DOWNEY – The Downey Razorbacks stormed into the Pacific Coast Conference playoff games with resounding results last Saturday. All five tackle teams were victorious and will advance to the second round tomorrow.

In MityMite action, Justin Cardenas scored on a 10-yard dash to start off the Downey scoring. Julian Velasquez’ toss to Cardenas for the extra point made the score 7-0. In the third quarter Michael Martinez scored a 5-yard TD and later sealed the game with another scoring run. This time Velasquez scored the PAT on a QB keeper.

The defense, led by Ariel Ramirez, Diego Garcia, Nathan Kentros, Jacob Morales, Hadi Saleh and Matthew Morales did an outstanding job limiting Wilmington to only two first downs the entire game. The Hogs will play either Lakewood or Twin Cities in round two at George Bellis Park in Buena Park. Game time is 10 a.m.

Downey’s Junior PeeWee Razorbacks shutout the Gardena Mohicans by a score of 34-0. The Razorbacks opened the game with a five-play drive for at TD and never looked back. The touchdown reception was by Justin Linden (who would end up with 2 touchdowns).

Also scoring multiple touchdowns was Evan Vasquez. Michael Cabrera converted on 3 of 5 PAT attempts. The Hogs will meet No. 2 seeded Lakewood Spartans tomorrow at Lynwood Middle School at 6 p.m.

The PeeWee Hogs fell behind when Lynwood scored on their first drive of their playoff game, but the defense then stepped it up and allowed only two first downs the rest of the game. Downey scored on the last play of the first half when Manny Ramirez threw a 35-yard pass to DJ Morgan to tie the game. Keiffer Enslin pinched in the PAT for the 7-6 Downey lead.

Ekene Chukwumezie, and Enslin then began grinding out the yardage and using up the clock, but fumbles gave Lynwood a chance for the win. Ian Sonico’s interception of a Lynwood pass sealed the victory for the Hogs. The victory sets up a rematch with No. 2 seed Gardena Saturday at Gardena High School at 1 p.m.

The undefeated Downey Junior Midget Razorbacks had a bye week by virtue of their No. 1 seed. They play Gardena tomorrow at Serra High School in Gardena under the lights. Game time is 5 p.m.

The Midget Razorbacks opened up the playoff race by scoring five touchdowns against the Montebello Extreme. The Extreme had no answer for the speedy Hog running back Chris Marrero as he scored on three runs of over 40 yards. Tristan Esparza’s 35-yard scramble made the score at half time 22-0.

The defense was firing on all cylinders with a couple of sacks by Anthony Alvarado, an interception by Brandon Hernandez, and another interception and runback for a touchdown by Jacob Kent. The final score was 35-6. The Midget Hogs will meet the No. 1 seed Tri Cities Falcons Saturday at 3 p.m. at Montebello High School.

The flag tournament will conclude this weekend at Banning High School, with all four of Downey’s teams in the mix. Flag Red shifted from their tight formation to a new unbalanced spread and caught the stingy Lynwood defense off guard scoring a 50 yard TD. The Red defense got their fourth shutout of the year.

The PCC Cheerleading Competition and Championships will be held this Sunday at the California State University, Pyramid. Downey’s Flag and MityMite Cheer teams are scheduled to perform starting at 10 a.m. Junior PeeWee and PeeWee team will compete starting at 12:15 p.m. and Junior Midget and Midget teams will execute their programs at 2:30 p.m.

This is the girls’ chance to showcase their 2 1/2 minute routine in competition with other groups from all over the Los Angeles area.

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Published: November 13, 2009 - Volume 8 - Issue 30