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San Clemente Football Takes First Loss in Defensive Slugfest with Corona del Mar

Staff by Staff
September 10, 2021 11:13PM
in SPORTS & OUTDOORS, Sports Headlines
PHOTOS: San Clemente Football Opens Season with Dominant Shutout of Oceanside

San Clemente Triton Football beats Oceanside, 38-0. Photo: Alan Gibby/Zone57

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By Zach Cavanagh

SAN CLEMENTE – For the third straight week, the San Clemente football team was locked in a defensive slugfest, and for the first time this season, the Tritons couldn’t find any late offensive magic.

In a battle of unbeatens, San Clemente held Corona del Mar well under its early high-scoring averages, but the Sea Kings scored on their opening drive of the game and put up their own strong defensive front to hand San Clemente its first loss of the season, 7-3, on Friday, Sept. 10 at San Clemente High School.

We’re LIVE at San Clemente HS where it’s Military and First Responders Appreciation Night as 3-0 @TritonFootball hosts 3-0 @CDMFootball.

Tritons providing over 250 pre-game meals to active and retired military, fire and law enforcement personnel.

Kickoff is 7 p.m. @SCHSTritons pic.twitter.com/kinkjBa8Lh

— South OC Sports (@SouthOCsports) September 11, 2021

“They made the plays when they had to, and we didn’t,” San Clemente coach Jaime Ortiz said. “That’s the bottom line. We had opportunities. Offensively, we have to be more consistent.”

San Clemente (3-1) stays with tough Orange County beach-town competition next Friday, Sept. 17, as the Tritons travel to take on Edison at Huntington Beach High School. Edison is 2-2 after a 49-10 win over Palos Verdes on Friday with the Charger’s two losses coming to Trinity League teams – 54-14 against nationally ranked Servite and 23-21 against Orange Lutheran.

Going into Friday’s game Corona del Mar (4-0) was averaging over 44 points per game and over 330 yards per game through their first three contests, but San Clemente had only allowed 19 points through its first three games. San Clemente’s defense won out and held the Sea Kings to just 194 yards and a fumble.

FUMBLE: Corona Del Mar loses the ball, and McDonald covers for San Clemente. Tritons trail 7-0 but set up deep in Sea Kings territory to start the 3rd. @Tritonfootball @ReeseMcDonald34 @SCHSTritons pic.twitter.com/9UPxmzgAAZ

— South OC Sports (@SouthOCsports) September 11, 2021

“We had some good tendencies on them (Corona del Mar),” Ortiz said. “The kids battled and swarmed to the ball. At times, we imposed our will on the line of scrimmage, and at times, they imposed on us. We played around the ball really well. It would’ve been nice to make one more play.”

However, despite a 34-point showing in their opener over Oceanside, the Tritons offense has struggled, with just three touchdowns in their last three games. San Clemente gained 170 yards of offense against Corona del Mar.

“We just have to be more consistent, and we need to go finish drives,” Ortiz said. “We’re getting the ball inside the 30 or 40 line, and then we stall.”

San Clemente senior quarterback Lachlan Van Rosmalen completed 12 of 21 passes for 87 yards, and junior running back Blake Allen ran for 79 yards on 15 carries.

Corona del Mar junior quarterback David Rasor completed 10 of 21 passes for 111 yards and a 3-yard touchdown pass to senior receiver John Tipton. Senior running back Charlie Mannon carried the ball 15 times for 58 yards. Senior receiver Max Lane made four catches for 82 yards.

SCHS madrigals sing the National anthem and are accompanied by 13 United States flags held by students of active military families to honor the 13 U.S. service members killed at the Kabul airport. OC Sheriff provides flyover. @SCHSTritons @Tritonfootball pic.twitter.com/FwpTTYM71e

— South OC Sports (@SouthOCsports) September 11, 2021

Friday’s game was also the Tritons’ annual Military and First Responders Appreciation Night. The San Clemente program provided over 250 pre-game meals for active and retired military, fire and law enforcement service members and family members. During the national anthem, 13 students of active military families held United States flags to honor the 13 U.S. service members killed at the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, and after the anthem, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department helicopter provided a flyover.

Corona del Mar came out swimming as Rasor connected with Lane on a 31-yard pass on the Sea Kings’ first drive – one of only three passes by either team longer than 12 yards. Rasor found Tipton on the 3-yard score to go ahead, 7-0, with four minutes left in the first quarter.

San Clemente was in position to respond and put points on the board with a 35-yard field goal, but Corona del Mar blocked the attempt at the start of the second quarter.

From there, neither team could sustain a drive, and while San Clemente nearly had a pick-six opportunity at the end of the first half, the pass was merely tipped and caught to run down the time.

Coming out of halftime, San Clemente forced a fumble on the opening drive, and Reese McDonald recovered at the Corona del Mar 33-yard line.

San Clemente seemingly tied the game on a four-yard pass from Van Rosmalen to Easton Cattich, but the Tritons were called for holding to negate the score. The Tritons settled for a field goal, and this time, Sean Harry’s 33-yard kick was true to put San Clemente on the board, 7-3.

FIELD GOAL: San Clemente on the board. After a holding call negated a TD, Harry hits 33 yard FG. @Tritonfootball @SCHSTritons

Corona Del Mar leads 7-3, 7:09 3Q. pic.twitter.com/PEj0tJG08s

— South OC Sports (@SouthOCsports) September 11, 2021

Through the third and fourth quarters, the field position game continued with both teams dropping passes or simply meeting resistance from the opposing side.

Late in the fourth quarter, San Clemente was losing its remaining runway and went for a fourth down at midfield. Corona del Mar defended the pass and took over on downs.

The Sea Kings iced the game with a 42-yard pass from Rasor to Lane that put Corona del Mar at the San Clemente six-yard line with two minutes remaining. With San Clemente out of timeouts, Corona del Mar elected not to push for the end zone and ran out the clock to earn the hard-fought win.

Local Area Football Week 3 Scoreboard:

Dana Hills (2-1) 29, Aliso Niguel 28
Yorba Linda 49, San Juan Hills (0-4) 28
Centennial of Corona 48, JSerra (1-2) 0
St. Margaret’s (1-2) 31, Rim of the World 0
Capistrano Valley Christian (3-1) 37, California Military Institute 0

Zach Cavanagh

Zach Cavanagh is the sports editor for Picket Fence Media. Zach is a multiple 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. Email at zcavanagh@picketfencemedia.com.

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