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San Juan Hills Football Stopped on Fourth Downs, Run Over by Tesoro, Remains Winless

by Capo Dispatch
October 1, 2022 12:02AM
in SPORTS & OUTDOORS, Sports News
San Juan Hills Football Still Winless After Physical Homecoming Loss to El Modena

San Juan Hills football beaten by El Modena on Homecoming night. Photo: Alan Gibby/Zone57

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By Zach Cavanagh

LAS FLORES — The bell tolled once again for San Juan Hills on Friday night, as the Stallions’ search for that elusive victory marched on.

Tesoro stopped San Juan Hills on fourth down five times and leaned on running back Travis Wood for 232 yards and three touchdowns on 33 carries to reclaim the Battle for the Bell, 30-15, and keep the Stallions winless on Friday, Sept. 30 at Tesoro High School.

San Juan Hills is 0-7 for the first time since 2011, when the Stallions went completely winless (0-10). San Juan Hills will take a bye week next week to prepare for Sea View League play, where the Stallions open at El Toro on Oct. 14.

“We’re 0-7 on the year. We’re going into a bye week, and then we’ll be 0-0 again in league play,” San Juan Hills coach Rob Frith said. “All this pre-league stuff is important. It’s really important. I know our guys wanted to win this game. At the end of the day, this is pre-league. League is for championships, and league is for playoff implications.”

The Stallions ran 20 more plays than Tesoro (4-2) in the first half, but San Juan Hills could only manage one score – a 1-yard run by Michael “Butter” Tollefson to cap a 12-play drive tie the score going into halftime, 7-7.

TOUCHDOWN: San Juan Hills finally on the board.

After pass interference in the end zone, Tollefson rolls out right and dives for the 1 yard score. @ButterTollefson

San Juan Hills 7, Tesoro 7, 0:28 1Q. @sjhhsfootball @sjhhsathletics pic.twitter.com/TK45sHxpDF

— South OC Sports (@SouthOCsports) October 1, 2022

San Juan Hills was stopped twice on fourth down in the first quarter alone, and after an interception of Tesoro by Rylan Schafer, the Stallions fumbled the ball on the two-yard line, which Wood took advantage of to put Tesoro ahead.

“Opportunities missed,” Frith said. “It cost us.”

San Juan Hills’ defense held Tesoro to just 84 yards of offense in the first half, and while the Stallions actually gained more on the ground in the first half than the Titans, it was the physical Tesoro running attack that set the pace for the second half.

After a San Juan Hills 3-and-out midway through the third quarter, Tesoro ran the ball seven consecutive plays and caught the San Juan Hills secondary sleeping on a 21-yard touchdown pass from Cash O’Byrne to Mason Wolfe.

TOUCHDOWN: Tesoro goes ahead through the air.

After 7 straight runs, Tesoro surprises with a 21-yard TD pass from O’Byrne to Wolfe.

Tesoro 14, San Juan Hills 7, 4:22 2Q pic.twitter.com/eDyvW482aG

— South OC Sports (@SouthOCsports) October 1, 2022

San Juan Hills responded with an 11-play drive, but again, the Stallions were stopped on another fourth down, a 4th-and-2, just before the end of the quarter.

“Second half, they won in the trenches,” Frith said. “I said earlier that the team that does the better job in the trenches is going to win the game. During this football game, we had a couple times to get a first down in the red zone, on a fourth down, and they stuffed us. They stuffed us both times.”

Tesoro went up by two scores with a 37-yard field goal on the ensuing drive, and after San Juan Hills was forced 3-and-out once more, Wood powered up the middle and burst free for a 62-yard touchdown run that effectively iced the game with just over five minutes remaining.

A pass interference and a personal foul helped San Juan Hills down the field on their next drive, and the Stallions got a score back with a 24-yard touchdown pass from Tollefson to newly eligible transfer receiver Christopher Williams.

TOUCHDOWN: San Juan Hills says “not so fast”

Tollefson hits Williams on a 24 yard TD pass. Williams then connects with Land on the 2 point conversion. @ButterTollefson

Tesoro 23, San Juan Hills 15, 4:28 4Q . @sjhhsfootball pic.twitter.com/0ak5Obt060

— South OC Sports (@SouthOCsports) October 1, 2022

Tollefson completed the two-point conversion pass to Sullivan Land to bring San Juan Hills within eight points, 23-15.

The Stallions forced their own 3-and-out of Tesoro with a huge third-down tackle-for-loss by Jake Javorsky, but San Juan Hills was denied on four straight passes for another turnover-on-downs.

Wood put the nail in the Stallions coffin with a 45-yard touchdown run on the very next play for the 30-15 lead.

Tesoro reclaimed the rivalry bell for the third time in four games since its inception in 2019. San Juan Hills won the bell last season. Tesoro is now 6-3 all time against San Juan Hills.

Tollefson completed 18 of 37 passes for 200 yards and a touchdown and carried the ball 16 times for 25 yards and a touchdown. Land carried the ball 18 times for 75 yards. Williams caught seven passes for 89 yards and a touchdown.

O’Bryne, in his first game eligible for Tesoro, completed 5 of 13 passes for 65 yards, a touchdown and two interceptions.

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Zach Cavanagh

Zach Cavanagh is the sports editor for Picket Fence Media. Zach is a multiple California Journalism Award winner and has covered sports in Orange County since 2013. Follow him on Twitter and Instagram @ZachCav and follow our sports coverage on Twitter @SouthOCSports and Instagram @South_OC_Sports. Email at zcavanagh@picketfencemedia.com.

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