SOUTHERN SECTION CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL GAMES : Division IX : Down, 14-0, Tehachapi Rallies to Tie Carpinteria
Tehachapi High School rallied from a 14-0 deficit with two fourth-quarter touchdowns to tie Carpinteria, 14-14, and share the Southern Section Division IX football title Saturday night at Santa Barbara City College.
With just 3:44 left, Tehachapi’s Dante Patterson intercepted a Coley Candaele pass and returned it 42 yards for a touchdown.
Tehachapi (11-2-1) scored the tying touchdown with just 50 seconds remaining on a 10-yard pass from Lance Christensen to Jason Cavale, and John Sottile provided the game-tying conversion.
The division title was the second in a row for Carpinteria (11-2-1), which beat Tehachapi, 27-0, in last year’s title game.
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