Point Loma’s Pointers rolled up 451 yards of offense in a 31-21 victory over the Scripps Ranch Falcons Sept. 23, plucking a win from the birds at their Grosvenor Stadium roost. Jamal Agnew ignited the Pointers when, on their first possession of the game, he took a handoff around the right side and broke into the clear for a 62-yard touchdown run, giving the visitors a 7-0 lead with 7:41 left to play in the first quarter. Agnew ended the game with 155 yards on only 13 carries, an impressive 11.9 yards per carry average that led the Pointers. Also starting on the defensive side of the ball, Agnew delivered several hits that drew crowd reaction. The team’s usual rushing leader, Jaivon Griffin, was the Pointers’ pass-reception leader in this game, his four catches covering 120 yards. On the next drive, Griffin turned a short swing-pass completion from quarterback Sam Augustine into a 68-yard pickup to the Falcons four-yard line. From here, Morris Mathews scored the first of his game-high three touchdowns with a strong second effort. After being met at the two-yard line by several Scripps Ranch defenders, Mathews kept his legs pumping and broke their grasp for the score. A failed two-point conversion attempt by the Dogs left them with a 13-7 lead. Next, Augustine’s 24-yard completion to Matt Magers gave the Pointers a first down at the Falcons’ 22. It was Mathews again, taking a handoff up the middle before breaking free in the Falcon secondary for the score. A successful two-point conversion gave the Pointers a 21-7 advantage 2:21 before intermission. Scripps Ranch countered with a 35-yard Falcon pass play and a nine-yard run that closed the lead to 21-14. But another long Agnew run, followed by a Falcon personal foul penalty, allowed Felipe Soares to put three more points on the board with a 27-yard field goal with two seconds on the clock before halftime. Each team scored once in the second half. Mathews picked up his third touchdown on a one-yard run with 9:10 left in the game to close scoring. For the night, Mathews carried 11 times for 38 yards. Griffin carried 14 for 30 yards. Other Pointer runners included Sydney Rush (five rushes for 16 yards), Zalyn Bullard (four rushes for 14 yards) and Dirk Lacy (two rushes for three yards). Augustine’s numbers for the night showed eight completions on 18 attempts for 195 yards.
