At their first home game, Warriors triumphed yet again in their game against the Long Beach City College Vikings with a score of 65-20.
“We came into the game with the right state of mind,” fullback and running back Tony Sekona said.
Cornerback Mike Harris caught a pass thrown by quarterback Matt Simms and scored the first 10 points of the game.
“Offense made an early first turnover,” linebacker Dionte Brooks said.
Defense lent a helping hand. Running back and fullback Tony Sekona, and running back Jeremy Tucker-Ratliff both scored touchdowns, adding up to a score of 30-0 in the first quarter. The Warriors were taking advantage of the Viking’s mistakes.
“We were capitalizing off their turnovers,” said Sekona.
Brooks, who had one interception, one big hit, and six tackles led the defensive players against the Vikings, allowing the offensive players to score a total of 560 yards.
“The offensive players have to send a message to other teams we’re going to play,” running back and fullback Charles Wolfgramm said.
While thirty points were scored during the first quarter, the team thought that they had a slow beginning.
“We came out a little flat during first quarter,” coach John Featherstone said.
After the first quarter, the team felt like the Vikings gave up.
“We took their hearts away in the first quarter,” Brooks said.
Featherstone was very impressed with the team’s defensive players. Defensive end Otis Brooks had two sacks, Harris and linebacker Kaimi Sarkissian each had a deflection, and Sarkissian also caught his own pass.
“I thought we played pretty good defense,” Featherstone said.
In fact, the Warriors did so well the first half of the game that the coach had the first string players off the field, allowing second and third string players to play the second half of the game.
“We had a chance to play a lot of players,” Featherston said.
At the end of the game, the Warriors were able to keep the Hatchett, a trophy that the Warriors and the Vikings win or lose every year.
“The Hatchett has been a tradition for about forty years, and we’ve kept the Hatchett for the past six years,” said Brooks.
At 1p.m. this Saturday, Warriors play at Compton College, and plan on keeping their heads in the game.
“We’re pretty good at staying focused,” Featherstone said.