Santiago Defense Too Much for Garden Grove
Santiago’s defense held Garden Grove scoreless for three quarters and the Cavaliers rolled to a 35-13 victory in a Garden Grove League game Friday at Garden Grove.
“I was more pleased with our defense than our offense,” Santiago Coach Ben Haley said.
The Cavaliers (3-2, 2-0) held Garden Grove (0-5, 0-2) to 25 yards total offense in the first half and allowed their own offense to build a 21-0 halftime lead.
With 5 minutes and 30 seconds left to play in the first quarter, Santiago’s Carlos Carbajal recovered a fumbled punt return on Garden Grove’s 24-yard line. Octavio Villa scored four plays later on a nine-yard touchdown run.
Santiago then scored twice in the second quarter. The first came on a 25-yard touchdown pass from Ben Tran to George Ponce. Santiago’s defense held during the Argonauts’ next possession and that set up a one-yard touchdown run by Tran with 7 seconds left in the half.
Late in the third quarter, Carbajal scored on a 4-yard run. Carbajal then scored again on a five-yard run early in the fourth quarter to give Santiago a 35-0 lead.
Garden Grove finally scored when Brandon M. Jones recovered a fumbled snap in the end zone. A 16-yard touchdown pass from Faustino Campa to Ulysses Linares with 2:04 to play provided the Argonauts with their only offensive score.
More to Read
Get our high school sports newsletter
Prep Rally is devoted to the SoCal high school sports experience, bringing you scores, stories and a behind-the-scenes look at what makes prep sports so popular.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.