Coyotes stuff Eagles, deny them first win

The Estancia High football team saw its struggles with the running

game go from bad to worse Friday night as host Buena Park held the

Eagles to minus-46 yards rushing in a 17-8 Coyotes victory.

The Eagles did manage 82 passing yards, but managed its only

touchdown when Matt Redding stripped the ball from a Buena Park

running back and returned the fumble 20 yards for with 7:19 left in

the game.

“We didn’t come to play football tonight,” said Estancia Coach

Brian Barnes, whose team fell to 0-3 and now has minus-24 yards

rushing this season.

“I think the kids took it for granted, because Buena Park was a

team they beat last year.”

The Coyotes ended a 15-game losing streak with a season-opening

overtime victory over Century last week. Estancia topped Buena Park,

19-0, last fall.

Buena Park opened the scoring with a 29-yard field goal by Ricardo

Garcia with 9:23 left in the first quarter.

The Coyotes drove 64 yards on seven plays to produce their first

touchdown, with Gabe Williams ran 1 yard up the middle for a 9-0 lead

with 4:11 left in the first quarter.

Garcia kicked the first of his two extra points to make it 10-0.

Estancia senior quarterback Ryan Watson was, once again,

productive through the air. He completed 7 of 11 passes for 82 yards.

Redding caught four passes for 56 yards and tailback Edgar Vargas

added a pair of receptions fo 19 yards.

The Estancia defense was not without its moments, though Buena

Park collected 242 rushing yards.

Williams led the Coyotes with 91 yards on 21 attempts.

Buena Park quarterback Elvis Oropeza completed 4 of 7 for 46 yards

to aid the winners.

SCORE BY QUARTERS

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Estancia 0 0 0 8 - 8

Buena Park 0 10 7 0 - 17

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SECOND QUARTER

BP -- Garcia 29 FG, 9:23.

BP -- Williams 1 run (Garcia kick) 4:11.

THIRD QUARTER

BP -- Williams 14 run (Garcia kick), 5:58.

FOURTH QUARTER

Est -- Redding 20 fumble return (Hart pass from Watson), 7:19.

A -- 500 (est.)

INDIVIDUAL RUSHING

Est -- Bannon, 1-minus-9; Redding, 1-minus-2; Vargas, 6-minus-13;

Watson, 4-minus-22.

BP -- Bislig, 10-33; Lara, 12-78; Mediran, 2-26; Oropeza, 3-14;

Williams, 22-91, 2 TDs.

INDIVIDUAL PASSING

Est -- Watson, 7-11-0, 82.

BP -- Oropeza 4-7-0, 46

INDIVIDUAL RECEIVING

Est -- Henrikson, 1-7; Redding, 4-56; Vargas, 2-19.

BP -- Garcia, 1-7; Gonzalez, 3-29.

GAME STATISTICS

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Est BP

First downs 10 24

Rushes-yardage 12-min-46 49-242

Passing yardage 82 36

Passing 7-11-0 4-7-0

Net return yards* 34 40

Sacks-yardage 0-0 2-14

Net yardage 70 318

Punts n/a N/a

Fumbles-fumbles lost 1-0 2-2

Flags-net yardage 4-20 6-40

Time of possession 14:11 33:49 *Punt returns, interceptions, fumble returns

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