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San Clemente Football Can’t Stop Corona del Mar Air Attack, Takes First Loss

Staff by Staff
September 27, 2019 12:08AM
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San Clemente Football Can’t Stop Corona del Mar Air Attack, Takes First Loss

San Clemente vs Corona del Mar. Photo: Zach Cavnagh

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By Zach Cavanagh

NEWPORT BEACH – The San Clemente football team knew what it had to stop against Corona del Mar, but it was a matter of if they could stop it.

Unfortunately for the Tritons, the Sea Kings’ exceptional talents won out on Thursday.

Quarterback Ethan Garbers threw for 371 yards and four touchdowns, including 116 yards and three TDs to receiver John Humphreys, to lead Corona del Mar over San Clemente, 42-21, for the Tritons’ first loss of the season in a nonleague game at Newport Harbor High School.

FINAL: Corona Del Mar 42, San Clemente 21. Tritons suffer first loss, open league vs Tesoro next Friday. @SCHSTritons @Tritonfootball @CDMFOOTBALL @SCTimesNews pic.twitter.com/Ffto1pJxfi

— South OC Sports (@SouthOCsports) September 27, 2019

“There’s a reason why one’s going to Washington (Garbers) and one’s going to Stanford (Humphreys),” San Clemente coach Jaime Ortiz said. “We tried to get them off their track a little bit. We were in position some times, but when your receiver is 6-foot-6 and the corner is 6-1, the receivers going to make a play.”

Corona del Mar (5-0) is ranked No. 3 in Division 3 and was just the latest of San Clemente’s high caliber nonleague opponents. The Tritons (5-1) move on to their South Coast League schedule next week with a homecoming date against Tesoro on Friday, Oct. 4.

Ortiz said his group is ready for league play and the defense of their South Coast League title.

“We’ve played six quality opponents,” Ortiz said. “There’s been no cupcakes on our schedule. Our kids battled every single week.”

Defense has been San Clemente’s calling card this season, and while the Tritons did add two more turnovers for a season total of 19, Corona del Mar ran for 130 yards in addition to Garbers’ air yards for 501 yards of offense.

In addition to Humphreys’ big night, receiver Bradley Schlom also caught nine passes for 154 yards, including a 49-yard touchdown.

TOUCHDOWN: Corona Del Mar capitalizes on the San Clemente fumble. Garners throws high for Humphreys who wrestles it away for the 2 yard score. CdM leads San Clemente, 7-0, 6:29 1Q. @CDMFOOTBALL @Tritonfootball @SCTimesNews pic.twitter.com/lspljkalcL

— South OC Sports (@SouthOCsports) September 27, 2019

“Individuals were having little breakdowns,” Ortiz said of his defense. “We’re waiting for one guy to make a play, and we weren’t able to get that done. It’s going to take a team effort for us.”

San Clemente had a nice night offensively with production from both quarterbacks.

Drayton Joseph threw for 128 yards and a touchdown to Cian Smith, and Nick Billoups threw for 97 yards and two touchdowns to Preston Rex and Cole Batson. Billoups also pulled in an interception on defense.

Smith caught eight passes for 111 yards.

TOUCHDOWN: San Clemente not going away quietly. Joseph leads a nice drive and finishes on a 13 yard pass to Smith. Corona del Mar still leads, 35-21, 2:34 3Q. @SCHSTritons @Tritonfootball @ciansmith15SC @CDMFOOTBALL @SCTimesNews pic.twitter.com/6EYd0vPfQq

— South OC Sports (@SouthOCsports) September 27, 2019

San Clemente’s tough night began on the very first play, where the Tritons fumbled and Corona del Mar recovered.

“In pregame I kind of felt it (the team’s low energy),” Ortiz said. “It’s my fault as the head coach. We didn’t come to play. We weren’t in the right mind frame today.”

Corona del Mar capitalized with Garbers first touchdown pass to Humphreys. Garbers threw a high ball that both Humphreys and Billoups got their hands on, but the taller Humphreys wrestled the ball away for the score.

Corona del Mar took its next drive into the second quarter and finished on a 1-yard touchdown run for the 14-0 lead.

Billoups connected with Bentley Redden on a 42-yard play to flip the field on San Clemente’s next drive, and the Tritons got on the board with a 6-yard touchdown pass to Batson.

However, the Tritons could never get any closer, as Corona del Mar answered right back with the 49-yard bomb to Schlom.

San Clemente came back on its next drive with Billoups’ 12-yard TD pass to Rex, and Billoups snuffed out the Sea Kings’ quick score attempt with his interception of Garbers to end the half at 21-14.

TOUCHDOWN: San Clemente back within 7. Billoups leads a quick drive and finds Rex for 12 yard TD pass. Corona Del Mar still leads, 21-14, 0:33, 2Q. @Tritonfootball @SCHSTritons @_nickbilloups @preston_rex1 @CDMFOOTBALL @SCTimesNews pic.twitter.com/huYIbyRy2j

— South OC Sports (@SouthOCsports) September 27, 2019

Garbers was deadly efficient on the opening drive of the second half that was capped by his second TD pass to Humphreys, an easy throw.

San Clemente’s ensuing drive ended in disaster when the Tritons had a punt blocked for the second straight week, and Corona del Mar recovered in the end zone for a touchdown and a 21-point lead.

The Tritons regrouped with an 11-play drive led by Joseph who hit Smith over the shoulder for a 13-yard TD pass on the right side.

Garbers connected on another score with Humphreys to end the next drive for the final score of 42-21.

 

Zach Cavanagh
Zach Cavanagh is the sports editor for Picket Fence Media. Zach is a California Journalism Award winner and has covered sports in Orange County since 2013. Follow him on Twitter and Instagram @ZachCav and follow our sports coverage on Twitter @SouthOCSports.

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