Football:
West Los Angeles College scored three minutes into Saturday’s showdown at Pasadena City College on a 14-yard fumble recovery by James Smith.
Their hosts from PCC, however, scored the next 49 points, and the Lancers cruised to a 56-14 victory.
PCC had a 430-212 advantage in total offense.
And that included a 205-99 edge on the ground and a margin of 225-113 through the air.
Micah Mendoza had 51 yards rushing on six carries, and he scored on TD runs of 16, 14 and 14 yards, respectively.
Kaden Taylor completed 8 of 15 for 87 yards, and he tossed a 7-yard TD pass to Maddux Mateski.
Taylor carried the ball three times for 58 yards and a 16-yard TD run.
Gianni Mascolino tossed a 42-yard scoring strike to Flip Fox, and a 1-yard TD pass to Mohammad Maali.
Mascolino also scored on a 7-yard run.
Maali had game highs in carries (17) and rushing yards (71).
Fox caught two passes for 54 yards and the one score.
Josh Soto (2 for 42), Jordan Rodriguez (3-35) and Greg Moore (1-35) combined for six catches for 112 yards.
Kyden Bailey and JaMir Allen had interceptions for the PCC defense.
Ethan Bowser had a team-high seven tackles.
Jamir Mitchell and Bailey contributed four tackles apiece.
WLA quarterback Jackson Dadich completed 10 of 26 for 113 yards.
Dadich tossed a 29-yard TD pass to Gino O’Neal, and as mentioned, two interceptions.
Marlan Wilson led the West Los Angeles ground game with 12 carries for 46 yards.
Conan Hinckley had game highs in receptions (5) and receiving yards (72).
Up next: The Lancers will host Desert next Saturday at 6.
The Roadrunners had their week-one game against Glendale postponed due to excessive heat.
And last night, Desert fell, 24-10, at Santa Monica.
Quotable:
Chaffey coach, Ben Buys: I’m happy for our guys to come out with a win today. We’ve had a lot of adversity in last couple weeks with missing five days of practice because of the fire and heat. There is still a lot of room for growth, but we’re seeing a tenacious group of young men that are excited about the process. We had a slow start, but once we got our footing, we played good football. Julian Viramontes threw for five TD’s and our group of backs contributed almost 190 yards. After the first score, our defense got after it, and they didn’t allow a point after the second quarter. We had a bunch of turnovers and sacks.”
Box Score:
WLA: 6-0-8-0-(14)
PCC: 21-28-0-7-(56)
Scoring:
WLA: James Smith 14 fumble return (kick failed)
PCC: Micah Mendoza 16 run (Nico Razo kick)
PCC: Micah Mendoza 14 run (Ozlo Rigby kick)
PCC: Gianni Mascolino 7 run (Ozlo Rigby kick)
PCC: Micah Mendoza 14 run (kick failed)
PCC: Maddux Mateski 7 pass from Kaden Taylor (Nathan Noguez Estrada run)
PCC: Kaden Taylor 16 run (Nico Razo kick)
PCC: Flip Fox 42 pass from Gianni Mascolino (Dylan Benitez kick)
WLA: Gino O’Neal 29 pass from Jackson Dadich (2-point pass is good)
PCC: Mohammad Maali 1 pass from Gianni Mascolino (Ozlo Rigby kick)
Records: West LA (0-2); PCC (2-0)
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