YUCK!

Tony Altobelli

Every time Mt. San Antonio College scored a touchdown, the

cheerleaders would throw Payday candy bars into the crowd.

Needless to say the crowd was full and the cheerleaders needed to ice

their arms after Saturday’s 47-6 win over Orange Coast.

Hats off to the Mounties’ cheerleader that managed to reach the press

box from the grandstand walkway with her Payday heave. It was delicious.

Thank goodness they didn’t throw rocks into the crowd every time the

defense rocked OCC’s running game. Casualties would have been monstrous.

The Pirates had minus-56 yards rushing in the first half and with the

exception of Raymond Ohrel’s 70-yard touchdown run, the Pirates had

minus-87 rushing yards for the entire game.

The numbers don’t lie. OCC had 27 running plays and 19 went for

negative yardage.

One thing I learned this year: never say “this is the best, whatever”

when it comes to community college football.

First Palomar, then Cerritos and now Mt. SAC was the best team of the

entire Mission Conference. They have no weakness.

They have a defensive front, led by 6-foot-5, 300-pound Alfonso Boone

and 6-4, 290-pound Marcus Roberson, who were in OCC’s backfield as much

as Ohrel and Jimmie Banks were, they could go through any offense in the

galaxy and they made Jared Flint flee faster than O.J. on the 405.

Flint flee faster; say that five times fast.

It was, without a doubt the biggest, and quite honestly, ugliest team

in the Northern Division, though I still haven’t seen El Camino yet. Stay

tuned.

Despite the loss, you still can’t take away from the Pirates’

improvements this season.

After suffering through an 0-5 campaign in the Northern Division, the

Bucs have managed to win a couple tough, close games against Pasadena

City and Long Beach City.

If you saw the Santa Ana and Riverside games, you wouldn’t have picked

OCC against most Pop Warner teams, much less Pasadena City and defending

champ Long Beach City.

Give the Bucs credit; they went through some soul searching and some

sound beatings, but managed to collect themselves and hang around in the

division race.

Win or lose against El Camino on Saturday, congrats to Mike Taylor and

the Pirates. Ice bags are on the house.

For the Gauchos of Saddleback College, they win the Sacrificial Lambs

of the Year award, having to play Palomar the week after the Comets lost

to Santa Ana, 19-17.

Final score: Palomar 58, Saddleback 7, and it wasn’t even that close.

See Golden West, I pick on other teams, too.