‘Real’ Edison Stands Up, Rips Colton, 35-14
Edison High School was out to prove a point Friday night in its nonleague game against the host Colton Yellowjackets.
The Chargers wanted to show that the team that got bullied around in last week’s loss to El Modena was not the real Edison.
This time, Edison did the bullying and the result was a convincing 35-14 victory.
“I wanted aggression and execution and that’s what we got tonight,” said Edison Coach Bill Workman, who earned his 99th career victory at Edison. “We really did come out and hit.”
The game probably was won earlier in the week. The Chargers, who were embarrassed by their lack of intensity in their opening game, hit each other so hard in Monday’s workout, four players suffered concussions.
“Monday’s practice looked like tonight,” Workman said. “Only maybe a little worse. We played our game tonight. Anybody who wants our first game film can have it.”
Last week’s Edison loss was a bad omen for Colton. Edison has never lost its first two games of the season. Three other times the Chargers lost their opener and bounced back to win the next game easily.
And that’s exactly what they did Friday night.
Sophomore tailback Kaleaph Carter, who at 6-foot 200 pounds resembles the Rams’ Eric Dickerson right down to his goggles, uniform number 29 and running style, ran for 136 yards on 24 carries.
Edison’s Mike Angelovic complimented Carter’s running by passing for three touchdowns. Angelovic hit Rick Justice for an 18-yard score in the second quarter and Justice again in the fourth quarter with a 20-yard scoring pass. In between, Angelovic connected with Mike Henderson for a a 43-yard TD pass. Colton had a runner of its own in tailback George Hemingway. He matched Carter with 142 yards on 10 carries. Hemingway ran for touchdowns of 57 and 61 yards.
“They beat us in the fourth quarter,” said Colton Coach Don Markham. “We wanted to improve our fourth quarter but they just outplayed us. They had to control the ball to keep it away from our offense, and they did.”