Katella’s Defense Keys Victory

He wears No. 50 for Katella.

Brandon Brennan, Western’s quarterback, and the rest of the Pioneers won’t soon forget him.

His name is Jim Gladwin.

The Katella nose guard sacked Brennan once, and wreaked havoc in the Western backfield as Katella (3-2) entertained a homecoming crowd of 1,300 by defeating previously unbeaten Western, 14-6, Friday night at Glover Stadium.

Katella’s defense, led by Gladwin, dominated Western’s offense. Western tried to double-team Gladwin, but the Knights’ defense held the Pioneers to minus-two yards rushing and 27 yards total offense in the first half.

The pressure was so relentless that Brennan threw four passes that were intercepted and completed only nine of 26 passes.

Eric Gardiner had two interceptions for Katella. Jeremy Sullivan and Chad Fassler had one each.

Western (4-1) was held to no yards rushing and 107 total yards. Katella had 248 total yards.

Jason Covarrubias scored all of Western’s points on field goals of 34 and 22 yards.

Katella trailed 6-0, but finally took the lead on a Jaret Wright 30-yard touchdown pass to David Rojo. Mike Rubio kicked the first of two conversions to give the Knights a 7-6 lead.

Katella finished the scoring when Gardiner ran 23 yards for a touchdown early in the third quarter.

Alex Alvarez led the Knights in rushing with 74 yards in 14 carries.

Wright rushed for 26 yards in 13 carries, and completed four of 14 passes for 62 yards and two interceptions.

Linebacker Albert Porter intercepted a pass and recovered a fumble, and defensive back David Diaz also intercepted a pass for Western.