Dominguez football shows its strength in rout of Compton in Hub City showdown

COMPTON — Deon Toliver asks his players for greatness, and the Dominguez shot squad is disconnected to a 4-0 commencement for the archetypal clip since the 1990s due to the fact that they’re aiming for thing bigger.

“I ever speech to them astir playing great,” Toliver said of his senior-heavy team, which routed visiting Compton 44-0 connected Thursday successful the yearly Hub City rivalry game. “Not conscionable going retired determination and playing, but playing great. … These guys person been astir immoderate pugnacious times. I deliberation they’re acceptable to dispersed their wings.”

The Dons did truthful successful beating Compton down Jordan Ford, who threw for 210 yards and 3 touchdowns and ran for 36 yards and 2 much scores, and a swarming defence that disarmed the Tarbabes’ double-wing attack.

Dominguez scored connected its archetypal 3 drives of the crippled and archetypal 3 of the 2nd fractional down Ford. He bulled successful doubly from the 1, the archetypal conscionable 38 seconds into the game. His TD passes were to Cieonta Davis (from 47 yards) successful the archetypal 4th and to Damonte Bias (18 yards) and Takhari Carr (28 yards) successful the third.

Kylon Bias ran for 78 yards connected 5 carries, among them a 4-yard TD run.

Malik Pryor tackled Compton punter John John Bledsoe arsenic helium attempted to tally the shot retired of the extremity portion for a second-quarter safety.

Compton (1-2) has been shorthanded, mostly by injury, and added prima antiaircraft backmost Erick Batriz-Barrios to its missing list. The Tarbabes “need each our players to spot what we’re about,” said manager Calvin Bryant, whose squad opens Moore League play adjacent week astatine Wilson.

Dominguez would clasp the Mayor’s Cup with a triumph adjacent week implicit Centennial, which Compton bushed by 60. The Dons, who haven’t played a peculiarly pugnacious nonleague schedule, past statesman San Gabriel Valley League play Oct. 1 against defending league champion Warren.

They’re aiming for their archetypal playoff berth since 2015.

“I’m looking guardant to San Gabriel Valley (games),” Toliver said. “I’m hoping we’re acceptable for it. We’re successful a pugnacious league. It’s going to beryllium different, for sure. Downey and Warren and Paramount are nary jokes.”