Pictured L-R: Koy Riggin & Chandler Carthan
College Football:
Saturday’s game stats were much closer than the final score.
The Owls traveled to Costa Mesa and defeated winless Orange Coast College, 38-22, in a National Central Conference contest.
But check out these stats:
First Downs: Citrus 18, OCC 18
Total Offense: Citrus 320, OCC 294
Net Yards Passing: OCC 207, Citrus 200
Sacks: Citrus 2, OCC 2
Time of Possession: Citrus 30:18, OCC 29:42
Penalties: OCC 6, Citrus 8
As we all know, however, the only stat that matters is the scoreboard.
Citrus jumped out to a 14-0 lead, as Koy Riggin tossed TD passes of 20 and 11 yards, respectively, to Jesse Carmona and Julian Walker.
The closest OCC got was 14-7 when Zach Congalton scored on a 49-yard run with 1:49 to play in the first quarter.
But the Owls never trailed and they were never in any danger of losing.
Riggin completed 18-of-24 for 200 yards.
Riggin had the three TD passes and he was picked once.
Tayvonne Miller had a game-high 87 yards on 20 carries, and that included an 11-yard TD run in the waning moments of the third quarter.
Kannon Katzer gained 52 yards on 19 carries.
Katzer had a 10-yard TD run early in the second quarter, and Citrus led, 21-7.
Riggin would close out the Owls scoring on a 36-yard TD pass to Julian Borrayo.
Carmona finished with four catches for 52 yards and the TD, and Walker had four receptions for 33 yards.
Congalton completed 27-of-46 for 207 yards for OCC.
He tossed a 5-yard TD pass to Joseph Flanniga with 3:43 to play in the game.
Congalton also had 65 yards rushing on 10 carries, which included TD runs of 49 and 6 yards.
Flanniga caught eight passes for 48 yards, and Zyun McGee had seven passes for 63 yards.
Dominic Garcia had seven tackles and a pick for the Citrus defense.
Chandler Carthan had another monster game with 15 tackles, including one for-loss.
Hunter Corbin finished with seven tackles and a sack.
Xavier Black tallied three tackles and an interception.
Up next: The Owls close out the 2023 season next Saturday, as LBCC travels to Glendora for a 1 pm kickoff.
The Vikings are coming off a 70-14 ass kicking at the hands of Mt. SAC.
Box Score:
Cit: 14-7-10-7-(38)
OCC: 7-0-7-8-(22)
Scoring:
CC: Jesse Carmona 20 pass from Koy Riggin (Kosuke Kayahara kick)
CC: Julian Walker 11 pass from Koy Riggin (Kosuke Kayahara kick)
OCC: Zach Congalton 49 run (Leo Ogawa kick)
CC: Kannon Katzer 10 run (Kosuke Kayahara kick)
CC: Kosuke Kayahara 19 field goal
OCC: Zach Congalton 6 yd run. (Leo Ogawa kick is good).
CC: Tayvonne Miller 11 run (Kosuke Kayahara kick)
CC: Julian Borrayo 36 pass from Koy Riggin. (Kosuke Kayahara kick)
OCC: Joseph Flannigan 5 pass from Zach Congalton (2pt conversion pass by Joseph Flanniga is good)
National Central Conference Scores:
Golden West 21, Cerritos 14
Citrus 38, OCC 22
Mt. SAC 70, LBCC 14
National Central Conference Standings:
Mt. SAC (9-0, 6-0)
Golden West (8-1, 6-0)
ELAC (6-3, 4-2)
Citrus (6-3, 3-3)
LBCC (4-5, 3-3)
Cerritos (4-5, 2-4)
SBVC (1-8, 0-6)
OCC (0-9, 0-6)
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