http://www.lahc.edu/rss/fb.xml Seahawk Football Headline News & Scores, Los Angeles Harbor College en-us Thu, 24 Nov 2011 10:50:22 -0800 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss OmniUpdate (OU Publish) http://www.lahc.edu/athletics/football/index.html The Harbor football team reversed their previous Central West Conference woes and turned in a three-game winning streak to end the regular season, capped off with a decisive 35-16 victory at Moorpark College Saturday night. Harbor (7-3, 3-2 conference) not only got a normally huge performance by the defense, but also received a great game from once-3rd string quarterback Max Biaz, who started the game, then shared time with regular starter Chris Smith and finished the game going 7-of-10 for 141 yards and a 71-yard touchdown pass to Lonnie Turner in the 3rd quarter that started the Harbor rout. Biaz's 14-yard touchdown scramble put Harbor up by 19 with just over 10 minutes to play. Turner also caught a 74-yard touchdown pass from Smith in the 2nd quarter and finished with four receptions for 175 yards and the two wide-open scores off broken Moorpark coverage. The Seahawks were unable to mount their usual consistent ground game against the Raiders, finishing with just 49 yards, but the defense made sure the Raiders did not run much as well, holding Moopark to 99 yards on the ground. Matt Willis set the single-season school record for tackles with 122 for the year and had 11 agaisnt Moorpark, along with a sack, his seventh of the season. Austin Flynn tacked on two more sacks to give him 11 for the year. Elijah Sala shattered the career interception return yards at Harbor with 319, as his 78-yard interception return touchdown, wrestled away from a Moorpark receiver for the play, gave Harbor the lead for good at 14-13 in the 2nd quarter. Darren Elliot returned an interception 79 yards for a score and the game's first points and the defense held Moorpark to 271 total yards and one touchdown for the game. Bobby Chore <bobbychore@gmail.com> 11/19/2011 http://www.lahc.edu/athletics/football/index.html Needing desperately to get off the losing end after three straight frustrating losses, the Harbor football team ran hard and through visiting Antelope Valley College Saturday night, but had to fend off a prolific passing attack by the Marauders en route to a 59-52 shootout win. Harbor (6-3, 2-2 Central West Conference) rumbled for 343 yards on the ground - 255 in the first half - and managed to keep Antelope Valley at bay with 29 rush yards for the game. Wesley Nichols needed only four carries to reach 112 yards, all in the first half, with a 52-yard breakout touchdown run that tied the game at 14 with 4:49 remaining in the 1st quarter. Both teams scored at least 14 points in the first three quarters, with the 4th being a bit more of a defensive struggle. Joron Adams punched in a three-yard touchdown run to cap off a tremendous 15-carry, 111-yard, three-touchdown performance and give Harbor a 59-49 lead with 9:33 remaining in the game. Dion Willis added 76 yards on 16 carries and a touchdown. Hidden amidst the ground-heavy outing is quarterback Chris Smith's big game, as he went 13-of-24 for 174 yards and three touchdowns (Smith had three total touchdown passes entering the game). His lone interception, however, was returned 45 yards for a touchdown and a 14-7 Antelope Valley lead in the 1st quarter. Smith managed to throw touchdowns of 13, 20 and 18 yards out, with his 20-yarder toward the end of the first half sharply hitting Lonnie Turner in the back of the end zone for the 38-28 halftime lead. The defense struggled to fight off Antelope Valley quarterback Derrick Dison, who threw 313 yards and three touchdowns against it. However, the Seahawks managed to sack Dison nine times and finished with 10 overall. Matt Willis continued his impactful play with a game-high 12 tackles and four sacks, the last one coming on 3rd-and-6 from Harbor's 27-yard line with 54 seconds left. Dison's 4th-and-11 pass in the end zone was deflected by Darren Elliot for the turnover on downs. Daniel Bird added seven tackles and two sacks, while Austin Flynn recorded his ninth sack of the season and Elijah Sala notched his fourth interception of the year and is two off tying Rakine Toomes for eight career picks and is 11 yards off from tying Byron Moore Jr. for 252 career interception return yards. Bobby Chore <bobbychore@gmail.com> Sun, 13 Nov 2011 14:37:39 -0800 http://www.lahc.edu/athletics/football/index.html The Harbor football team saw several opportunities to control and win its Saturday afternoon Central West match-up against host Citrus College, but 16 penalties and two missed field goals compounded a rough day for the Seahawks in 24-14 loss. Harbor, now 0-3 in Central West Conference play, saw its hopes of a conference crown repeat dashed after sweeping their conference foes last year. Despite getting back to their run-heavy ways with a 152-yard game on the ground, the Seahawks were plagued with penalties, nine more than the Fighting Owls for the game. Pedro Martinez missed a 31-yard field goal in the 1st quarter that could have put Harbor up 10-0 and then failed on a 22-yarder in the 3rd that could have pulled Harbor within seven, despite the Seahawks failing to score within Citrus' 5-yard line on three downs and committing a costly false start penalty on 4th-and-1 on the latter drive. Chris Smith had a tough day staying upright and away from the Citrus linebackers, scrambling throughout the game for a 9-of-24, 144-yard performance. Smith threw a 56-yard touchdown pass to a wide-open Delvon Purvis to get Harbor on the board at 7-0 in the 1st quarter. Purvis finished with five receptions for 105 yards on the day. Joron Adams saw extra time in place of starter Theron West, who did not suit up for the game. Adams rumbled for 91 yards on 12 carries and tacked on two catches for 33 yards. Wesley Nichols followed with 73 yards on nine carries. Harbor's offense struggled after the 1st quarter, as Karon Walker's 50-yard interception return touchdown gave the Seahawks another lead at 14-7 in the 2nd quarter. The defense saw a lot of time on the field and managed to hold Citrus' offense to 282 total yards for the game. Matt Willis had another huge performance with a game-high 12 tackles and a sack. Willis now has 99 tackles on the season, tied for 1st in Southern California. Austin Flynn recorded his eighth sack of the season and is tied for 4th in Southern California. Bobby Chore <bobbychore@gmail.com> 10/29/2011 http://www.lahc.edu/athletics/football/index.html Despite a huge night by linebacker Matt Willis for the Harbor defense, the Seahawks found themselves on the unfortunate losing end for the second straight week as a 47-yard field goal went through the uprights in a 16-13 overtime loss to visiting Chaffey College Saturday night. Harbor (4-3, 0-2 South Coast Conference), which went undefeated in Central West Conference play last season, lost consecutive games for the first time since 2009 and was a defensive play away from winning in regulation. Leading 13-10 with under three minutes remaining, defensive back Olawalu Falemi tipped Chaffey quarterback Charles King's 3rd-down pass twice but could not hold onto the ball and forced Chaffey to kick the game-tying field goal from 35 yards out. Falemi, however, prevented a last Chaffey drive in regulation by intercepting King's pass with five seconds remaining. Harbor lost the coin toss for overtime and started on offense. Brandon Edwards, under immense pressure from the defenese, was intercepted on a desperation pass on 4th down from the 26-yard-line, giving Chaffey the chance to end the game. Despite a big sack by Austin Flynn on 3rd down, Chaffey nailed the field goal to give Harbor another frustrating loss. Willis set a Harbor school record with 19 tackles for the game, with 15 of them individual take-downs, along with a forced fumble. Willis now has 87 for the year, ranking 2nd in Southern California. Harbor was held scoreless for the first three quarters and trailed 7-0 before coming alive in the 4th, as Wesley Nichols scored from two yards out with 14:28 remaining in the contest. Pedro Martinez's PAT attempt, however, was blocked and Harbor still trailed, but at 7-6. Chaffey then connected with another field goal to lead 10-6, but Harbor responded with a 24-yard catch-and-run touchdown by Josh Brown from Edwards. Brown squeezed past a Chaffey defender going for a leg tackle and raced to the end zone for the 13-10 Harbor lead. Edwards was 6-of-14 for 52 yards and replaced Chris Smith, who left the game in the 3rd quarter. Smith was 5-of-11 for 49 yards with an interception and tacked on 31 rush yards for the game. Theron West managed to carry the ball 15 times for 55 yards and added four