Pacifica Gains Momentum by Rolling Past Bolsa Grande

Pacifica Coach Bill Craven said his team needed a strong game against Bolsa Grande in preparation for the start of the playoffs next week. The Mariners responded with five first-half touchdowns to defeat the Matadors, 41-12, Thursday night at Bolsa Grande.

Senior Brian Danskin scored three second-quarter touchdowns to extend a 14-6 Mariner lead to 34-6 at halftime. Danskin caught scoring passes of 24 and eight yards--his only receptions--from quarterback Dan Murray and returned an interception 94 yards for a score on the final play of the half.

Pacifica, (7-3, 5-2 in league), clinched the third playoff spot in the Garden Grove League last week.

Pacifica’s Eric Stevens scored the Mariners’ first touchdown on a 50-yard reverse following a Bolsa Grande fumble. Running backs Derek Nicholson and Josh Lewis added scoring runs of 16 and seven yards. Nicholson finished the game with 64 yards rushing in 12 attempts.

Bolsa Grande (1-8, 0-7) scored first on a one-yard run by Sam Fata, making the score 6-0 with 5 minutes 30 seconds left in the first quarter. The drive was set up when Tony Gomez recovered a Pacifica fumble on the Mariners’ first play of the game. Matador quarterback Bryan Taylor engineered a 95-yard, 12-play drive in the fourth quarter that was capped by his 14-yard scoring run with 6:22 to play.