By Alex Gonzalez
(Bell Gardens) — The Bell Gardens defense forced four turnovers and running back Noah Quintero rushed for two touchdowns in the Lancers’ 20-13 victory over California Friday night at Bell Gardens High School.
The Lancers’ offense took little time to make their way down the field. Quarterback Jordan Cardenas connected with wide out Isaiah Remigio for 57-yards putting his team deep into Cal’s redzone. From there, Quintero jumped over his line to put his team up six with 9:08 left in the first quarter. The team failed to convert the 2-point conversion.
Following a Cal fumble, Quintero carried the ball 30-yards to pay dirt. However, they missed the point after attempt. Bell Gardens led 12-0 late in the first quarter.
The Condors finally answered back with a rushing touchdown of their own when Robert Leos rumbled his way 48-yards for the score.
At the end of the half, Bell Gardens was up 12-6.
Following intermission, the Condors started the second half with a 78-yard touchdown run by Leos. Following the point after, Cal lead 13-12. The Condors defense also shut out BG in the third quarter.
Bell Gardens tried to add points throughout the quarter but Cardenas was picked off twice deep into Condor territory.
With 5:10 left to play in the fourth and no time outs, Cardenas connected with Remigio once again for 56-yards for the touchdown taking the lead 18-13. With a converted 2-point conversion and no timeouts left for a Cal comeback, the Lancers held on 20-13 .
***Bell Gardens starting O-line
Tackle 71 Gerardo Lopez
Guard 66 Guadalupe Arevalos
Center 56 Leonel Rodas
Guard
Tackle 74 David Hernandez
***Jordan Cardenas 11-24 passing 1 TD 2 INT.
***Noah Quintero 19 carries for 139-yards 2 rushing touchdowns.
***”We can’t ignore the people up front. Those guys are opening the holes and Noah is a special player,” said BG head coach Geoff Ackerman.
***Isaiah Remigio 2 catches 113-yards 1 TD.
***Three out of four turnover were forced in the first half. The Lancer defense had three fumbles and one INT.
***After last week’s performance, we just emphasized getting back to our base defense, fundamentals, and tackling,” said Ackerman.
***Cal Starting O-line
Tackle 76 Omar Gonsalez
Guard 50 Luis Armas
Center 59 Alan Perez
Guard 67 David Burrell
Tackle 58 Xavier Davidson
***Robert Leos 17 carries 184-yards 1 rushing touchdown.
***Andrew Reyes 14-carries 95-yards.
***California Travels to Pomona next week.
***Bell Gardens hosts Norwalk next week.
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