receptions for 27 yards. Falemi, along with his game-saving interception, blocked a 28-yard field goal attempt in the 2nd quarter. Flynn had 11 tackles, seven of them individual, with the lone sack. Bobby Chore <bobbychore@gmail.com> 10/22/2011 http://www.lahc.edu/athletics/football/index.html In a stunning turn of events Saturday night at Seahawk Stadium, the Harbor football team found itself with a losing conference record for the 1st time since playing in the Mountain Conference in 2008 as a last-second field goal from visiting Long Beach City College dealt the Seahawks a heart-breaking 31-28 loss. Trailing 28-21 with just over a minute left in the 4th quarter from Long Beach's 13-yard line, Theron West took a sweep handoff from Chris Smith and raced through the right side into the end zone to tie the game with 1:18 remaining. However, a critical call on the ensuing kickoff would help Long Beach retain possession on what became the final drive of the game. The Vikings' Jon Vaughn raced up the middle on the kickoff return and was hit by Royshaun Lewis and appeared to have fumbled the football, but officials ruled him down by contact and Long Beach retained possession. Harbor was unable to prevent Long Beach's high-powered passing attack from getting into field goal range and the 32-yard attempt as time expired went straight through the goal posts. Chris Smith came up big for the Seahawks, going 15-of-30 for 155 yards, while rushing for a team-high 85 yards on 15 carries and scoring two touchdowns on the ground. Theron West returned to action at running back and had 28 yards on five carries with the game-tying score. Delvon Purvis led the team with 42 yards on four receptions, but Dominique Harris' huge 18-yard reception on 4th-and-18 in the 4th quarter kept a Harbor drive alive and led to Smith's second rush touchdown of the game, then tying the contest at 21. Matt Willis once again led the defense with a game-high 13 tackles and added an interception. Daniel Bird finished with seven tackles and a 39-yard interception return touchdown (aided by a big hurry and quarterback hit by David Niko) for Harbor's only lead of the game, 14-7, in the 1st quarter. The Harbor defense rushed Vikings quarterback Ryan Craighead 14 times (five each by Niko and Austin Flynn), but could only get two sacks for the game. Harbor's biggest issue, however, was on the offensive end, losing three fumbles that resulted in 14 Long Beach points. Bobby Chore <bobbychore@gmail.com> 10/15/2011 http://www.lahc.edu/athletics/football/index.html The Harbor football team came back from a tough loss at El Camino and pushed their way to a 21-14 win over host Golden West College Saturday night at LeBard Stadium in Orange Coast College. The Harbor offense struggled mightily throughout the contest, but the defense made tremendous plays against the Rustlers, which outgained Harbor on the ground and in the air for the game. Matt Willis once again led the team with 10 tackles and added a sack, while Daniel Bird notched seven tackles, two sacks and an interception off a tipped pass as Harbor managed to terrorize Rustlers quarterback Raymond Huizar with seven sacks and two interceptions. Elijah Sala recorded his second interception of the season on Golden West's first offensive drive and returned it 50 yards to Golden West's eight-yard line. The Seahawks (4-1), however, could not take advantage of the turnover, as Pedro Martinez missed a 22-yard field goal. Harbor, trailing 7-0 at halftime, went on a scoring frenzy in the 3rd quarter and outscored Golden West 21-0 in the period. Chris Smith launched a 32-yard touchdown strike to Lonnie Turner to get the Seahawks on the scoreboard for the first time. Bird's interception off Willis' tipped pass gave Harbor another scoring chance from their 42-yard line, which it took advantage of this time. Harbor ran the ball every play on its drive and got a huge break from a 15-yard personal foul penalty against Golden West following a 14-yard run by Dion Willis, who started in place of Theron West. Willis' 2-yard scamper in the end zone gave Harbor a 14-7 lead. Harbor then stopped Golden West on a fake punt run on 4th down at the 50-yard line and pushed their way to another rushing touchdown as Joron Adams scored from one yard out for the 21-7 lead. Penalties, however, would keep Harbor in danger of losing its second straight game, as the Seahawks