Trammell, Rancho Alamitos Enjoy a 54-20 Blowout

Another game. Another mangled victim. Another superb night for Ulysses Trammell.

That pretty much summarizes Rancho Alamitos High School football games this season.

And Rancho Alamitos’ 54-20 blowout of Los Amigos Thursday at Bolsa Grande was no exception.

Trammell, Rancho Alamitos’ tailback, who rushed 20 times for 240 yards and four touchdowns, scored twice on runs of 35 yards and quarterback Chris Singletary added a 60-yard touchdown run to give Rancho Alamitos (7-1, 4-1 in league) a 28-7 halftime lead.

Trammell had 200 yards rushing in 14 carries in the first half. His four touchdowns on the night gave him 19 for the season and he has rushed for 1,365 yards on the season. He entered the game leading all county players with 1,125 yards rushing and 90 points.

Rancho Alamitos increased the lead to 42-7 on a 78-yard pass play from Singletary to tight end Eric Moore on its second play of the third period and a four-yard run by Trammell.

Trammell, Singletary and many other offensive starters were removed from the game by Rancho Alamitos Coach Mark Miller early in the fourth quarter. But the Vaqueros still scored twice more.

Reserve tailback Mario Gonzalez scored a one-yard touchdown and offensive guard Lia Togia, playing in the backfield with offensive tackle Leonard Sims, scored on a 50-yard run.

Los Amigos (3-5, 1-4) stayed close early, scoring with 7:24 left in the first quarter on a 15-yard pass play from quarterback Ethan Siddall to running back Sielala Faamausili. Trammell had opened the scoring four minutes earlier on a two-yard run.

The Lobos’ final touchdowns came on a one-yard run by Siddall and a 26-yard pass from Joey Portillo to wide receiver Jeff Cochran in the fourth quarter.

The Rancho Alamitos defense, led by safety Matt Roberts, held Siddall to 34 yards passing and running back Derick Ragsdale to 47 yards rushing.

Miller thought his team could have done better.

“We didn’t play very well in the beginning of the game,” Miller said. “I think my headphones were too tight or something. I called some bad plays.”