Jr. Midget Dolphins upend Saints, 14-12

Defensive tackle Brian Dies recovered a fumble in the end zone for a

touchdown, and a successful two point conversion followed as the

Huntington Beach Dolphins upset the Norwalk/Santa Fe Saints, 14-12, in

Junior All-American Football Jr. Midget Division action.

Playing under the lights for the first time, the Dolphins grabbed a

6-0 second quarter lead when quarterback Brian Shrock hit Curtis Crandell

with a five-yard touchdown pass.

Norwalk/Santa Fe scored the next two touchdowns to take a 12-6

advantage into the fourth quarter.

Michael Clark’s sack of the Saints quarterback forced the fumble,

which Dies pounced on in the end zone to tie the score. Shrock then

connected with Willie Fiscus on the conversion to give the Dolphins the

lead for good, 14-12.

The Dolphins were led by a strong performances by Antonio Small,

Jeremy Brink, Charlie Pickle, Victor Ordonez and Michael Peters and back

ups Anthony Pancoast, Sean Tierney, Mike Manzanares and Chris Engelman.

With the win, Huntington Beach evened its division record at 1-1. The

Cowboys, 3-2 overall, host perennial power Mission Viejo Saturday at 5

p.m. at Ocean View High.

In other games:

Jr. Clinic Division

Cerritos 32, Huntington Beach 0

Despite the hard running of Josh Gutierrez, Timothy Robinson, Cole

Lewis and Ryan Small, the White Dolphins could only muster 70 yards of

offense in falling to undefeated Cerritos. “Both Josh and Cole ran really

hard but Cerritos has a couple of big kids with speed and we just

couldn’t get away from them,” White Dolphins coach Dave Small said. “We

have a tough team of 7-year-olds and we are getting better each week.”

Huntington Beach resumes play Oct. 20 by hosting La Mirada at Ocean View

High in a 1 p.m. kickoff.