were flagged 12 times for 106 yards, including two pass interference calls on Golden West's late 4th quarter drive. Sala's breakup of Huizar's pass on 4th-and-1, however, would seal the game for the Seahawks. Sala added a forced fumble and a sack for the game. Smith was 4-of-12 for 68 yards and a touchdown with an interception and added 30 yards rushing. Brandon Edwards also saw time and was 6-of-9 for 55 yards with 23 yards rushing. Willis finished with 43 yards on 13 carries and 26 yards on four receptions. Lonnie Turner caught two passes for 41 yards and the 32-yard score. Bobby Chore <bobbychore@gmail.com> 10/1/2011 http://www.lahc.edu/athletics/football/index.html The Harbor football team made a big rally from a 20-0 halftime deficit to 20-13 with 6:23 left, but time of possession went against the Seahawks heavily as El Camino makes a near-five-minute scoring drive late in the 4th quarter to seal their fate in a 27-13 loss Saturday night at Murdock Stadium. El Camino won the time of possession battle 36:17-23:43, holding onto the ball for 10 of the game's first 15 minutes. Harbor's rushing attack, ranked 2nd in Southern California and 9th in state, struggled to gain ground and finished with 91 yards for the game. Theron West only carried twice for the game and gained no yards, but Dion Willis picked up the slack in a major way, scoring twice in the 2nd half to pull Harbor within a touchdown. Willis had six carries for 59 yards and a score and caught four passes for 31 yards and an 18-yard touchdown catch-and-run. Harbor alternated at quarterback between Chris Smith and Brandon Edwards, but Smith ran most of the plays and finished with 106 yards on 10-of-24 passing and a touchdown. His lone interception was costly, however, as it was thrown to El Camino's Derek Largent at the Warriors' 2-yard line on 3rd and goal following Harbor's recovery of a bad punt snap that sailed over the head of El Camino punter Robert Thompson. The Seahawks began that drive at the 6-yard line. After Harbor scored its 2nd touchdown with a Willis 2-yard run up the middle, El Camino took advantage of a kickoff by Pedro Martinez that sailed out of bounds, giving the Warriors the ball at their 40-yard line. A 15-yard touchdown run by El Camino put the game out of reach for Harbor with 1:39 remaining. Bobby Chore <bobbychore@gmail.com> 9/24/2011 http://www.lahc.edu/athletics/football/index.html Despite a big performance from Pirates running back Domenic Betts, Harbor running back Theron West pushed the Seahawks forward with 198 rush yards on 22 carries and Harbor remained undefeated with a closely-contested 34-28 win over the fellow run-heavy Pirates Saturday evening at Seahawk Stadium. Harbor (3-0) and Orange Coast (1-2) were the top two rushing teams in Southern California entering the contest and certainly lived up to the rankings for the game. Harbor, which hadn't been outgained on the ground since its season opener last year at Cerritos, saw its 12-game streak of the feat come to an end, as Orange Coast edged Harbor 288-281 in the running game. But West made his yards count the most, as he overcame a lost fumble in the 3rd quarter and ran off three straight 1st-down scampers on Harbor's go-ahead drive in the 4th. West's 18-yard, 12-yard and 17-yard runs led to Dion Willis 13-yard dash through the right side for the Seahawks' score and a 34-28 lead with 10:06 remaining (Omar Buccio's PAT failed). West's scored off a four-yard run in the 2nd quarter for a 21-14 Harbor lead, while 3rd-string quarterback Brandon Edwards propelled to the starting role and had a solid outing, going 15-of-23 for 205 yards, but with two interceptions. One of Edwards' interceptions, however, was countered by an immediate fumble by Orange Coast defensive back Derrick Romo and recovery by Harbor. Edwards also scrambled 14 times for 62 yards and two touchdowns, while Willis added 20 yards on four rushes. Tight end Jacob Avery caught five passes for 56 yards for Harbor. Matt Willis led the defense again with 10 tackles, while David Niko helped spark another big defensive play for the Seahawks, snatching a screen pass from Pirates quarterback Alex Cappellini on the first play from scrimmage in the 2nd half and returning it 37 yards for a touchdown. Bobby Chore <bobbychore@gmail.com> 9/17/2011 http://www.lahc.edu/athletics/football/index.html The Harbor football team went into the Central