Charter Oak Doubles up Northview in Opener

Big night for Brett Clemetson in his debut for the Chargers.

Big night for Brett Clemetson in his debut for the Chargers.

By Tim Peterson

(Covina) – Brett Clemetson threw six touchdown passes (three of them to Jermaine Braddock) to lead Charter Oak to a 44-22 rout of Northview at Covina District Field Thursday night to kick off the 2016 campaign. 

Charter Oak jumped out to a 14 -0 lead less than three minutes into the game and was up 30-9 at halftime. Northview’s Antwaun Ayers fumbled the opening kick off and the Chargers took over at the Viking 15 yard line. Two plays later Clemetson hit Braddock for a 15-yard score and the Chargers were off and running.

After forcing Northview to punt, Charter Oak scored again two minutes later when Clemetson connected with Brian Casteel for a 26-yard touchdown for a 14-0 advantage. There was 9:25 left in the first quarter but the Chargers were never threatened again. A couple more scores and a safety and the lead was 21 at the break and that was all she wrote.

Antwaun Ayers saw paydirt twice for the Vikings.

Antwaun Ayers saw paydirt twice for the Vikings.

Ayers redeemed himself later for the Vikings with two touchdown catches including an 88-yard score just before halftime when he outran the Charter Oak secondary.

The Vikings tried to get back in it as they scored first in the second half on a Steven Comstock touchdown pass to Ayers to cut the lead to two touchdowns but Charter Oak always had an answer. Brian Casteel, an Arizona commit also had a pair of touchdown catches creating a one-two punch with Braddock that the Northview D was unable to stop.

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** Clemetson final stats: 16-26-311 yards, 6 TD.

** Casteel had seven catches for 137 yards and two touchdowns of 26 and 49 yards.

** Braddock had six receptions for 149 yards and three scores. His touchdown catches were for 15, 72 and 11 yards.

** Northview’s Comstock threw for 385 yards and three scores but was hurt by two interceptions.

** Ayers, who is receiving D1 offers, caught 8 passes for 208 yards and two scores.

** Brian Robles, who caught three passes for 36 yards for Northview, is the brother of former Northview quarterback Oscar Robles.

** The Vikings scored a late touchdown on an 80-yard touchdown pass from Comstock to Frankie Simental to round out the scoring.

** Comstock went down in the first quarter with an apparent knee injury but returned the next series and played the rest of the way.

** After Comstock hit Ayers to cut the lead to 30-16 early in the third, Clemetson hooked up with Braddock for a 72 yards to stifle any Viking momentum.

** Northview offensive line: LT- Raul Aldana, LG – Jackson Serna, C- Guillermo Delatorre, RG – Danny Galvez, RT- Alex Gomez.  Charter Oak offensive line: LT- Andy Trujillo, LG- Ethan Haaren, C- Eric Lee, RG- David Lira, RT- Ryan Quijas.

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