 28 passes for 113 yards.
***The Lancers missed two field goals.
Summary
First Quarter:
10:14 Cathedral 7 La Salle 0 – M.C Poe 30 yard pass to Aaron Moore. Andrew Rodriguez PAT.
Second Quarter:
6:37 LS 7 C 0 – Milan Acquaah 4 yard run. Chris Rabine PAT.
2:31 C 14 LS 7 – Poe 2 yard pass to Moore. Rodriguez PAT.
Third Quarter:
11:43 C 21 LS 7 – Martaveous Holliday 85 yard run. Rodriguez PAT.
4:47 LS 9 C 21 – Safety
Fourth Quarter:
9:52 C 27 LS 9 – Holliday 71 yard run. Rodriguez PAT failed.
3:41 C 34 LS 9 – Jahmaree DeSett 52 yard run. Rodriguez PAT.
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