Championship Bowl without its starting quarterback and starting running back and fell to host Riverside Community College 31-14 Saturday evening. The Seahawks (8-3), who won the Central West division the previous week by defeating Moorpark, lost both John White and Mike Ponce to injuries in the game and turned to Ryan Dayton at quarterback and Theron West at running back to spark the offense. But it was the defense that seemingly struggled throughout the game as it allowed touchdowns on Riverside's first two drives to trail 14-0 entering the 2nd quarter. Harbor's offense was shut out in the 1st half as the Tigers connected on a 20-yard field goal on the final play of the 1st half to lead 17-0. Harbor, however, came out striking on its first two drives to begin the 2nd half, as Dayton threw a 14-yard touchdown pass to Andre Hill to shorten the deficit to 17-6 (Alex Merced's PAT was no good). After forcing a three-and-out on defense, the Harbor offense drove down the field once more, capping a 13-play, 80-yard drive with a 23-yard touchdown run by West and two-point conversion pass from Dayton to Sterling Carter to get Harbor within three in the 3rd quarter. Riverside took over from there, scoring on its next drive and controlling the clock for nearly 13 minutes in the 4th quarter, all while scoring another touchdown with 5:41 remaining to put the game out of reach. Dayton was 10-of-24 for 71 yards with a touchdown, but two interceptions. West rushed for 79 yards on 13 carries, while Zach Zolin followed with 56 yards on eight carries. Dayton also contributed 42 yards on the ground on nine carries. Andre Hill finished with five receptions for 51 yards and the touchdown, while Justin Wilson led the defense with a game-high 13 tackles. Bobby Chore <bobbychore@gmail.com> 9/20/2010 http://www.lahc.edu/athletics/football/index.html Harbor football picked up right where it left off from last week's gigantic win over Cerritos College and dismantled host Los Angeles Southwest College 44-10 Saturday night. The Seahawks struggled with penalties (13 for 128 yards lost), but overcame them and the Cougars, which had several penalties of their own (16 for 155 yards) behind another huge rushing attack. Theron West led the way with 101 yards on only 15 carries with two touchdowns. Chad Dashnaw made the start for the Seahawks at quarterback and was more effective on the ground than in the air, scrambling for 55 yards on 10 rushes with two touchdowns, including a 14-yard rumble up the middle to give Harbor a 7-3 lead in the 1st quarter, a lead that it would never relinquish. Dashnaw scored again from a yard out to cap a 92-yard drive in the 2nd quarter to give Harbor a 14-3 lead. Amidst the offense pushing forward with 227 rush yards for the game, it was the defense that made the bigger impact for the contest, led by Matt Willis' team-high 12 tackles. Austin Flynn secured another double-sack game with two, while Elijah Sala's 35-yard fumble recovery/return touchdown in the 2nd pushed Harbor's lead to 21-3. David Niko's sack and strip of L.A. Southwest quarterback Marcell Dejean led to the fumble return score. After the Cougars finally found the end zone 35 seconds before the 1st half ended on a fake field goal/touchdown pass from Dejean to lineman Kevin Saldivar after the ball was tipped by Harbor in the end zone to Saldivar's hands, the Seahawks took full control fof the second half, getting good field position after a muffed punt led to a 16-yard loss and Harbor's ball at the Southwest five-yard line. Harbor scored in 30 seconds to lead 28-10. Then Harbor made another big special teams play as Daniel Bird blocked Southwest's punt attempt, leading a safety for the Seahawks and a commanding 30-10 lead. Leading 37-10 in the 4th after West's 10-yard left side scamper, backup quarterback Brandon Edwards made his first appearance a solid one as he threw a 10-yard strike to Dominique Harris with 4:58 remaining to cap the Harbor dominance. Edwards also rushed for 21 yards on four scrambles. Bobby Chore <bobbychore@gmail.com> 9/10/2011 http://www.lahc.edu/athletics/football/index.html The Harbor football team scored its biggest win under Head Coach Brett Peabody as the Seahawks held off visiting and No. 6-ranked Cerritos, 28-23, before a packed crowd at Seahawk Stadium. The Seahawks stayed true to form in its season opener and utilized the ground game to full