12 | September 21 - October 5, 2011 | The Guardsman & TheGuardsman.com
SPORTS
UPCOMING GAMES:
Sept 24 vs. San Jose City, 1 p.m
Oct 1 vs. DeAnza 1 p.m
Oct 8 at Delta 1 p.m
Jantz, Baty split snaps trouncing Eagles in win Rams 65, Mendocino 0 By Ryan Kuhn THE GUARDSMAN
Sometimes two is better than one. Last Friday, the duo displayed their passing abilities against Mendocino College, who they defeated for the second straight year, 65-0. For the first two games of the 2011 season, the Rams have used the quarterback combination of Broughan Jantz and Turner Baty to outscore their opponents, 113-0. But City College head coach George Rush knows the season has just begun. “We haven’t played anyone that has been any good yet,” Rush said. “We want to get better. The mistakes you make, the things you aren’t good at, we had a lot of penalties today. You can’t play good teams with that.” City College got out to the early 14-0 lead in the first quarter when Jantz hit wide receiver Roman Runner twice for touchdown passes one of which was a 53-yard pass with 1:58 left in the quarter. For the game, Runner led all receivers with 76 yards on only four catches. In the second quarter, Rush made a change and brought in Turner Baty to take over the quarterback position. He said that his offense needed a change of pace.
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Andrew Spivey, (9) for the City College Rams, struggles his way to a touchdown during the Rams’ game against Mendocino College on Sept. 17, 2011 at City College of San Francisco’s Ocean campus in San Francisco.
“Broughan (Jantz) just needed to come out and relax,” Rush said. “I think what he did was he was playing faster than he needed to play. He just needed to slow the game down.” Playing the second and third quarters, Baty was almost perfect
as he passed 11-12 for 128 yards and two touchdowns. The freshman says he feels comfortable passing in the pocket. “With our offensive line is it so easy to sit back there because you don’t get touched,” he said.
Not only did the offense provide support but the defense also shined when freshmen defensive back Darvin McCauley intercepted the ball running it back 30 for the touchdown. Linebacker Micah McMurray also had two sacks.
“The defense is good but we have to play tough and we have to play all four quarters,” McMurrary said. In their next game on Sept 24, the Rams will host San Jose City College who is winless on the season. Kickoff is at 1 p.m. email: rkuhn@theguardsman.com
Offense keeps momentum rolling for City College Rams Rams 5, Cosumnes River 0 By Lucas Almeida THE GUARDSMAN
Team chemistry was the focal point for City College as they improved their record to 4-2 on the young season, defeating Cosumnes River College, 5-0, on Sept. 13. The win gives the Rams backto-back victories and a total of 10 goals in their last two games. Head coach Adam Lucarelli is pleased about his team’s play on the field. “I think today we played a little bit better than against College of Marin [in our last game],” Lucarelli said. “Our team’s chemistry is getting better.” In the first half, City College aggressively attacked their opponent, having many opportunities to open the score. The Rams had a clear chance to take the lead on a shot by sophomore forward Jaime Barragan in the 18th minute, but was stopped by Cosumnes River’s goalkeeper, Leo Luna. While pressuring the ball until the 22nd minute, Lucarelli made a sub, putting in freshman Bryant Isaguirre to give the team more speed to explore their counter-attack with faster sprints.
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Ram’s, Npondo Macky (26), charges towards Cosumnes River Hawk, Allen Espinoza in effort to steal the ball back for City College during a game on Sept. 13, 2011 in San Francisco.
The second half continued with the same aggression displayed by the Rams using more counter-attack sprints.
In the 52nd minute the offense woke up when freshman midfielder Jesse Cisneros passed the ball to fellow freshman Pedro
Sarabia volleying the ball with one touch hitting the net to score the Rams’ first goal. After a quick goal by Juan
Palacio three minutes later, Sarabia found the net once again scoring his second of the game to put the Rams up, 3-0. Two more goals were scored by Enmanuell Caldera and Cameron Leaver late in the second half and their coach said the adjustments made by putting some of the new freshmen players in was crucial to the victory. “We didn’t play much different from first half to the second half. The only difference is that the goal opportunities we had in the first half didn’t go in and in the second half we had the same chances but the balls were going in,” Lucarelli said. “Some of the freshmen helped us a lot like Sarabia, who made a big difference.” With two assists in the game, freshman midfielder Jesse Cineros was also one of the key players to the Rams’ win. “Every game we’re just building more and more chemistry” Cineros said. “We are just getting better and we’re just going to start beating our opponents more and more as the season goes.” The Rams will face Gavilan College in their next home game Sept. 23. Kickoff will be at 4 p.m. email: lalmeida@theguardsman.com