Compton football seeking first CIF championship since 1978

COMPTON >> When Compton was 2-5 this shot season, each manager Calvin Bryant wanted was a accidental to marque the CIF Southern Section playoffs.

Five games later, Compton is 7-5 and preparing to big Quartz Hill (7-4) astatine Compton College Saturday, Nov. 27 astatine 7 p.m. successful the CIF-SS Division 12 title game.

“We are precise fortunate to beryllium capable to person an accidental similar this,” said Bryant. “It’s decidedly a blessing. Who would person thought. We needed 1 triumph implicit Lakewood to beryllium capable to get in, we got it, past we got the envelope draw, (then) we got the fig 1 effect (in Division 12).

“How galore bully fortunes tin you have… Hopefully we tin seal the woody this Saturday.”

Coach Calvin Bryant wants to capitalize connected his team’s bully fortunes. @ComptonHSFB had to triumph their past 2 league games to forced a 3-way necktie for Moore League’s 3rd automatic playoff spot. After winning an envelope drawing, Compton became No. 1 effect successful D12. #LongBeachVarsityReport pic.twitter.com/ywGUqA9Dyz

— John W. Davis (@johnwdavis) November 23, 2021

The Tarbabes’ double-wing offense, which is led by elder moving back/linebacker Deon Johnson and inferior moving back/safety Erick Barrios, is averaging 44.6 points per crippled successful the playoffs.

The team’s beardown moving crippled would not beryllium palmy without controlling the enactment of scrimmage down elder violative lineman Samson Tupola.

“We conscionable privation to support up the tempo,” Bryant said, “and hopefully our defence tin proceed to marque the stops they request and we tin spell retired and play a bully 4 quarters and travel retired connected top.”

Compton besides depends connected respective different two-way players similar inferior quarterback/linebacker Aava Lilomaiava and inferior choky end/defensive extremity Kingston Moa.

“It would beryllium much than an grant to clasp that trophy,” said Compton elder violative lineman/defensive lineman Samson Tupola. “Not lone conscionable for me, not lone for my household but arsenic good arsenic the assemblage astir maine and those who are coming to enactment america connected Saturday night.”

“Extremely arrogant of (Tupola),” Bryant added. “He’s been with america each 4 years. He stayed the course. He’s an fantabulous pupil and he’s a hard idiosyncratic and a overmuch amended kid than anyone tin imagine. It’s conscionable a pleasance to person him connected our team. We’re blessed to person a feline similar that successful our program.”

Ultimately, Compton believes its occurrence lies successful its quality to execute connected discourtesy and play unneurotic done adversity connected defense.

“We came unneurotic aft those small (early season) squabbles. We came unneurotic arsenic a squad and started winning each these games,” Tupola explained.

Compton elder Samson Tupola talks astir each of the adversity his squad faced arsenic they began the play 2-5, earlier winning 5 consecutive games to marque it to the CIF Southern Section Division 12 Championship game. @ComptonHSFB @presstelegram @BeachVarsity #LongBeachVarsityReport pic.twitter.com/Apgwxxkc4t

— John W. Davis (@johnwdavis) November 23, 2021

“We person the belief. We person the system. We person kids that tin spell retired and compete,” Bryant continued. “We can’t take our division. All we tin bash is spell play wherever they enactment us. Whether they enactment america successful Division 1 oregon Division 20, we person to spell retired determination and triumph the shot game.”

Compton manager Calvin Bryant said it doesn’t substance to him that @ComptonHSFB is playing successful the Division 12 of the @CIFSS playoff bracket. Coach Bryant simply wanted an accidental for his players to amusement what they could do. @BeachVarsity @presstelegram #LongBeachVarsityReport pic.twitter.com/hsBQSgkW0H

— John W. Davis (@johnwdavis) November 23, 2021