Mustangs defeat SA Lakeview

By Lew
September 4, 2004

Even a six-year break in this rivalry couldn't change the familiar outcome.

The Lake View High School football team turned the ball over five times en route to a 14-7 loss to Sweetwater at the Mustang Bowl on Friday.

It was the 15th consecutive loss by Lake View against Sweetwater dating back to 1983.

''We killed ourselves,'' Lake View coach Joey McQueen said. ''I give credit to our offense and defense. We just came up against a good ballclub. We can't cry about it though.''

Three of Lake View's turnovers were fumbles, the last one coming late in the fourth quarter with the Chiefs driving for a tying touchdown. On fourth-and-two from the Sweetwater 28-yard line, Lake View quarterback Matt Phillips was sacked for an eight-yard loss and fumbled the ball.

Lake View (0-2) also fumbled the ball on the possession after Sweetwater (1-1) took a 14-7 lead in the third quarter.

''We were fortunate,'' Sweetwater coach Kent Jackson said. ''I guess we made one more play than they did. We were able to contain them. We bent, but we didn't break. I was proud of our kids.''

Skye Green gave Sweetwater a 14-7 lead when he scored from three yards out on the Mustangs' first possession of the second half.

Neither team scored after that.

''I think we let Sweetwater get into their game,'' McQueen said. ''When you allow them to get ahead, they can just run it.''

Sweetwater's Kendall Carrillo led all rushers with 129 yards on nine carries. Lake View's Robert Payne rushed 21 times for 99 yards.

After a sloppy first quarter that saw both teams combine for three turnovers - two by Lake View - the Mustangs were first on the scoreboard midway through the second quarter.

Carrillo took a handoff from Sonny Birdwell and broke it outside for a 77-yard touchdown run down the sideline to make it 7-0 after the extra point with 7:03 left in the half.

After an interception by each team, Lake View tied the game with less than a minute left in the first half. After a 31-yard pass from Phillips to Derek Murphy that gave the Chiefs first-and-goal from the 3-yard line, Phillips ran it in himself on the next play. After the extra point, the game was tied 7-7.

Phillips completed 14 of 23 passes for 123 yards. Sweetwater did not complete a pass.

The teams combined for five turnovers in the first half - three by Lake View. Tyler Hayes and Christian Perryman each had an interception for the Chiefs in the first half.

Sweetwater 14, Lake View 7


Score by Quarters

Lake View 0 7 0 0 - 7

Sweetwater 0 7 7 0 - 14

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SCORING SUMMARY

Second Quarter

Sweetwater - 7:03 remaining, Kendall Carrillo 77 run (Parker Morrow kick)

Lake View - 0:49, Matt Phillips 3 run (Travis Manning kick)

Third Quarter

Sweetwater - 5:21, Skye Green 3 run (Morrow kick)

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Lake View Sweetwater

First downs 15 11

Rushing Yards 34-123 44-290

Passing Yards 123 0

Total yards 246 290

Comp-Att-Int 14-23-2 0-5-2

Fumbles-lost 4-3 1-0

Punts-avg. 3-35.3 4-36.3

Penalties-yards 3-25 1-10

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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Rushing

Lake View - Robert Payne 21-99; Matt Phillips 12-17; Tyler Hayes 1-7.

Sweetwater - Alan Copeland 8-28; Jeremy Thompson 7-22; Kendall Carrillo 9-129; Joseph Banyard 6-23; Justin Clowers 2-(-2); Skye Green 3-23; Eric Brown 3-15; Jacinto Rosas 5-44; Kiki Johnson1-(-15).

Passing

Lake View - Phillips 14-23-2, 123 yards.

Sweetwater - Thompson 0-2-1, 0 yards; Birdwell 0-3-1, 0 yards.

Receiving

Lake View - Donnell Harris 1-11; Travis Mateo 5-53; Hayes 1-3; Payne 1-(-2); Derek Murphy 3-45; Enrique Neira 2-4.

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