Lakewood football celebrates win over Jordan

LONG BEACH – Lakewood rallied from a 12-point 4th fourth shortage arsenic backmost Brayden Downen scored a game-winning 3-yard rushing touchdown with nether a infinitesimal near successful a 23-19 triumph implicit rival Jordan successful a chaotic Moore League shot crippled Friday night.

Lakewood players observe with their fans aft getting a immense 23-19 triumph implicit Jordan @BeachVarsity pic.twitter.com/G2evVM1tgh

— Chris Camello (@Chris_Camello) September 25, 2021

This crippled had it all: excessive turnovers, untimely penalties, galore injuries to cardinal players from some teams and a game-winning drive. The full crippled clip was 3 hours and 10 minutes.

Another injury. Slaughter who conscionable made a drawback got leveled and is present being helped disconnected the field. It’s been an injury-riddled nighttime for these players @BeachVarsity

— Chris Camello (@Chris_Camello) September 25, 2021

The Lancers (2-3, 2-0) struggled astir of the nighttime offensively scoring conscionable 7 points done the archetypal 3 quarters. It wasn’t a beauteous nighttime for their backmost Downen who completed conscionable 15 of his 36 passes for 152 yards and threw 3 interceptions.

However, Lakewood kept warring and took vantage of Jordan’s mistakes successful captious moments of the game.

The Panthers accepted a information to debar a blocked punt which chopped their pb to 19-16 with 2 minutes near successful the 4th quarter. During the Lancers last drive, a holding punishment against Jordan allowed Lakewood to get a archetypal down astatine the Panthers’ 25-yard line.

After a 22-yard completion to receiver Elijah Slaughter, Downen decided to support it and recovered the extremity portion to springiness the Lancers their archetypal pb with 59 seconds left, which would extremity up being the last score.

Lakewood caput manager Justin Utupo discusses the large league triumph implicit Jordan @BeachVarsity pic.twitter.com/0uw8suCpkT

— Chris Camello (@Chris_Camello) September 25, 2021

“He hasn’t done it each twelvemonth long, he’s ne'er pulled it (back) connected that definite play call,” Lakewood manager Justin Utupo said astir that past play telephone with his quarterback. “That’s the maturation we spot successful Brayden. He’ll proceed to larn from his mistakes and we’re conscionable excited for the mode helium was capable to enactment calm astatine the extremity of the crippled and score.”

While it was a thrilling decorativeness for Lakewood, it was a hard 1 to swallow for Jordan. The taxable of the nighttime was costly penalties, turnovers, and a captious peculiar teams mistake that aided successful the Lancer’s comeback win.

Lakewood cashes successful connected the blocked punt arsenic RB Auggie Lyons scores connected 1-yard TD tally and aft PAT, Lancers are close backmost successful it trailing 19-14 with 7:16 near successful 4th

Jordan has missed 2 other constituent attempts contiguous and that could loom ample @BeachVarsity

— Chris Camello (@Chris_Camello) September 25, 2021

The Panthers (2-4, 0-2) seemingly had power starring 19-7 aboriginal successful the 4th fourth aft backmost Makhi Travis recovered receiver Jacob Hernandez for a 16-yard touchdown reception.

The issues occurred from there. Running backmost Damian Henderson who rushed for 127 yards with a touchdown got injured doubly successful this crippled and had to beryllium carried disconnected the tract successful the 4th quarter.

So Damian Henderson who went down earlier and returned present is being carried disconnected the tract aft his past 16 gait run. Jordan whitethorn person to decorativeness this crippled without him @BeachVarsity

— Chris Camello (@Chris_Camello) September 25, 2021

Lakewood blocked a punt heavy successful Jordan’s territory which they recovered astatine the Panthers’ 5-yard enactment and ended up scoring connected a 1-yard rushing touchdown from moving backmost Auggie Lyons to marque the people 19-14 with 7:16 left.

A 75-yard tally from moving backmost Jordan Washington was called backmost owed to a holding penalty, and backup moving backmost Matthew Ramirez fumbled the shot precocious successful the crippled which Lakewood recovered.

Not to notation determination were 2 missed PATs and 3 unsportsmanlike penalties against Jordan passim this game. Not precisely a winning formula.

The Panthers’ penalties halted immoderate violative momentum they had to support control, and those mistakes helped Lakewood enactment successful the crippled and yet triumph it.

Jacob Hernandez continues his large night, present with an interception to spell on with his 2 TDs for Jordan @BeachVarsity

— Chris Camello (@Chris_Camello) September 25, 2021

Hernandez was a agleam spot for Jordan scoring 2 touchdowns (both rushing and receiving) and had an interception connected defense.

The comeback triumph for Lakewood sent galore of their fans who made the travel to Jordan High into a frenzy.

Coach Utupo spoke astir this rivalry betwixt Jordan and Lakewood.

“A batch of our student-athletes are from the northbound broadside of Long Beach, they grew up astir the Jordan players,” Utupo said. “Myself I grew up down the street. There’s ever that rivalry due to the fact that you’re playing against your neighbors, your puerility friends.”