Another Win for the Corsairs
On Saturday, Nov. 16, the Santa Monica College Corsairs, football team, played their last conference home game against the Los Angeles Pierce College Brahma Bulls at the Corsair Stadium.
Corsairs’ quarterback Michael Cruz gave his thoughts on the game. Cruz said, “It was a great last game here at home. A nice way for (the seniors) and the sophomores to have a send-off, so it was a good game.”
He also hinted that Corsairs are ready to go against Compton on Nov. 23, saying, “definitely, we'll be ready. We'll be prepared. No, we just got to stay focused. It's the last game, so just stay focused. Be prepared like it was the first game.”
In the first minutes of the first half, the Bulls lost possession of the ball. Cruz threw a forward pass to Corsairs’ wide receiver Darren Tenner-Taylor, who ran all the way to the end zone. The extra point from Corsair kicker Jaiden Espadas made the score 7-0. The first quarter ended with the Corsairs in the lead (17-7).
The second quarter ended with Corsairs still in the lead (34-21), and in the third quarter they widened the gap (51-27). Finally, the last quarter ended with Corsair winning (61-27).
Corsairs’ defensive lineman, Jordan Grant, is an international student from Queensland, Australia. He shared his thoughts on the game, saying, “I think, defensively, we started slow. The offense, especially the O-line, were doing very dirty moves. There was a lot of slapping, a lot of facemasks that the referee didn’t pull. If this was us a month ago, we would have played into that and we would’ve reacted badly and gotten flags thrown against us. But we held out and we played our game and it showed. It was solid.”
Grant also commented on the upcoming game, saying “big time big time, I think if we just continue to play our football (and) not react to what they might be doing… Compton's had a very hard year in terms of (being) short of players and, you know, just big score lines put against them. So I suspect they're gonna come out and try and do dirty stuff against us, but if we just play our style of football and not react to it like we did today, we'll have a great win.”