Last Friday night, the Crespi varsity football team evened their record at 1-1 with a convincing 51-8 victory over LA Jordan. The first half was a struggle for the Celts. The offense struggled even with good field position thanks to the tough Celt defense and special teams. Jordan failed on 3 fake punts in the first half, but untimely penalties, dropped passes, and missed blocking assignments stifled many chances of Crespi getting into the end zone. The frustration reached a boiling point in the second quarter as Crespi scored touchdowns on two consecutive plays, only to have penalties wipe out both scores.
Kenny Stenhouse '11 (eleven completions for one hundred seventy-six yards and three touchdown passes) threw two touchdown passes in the first half to Devin Lucien '11, the last coming on a fifty-six yard bomb with 19 seconds left in the half, which gave the Celts a 15-0 half time lead. Nate Walker '12 started the 3rd quarter fireworks for the Celts as he returned the second half kickoff fifty-five yards. Before long, the Celts had scored four touchdowns in the third quarter to put the game out of reach. Lucien (eight catches for one hundred fifty-two yards) caught his third touchdown of the game to tie a single game receiving record. M'Ajani Shanks '11 (seven carries for sixty-five yards) added a thirty-seven yard touchdown run, Chris Harper '12 scored on a 4 yard run for his varsity touchdown and Mike Davison '12 highlighted the crowd with a spectacular zig-zagging fifty yard punt return for a touchdown. The fourth quarter touchdown was scored as quarterback Eric Hauser '12 (four completions for sixty-three yards) connected with Marc Perales '11 on a six yard touchdown pass, the first varsity touchdowns for both players.
Defensive standouts for the game were safety Charles Washington '11 and linebacker Ray Davison '13 who each intercepted passes. Linebacker Darcell Edwards '13 added a fumble recovery and defensive end Reggie Coates '11 blocked a punt. The defensive line added 3 sacks and numerous tackles behind the line of scrimmage. Jordan gained only twenty-four yards of offense in the first half, almost all of the yards coming on their first play of the game.
The next football game is Friday, September 17, 2010 against Clovis West. Game time is 7:00 at Crespi.
James Bononi '82
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