College Football:
Mt. SAC secured a National Central Conference championship and a 10-0 regular season on Saturday afternoon in Huntington Beach.
But it did not come easy.
The Mounties left Surf City with a 33-21 victory at Golden West College in a battle of the state’s No. 3 and No. 7 ranked programs.
MSAC led 3-0 after Diego Esqueda’s 34-yard field goal at the 10:12 mark of the first quarter.
The Rustlers got as close as 13-7, 20-14 and 26-21, but the Mounties never surrendered their lead.
Bob Jastrab’s boys played one of its cleanest and most disciplined games of the year.
The Mounties didn’t turn the ball over and they were flagged just five times for 33 yards.
To put that in its proper perspective, last week, MSAC had 13 penalties levied against them for 129 yards.
Alex Flores continued his season-long steadiness at quarterback.
Flores completed 16-of-22 for 171 yards and three TD’s.
Flores hooked up with De’shon Thompson on TD passes of 43 and 27 yards.
Three minutes into the third quarter, Flores found Jordan Williams on a 5-yard TD pass to extend the lead to 20-7.
Nicholas Floyd had a game-high 121 yards on 21 carries to help MSAC to a 213-150 advantage on the ground.
Samuel Green gained 80 yards on 13 carries.
Felix Igiri scored on a 2-yard run with 1:46 to play to put the conference championship on ice.
Thompson tied Williams for a game-high in receptions (6), and Thompson led everyone in receiving yards (98) and receiving TD’s (2).
Williams finished with those six catches for 40 yards and one TD.
Esqueda had field goals of 34 and 27 yards.
Reggie Johnson led MSAC with eight tackles and a pair of sacks.
Kaylon Bradley chipped in with seven tackles, while Juan Salas, Shamar Hawkins and Katin Surprenant had five tackles apiece.
Parker Awad completed 11-of-15 for 109 yards and two TD’s in Saturday’s loss.
Awad found Dasani McIntosh and Nate Jiminez on TD passes of 30 and 19 yards, respectively.
Ralph Ekechi led the Rustlers ground game with 106 yards on 13 carries.
Box Score:
MS: 10-3-13-7-(33)
GW: 0-7-7-7-(21)
Scoring:
MS: Diego Esqueda 34 FG
MS: De’shon Thompson 43 pass from Alex Flores (Diego Esqueda kick)
MS: Diego Esqueda 27 FG
GS: Dasani McIntosh 30 pass from Parker Awad. (Jad Othman kick)
MS: Jordan Williams 5 pass from Alex Flores (Diego Esqueda kick)
GW: Nate Jimenez 19 pass from Parker Awad (Jad Othman kick)
MS: De’shon Thompson 27 pass from Alex Flores (kick failed)
GW: Ralph Ekechi 1 pass from Luther Richesso (Jad Othman kick)
MS: Felix Igiri 2 run (Diego Esqueda kick)
National Central Conference Scores:
Mt. SAC 33, Golden West 21
OCC 20, SBVC 14
Citrus 48, LBCC 34
National Central Conference Standings:
Mt. SAC (10-0, 7-0)
Golden West (8-2, 6-1)
Citrus (7-3, 4-3)
ELAC (6-4, 4-3)
Cerritos (5-5, 3-4)
LBCC (4-6, 3-4)
OCC (1-9, 1-6)
SBVC (1-9, 0-7)
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