| Chris Jones of Chaffey High School tries to avoid Colton defensive back
Chris Sanchez in Friday's nonleague game.
The Chaffey High School Tigers were forced abandon their game plan early
Friday night, but managed a 19-6 victory over the Colton Yellowjackets.
The Tigers lost Marshall Turner, their starting quarterback, just prior to
the start of the game.
"Marshall slipped and sprained his ankle in pregame warm-ups," said
Bart Goldstein, head coach of the Tigers.
 Chris
Jones of Chaffey avoids Colton defensive back Chris
Sanchez in Friday's nonleauge game. |
Goldstein had spent the practice week throwing the ball and wasn't able to
follow that plan when Turner went down, he said.
Chris Jones, the Tigers' running back, managed to pick up the offensive slack
by rushing for 180 yards and two touchdowns.
The Tigers' first touchdown came following a fumble recovery by Albert Romero
with three minutes left in the first quarter.
Jones managed to capitalize on the turnover by scoring from the 2. |
With less than two minutes to go in the half, Jones scored his second touchdown
from the 6 by breaking two tackles.
Colton managed to pick up only two first downs in the first half as the
Chaffey defense overpowered the smaller Yellowjackets.
"Their guys were tremendously big, said Dick Shelko, head coach for
Colton. "And their defense does crazy things."
Colton's only score came when Robert Huckleby caught a 24-yard pass from
Brian Pope that set up a 1-yard scoring run by Cody Sorensen.
In the fourth quarter, it was a defensive struggle between the two
teams.
Colton managed to stop the Tigers on a fourth and 1 play from the 10.
The Tigers responded with an interception by Mitchell Hall with 57 seconds
remaining.
On the Tigers next play, Mono Suliafu fumbled and the Yellowjackets recovered
at the 40 giving them one last shot at the win.
It wasn't meant to be though as Pierre Johnson intercepted a Colton pass and
scampered 70 yards for a touchdown. |