effect, gashing the Falcons for 349 rush yards and totaling 512 for the game. Theron West, no starting at tailback for Harbor, had 152 yards on 17 carries with two touchdowns, including a 39-yard breakout run to the left side in the 2nd quarter. Quarterback Chris Smith would also make his mark on the ground, scrambling for 130 yards on 20 carries. Smith also was quite efficient with his arm, going 14-of-23 for 163 yards with an interception. Harbor's defense was powered up front, as Vae Vae Kereti and Austin Flynn combined for 12 tackles, while Flynn had a game-high two sacks against the Falcons. DJ Sheppard's sack on 4th down kept Cerritos, which was in the red zone on that down, from taking the lead in the 3rd as Harbor would hold off the Falcons with the 28-23 lead for the remainder of the contest. Elijah Sala came up with the game-clinching inteception, however, when Cerritos made its final drive for a victory. Sala's interception came at the Harbor 25-yard-line and returned 47 yards to give the Seahawks the ball deep into Falcon territory with 1:25 remaining. Sala added five tackles and a sack. Joron Adams filled in for West throughout the game and made several chain-moving plays, finishing with 90 total yards, 45 rushing and 45 receiving. Bobby Chore <bobbychore@gmail.com> 9/3/2011 http://www.lahc.edu/athletics/football/index.html Another dominant defensive performance was coupled with an unlikely aerial assault by the offense as the Harbor football team broke out of first-half tie with visiting Moopark to win 46-14 Saturday evening at Casey Field. Harbor wins the the first-ever Central West Conference championship with the big victory. The Seahawks (8-2, 5-0 conference) overcame injuries to John White and Mike Ponce with big games from Ryan Dayton and Theron West, who connected on two scores to put the game out of reach in the 4th quarter. Dayton was 15-of-31 for 247 yards and four touchdowns, while rushing for 98 yards on 15 carries and another score. Dayton entered the game as the backup and having thrown three total touchdown passes in the nine previous games. West, meanwhile, took two screen passes and turned them into touchdowns, one coming from 53 yards and the other coming from 19 yards. West totaled 171 all-purpose yards for the game. White, despite leaving in the 4th quarter with an injury, ran for 101 yards and a touchdown on 16 carries. Harbor rushed for 293 yards for the game, gashing a Moorpark run defense that had allowed less than 1,000 yards on the ground all season entering the game. The defense put forward its biggest performance of the season, as Byron Moore Jr. snagged two interceptions and returned one of them 30 yards for the game's first touchdown. Moore Jr., who has seven interceptions on the season, recorded his first forced fumble and fumble recovery of the season, returning it 28 yards to the Moorpark 32-yard line to set up Dayton's 19-yard screen TD pass to West to put the Seahawks up by 19 with 9:34 remaining in the game. Converted to safety from wide receiver in the middle of the season, Nick Jones had two interceptions as well, both landing directly in his direction and the second clinching the game and the conference championship for Harbor, who shut out the Moorpark offense for the game (Moorpark scored on a punt return and a kickoff return in the first half) while allowing a mere 177 yards of offense from the Raiders. Bobby Chore <bobbychore@gmail.com> 11/13/2010 http://www.lahc.edu/athletics/football/index.html Despite rushing for 538 yards, totaling 675 yards of offense and building two separate 26-point leads, the Harbor football team managed to find itself in a dogfight against host Antelope Valley Saturday night in Lancaster, but the Seahawks survived six turnovers to secure a wild 53-48 victory over the Marauders. Harbor (7-2, 4-0 Central West Conference) won its fourth straight game and finished 4-1 on the road this season. But it needed every big play to get out of Lancaster with a win, despite running to a 26-0 lead 10 minutes into the contest. On Harbor's fourth play from scrimmage, John White raced 65 yards for a touchdown to give Harbor an early 7-0 lead. One Antelope Valley fumble later, Harbor had possession from the Marauders' 35-yard line and scored in three plays, with quarterback Mike Ponce scoring from a yard out. On Antelope Valley's next drive, Harbor forced the Marauder offense into