Fewer Mistakes Give Win to Wilson

The moment Los Angeles Wilson’s football team sensed it finally had control of its Northern League game against L.A. Marshall, it began to whoop it up on the sideline Friday night.

Wilson Coach Eddie Martinez quickly turned around and quieted his team. It was a victory but one hardly worth celebrating.

The Mules took advantage of eight Marshall turnovers while surviving their own miscues to post a 20-12 victory over the previously undefeated Barristers at Wilson.

The game wouldn’t be decided until the final seconds when a pass to Marshall’s Bryant Manley fell incomplete at the Wilson one-yard line on fourth and goal.

The Barristers (4-1, 1-1) got the ball when Wilson quarterback Chris Patino, who completed 14 of 34 passes for 164 yards, was hit and fumbled with 3:10 left.

“We just made less mistakes than they did,” said Martinez, whose team committed five turnovers. “It was a pretty sloppy game. We hung in there, which was probably the only quality thing we did tonight.”

Marshall Coach Andy Moran argued vociferously for pass interference on the final incompletion.

“That one play wasn’t the game, though,” Moran said. “I don’t think we could play any worse and we still had a chance at the end.”

Patino gave Wilson (4-1, 1-1) a 20-6 lead early in the fourth quarter with a six-yard touchdown run but later had a second pass intercepted. Marshall took advantage as quarterback Marcus Hammond scored on fourth down to cut the lead to eight.

Wilson took a 14-0 lead at halftime when Christian Tucker returned an interception 74 yards for a touchdown as time ran out.

“I think it was really demoralizing for them and it gave us a big lift at halftime,” Martinez said of the play.

Marshall’s James Wilson ran for a game-high 181 yards and a touchdown.

Eric Stephens

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San Pedro 35, Palisades 17 -- Dustin Garneau completed 15 of 24 passes for 209 yards, including two touchdowns to John Whitt, for the host Pirates (4-1).

Whitt caught five passes for 72 yards, including a 12-yard touchdown reception that gave San Pedro a 14-10 lead 22 seconds before halftime. He added a 22-yard touchdown reception with 5:10 to play to provide the final margin.

Ellis Anderson rushed for 185 yards and two touchdowns and Andre Harris added 64 yards in 16 carries for Palisades (3-2). Dylan Cohen kicked a 38-yard field goal for the Dolphins and completed two of seven passes for 14 yards with an interception.

Grant Thorne rushed for 87 yards and two touchdowns in 10 carries and Ronnie Barber added 74 yards and a touchdown in 13 carries for San Pedro. Thorne also caught three passes for 82 yards, and Darrell Bullock had six receptions for 47 yards.

Steve Galluzzo

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Woodland Hills El Camino Real 21, North Hollywood 14 -- Matthew Sattler rushed 26 times for 102 yards and two touchdowns, including the go-ahead score from two yards with 2:19 left in the third quarter, to help the visiting Conquistadores win a nonleague game.

Quarterback Daray Davis of El Camino Real (4-1) rushed nine times for 54 yards and scored on a 28-yard run with 1:13 left in the first half for a 14-7 lead.

Marlon Lucky of North Hollywood (2-2-1) rushed 23 times for 124 yards, including a three-yard scoring run with 7:50 left in the third quarter to tie the score, 14-14.

However, the junior missed a 30-yard field goal early in the fourth quarter that could have given the Huskies the lead.

William Cowan completed nine of 12 passes for 95 yards but had one pass intercepted by Davis after the Huskies recovered the second of two El Camino Real fumbles at the North Hollywood 46-yard line with 4:27 left to play.

Eddie Gomez of El Camino Real added 61 yards rushing in eight carries as the Conquistadores out-rushed the Huskies 246-134 yards.

-- Mayar Zokaei