Last-minute TD gives Corona del Mar football playoff win over Warren

DOWNEY – After an wounded to backmost Nicholaus Iamaleava, Warren had to thin connected its defence and moving game, but it wasn’t capable Friday nighttime against Corona del Mar successful the archetypal circular of the CIF-SS Division 2 playoffs.

The Sea Kings scored the game-winning touchdown successful the last infinitesimal to manus the Bears a heart-breaking 42-35 nonaccomplishment astatine Warren High.

With the crippled tied astatine 35, Corona del Mar (9-2) decided to spell for it connected 4th down aft backmost David Risor was sacked for an 11-yard nonaccomplishment connected the erstwhile play. Rasor launched the shot into the extremity portion and recovered receiver Cooper Hoch, who jumped up against a defender and pulled down the shot to marque an astonishing 36-yard touchdown drawback with 1:08 near successful the game.

It appears Nicholas Iamaleava is successful concussion protocols astatine the infinitesimal truthful not definite what his presumption for the remainder of the crippled is @BeachVarsity

— Chris Camello (@Chris_Camello) November 6, 2021

“I was a backside run-off, truthful I didn’t truly expect the ball,” Hoch explained. “Rasor (went) right, I turned, the shot is successful the aerial and I went up and got it.”

Rasor spoke astir the last play and orchestrating the game-winning touchdown.

Corona Del Mar QB @david_rasor18 spoke to maine astir the Sea Kings large comeback triumph implicit Warren. He finished with 297 passing yards and his 4th down TD propulsion won the crippled for Corona @CDMpride @BeachVarsity pic.twitter.com/0OMtKAu4T7

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“Obviously we weren’t enactment into a bully concern connected 4th down,” Rasor said. “My work wasn’t determination successful the beginning, and I saw Cooper connected the close broadside and I threw it up to him. Fourth down and helium made a play. It was good.”

The Sea Kings defence finished the occupation by sacking backup backmost Madden Iamaleava, a freshman, 3 times during the Bears’ last possession, thwarting immoderate accidental to necktie the game.

The crushed Madden Iamaleava took the snaps was due to the fact that his older brother, Nicholaus, the team’s starter, took a hard deed that forced him to travel retired of the crippled aboriginal successful the 2nd quarter.

After concisely returning, Nicholaus took different hard hit, went to the sideline again, and did not instrumentality to the game. His member Madden was the Bears’ backmost for the remainder of the game, thrust into a high-pressure concern and trying to pb his squad to a playoff win.

So arsenic the 2nd fractional starts, Nicholaus Iamaleava is inactive not playing and younger member Madden volition apt decorativeness this crippled out. He completed his archetypal 2 walk attempts to commencement the 3rd but Warren inactive forced to punt @BeachVarsity

— Chris Camello (@Chris_Camello) November 6, 2021

Even with a freshman astatine QB, Warren seemingly had control, starring 28-14 with 4 minutes near successful the 3rd 4th aft moving backmost Romeo Clark scored connected an awesome 30-yard touchdown tally successful which helium reversed tract to debar being tackled.

However, Corona del Mar rapidly got backmost into the game, arsenic moving backmost Evan Sanders scored connected a 45-yard tally to chopped the shortage successful fractional heading into the 4th quarter. Then aboriginal successful the 4th quarter, Rasor faced a fourth-and-goal concern astatine the Bears 7-yard line. He kept the shot and scored connected a 7-yard tally to necktie the crippled astatine 28.

Sea Kings spell for it connected 4th down and extremity and QB Rasor scores connected a 7-yard TD run, his 2nd people of the nighttime and aft PAT, the crippled is tied astatine 28 with 11:53 near successful 4th. Corona Del Mar has scored 14 unanswered pts

We got america a game! @BeachVarsity

— Chris Camello (@Chris_Camello) November 6, 2021

The crippled would get chaotic from there.

After a large walk interference punishment against Warren connected a 3rd down, the Sea Kings grabbed the lead, 35-28, arsenic Rasor recovered Hoch for a 64-yard touchdown walk with 6:18 left.

The Bears answered close backmost arsenic Joshua Johnson scored connected an 85-yard kickoff instrumentality to necktie the crippled astatine 35. However, that ended up being Warren’s past highlight.

Rasor marched the Sea Kings down tract and pulled disconnected an astonishing game-winning thrust that ended with a fourth-down touchdown walk to Hoch, who made a superb catch.

Rasor was awesome each night, finishing with 297 passing yards, completing 21 of his 34 walk attempts, with 3 touchdowns and an interception. He besides had 2 rushing touchdowns.

“He has the bosom of a champion,” Hoch said of the backmost and his bully friend, Rasor.

Hoch had 131 receiving yards connected 3 receptions and 2 touchdowns, and Sanders had 103 rushing yards connected 17 carries and 52 receiving yards with a touchdown catch.

Corona Del Mar WR Cooper Hoch made the crippled winning drawback connected a 36-yard TD reception successful the last infinitesimal of the 4th 4th connected a 4th and agelong and talks astir what happened connected that last play @BeachVarsity @CDMpride pic.twitter.com/6dY2XcVlWW

— Chris Camello (@Chris_Camello) November 6, 2021

It was the worst clip for Warren to endure a setback — its archetypal nonaccomplishment of the season.

The Bears (9-1) adjusted their crippled program to trust much connected moving backs Marcus Higgs and Romeo Clark and their defence was keeping CdM successful check. Their assertive defence forced 2 turnovers including an interception successful the extremity zone.

Clark had 8 carries for 110 yards with 2 touchdowns, including an astonishing 65-yard run. Higgs had 56 rushing yards connected 15 carries with a touchdown.

Higgs spoke highly of the freshman Madden for playing hard the full night.

Warren RB Marcus Higgs speaks highly of the freshman Madden Iamaleava who took implicit astatine QB aft his member Nicholaus was injured successful the 2nd quarter

“Helluva crippled for him. That’s my member close there. A freshman, large crippled for him” @BeachVarsity @WHSBearFootball pic.twitter.com/ufG8TT72Uz

— Chris Camello (@Chris_Camello) November 6, 2021

“Heck of a game, that’s my member close there,” Higgs said of Madden. “He’s a freshman, large crippled for him; helium played a heck of a game.”

The freshman Iamaleava finished with 44 passing yards completed 5 of 11 walk attempts, but helium was besides sacked six times including 3 times connected the last possession.

Warren manager Kevin Pearson erstwhile asked astir however did Corona Del Mar prehend power of this game: “They wounded Nico” @BeachVarsity @WHSBearFootball pic.twitter.com/ncDa6Omvt2

— Chris Camello (@Chris_Camello) November 6, 2021

Warren manager Kevin Pearson kept his reply elemental erstwhile asked astir however the crippled swung into into Corona del Mar’s favor.

“They wounded Nico,” Pearson said bluntly.

Pearson went into further item astir Nicholaus going down and Madden having to measurement up successful a large spot.

“We’re a batch much dynamic with Nico, who knows the full playbook,” Pearson said. “That’s not Madden’s responsibility astatine all, that’s a batch to inquire of a freshman who truly started successful August to travel successful present and person bid of the offense.”

“That’s connected me, too,” Pearson said. “Maybe I should person tally him a small much with the archetypal portion successful practice, knowing this could happen. I’m excited with the mode helium played, he’s a pugnacious kid. He was getting deed hard a mates of plays, and shook himself disconnected and came backmost successful and did a beauteous bully job.”