a safety to lead 16-0 with only 4:39 of the 1st quarter gone. Harbor's next possession saw Theron West burst up the middle untouched for a 70-yard score for a 23-0 lead. Alex Merced tacked on a 30-yard field goal and Harbor held a commanding 26-0 lead with 5:06 remaining in the 1st quarter. However, Harbor found itself gradually losing its lead along the way, despite even entering halftime with a 26-14 lead with Byron Moore Jr. recording his fifth interception this season and nearly returning it for a touchdown to end the first half. However, two fumbles by West -- one on a punt return and the other on a run play -- gave the Marauders short field position to narrrow the lead to 12. But Harbor's woes did not end there, as it allowed 13 more unanswered points to trail 27-26 after the last score was set up on a fumble by Kanoa Defries-Taeleifi in Harbor territory. But just as Antelope Valley completed its run, Harbor created another one as Ponce threw a 34-yard touchdown pass to Derl Howard to give the Seahawks the lead again. Harbor then got a forced fumble by Erik Kendle and recovery by Elijah Sala to give Harbor another scoring drive, once again from White, from two yards out to push Harbor's lead to 39-27 (White's two-point conversion run was short). A one-yard run by Zach Zolin extended the lead to 46-27, while a critical fumble recovery by Marquis Del Gado gave Harbor possession in its territory with eight seconds left in the 3rd quarter. Harbor utilized a 15-yard pass interference penalty to give Ponce an opportunity to launch a 45-yard touchdown pass to Kevin Post to end the 3rd up 53-27. However, Harbor would be blanked for the 4th quarter and seeing its 26-point lead dwindle once more. White fumbled at midfield on Harbor's first possession in the period, which was returned 53 yards by Antelope Valley for a score. Ponce then fumbled on Harbor's next drive, but the Marauders gave the ball back on the next play as Sala scooped up another fumble recovery, this time forced by Del Gado. The teams combined for nine fumbles lost for the game. Ponce was replaced by Ryan Dayton, who threw an interception on a deep pass on 3rd down at Antelope Valley's 15-yard line. The Marauders capitalized on the takeaway with an 85-yard scoring drive to cut Harbor's lead to 53-41. Another fumble by West, this time on an onside kick return, gave the Marauders possession at its own 46-yard line with just over four minutes remaining. Three minutes later, Antelope Valley found the end zone once more, and Harbor's lead was cut to five with 1:33 left. But Harbor would finally secure the ball and control of the game as Jabri Pobry recovered the next onside kick and Zolin's running ran the rest of the clock out for the win. While Zolin had a big game with 169 yards rushing on 19 carries with a touchdown, White's presence was bigger as he rumbled for his 4th 200-yard game of the season, 228 yards on only 15 carries with two scores. Harbor's 538 yards on the ground set a single game school record. Ponce, despite the costly interception, was 7-of-10 for 123 yards and a touchdown. Post led the receivers with two receptions for 55 yards and the long score. Delano Cook led the defense again with 10 tackles, his third straight game with double-digit tackles. Bobby Chore <bobbychore@gmail.com> 11/6/2010 http://www.lahc.edu/athletics/football/index.html The Harbor football team remained undefeated in Central West Conference play with a 28-14 victory over scrappy Citrus College Saturday night at Casey Field. Harbor (6-2, 3-0 conference) got another big performance from John White, who did not reach the 200-yard rushing mark for the first time in conference play, but still cut through the Owls defense for 129 yards on 18 carries and scored two short touchdowns. Mike Ponce went 12-of-20 for 137 yards with no interceptions and a rushing touchdown in the 2nd quarter. Ponce's biggest completions went to Andre Hill, who had four receptions for 74 yards. Harbor never trailed in the contest, but found itself in a tight game entering the 4th quarter. Leading 21-14 with just over six minutes remaining, Citrus had possession from its 14-yard line, but quarterback Lance Karl threw an interception to Joseph Brown at the Citrus 29-yard line. However, Brown fumbled at the Citrus 13-yard line on the interception return, which was recovered by the Owls for one more opportunity to tie the