Kevin Ramon scores two times for La Serna including the game winner.
By Duane Barker
(Whittier) Enrique Pacheco hit Curtis Ashton deep over the middle for 38-yards down to the four yard line with less than a minute to play. A few moments later Kevin Ramos punched the ball in from 2-yards out to give the Lancer a 25-19 win over the California Condors Friday night at Cal High.
After forcing the Condors to put from the Lancer side of the field, Pacheco and the Lancers were forced on a march that started at their own 14 yard line. The drive didn’t start out in the best fashion with Pacheco missing on his first to pass attempts.
It wasn’t a stellar evening for Pacheco in the passing game but on a third and long, Pacheco scrambled for an 11-yard gain to keep the drive alive.
Pacheco then hit Anthony Garcia on a screen pass which netted La Serna with another 20-yards setting up the long pass from Pacheco to Ashton.
The Lancers got on the board first with 1:53 left in the first quarter on a Ruben Rios six yard run. The Condors cam back to tie the score in the second period on a 13-yard pass from Adam Setti to Bubba Martinez.
Cal went up 14-10 early in the third quarter on an 89-yard bolt to paydirt by Robert Leos.
La Serna came back to tie the score at 17 with 2:52 left in the third on a one yard run by Ramos.
Eric Garcia’s second interception of Pacheco set the Condors up on a drive from their own 31. The drive ended inside the Lancer one yard line when Nathan Lowden was stuffed at about a foot short of the goal line.
Cal did take the lead 19-17 as the defense corralled Ramos in the endzone for a safety on La Serna’s next play from scrimmage.
*** Kevin Ramos carried the ball seven times for 48-yards and two scores.
*** The leading ground gainer for Cal was Nathan Lowden who rushed 19 times for a tough 61-yards.
*** Ashton was Pacheco’s favorite target on the evening hauling in four passes for 77-yards.
*** Leading the Condors in receiving was Jake Mata who caught five for 84-yards.
*** Martinez caught just three passes for Cal but all were key receptions for a total of 86-yards and a touchdown.
*** Rios got the bulk of the carries out of the back field for La Serna with 79-yards on 11 carries and a touchdown.
*** Condor Setti finished the night connecting on 14 of 28 passes for 303-yards, one touchdown and two interceptions.
*** Pacheco was only able to connect on five of 21 passes for 97-yards but found Ashton when he needed to.
*** Protecting Pacheco and open the holes in the running game were LT Travis Miller, LG Jonathan Kilgore, C Michael Vega, RG Dominic Garcia and RT Derek Hernandez.
*** Working the trenches for Cal were LT Dominic Sanchez, LG Alan Perez, C Robert Laney, RG David Burrell and RT Zachary Mikhail.
La Serna is back home again next Thursday to take on Santa Fe. Cal is also home next Friday taking on the Whittier Cardinals.
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