October 25:
La Cañada Gladiator Weekly Report
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(Teams do not officially keep score)
On Sunday morning at Temple City High School the La Cañada Gladiators Junior Gremlin team squared off against the always tough Temple City Rams. The La Cañada Junior Gremlin Team of of Andrew Sharman, Emmet Hurley, Adam Crawford, Austin Heberger, Cayden Smith, Max Nelson, Dylan McGoldrick, Ronald Shin, Adam Griffin, Matthew Bannick, Ryan Gonzalez, John Lytle, Charlie Stewart, Corey Koehler, Benjamin Ahn, Jonathan Ahn, Brian Harley, Mitchell Frus, Devin Mathews, and Thomas McConnell set the bar high on their first offensive play of the game when Crawford ran for a touchdown. On defense, Austin Heberger, Emmet Hurley, and Ronald Shin pulled flags on the first three plays, and Heberger batted down a pass to force a punt. Crawford then ran for a 40-yard touchdown on the Gladiators’ first play from scrimmage.
In the second quarter, after a Rams’ score, Heberger hit John Lytle for a quick pass to start another Gladiator drive, and Tomas McConnell ran down the right side for the Gladiators’ second score. On defense, Sharman held his ground and forced the play back inside and pulled two flags in a row.
The second half was another hard fought half and the Gladiators made some good defensive adjustments holding the Rams scoreless in the half. Shin and Heberger both narrowly missed interceptions, and McConnell, Andrew Sharman, Caden Smith and Max Nelson all made drive-stopping plays. It was the first tight game for Gladiators in a while and the team showed their toughness and found a way get in the end zone two more times and keep the Rams out.
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Gremlin
La Cañada Gladiators 19, Temple City Rams 0
The Gladiator Gremlins traveled to face a much improved Temple City Rams squad early Sunday morning at Temple City High School.
The Gladiators had a steady moving offense behind quarterbacks Noah Kim and Tanner Gish. Making everything happen up front were linemen Drake Barron, Julian Martinez, Jules Buenabenta, Justin Sabourin, Chris Simonian, William Stewart, Derek Albanese, Ashton Baron, Miles Haxton, Michael Chan, Connor McGoldrick, Ian Goodstein, Brandt Lukas, Kyle Ramirez and Henry Alvarez. Temple City’s defense rarely found a way to stop the line, which allowed running backs Elijah Washington, Will McConnell, Chris Wood and Mitchell Espinosa to run at will. The first offensive drive ate up most of the first quarter and ended with a 30-yard touchdown run by McConnell. Washington had another outstanding game on both sides of the ball with a long touchdown scurry on offense and another 60-yard run for a touchdown following his own defensive strip in the Rams’ backfield.
On defense, Jackson Totleben, Richard Berry, McGoldrick and Chan showed excellent speed on the ends and helped to prevent the Rams from effectively running the ball outside. Linbackers McConnell, Washington, Branden Julien and Espinosa blitzed often and made a number of outstanding tackles. The defensive backfield was led by Bobby Gazmarian, Chris Wood, Carson Okland, Will Warren, Jared Bourgault, Clayton Esparza, David Saravia and Jake George. Esparza had his best game to date with some hard tackles from the corner. The entire defense played consistent football en route to their second shutout.
The Gremlins improved to 5-1 with the final league contest against Rosemead at home this Saturday determining their playoff chances. Rosemead will come into the game against La Cañada undefeated with a 6-0 record. No team has scored against the tough Rebel squad. The Gladiators will be ready for this colossal showdown on Oct. 31 at 10 a.m. at La Cañada High School.
Jr. Pee Wee
La Cañada Gladiators 33, Temple City Rams 0
The Jr. Pee Wee Gladiators put together their most complete performance of the year against the Temple City Rams coming away with a 33-0 victory. It was a dominant performance from start to finish for a team that is peaking at the right time.
Mario Martinez got it started with a fumble recovery to set up a 20-yard score run by Daivon Grayson. Daivon then scampered in for the extra point on a muffed snap and had a career day scoring on another touchdown on a breakaway run of 60 yards. The offiensive line of Robert Rothrock, Danny Pardo, Eli Fazzi, Anthony Guerrero, Ethan DeMoulian, Able Fernandez and Jason Rowton provided plenty of room for the running team of Brandon Sharman, Grayson, Martinez, Drew Sarceda, and Brian Erickson. Mason Gilmour and Brett Gangi split time at quarterback running the potent offense. Gangi ran for 60 yards on one play and scored on a 40-yard keeper behind the blocking of Martinez. Martinez then scored on his own run late in the third quarter.
The Gladiator defense dominated play, shutting out the Rams with great line play from Theo Chamberlain, Michael Doud, Augy Saucedo, Thomas Stea, Able, Mason, Rowton, Erickson and Max Burcher who all recorded tackles for losses. Johnny Monroe disrupted the Rams with three tackles for losses a forced fumble and a fumble recovery. The secondary allowed no pass completions with great play from Gangi, Anthony Saravia and Angel Salazar, and they capped off the game with a Drew Sarceda 50-yard interception returned for a touchdown behind a host of blockers. “With our fan base and dedication of the players the sky is the limit for this team, said Gladiators Coach Tom Doud.
Pee Wee
La Cañada Gladiators 42, Temple City Rams 0
On an Indian-summer afternoon at Temple City High School, the Gladiators dominated the Rams of Temple City, 42-0. The Gladiators are undefeated at 6-0, and remain in sole possession of first place in the Arroyo Division.
