CSM WINS FOOTBALL OPENER AT SISKIYOUS, 35-6; TO HOST 1-0 MODESTO SATURDAY AT 1 P.M.

Isiah Williams ran for 126 yards and two touchdowns and quarterback Dru Brown directed a diversified attack in an impressive debut as College of San Mateo rolled past host College of the Siskiyous, 35-6, in the 2015 football season opening game Saturday afternoon in Weed (near the Oregon border).

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September 5, 2015

COLLEGE OF SAN MATEO SPORTS NEWS                             September 5, 2015

CONTACT: Fred Baer      baerf@smccd/edu         mobile/text: 650.483.3733

 

CSM WINS FOOTBALL OPENER AT SISKIYOUS, 35-6;

TO HOST 1-0 MODESTO SATURDAY AT 1 P.M.

 

Isiah Williams ran for 126 yards and two touchdowns and quarterback Dru Brown directed a diversified attack in an impressive debut as College of San Mateo rolled past host College of the Siskiyous, 35-6, in the 2015 football season opening game Saturday afternoon in Weed (near the Oregon border).

 

Williams, a 5-7, 185-pound freshman (out of Luther Burbank High, Sacramento) averaged 10.5 yards on 12 carries, including a 70-yard TD in the third quarter that put the Bulldogs fully in command at 28-6. He also scored the first touchdown on a six-yard run to complete a six-play, 32-yard drive after linebacker Mikias Alipate intercepted Siskiyous quarterback Goa Mayak and returned the errant pass 38 yards.

 

The first of Anthony Cantabrana's five successful conversion kicks put the Bulldogs ahead for good at 7-0  with 2:08 left in the first quarter.    

 

The CSM defense also thwarted the Eagles' next drive. Sophomore lineman Anthony Ameperosa (out of South San Francisco High) recovered a fumble near midfield. CSM held Siskiyous to 142 total yards.

 

Brown, a 6-0, 195-pound freshman out of Los Gatos High, completed nine of 12 passes for 116 yards and a touchdown and added ten yards rushing as the Bulldogs racked up 410 total yards, 294 on the ground (with ten different ball carriers). Joey Wood (also from Los Gatos) had 54 yards on ten carries and a TD in his debut.

 

Johnny Niupalu led San Mateo pass receivers with four catches for 62 yards, including a 43-yard reception from Brown. Ramiah Marshall scored CSM's remaining touchdown on a four-yard run just before halftime for a 21-6 mid-game advantage. 

Linebackers Peter Cheney and Daniel Lavulo led CSM tacklers. Cheney had four solo tackles and an assist. Lavulo, a freshman out of Serra High, had three tackles and two assists. Sophomore lineman Cody Brown, also from Serra, had a sack among his three tackles.

 

--San Mateo came into the season ranked third among the USA's 135 two-year college teams by jcfootball.com. The Bulldogs were No. 6 in the JC Athletic Bureau's poll of California's 69 teams. 

Defending state champion and state No. 1 ranked Mt. San Antonio College lost its season opener to College of the Canyons, 30-6.

 

--The Bulldogs (1-0) return home Saturday (Sept. 12) to host Modesto JC (1-0) at 1 p.m. Modesto upset American River, 41-10, in their opener on Saturday.