The Point Loma High School (PLHS) Pointers had five quarterback sacks and ran for 253 yards as a team, spoiling La Jolla High School\u2019s (LJHS) Homecoming by defeating the Vikings 28-7 in a Western League football game at Gene Edwards Stadium on Nov. 14. “Point Loma is a good football team,” said La Jolla head football coach Dave Ponsford said. “They handled us in every which way. They deserved to win.” The Pointers got on the scoreboard first when senior Marquel Specks (13 carries, 117 yards, 1 touchdown) opened the scoring on a 41-yard touchdown run with 1:56 left in the first quarter to give PLHS a 7-0 lead. “They (the Vikings) stacked eight guys inside the box against us because of our running backs,” said Pointers head football coach Mike Hastings. In the second quarter, Point Loma came right back and scored again as junior Leslie Rogers (13 carries, 90 yards, 2 touchdowns), reached the goal line on an 8-yard run to put the Pointers up 14-0 with 8:08 remaining before halftime. “We have a great running game,” Hastings said. “But our quarterback can throw too. So, we made some big plays when the timing was right.” The Point Loma quarterback would be Keegan Fitzgerald (5-of-6, 85 yards, 1 touchdown) and 3:06 left in the second period proved to be the right time for the Pointers as the junior signal-caller found Rogers in the end zone for a 21-yard touchdown pass to push the PLHs advantage to 21-0 heading into the locker room at halftime. “That was a good testament to our offense,” Hastings said. “It kept clicking right along and I felt confident that the defense could hold a 21-point lead. Our defense shut La Jolla down and played well all night long in giving the offense great field position to work with.” In the third quarter, a sack by LJHS senior linebacker Harper Allen and a blocked punt by junior linebacker Matt Petch gave possession of the ball back to the Vikings. La Jolla quickly capitalized on a 34-yard drive that culminated when senior Henry Nawahine called his own number on a 2-yard quarterback keeper up the middle to trim the margin to 21-7 with 0:38 remaining in the third period. “We played better in the second half,” Ponsford said. “We kind of recovered a little bit and started to put something together.” With 2:54 left in the fourth quarter, the Pointers continued to put it all together and show how good they can be as senior running back Russell Young raced for a 30-yard touchdown to pad the Point Loma cushion and seal the victory for the Pointers. “This wasn\u2019t our best performance,” Ponsford said. “Not taking a thing away from Point Loma.” With the win, the Pointers improve their record to 5-4-1 overall and 3-1-1 in the Western League. With the loss, the Vikings fall to 4-6 overall and 2-3 in Western League play.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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