San Diego Shades University, 18-14

University High had shut down San Diego’s passing and running games, so the Comeback Kids came up with a 72-yard quarterback bootleg by Bryon Johnson to give San Diego an 18-14 win in a game played at here Friday night.

It was San Diego’s second straight come-from-behind victory after going winless in 10 games last season and the first three games this year. Last week, the Cavers came back from a 13-0 third-quarter deficit to defeat Serra, 14-13.

On Friday night, San Diego trailed 14-6 after three quarters. Halfback Paul Thornton scored on an 11-yard run early in the fourth quarter to make it 14-12. Johnson failed to hit Bobo Howard on the two-point conversion attempt.

With approximately six minutes to play, first-year San Diego Coach Steve Hembera called a bootleg with Johnson faking to his left and running right. He took it all the way down the right sideline to give the Cavers a 18-14 lead.

“They were double teaming Bobo and shutting down our running game,” Hembera said, “so I decided to go with the bootleg. Johnson really earned the score on his run.”

Johnson gained 130 yards on 10 carries and also threw a 73-yard touchdown pass to Howard in the first quarter. The Cavers led 6-0 at half. In the third quarter, James Wilson scored on a 43 yard run and Eric Coleman went over from three yards for the University scores. Robby Hughes added both extra points to give the Dons a 14-6 lead.

“They are an aggressive hard hitting team and they solved our 4-3 defense in the second half,” Hembera said. “But last week we finally got the confidence that we could beat someone. It had been a long time since we won a ballgame.”

Now, it’s been a couple of weeks since they have lost one.

In other nonleague games:

La Jolla 34, Hoover 34--Hoover quarterback Michael Walker threw for 260 yards and five touchdowns, including one to Gaylen Sweet with two minutes to play, as the Cardinals rallied from a 34-21 deficit at La Jolla. Viking William Yen blocked the subsequent extra point attempt by Hoover’s Sommay Kongphachith to preserve the tie.

The game was marked by several shifts in momentum. Hoover (3-1-1) led 21-6 after one quarter, on scoring passes of 35, 42 and 48 yards by Walker. La Jolla (0-3-1) scored the next 28 points, including 22 in the second quarter. Darrell King scored on runs of nine and three yards.

Down 34-21, Walker threw a 78-yard touchdown pass to John Roots (5 catches for 173 yards and 3 touchdowns) in the third quarter, before hitting Sweet for a 17-yard strike that tied the score.

Running back Brad Mathews led La Jolla with 92 yards on 12 carries and an 80-yard kickoff return for a touchdown.

Crawford 14, Point Loma 14--The Colts (2-1-1) jumped out to a 14-0 lead on touchdown runs of 20 and 80 yards in the second quarter in the game at Madison High. Ninth-ranked Point Loma (3-1-1) countered with two touchdowns in the second half.

“They did what we expected them to do in the second half, wear us down,” Crawford Coach Chris Miller said. “They’re a whole lot bigger than we thought.”

Mission Bay 17, St. Augustine 13--Rusty Patrick threw a three-yard scoring pass to Norman Woods with 13 seconds to play as Mission Bay (3-2) edged St. Augustine (1-4). The touchdown capped a wild finish that saw the Buccaneers take a 10-7 lead on a two-yard run by Rod Weichelt. The Saints regained the lead, 13-10, on an 85-yard kickoff return by Tony Ezenson.

Patrick completed 14 out of 25 for 184 yards. Mission Bay wide receiver Kyle Ketchum had nine catches for 87 yards, giving him 33 receptions and 382 yards for the season.

Clairemont 25, Serra 0--Clairemont quarterback Greg Gibbons, who threw for over 200 yards, completed a 30-yard touchdown pass to Jumel Miller and ran for a three-yard touchdown to lead the Chiefs (2-3) to the win at Serra High. Serra dropped to 0-4.

Kearny 19, Patrick Henry 0--Running back Lupe Ford scored two touchdowns and gained 92 yards on 20 rushes and 40 yards on four catches as the Komets (3-2) snapped a two-game losing streak at Patrick Henry (2-3). Ford scored on a two-yard pass from Scott Welish in the first quarter and had an 11-yard touchdown run in the third period. Kearny added a score in the final quarter when defensive end Scott Archer intercepted a screen pass and returned it 32 yards.

Bonita Vista 14, Southwest 3--Eric Gomez’s 17-yard touchdown run in the first quarter was all the Barons (4-1) needed in their win at Southwestern College. Southwest (2-1-2) cut the lead to 7-3 later in the quarter on a 39-yard field goal by Paul Tavares. Bonita Vista, rated eighth in the Times’ Top 10, put the game out of reach with a 30-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Doug Piper to Vince Montano in the fourth quarter.

Gomez rushed for 113 yards on 17 carries. Piper completed 5 of 15 passes for 83 yards, three of which went to Montano for 50 yards.

Montgomery 34, CETYS 6--Darryl Crawford scored on touchdown runs of 19, 3, 37 and 25 yards to lead Montgomery (4-1) to the win at home. Crawford, the county’s leading rusher finished the game with 237 yards on 23 carries. He left the game with four minutes left in the third quarter. Crawford has rushed for 810 yards in five games this season.

Chula Vista 17, Mar Vista 6--Chula Vista (4-1) scored two touchdowns in the third period to overcome a 6-3 deficit and pace the 10th-ranked Spartans to a win at Mar Vista (1-4). Robert Gambala (4 catches, 81 yards) put the Spartans ahead, 10-6, with his 61-yard touchdown catch from Brian Murphy (7 of 12, 116 yards). Sione Fehoko (13 carries, 84 yards) made it 17-6 with his subsequent three-yard scoring run. Birch Pasimio scored Mar Vista’s touchdown with a fumble recovery in the end zone in the first quarter.

El Camino 49, Escondido 7--The Wildcats (1-0, 2-3) snapped a three-game losing streak with an Avocado League win at Escondido (1-1, 2-2-1). Quarterback Shane Hawkins gave El Camino a 7-0 lead with a 76-yard touchdown run in the first quarter and also passed for two scores. Figgy Figueroa led the Cougars with 45 yards on 8 rushes.

Granite Hills 16, Grossmont 7--Granite Hills trailed, 7-3, in the third quarter, but rebounded with 13 unanswered points in the third quarter to gain the win at Grossmont High. Aaron Petrich kicked a 37-yard field goal to put the fifth-rated Eagles (5-0) on the board first in the first quarter. Grossmont (0-5) took a 7-3 lead in the third quarter when Matt Dickson returned an intercepted pass 20 yards for a touchdown.

Granite Hills came back on a 7-yard touchdown run by Tom Vardell.

In the Palomar League:

Vista 25, Torrey Pines 0--The No. 3 Panthers (2-0, 5-0) gained 355 yards on the ground and 455 yards overall as they blanked the visiting Falcons (0-2, 1-4). Quarterback Sal Aunese led Vista with 122 yards on 16 rushes and two touchdowns. The game matched Vista Coach Dick Haines against his son, Rick, the coach at Torrey Pines.