Prep Football: Cottonwood Recovers To Beat Highland
By George Artsitas
Special to The TribuneCottonwood's quarterback Steve Romero crouched into a ball and hurled his fists against the turf like he was trying to start an earthquake.
He had just botched a snap that allowed Highland's Muli KiniKini to rumble to a 42-yard fumble recovery touchdown, the Colts' first points allowed in region and their first deficit of the young region season. But he also did something that Cottonwood hasn't been forced to do for the last four weeks: show resilience and respond.
Romero was able to step up in pressure and deliver an 83-yard dart to wideout Jason Lundquist after the fumble and never looked back, as Cottonwood stifled the Rams 32-21.
The game of highs and lows started early for Romero, with him throwing an interception during the first drive of the game to Sione Inukihaangana.
After a quick punt from the Rams, Romero stepped up on the very next offensive snap and fired a 80 yard bomb to Chandler Hudson to put the Colts up 6-0 early.
It wouldn't be his last.
Beside Lundquist and Hudson, Romero was also able to connect with Alo Moli with 45 second left in the first session on a 75 yarder as well as to a common target, tailback Isis Sofele, for 52 yards.
When it was all said and done, Romero finished 8-for-18 for an astounding 350 yards with five total touchdowns, including a 35-yard scamper for a score on the ground.
Regardless of his positive numbers, Cottonwood head coach Cecil Thomas was a lot more focused on his two fumbles and three interceptions and is happy his defense could play well enough to win.
"Honestly, this was probably one of the worst games he's had," said Thomas, "There's a lot of stuff we can work on and thank god our defense carried us."
Special to The TribuneCottonwood's quarterback Steve Romero crouched into a ball and hurled his fists against the turf like he was trying to start an earthquake.
He had just botched a snap that allowed Highland's Muli KiniKini to rumble to a 42-yard fumble recovery touchdown, the Colts' first points allowed in region and their first deficit of the young region season. But he also did something that Cottonwood hasn't been forced to do for the last four weeks: show resilience and respond.
Romero was able to step up in pressure and deliver an 83-yard dart to wideout Jason Lundquist after the fumble and never looked back, as Cottonwood stifled the Rams 32-21.
The game of highs and lows started early for Romero, with him throwing an interception during the first drive of the game to Sione Inukihaangana.
After a quick punt from the Rams, Romero stepped up on the very next offensive snap and fired a 80 yard bomb to Chandler Hudson to put the Colts up 6-0 early.
It wouldn't be his last.
Beside Lundquist and Hudson, Romero was also able to connect with Alo Moli with 45 second left in the first session on a 75 yarder as well as to a common target, tailback Isis Sofele, for 52 yards.
When it was all said and done, Romero finished 8-for-18 for an astounding 350 yards with five total touchdowns, including a 35-yard scamper for a score on the ground.
Regardless of his positive numbers, Cottonwood head coach Cecil Thomas was a lot more focused on his two fumbles and three interceptions and is happy his defense could play well enough to win.
"Honestly, this was probably one of the worst games he's had," said Thomas, "There's a lot of stuff we can work on and thank god our defense carried us."
| Cottonwood 32, Highland 21 Friday, October 03, 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scoring Summary: C — Hudson 80 pass from Romero (kick blocked) H — Kinikini 42 fumble return (Hickens kick) C — Lundquist 83 pass from Romero (conversion failed) C — 75 pass from Romero C — Romero 35 run (Beveridge kick) H — Ferrin 10 fumble return (kick blocked) C — Fofele 52 pass from Romero (Beveridge kick) H — Baucom 9 pass from Orchard (Walter run) |
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