Anthony Garcia gets in the endzone three times for the Lancers
By Tim Peterson
(Whittier) – Anthony Garcia rushed for three touchdowns and Kevin Ramos added two more on the ground as La Serna ran over Santa Fe 52-31 Thursday night at Cal High.
The Lancers led 31-17 at the half and then broke it wide open in the third quarter as Garcia scored twice to give the Lancers a 45-17 bulge. Santa Fe scored a couple late fourth quarter touchdowns when Margarito Beltran cleared his bench.
The Lancers scored on their first two possessions to go up 14-0. After a long punt return set the Lancers up, Ramos capped a short 30 yard drive with a six-yard run. After the Chiefs were forced to punt again, La Serna drove 80 yards in 10 plays with Garcia going the last four.
Santa Fe played catch-up the rest of the way behind the passing of Eli Ledesma and running of Gabriel Cisneros but the Chiefs could never climb the mountain. They cut it the La Serna lead to 14-7 on an 83 yard pass play from Ledesma to Cisneros and to 21-14 on a quarterback sneak by Ledesma but that as close as they got.
Ramos busted off a 33-yard touchdown run with 2:37 left in the first half to make it 28-14 and the Lancers still led by two scores at the break before pulling away in the third.
***La Serna had 306 yards total on the ground to go with the five touchdowns.
***Lancer quarterback Enrique Pacheco ran for 30 and passed for 94 yards and a touchdown.
***Garcia ran for 57 yards on seven carries plus the three scores and Ramos had 14 carries for 78 yards. Garcia also caught three passes for 55 yards.
***Ruben Rios, who didn’t score for La Serna, led the team with 141 yards on 12 carries.
***Alberto Amaya had a pick six for the Lancers last score in the fourth.
***Cisneros had three catches for 113 yards and a touchdown for the Chiefs.
***Edward Cisneros had a 37-yard TD run for Santa Fe late in the game and finished with five carries for 87 yards. Cisneros also caught a 36-yard touchdown pass.
***Ledesma completed 11 passes for 209 yards before leaving the game in the fourth quarter.
***With the win La Serna improved to 6-2 overall and 2-1 in the Del Rio. The Lancers will face Pioneer next week.
***Santa Fe fell to 1-2 and 2-6.
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