LOS GATOS – The Los Gatos soccer staff fell behind by two touchdowns within the first quarter of its opener Friday night time and was by no means in a position to completely make up the deficit in a 28-14 loss to visiting Corona del Mar.
“I believed phases had been all proper. I believed our protection performed nice truly, very bodily, performed quick. Offensively, we weren't good tonight. I believe a whole lot of it was some jitters at first, first-game stuff, we didn’t make some performs early on that we usually do,” Los Gatos coach Mark Krail mentioned. “Credit score to (Corona Del Mar). They're a fantastic program and we knew that after we put them on the schedule that it might be a fantastic take a look at.”
After Corona del Mar (2-0) scored touchdowns on its first two possessions, it solely reached the top zone twice extra. The Los Gatos protection pressured three turnovers, together with one which resulted in a Wildcats landing and one other that arrange one other Los Gatos rating.
However the Los Gatos offense was by no means in a position to get completely on observe. It completed with 128 complete yards, together with negative-seven dashing. Quarterback Jake Boyd was underneath constant stress, as he was sacked six instances and completed with negative-43 dashing yards. He additionally needed to take care of a number of low heart deliveries, significantly within the remaining Wildcats drive. Boyd did move for 135 yards, together with 6-for-7 passing within the second half.
The Sea Kings opened the scoring on a brief area with a five-yard move from quarterback David Rasor to Zach Giuliano. After a Los Gatos three-and-out, Corona del Mar produced one other landing on a 27-yard leaping catch by Cooper Hoch on a move thrown by Rasor. Hoch, a 6-foot-3 senior, completed with eight receptions for 118 yards.
However Los Gatos’ Kevin Rogers recovered a fumble and returned it into Corona del Mar’s crimson zone. Two performs later, Boyd linked with Jaylen Thomas for a nine-yard landing move, and the Wildcats halved the Sea King’s result in 14-7 with eight minutes, 46 seconds left within the first half.
Corona del Mar instantly answered with an 80-yard, 14-play drive, capped by a one-yard Rasor scoring run. Rasor accomplished 18 of his 22 move makes an attempt for 228 yards within the sport and in addition rushed for 50 yards. Kaleb Annett, one other Sea Kings quarterback, accomplished six of his 11 makes an attempt for 23 yards and an interception.
After trailing by 14 factors at halftime, Los Gatos struck instantly early within the third quarter when Landon Heard returned an interception 38 yards for a landing. However the Wildcats weren't in a position to rating after that, and Corona del Mar gave itself some respiration room with a 34-yard landing strike from Rasor to Hoch with 9:54 remaining for the ultimate rating of the sport. The Sea Kings drove deep into Los Gatos territory later within the fourth quarter, however an interception by Thomas off a deflected move ended that drive.