
The Bishop’s football team has an undefeated championship season in its sights. After manhandling Holtville 54-12 on a brisk night under the lights Friday, Nov. 26 at La Jolla High, the Knights improved to 11-0 and moved onto the CIF Division V semifinals. “We wanted to see if we could put them away early, get those other guys in and keep them (the starters) healthy,” said head coach Joel Allen said. Top-seed Bishop’s came out of the gates flying, showing no signs of rust after a bye week. Senior wide receiver Adam Malkiewicz scored on a long catch and run in the opening minutes to make it 7-0. Senior safety Alec Fisher recovered a fumble on Holtville’s next possession. Then Fisher went to offense and caught a touchdown pass to put Bishop’s up 13-0 with five minutes remaining in the opening quarter. “It’s a pretty good play because two slants come over and I just go out to the edge,” Fisher said. “I’m usually open.” The Knights refused to let up after the quick start. Junior lineman John Manhard blocked a Holtville attempted punt and senior Micah Seau recovered the ball in the end zone to give Bishop’s a commanding 20-0 lead with 2:32 left in the first quarter. “He (Manhard) made a great play and I was able to capitalize and jump on the ball for the touchdown,” Seau said. The eighth-seeded Vikings (7-4) mounted an impressive 12-minute drive on their next possession, but it ended with a fumble inside the 10-yard line with just more a minute left in the half. That was far too much time for Bishop’s quarterback Joey Moreno. The junior needed just two plays to go 91 yards, the latter a 49-yard touchdown catch by up-and-coming receiver Dominique Love. Moreno threw four touchdowns and had no interceptions in the contest. “In the last three weeks he’s been playing awesome,” Allen said. “A lot of teams are keying on Alec and its great be able to have something to counter off of that. Joey’s done a good job stepping up.” In the third quarter, Fisher scored another touchdown on a catch almost identical to his first one to make it 34-0. His brother, Austin Fisher, then put on a show of his own. First he scored from his linebacker position when he picked up a fumble and scampered into the end zone from 10 yards out. On the Knights’ next possession he switched to running back where he blasted up the middle and took it to the house from 54 yards out. The Fisher brothers posted yet another outstanding game, scoring four touchdowns to lead the way. Junior running back Jeffrey Wang added a 51-yard touchdown run late in the fourth quarter to cap the scoring for the Knights. Bishop’s looks to extend its unbeaten streak when fourth-seeded Christian visits Edwards Stadium at La Jolla High on Friday, Dec. 3 at 7 p.m. The Patriots (6-5) are coming off an impressive 78-7 thumping of Tri-City Christian. “They’re a good team. We played them a couple weeks ago and they gave us everything we could handle and more,” Allen said. “We don’t expect anything but a great game from them.” A win against Christian would send the Knights to the Division V CIF title game Dec. 10 at Mesa College. “We’re going to work hard this week and prepare for them,” Seau said. “We’ve already played them before and we’re going to try for another win so we can go on to the championship.”








