La Canada Gladiators Football Gremlins...

LA CANADA

GLADIATORS

FOOTBALL

GREMLINS

The La Canada Gladiators improved to 3-0 with a 37-13 win Sunday

against the Whittier Redskins at Sierra Educational Center in

Whittier. The Gladiators were led by quarterback Ricky Vaughns, who

scored five touchdowns.

In the first quarter, the Gladiators took the ball on their first

possession and marched downfield. Vaughns had a key run of 35 yards

and scored on a 15-yard touchdown run. After Antoine Sutphen slammed

into the end zone on the extra point to make it 7-0.

The Gladiator defense, led by defensive linemen Darius Clash,

Maxim Foster, Randy Mancilla and Kevin Cooper dominated the line of

scrimmage, while linebacker Joey Dowling had several key tackles and

forced a fumble.

Brent West anchored the cornerbacks. On the Gladiators' next

possession, fullback Eugene Gandara had a key run and Vaughns capped

the drive with a 15-yard touchdown pass to Tyler Schloessmann to

extend the lead to 13-0.

In the second quarter, the Gladiator offense continued to grind

out yards on the ground. Jordan Pinsky and Doug Pinsky shared the

work with Andrew Carcich, who scored on a 17-yard run to make it

19-0.

The third quarter saw the Gladiator offense again dominate on the

ground, with Vaughns scoring from 11 yards out to extend the

Gladiator lead to 26-6. Greg Moore made a strong defensive play for

the Gladiators on the ensuing possession.

JR. PEE WEE

The Gladiators immediately clicked Sunday, jumping to a 13-0 lead.

Then the Gladiators yielded 26 unanswered points in a 26-13 loss to

the Whittier Redskins at Sierra Educational Center in Whittier.

Both defenses came out strong in the first quarter, but in their

second possession the Gladiators, led by the running of Ryan Martinez

and Raheem Broadnex, scored a touchdown. Behind the blocking of

center Russell Newton, and linemen John Chavez, Marcus Tucker and

Kevin Hernandez, Martinez and Broadnex ran well.

Broadnex scored on a 16-yard run to give the Gladiators a 6-0

lead. The swarming Gladiator defense held the Redskins in check for

most of the first half, led by Daniel Alamillo, Ben Childs, James

Ortiz, Mac Musso, Luke Gunter and Matthew Zilinski.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Redskins fumbled near

midfield. Two plays later, Martinez dashed around left end for a

55-yard touchdown to make it 13-0.

PEE WEE

The Gladiators suffered a 40-0 loss to the Whittier Redskins at

Sierra Educational Center in Whittier

The Gladiator defense played well in the first quarter and held