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September 23, 2006
Football:
Vikings explode for 21 first-quarter points, beat GWC 34-10
Long Beach City College scored 21 unanswered points in the first quarter to go on to cruise to a 34-10 Mission Conference interdivision win over visiting Golden West College Saturday night at Veterans Memorial Stadium.
The LBCC offense finally had its first big game on the ground, as the Vikings totaled a season-high 180 yards rushing. Long Beach had four rush for at least 26 yards in the contest.
Freshman running back Troy Guthrie got the Vikings on the board, breaking off a 50-yard touchdown run with 12:24 left in the first to give LBCC an early 7-0 lead.
Guthrie led the Vikings on the ground, rushing for 71 yards on 7 carries.
Sophomore Froylan Sanchez booted two straight field goals (26, 38-yards), and sophomore fullback Patrick Su’a rumbled in for an 11-yard TD rush with 2:07 remaining in the first give the Vikings a commanding 21-0 lead.
Golden West scored it lone touchdown in the second quarter to get its squad on the board. Everett Mason’s one-yard touchdown run capped a six-play, 32-yard drive with 6:10 left in the half to make the score 21-7.
Sophomore wide receiver LaTroy Dinkins was kept quiet in the first quarter, but he made his presence felt in the second. Dinkins had 5 receptions for 86 yards, including a 34-yard TD catch with 30 seconds left in the second.
Golden West’s Jake Lipton nailed a 38-yard field goal as time expired in the half to bring the score of 27-10 at the break.
The second half was quiet as scoring went. Vikings closed out a five-play, 40-yard drive with a one-yard TD run by freshman quarterback Josh Powell to close out the scoring at 34-10.
Powell threw for 110 yards on 11 of 17 passing with no interceptions.
The LBCC defense played a huge role in the win, totaling four interceptions, a blocked punt, and one forced fumble. The defense also held Golden West passers to just four completions.
Interceptions by Jonte Stroud, Junior Fasavlu, William Alo, and Don Tupou either stopped Golden West rallies or gave the Vikings good starting position for the offense.
Stroud also blocked a punt and recovered a fumble and added 3 tackles. Freshman Darvide Battiste totaled 5 tackles to lead the Vikings.
Sanchez had a good night kicking. On kickoffs, he booted three for touchbacks, while his other two kicks were returned from deep in the Golden West end zone. Hit nailed both his field goals attempts, but his lone blemish was a missed PAT kick (2 for 3).
Golden West (1-3) managed just 120 yards of total offense. Quarterback Wes Obie threw for 60 yards on 4 of 19 passing with 3 interceptions.
James Crowley led the Rustlers with 8 carries for 20 yards and had 2 catches for 35 yards.
With the win, the Vikings improve to 2-2 on the season. LBCC returns to action next Saturday (Sep 30) when it travels to Cerritos College to face the rival Falcons.
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