Valley Sunk by 2 Scores at the Finish

With four seconds remaining Saturday, Santa Barbara City College quarterback J.T. Stoto connected with Ryan Capretta on a 55-yard touchdown pass as the 14th-ranked Vaqueros (2-0)upset fourth-ranked Valley, 32-26.

Valley (1-1) led, 26-18, with 44 seconds to play when Stone and Capretta hooked up for a 16-yard touchdown pass. David Weismiller caught a two-point conversion that tied the game, 26-26. Valley marched to the Santa Barbara 48-yard line with the ensuing kickoff but, with 27 seconds left, Jeff Moore intercepted Tom Racious’ pass. Three plays later, from his 40, Stone threw a pass toward a pack in the end zone and Capretta came down with it.

Stone completed 25 of 39 attempts for 428 yards and three touchdowns and added a rushing touchdown. He completed passes to eight different receivers with Capretta catching six that totaled 177 yards.

Valley quarterback Dave Lins completed 14 of 23 for 179 yards and a 44-yard touchdown to Eric Ruhle, but he was replaced in the second half by Racious. Marcus Harvey rushed 23 times for 97 yards and a touchdown for the Monarchs.