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| Patterson's victory gives new meaning to ugly win |
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| Written by Carol Scoles | |
| Saturday, 29 September 2007 | |
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TUOLUMNE - Sloppy, muddy and unsightly could have easily described the playing conditions at Summerville High's Thorseld Field Friday night. Ironically, the midfield mud also reflected the sloppy play both teams exhibited with six fumbles and three interceptions combined. Still, Patterson managed to grind out a 35-2 win to remain unbeaten as the state's No. 3 ranked Division IV team. Patterson threw an interception, fumbled twice, and gave Summerville (1-3) its only scoring when a bad snap forced punter Danny Ramos to take a safety in the end zone. Summerville fumbled four times and threw two interceptions. "We didn't play like we deserved to be No. 3 in the state," Patterson coach Rob Cozart said. "It was youth football at times. The field was soggy, and it's obviously nothing like what we have (at home). But that shouldn't matter and we still have a job to do." Before the muddy field began to disintegrate, the Tigers were able to get some traction early in the first quarter. Patterson (4-0) caught Summerville napping on its first drive, needing just two plays to march 64 yards. Following Keith Yamamoto's 41-yard run to the Summerville 23-yard line, quarterback Daniel Reza's 23-yard quarterback keeper put the Tigers up 7-0. Following a Summerville three-and-out, Patterson marched to the Bears' 25-yard line. However, a pass intended for receiver Johnny Garcia wound up intercepted by Dylan Day within the red zone, stalling Patterson's second drive. Patterson would eventually turn turnovers into points when Danny Arriola recovered the first of Summerville's four fumbles at the Bears' 15-yard line with 3:21 left in the first quarter. It didn't take long for the Tigers to capitalize. On a second-and-1 at the Summerville 14, Yamamoto surged 13 yards only to fumble at the goal line. Fortunately, Jacob Priester, a JV lineman who was recently promoted to varsity, recovered the ball in the end zone for the touchdown and a 13-0 lead. Patterson returned to its characteristic big-play offense when Robby Samano took a pitch and scampered 70 yards for a touchdown with 11:42 left in the second quarter for a 20-0 lead. The Tigers' secondary came up big midway through the second quarter on an interception return by Brian Serpa with 6:35 left. Yet, a fumble near midfield a couple minutes later gave the ball right back to Summerville. But Josh Ham and the Patterson defense wouldn't be denied the opportunity to score when he returned a fumble 59 yards down the left sideline with 3:38 left in the second quarter for a 27-0 lead. "When I saw the ball on the ground, I kind of peeked up and thought, 'I'm about to do this,'" Ham said. "I saw the ball like I needed to make something happen." Similar to its wins over Immanuel, Escalon and Sierra where big plays put Patterson over the top, Cozart said big plays factored into the Tigers surging past the Bears. "We had some really good individual and explosive plays in the first half, like the runback and the runs," Cozart said. "We came out flat footed, but we were able to adjust and make plays when we needed to." Samano closed out a turnover-laden second quarter with an interception of Summerville quarterback Bret Watson, a quarter that featured four total fumbles and an interception. Patterson misfired midway through the third quarter when an errant punt snap forced Ramos, a member of the varsity soccer team, to kneel in the end zone for a two-point safety. On the ensuing free punt kick, Summerville returned the punt to the Patterson 5-yard line. Yet, the Tigers buckled down and denied the Bears a score when Yamamoto intercepted a pass in the end zone and returned it 40 yards to the 35-yard line. "It kind of felt like we played sloppy," Ham said. "But our defense really stepped up. Our fullbacks and running backs were able to run the ball. We just knew we had to make big plays on offense and kind of fill in on defense for the offense." By the start of the fourth quarter, Patterson rested several of its starters, some of whom were banged up. It enabled reserve running back Siaosi Tupouata to score Patterson's final touchdown on a 17-yard surge for a 33-2 lead. Imani Brown's nifty catch in the end zone accounted for the two-point conversion attempt. JUNIOR VARSITY A lack of offensive execution and some offensive miscues cost the Patterson junior varsity in a 19-6 loss to Summerville. Anthony Sanchez scored the only touchdown for the Tigers (1-2-1) on a 2-yard run in the fourth quarter, but Summerville had already locked up the game at that point. "We're going to have to go back to fundamentals and holding onto the ball," JV coach Steve Cardoso said. "Turnovers killed us for the third straight week, along with offensive mishaps. We're holding our own defensively, but not finishing with big plays on offense." Wyatt Young led Patterson's JV with 64 rushing and 75 yards passing. Patterson faces Calaveras, which blanked Ripon 37-0 Friday, Friday at home. Calaveras, armed with a 3-1 preseason record, is averaging five touchdowns of offense per game. Patterson beat Calaveras 34-14 a year ago on the road. To reach Play Editor Mike Vanden Bosch at the Irrigator, call 892-6187 or e-mail him at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
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