After a fumble recovery in the first quarter by Gunnar Trowbridge, the powerful offense took only three plays to score, with Ernesto Juaregui scoring on a 1-yard run. Nick McConnell kicked the conversion to make the score 8-0. Juaregui’s run was set up by a 13-yard reception by Joey McClure and a weaving, determined run by Jack Philo to the 1-yard line.
After another stop by the swarming Gladiator defense, Cameron Chavez took a Kyle Cheung pass on a bubble screen to score easily from the 1-yard line, to open the second quarter scoring and up the lead to 14-0.
The well-schooled Gladiator defense continues to create opportunities for the high-powered Gladiator offense, with Chris Harb, Andrew Dehne, Skyler Payne, Dominic Aguilar, Kyle Tavizon, Sam Brown, Joey Robertson, Trowbridge, Charlie Bednar, Matthew Perasso, Robert Benson, Philo, McConnell, Colin DuCharme, Gregory Stupakis, Travis Westhoff, Juaregui, Sean Bloks, Joe Reilly, Bryan Esparza, McClure and Cheung wreaking havoc with opposing defenses.
The Gladiator offense didn’t take long to score again as Philo scored on a 32-yard pass from Cheung to up the score to 22-0. The high octane offense, with Bloks, Sean Davitt, Perasso, Christopher Basso, Trent Bauer, Larkin Iverson, Troy Eggertson, Alex Espinosa, Mike Reilly, Robertson, Ross Niederhaus, Matt Erickson, Philo, Cheung, Tavizon, Jauregui, McConnell, McClure and Benson, seemed unstoppable and scored at will.
The first half ended with the Gladiators ahead 30-0, after the Gladiators forced a punt, which was returned by Cheung 65 yards for a touchdown on a spectacular return.
After yet another forced fumble, the Gladiators quickly cashed in, this time on a determined, weaving 40-yard run by McConnell to up the score to 36-0, which was the score at the end of the third quarter.
After a key interception by Stupakis to thwart a Ram drive deep in Gladiator territory, Ross Neiderhaus took the handoff and sprinted 92-yards for another score to increase the Gladiator lead to 42-0.
The Gladiators next opponent is the Rosemead Rebels at 2 p.m. on Oct. 31 at La Cañada High School.
Jr. Midgets
La Cañada Gladiators 7, East L.A. Bobcats 36
Last Sunday at Garfield High School, the La Cañada Junior Midgets lost a hard-fought battle against the East L.A. Bobcats 36-7.
Both defenses dominated the first two quarters resulting in a 6-0 lead by East L.A. at halftime. The Gladiator defense was led by linebackers Adam Rowton, Joshua Yoon, Michael Greenberg and Will Lombardo, the defensive line of Hunter Trowbridge, Jonathan Sotoodeh, Alex Mkrtchyan, Justin Petrie, Evan Sillas, Jason Reyes, Sam Peplow, Clyde Kozak, Christian Woodward, Hussein Maaz and David Vardanian, the defensive ends of Brodie Felkel, Todd Murray and Hasan Maaz and the defensive backs Krystian Sermak-Proulx, Anthony Parada, Brandon Renick, Scott Platisa and Diego Sawers-Mendoza.
La Cañada took the lead in the third quarter with a terrific 15-yard touchdown pass from Lombardo to Parada. Brodie Felkel made the PAT kick to make the score 7-6.
Despite some good plays on both sides of the ball by the Gladiators, the Bobcats never looked back from there, scoring several times in the second half to win the game 36-7. The Gladiator passing game had some flashes of brilliance with great throws from Lombardo to Renick, Parada and Murray, including a couple of key conversions on fourth down to Renick and Murray. The Gladiator defense, despite a few big plays, also held tough with sacks by Felkel and Sotoodeh, a fumble recovery by Greenberg and great pass defense by Renick, Parada and Sermak-Proulx.
The Gladiator special teams played well this week with several key onside kick recoveries by Vardanian and Yoon.
All members of the squad played hard for the whole game. Felkel, Renick, Greenberg and Vardanian were all singled out for their exceptional play on Sunday.
The Gladiator Junior Midgets’ next game is against the Rosemead Rebels at La Cañada High School next Saturday, Oct. 31 at 4 p.m.
Midgets
La Cañada Gladiators 8, East L.A. Bobcats 34
The La Cañada Midget team played their hearts out this Sunday afternoon at Covina High School, only to come up short in a 26-12 defeat to the Covina Vikings.
On a warm afternoon, it looked like the Gladiators were going to gain a victory as they were in total control during the first half of the game. Behind some outstanding blocking from Adam Fazzi, Jared Soohoo, Derrick Lee, Thomas Rhee, Lucas Drill and Michael Kobeissi, the Gladiators were able to march down the field and put up the first points of the game on a quarterback sneak by Ty Gangi. Their second touchdown came on a 5-yard pass in the flat to fullback Zachery Washington, who rumbled and stumbled down the sideline for a 50-yard score.
Defensively, the Gladiators held the Vikings in check for the first half of the game, but couldn’t contain their speed in the second half. Cornerback Steven Schmutzer and safety Jorge Escandon each recorded an interception.
Overall, the Gladiators played with a lot of emotion and will continue to play their hearts out no matter what the outcome of the game is.
The Gladiators play host to a strong Glendora team on Oct. 31 at 6 p.m. at La Cañada High School.