ARROWHEAD LEAGUE : SCC Is No Match in 55-6 Loss to Linfield Christian

Southern California Christian’s lack of depth showed in the Flames’ 55-6 loss to unbeaten Temecula Linfield Christian Saturday at Brea-Olinda High School.

Injuries have depleted the roster, leaving SCC Coach Bert Esposito with mostly junior varsity players available.

“We played a good first half (holding the Division X top-ranked team) to 14 points at halftime,” Esposito said.. “But when you don’t have the ammo, you can’t keep up. Linfield had the guns and were able to reconfigure in the second half. Playing mostly JV players, we were just trying to stay in the game.”

Linfield (6-0, 4-0) has outscored its opponents, 253-24.

Quarterback Richard Hunter scored the first touchdown for Linfield on a 52-yard run with 7:26 left in the first quarter. He also completed touchdown passes to Jim Kemmis from the 36 and to Ryan Sharp from the 25. For the game, Hunter completed eight of 17 passes for 85 yards and one interception.

Inexperience led to three SCC fumbles that resulted in touchdowns for Linfield.

For SCC (2-5, 1-2 in the Arrowhead League), Gabe Giorgi scored on a 15-yard run with 3:08 left in the fourth quarter. Ron Wood’s point after run failed.

In the second quarter, SCC reached the Linfield 16 but failed to convert a fourth and 15 with 1:51 left in the second quarter.

Kemmis scored four touchdowns and carried 19 times for 153 of Linfield’s 234 rushing.