Cardinal Newman is game, but beaten
Cardinal NewmanSanta Rosa hung tough with the Sac-Joaquin Section’s top-ranked team, but St. Mary’sStockton was able to outlast the host Cardinals 48-34 in nonleague action Friday night.
St. Mary’s (2-0) bolted to a 13-0 lead on the first five plays of the game with Rams quarterback Marcus Aponte running for both scores. Cardinal Newman (1-1) later took a 20-13 lead on a blocked punt by Dino Kahaulelio. Tanner Mendoza recovered the ball in the end zone for the score.
Jamar Marshall of St. Mary’s returned the ensuing kickoff 92 yards for a tying score. The Rams eventually reeled off 28 unanswered points.
Cardinal Newman made things interesting late after quarterback Beau Barrington scored on two keepers to close the score to 41-34, but St. Mary’s running back Dusty Frampton salted the game away by scoring his fourth touchdown of the night.
Frampton finished with 17 carries for 115 yards. Barrington was 14-of-23 for 220 yards and two touchdowns in addition to his two scoring runs.
De La Salle 35, St. John’s College High (Washington, D.C.) 31: The host Spartans (2-0) rallied from a 31-14 deficit to stun the Cadets (1-1) in a nationally televised game. De La Salle quarterback Erich Storti scored the go-ahead touchdown midway into the fourth quarter.
De La Salle’s Kairee Robinson rushed for 136 yards and two touchdowns, one a 78-yarder that got the De La Salle offense started. Storti split time at quarterback with Andrew Jones for the second consecutive week and rushed for 62 yards and two touchdowns.
St. John’s College jumped on the Spartans for a 21-7 lead at halftime. Quarterback Kevin Doyle completed his first eight passes and finished the half 12-of-15 for 168 yards and a touchdown. Running back Keilan Robinson did damage as well, rushing for 72 yards and a touchdown.
After Storti’s 11-yard run gave De La Salle its first lead of the night, Doyle marched his team back down the field, but on 4th-and-goal from the 6, Shamar Garrett knocked down Doyle’s pass. Later, George King intercepted Doyle’s final pass of the night with 28 seconds left to secure the win.