By Matt Schuler
(San Dimas)- Two Valle Vista League Opponents, Two shut outs.
Coming off a 63-0 blanking of Ganesha, San Dimas took care of business again, but this time at home; putting a 35-0 goose egg on the board friday night against Covina in Valle Vista play.
The Saints, averaging 45 points a game, orchestrated a twelve-play scoring drive to start things. Sophomore quarterback Shawn Kennedy found Kevin Kolbeck in the end zone from 5-yards out to make it 7-0 with 6:44 left in the first quarter.
After forcing the Colts to punt, Kennedy’s second pass of the drive was picked off by Vinny Venegas, who made a diving interception to give Covina the ball back.
The Colts marched down field, getting within 10-yards of the goal line, but their 10-play 60 yard drive came to a halt after three consecutive sacks by the San Dimas defense, including a fourth and goal stand.
San Dimas’s defense lived in the Covina backfield totaling seven sacks as a group. They have allowed on average only 9.4 points per game on defense, including three shutouts.
“Hey, they’re the better team,” said Colts head coach Darryl Thomas. “And the the better team won tonight.”
Kennedy, who hooked up with tight end Juston Winrow for his second touchdown with 4:20 to play in the second, finished the night completing 6 of 10 pass attempts, two touchdowns and two interceptions.
Ryan Kohler, who currently leads the Saints in rushing and tackling, accounted for all three touchdowns on the ground. Kohler scored on a 10-yard scamper and two one-yard plunges, one of which put S.D up 21-0 before the half.
Tre Evans rushed the ball 87 yards off 15 carries for the Saints.
Covina managed only six rushing yards and 45 overall yards total against the stout Saints defense in the first half.
Quarterback for the Colts, Billy Livingston, started the game 5/5, but was then rattled by the pressure in the backfield and finished 6 of 12 for 66 yards.
“We’ll be back,” said coach Thomas. “The kids are young, we’ll be back.”
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