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Tory Huff ran for 120 yards and a touchdown to lead the Charter Oak ground game.

By Tim Peterson

(Covina) – Tory Huff ran for 120 yards and a touchdown and the defense was in shutdown mode as Charter Oak routed previously unbeaten Claremont 42-0 Friday night at Lou Farrar Stadium.

The Chargers were forced to punt on its first possession and Claremont followed suit. But Charter Oak fumbled Claremont’s punt and the Wolfpack recovered at the Chargers 45-yard line. Claremont again failed to move the ball and punted it away.

This time the Chargers went to work. They drove 80 yards on nine plays. JD Sanchez culminated the drive with 7-yard run with 2:04 left in the first quarter.

The Chargers broke it open in the second quarter. After taking over on a short field Sanchez again finished a 38-yard drive with a 5-yard touchdown run. Corin Berry hit Antonio Reasby with a 17-yard pass to set up the score.

Later in the quarter Berry connected with Christian Alarcon over the middle for 20-yard touchdown strike to make it 21-0 with just over four minutes left in the second quarter.

Charter Oak got the ball back when a short punt left the Chargers at the 50-yard line. They quickly moved the ball down to the two-yard line where guess who? Sanchez scored on a short blast.

Claremont had a 54-yard field goal attempt blocked as the clock ran out in the first half leaving the Chargers up 28-0.

Claremont agreed to a running clock the entire second half. Charter Oak opened the quarter with a 66-yard, 10-play drive. Huff did the honors of capping it with a 3-yard TD jaunt. With a running clock there was only 4:03 left in the third when the Chargers scored.

In the fourth quarter Charter Oak added one more after a failed Claremont fourth down left the Chargers on the Wolfpack 16. On the first play Brian Aceves, in relief of Berry, fired a 16-yard touchdown pass to Zion Key to round out the scoring.

Berry completed 10 passes for 140 yards and a touchdown to balance out the offensive attack with Huff’s ground game. Reasby caught six passes for 73 yards.

For Claremont tight end Max Leeper caught three passes for 38 yards from quarterback Carter Montgomery but the Wolfpack were never able to get anything going offensively.

Claremont fell from the ranks of the unbeaten with the loss and is now 6-1. The Chargers are also 6-1 and 2-0 in the Sierra League.

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