Rebels stopped again

LOS ANGELES — As brilliantly as the second half began for the Flintridge Prep football team — with Joel Bryant dazzling the Rebels faithful on a 65-yard scoring run — it was ultimately those final 24 minutes that were its undoing.

In a game marred by controversial officiating and 17 total penalties, Campbell Hall took two knees to run out the clock and send the Rebels to an 0-3 start with a 25-21 nonleague win at Occidental College.

The game was far cry from Flintridge Prep’s first two lopsided losses, as the Rebels came fired up and took a 6-0 lead on a play-action pass from quarterback Dan Beldy to Fuad Beshir early in the first quarter.

But Beldy was picked off on a fourth-down play from the Rebels 39 to essentially seal the game. Beldy was three of seven for 59 yards and was sacked four times.

It was Bryant who put the Rebels ahead, 21-13, on the first play from scrimmage of the second half. On a run to the right off tackle, he busted loose of two would-be tacklers before juking another and charging 65 yards for a score.

Bryant also put the Rebels ahead, 14-13, when he ran back a kickoff 90 yards on the last play of the first quarter before running in the subsequent two-point conversion.

After a scoreless second quarter, the Rebels early second-half fire was doused by the offense of Campbell Hall (1-2), injuries and officiating.

An 11-play scoring march brought the Vikings within 21-19 in the third quarter before a 10-play fourth-quarter drive saw them go ahead by the final score.

Bryant had 116 yards rushing.