game. But Elijah Sala's big play put Citrus' hopes away as he picked off a Karl pass at the Citrus 25-yard line, fumbled at the Owls 13-yard line during his return, but regained the ball after it bounced back towards him and ran in the return for a game-clinching touchdown with 4:52 remaining. The Seahawks ran to a 14-0 lead at the top of the 2nd quarter behind rushing scores by White and Ponce, but a one-yard sneak by Karl cut the lead to seven going into halftime. White punched in another score at the 10:35 mark in the 3rd quarter to put Harbor up 21-7, but a trick play by Citrus --running back Brandon Stansell throwing a four-yard touchdown pass to receiver Rauley Zaragosa with 12:41 left in the game cut the lead to seven once again, before Harbor's late defensive touchdown. Delano Cook led the team with 12 tackles, while Kendle Warren and Theo Johnson each had a sack. Bobby Chore <bobbychore@gmail.com> Nov. 6, 2010 http://www.lahc.edu/athletics/football/index.html Trailing 17-14 entering the 4th quarter, the Harbor football team outscored host Chaffey College 28-3 (28-0 run after allowing a 25-yard field goal at the top of the quarter) behind three rush touchdowns by John White to defeat the Panthers 42-20 Saturday night at Grigsby Stadium. White recorded his 3rd 200-yard rushing game of the season and increased his total in that range every game, this time running for a career-high 252 yards on 25 carries. White also tied the school record for touchdowns in a single game with five scores on the ground, as rain poured throughout the contest. The Seahawks (5-2, 2-0 Central West Conference) found themselves in a close battle in the first three quarters, preferably the first half, which started off with a four-yard touchdown run by White on Harbor's first offensive drive. After a 37-yard field goal by Chaffey cut Harbor's lead to four, the Seahawks committed two turnovers within two minutes of play -- one being an interception by Mike Ponce in Chaffey territory that gave the Panthers the ball, and the other being a bobble by Theron West while trying to receive for a punt return, resulting in a fumble recovery by Chaffey. The Panthers then got on the scoreboard off a 44-yard touchdown pass from Jeff Ginofli to Brandon Caldwell, as Harbor trailed 10-7 near the end of the 1st quarter. The Seahawks then seized advantage off a Chaffey turnover deep in the Panthers' territory, as a bad handoff by Ginofli led to a fumble recovery by Elijah Sala at the Chaffey 4-yard line. White then scored from four yards out again to give Harbor the lead once more at 14-10. But Chaffey reached the end zone just before halftime after Ginofli threw another touchdown pass (7-yd score) to Caldwell as Harbor went into the half trailing by three. Harbor continued its strong play in 3rd quarters this season (22 total points allowed in 3rd quarter this season) and shut out Chaffey in the 3rd period, making the Panthers the third opponent this season to not score on Harbor in thte 3rd quarter. The 4th quarter, however, belonged to Harbor at the 14:47 mark, following a Chaffey field goal. Ponce, who was 11-of-30 for 102 yards and three interceptions, ran a draw play up the middle from four yards out as the Seahawks reclaimed the lead, one they would not relinquish. The Harbor defense then forced the Panther offense to punt after Paramore Tapa sacked Ginofli on 3rd and 9. With the ball at Harbor's 25-yard line, White raced through the Panther defense for a 44-yard score to extend the Seahawks' lead to eight. The Harbor defense then secured another big turnover as Justin Wilson intercepted a Ginofli pass at Chaffey's 46-yard line and returned it 32 yards to give Harbor 1st and 10 in the red zone. White scored on the first play to give the Seahawks a commanding 35-20 lead with just over six minutes remaining. The defense made a major stop in red zone territory, stopping Chaffey on three straight plays from the 5-yard line before Kendle Warren took Ginofli down for his second sack of the game to force a turnover on downs. However, the defense found itself back on the field momentarily after White broke a season-long 83-yard run for Harbor's final touchdown with 1:12 left. Warren finished with six tackles (three for loss) and a forced fumble to go with his two sacks. Delano Cook, meanwhile, led the team once more with 14 tackles. Bobby Chore <bobbychore@gmail.com> Oct. 17, 2010