City Section

Friday, Oct. 3

NORTHERN LEAGUE

L.A. Marshall 21, Lincoln 7
Marcus Hammond had 11 carries for 69 yards and two touchdowns and James Wilson had 75 yards and a touchdown in 24 carries to lead L.A. Marshall (4-0, 1-0) over Lincoln (1-3, 0-1). Lamont Maxie led Lincoln with a touchdown and 69 yards in 20 carries. Marshall is 4-0 for the first time since 1982.

L.A. Wilson 42, Eagle Rock 7
Junior quarterback Chris Patino was 13 of 19 for 277 yards and four touchdowns and ran for two more scores to lead L.A. Wilson (3-1, 1-0) past host Eagle Rock in the league opener for both schools. Abraham Venegas had four catches for 103 yards and two touchdowns and Jesus Cordero caught three passes for 75 yards and a score for Wilson. Middle linebacker Victor Lopez led Wilson on defense with 17 tackles and a sack.

Los Angeles 29, Franklin 22
Doug McKenna caught a touchdown and had 105 yards receiving and Brandon Brown had 130 yards and two touchdowns in 12 carries to lead Los Angeles (4-1) past Franklin (1-3). Chris Humes added 43 yards and a touchdown on the ground for Los Angeles.

NONLEAGUE

Belmont 40, Hollywood 0
Belmont is 2-2, Hollywood 0-4

Cleveland 42, San Fernando 3
Kenny Niaki, Clyde Griffin, and Julius Killings combined to rush for 237 yards in a winning effort for Cleveland. Killings ran for two touchdowns and caught a scoring pass for the Cavaliers (3-1).

Dorsey 48, Roosevelt 8
Running back Stafan Johnson, a sophomore, scored two first-quarter touchdowns and quarterback Donald Price passed for another in the opening period at Rancho Cienega Park, where the Dons’ defense continued its early-season dominance.

Price completed seven of 11 passes for 176 yards, including touchdowns of 40, 30 and 27 yards. Johnson finished with 83 yards and two touchdowns in eight carries as Dorsey (4-0) scored on seven of its nine possessions, including its first four.

The Dorsey defense, which has allowed only 21 points in four games, nearly had its second consecutive shutout, but Roosevelt running back Chris Hurtado scored on a 16-yard run with nine seconds left in the game and the Roughriders converted a two-point try.Dorsey, which led 27-0 at halftime, forced five fumbles and turned them into 28 points.

Roosevelt (3-1) entered the game averaging 414 yards and 39 points per game, but Dorsey held the Roughriders to only 155 yards. Dorsey running back Jeremiah Johnson, who missed last week’s game with a strained foot, returned in limited action and finished with 59 yards and a touchdown in seven carries.
--Peter Yoon

Gardena 33, Chatsworth 6
Chris Green rushed for 159 yards and three touchdowns in 10 carries and Jason Lewis scored twice, on an 86-yard kickoff return and on a 63-yard run, for host Gardena (4-0). Chatsworth is 2-2.

L.A. Jordan 28, Manual Arts 16
Fullback Robert Purvis scored on touchdown runs of 2, 5, and 5 yards and finished with 92 yards in 16 carries to lead visiting L.A. Jordan (3-1) past Manual Arts (0-3). Jeffe Murray led Jordan with 163 yards in 13 carries. Defensive end Rayshawn Riley added 10 tackles, a sack, a fumble recovery and one interception.

Palisades 28, Van Nuys 7
Ellis Anderson rushed for 132 yards and a touchdown in 15 carries, all in the second half, and Randle Ellington added 87 yards in 12 carries for host Palisades (3-1). Dylan Cohen completed six of 13 passes for 59 yards and one touchdown and scored on a quarterback sneak. Marcellus Johnson caught six passes for 42 yards and a touchdown for Van Nuys (0-4).

Venice 28, Granada Hills 0
Before the season, Venice vowed to build a championship defense to complement its high-powered offense. That defense may just bring home a City Section title if it keeps performing like it did Friday night against Granada Hills.

The Gondoliers throttled quarterback Brandon Charls and the high-scoring Highlander offense in a dominating 28-0 nonleague victory at Venice.

Venice (4-0), The Times’ No. 13 team, sacked Charls 11 times for 88 yards to negate the quarterback’s 233 yards passing. Linebacker Oton Garcia had five sacks and defensive tackle Erick Lobos and defensive end Tommy Walker each had two.

Defensive backs Mesphin Forrester and Dontrail Cail each had interceptions.

