Redlands keeps Smudge Pot, beats Cal Lutheran

Tony Williams Jr. ran for 174 yards on 29 carries and scored a touchdown as the University of Redlands football team defeated visiting Cal Lutheran 20-10 in a Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference game Saturday at Ted Runner Stadium.

Redlands (4-2, 3-1 in conference) retained the Smudge Pot Trophy and has now won 10 straight games in the rivalry series.

After a scoreless first quarter, Vicente Garcia got Redlands on the board with a 40-yard field goal. The Bulldogs added to their lead later in the second quarter on a 3-yard run by Williams and a 44-yard TD pass from Jack Wilson to Logan Sperline.

Cal Lutheran cut the deficit to 17-10 early in the fourth period, but Garcia later sealed Redlands’ win with a 33-yard field goal.

Scott Tinsley led the defensive effort for the Bulldogs with seven tackles and an interception..

MSJC picks up first victory of the season

Zach Zella completed 22 of 29 passes for 305 yards and five touchdowns as Mt. San Jacinto College cruised to a 48-16 victory over Southwestern in a nonconference game at HCN Bank Stadium.

The victory snapped the Eagles’ six-game losing streak dating back to last season.

MSJC (1-5) was clinging to an 18-13 lead in the second period, but the Eagles added to that advantage when Zella threw a 2-yard touchdown pass to Tevita Hailalilo with 12 seconds remaining in the half. Zella then tossed touchdowns to Elijah Smiley (22 yards) and Christian Kretz (27 yards) in the third quarter to help the Eagles increase their lead to 38-13.

Kretz and Smiley each caught two touchdown passes. Matthew Caldera finished with 252 all-purpose yards for MSJC.

RB Edwards leads CMS past La Verne

Justin Edwards rushed for 227 yards on 29 carries and scored three touchdowns as Claremont-mudd-scripps pulled away for a 30-17 road win over La Verne in a Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference game at Ortmayer Stadium.

Walter Kuhlenkamp threw a TD pass to Anderson Cynkar in the first quarter, and CMS (5-1, 3-1) held a 17-10 at halftime. Edwards scored on runs of 14 and 2 yards in the second half to help the Stags put the game away.

Joey Asta led the defensive effort for CMS, as he registered eight tackles and 2 1/2 of the unit’s eight sacks Saturday afternoon.

Nicolas Garcia completed 25 of 35 passes for 182 yards and a touchdown for La Verne (1-5, 0-4). Jimmy Rumsey had 10 catches for 107 yards, while Makena Ramoskamaka added eight receptions for 100 yards for the Leopards.

Pomona-pitzer blanked by Chapman

Nick Kim completed 27 of 41 passes for 250 yards, but Pomona-pitzer (3-3, 2-2) failed to reach the end zone in a 21-0 loss to visiting Chapman in a Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference game at Merritt Field.

Chapman scored twice in the final 3 minutes of the opening quarter to gain a double-digit lead.

Quinten Wimmer caught four passes for 83 yards, and Kenric Jameison had nine receptions for 53 yards for the Sagehens.

SBVC falls to Citrus

Kohl Meisman and Kealon Jackson connected on a 97yard touchdown in the opening quarter, but that was the only TD San Bernardino Valley College (1-5, 0-3) could muster during a 42-7 loss to Citrus in an American-central Conference game.

That Meisman-to-jackson strike helped SBVC level the score at 7 midway through the opening quarter, but Citrus outscored the Wolverines 28-0 in the second quarter to take control.