South East not ready to celebrate

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South East (6-3, 3-2), a third-year school, took a big step toward securing its first playoff berth with a 32-20 victory over South Gate (0-8, 0-4) Thursday at Veterans Stadium in Long Beach. It was the second straight win for the Jaguars over the Rams in their budding city rivalry, and the Azalea Bowl trophy will remain in South East’s possession.

But South East Coach Roger Satti was not happy about his team being flagged 17 times for a whopping 155 yards in penalties. Nor was he pleased by senior quarterback Luis Barraza’s decision to throw a pass with 29 seconds to play and the game well in hand.

‘He’ll be disciplined for that,’ Satti said after the game. ‘That was uncalled for. I apologized to [South Gate] Coach Gary Cordray. He knows me. He knows I wouldn’t do that.

‘And I’m glad we have the bye week next week. Emotions can run high, like they did tonight, but the kids have to play under control. And our kids did not display that tonight, so we’ll go back to the drawing board and make sure we clean this up.’

- Mike Terry