Granada Hills (3-1) had averaged 39 points in its three victories.”We know our offense can score points,” Lobos said. “Offense wins games, but defense wins championships.”

Despite an erratic effort, the Venice offense did enough to give its defense a nice cushion.

Quarterback Beau Davis (11 for 19, 115 yards) threw 11-yard scoring passes to James Lewis and Ryan Graves, and the receivers hooked up on their own scoring play as Graves hit Lewis with a 57-yard option pass.

It was the Gondoliers’ speed on defense that wreaked havoc on the Highlanders’ offensive line. Charls was under pressure all night and Granada Hills never found its running game.

Lobos added a touchdown of his own when he picked up a fumble by teammate Byron Ellis and rambled 16 yards into the end zone.

“They just outquicked us tonight,” Granada Hills co-coach Tom Harp said. “I was a little surprised that we couldn’t protect our quarterback a little better.

“They proved they were No. 1 in the City at least to us.”
--Eric Stephens

Washington 13, Locke 9
Nicholas Parks had seven tackles and three sacks and Demetri Pine had 11 tackles and a fumble recovery to lead host Washington (1-3). After Locke (1-3) returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown, Jamaal White scored on an 89-yard kickoff return that tied the game at 6-6. Damien Cartright had a 66 yard touchdown reception that extended Washington’s lead to 13-6. The win ended Washington’s 19 game losing streak.

Canoga Park 30, Reseda 0
Crenshaw 30, Westchester 6
L.A. University 28, Huntington Park 23
South Gate 31, Sun Valley Poly 7
Taft 25, Granada Hills Kennedy 7

INTERSECTIONAL

Clovis West 21, Carson 0
Jose Rojas had 199 yards in 31 carries, and quarterback Jeff Schott ran for two touchdowns as Clovis West (4-0-1) handed Carson (2-2) their first home shutout in ten years.

Dominguez 47, Garfield 0
Darryl Crummie rushed for 123 yards in eight carries and two touchdowns, and returned an interception 55 yards for another score, as the Dons (4-0) won at Garfield. Robert Moody had a 7-yard fumble return for a score, and Derrick Walker had four sacks for Dominguez, which held the Bulldogs to 53 yards total offense.

Fremont 21, Grant 17
Curtis Johnson scored on a nine-yard bootleg in the final two minutes to lead the host Pathfinders (3-0-1) to the come-from-behind win. Thomas Herring intercepted a pass with 30 seconds left to seal the victory.

Jefferson 33, Cathedral 20
Running back Travis Lee scored on returns of 78, 43 and 68 yards and again on a 30-yard touchdown run to lead host Jefferson. Jerome Morris also scored on a 45-yard touchdown run and Dayvon Sinclair had 11 tackles and two forced fumbles on defense. Cathedral drops to 3-1.

Paramount 44, Bell 13
Jorge Gaxiola had 72 yards in 13 carries and had a 90-yard touchdown return on a kickoff for Bell (2-1-1). Paramount is (1-3).

St. Paul 17, Wilmington Banning 7
Quarterback Miguel Rios completed 6 of 11 for 140 yards and two touchdowns for St. Paul (2-2). Phillip Molina had 113 yards on two catches.

Thursday, Oct. 2

INTERSECTIONAL

Hart 45, Birmingham 22
Quarterback Sean Norton threw for a career-high 396 yards and three touchdowns as the Indians shook off three close losses to notch their first win of the season at College of the Canyons.

Hart (1-3), The Times’ ninth-ranked team, opened the season with losses to Los Alamitos, Ventura St. Bonaventure and Westlake Village Westlake. Norton made sure there wouldn’t be a fourth against the defending City Section champions as he completed 21 of 28 passes while also running for a touchdown.

Evan Surratt caught seven passes for 158 and two touchdowns while Kevin Ciccone caught seven passes for 121 yards and a score. Surratt’s 30-yard scoring grab gave the Indians a comfortable 31-14 lead.

In a prolific first half, Hart outgained Birmingham in total yardage, 306-281, but made key defensive plays in the second quarter to take a 24-14 lead into intermission.

With the Patriots driving in Indian territory, Ciccone intercepted an Andrew Miramontes pass to quell the threat. Birmingham got the ball back and drove to the Hart 24 but Darin Hetman sacked Miramontes on third down.

The Patriots took a 14-7 first-quarter lead on short touchdown runs by Brian Stuart and Bryan Baylor but Hart bounced back with a 39-yard touchdown pass from Norton to Surratt. Ciccone’s 26-yard field goal gave the Indians the lead for good.
--Eric Stephens