American River and Fullerton Meet On December 10 For Football Supremacy

November 28, 2016

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 26, 2016

Contact: Fred Baer, CCCAA State Football Statistician frdbaer@aol.com 650.483.3733

ARC & FULLERTON WIN REGIONAL FOOTBALL TITLES; TO MEET DEC. 10 FOR CCCAA STATE CROWN

Fullerton College will host American River College for the 2016 California Community College Athletic Association football championship on Saturday, Dec. 10 in a battle of region champions.

Quarterback Griffin Dahn threw for a pair of fourth quarter touchdowns -- the last a 44-yarder to Torian Williams with 44 seconds left -- to lead No. 2 region seed American River (10-2) over No. 1 Butte College (9-3), 15-9, in the Northern California Football Conference championship game Saturday afternoon in Oroville. Butte, which had beaten American River, 21-14, in the NorCal Conference title game Nov. 5, had led, 9-0, since the first period on Saturday.

Following a half hour midgame lightning delay, host and top-seeded Fullerton (11-1) scored 21 third quarter points for a 36-20 advantage en route to a 45-29 victory over No. 2 Riverside City College (10-2) in the Southern California Football Association title game. Fullerton had taken a 15-13 halftime lead on a 54-yard punt return by Justin Manyweather just two minutes before the intermission and never relinquished the advantage. Gerald Hulett rushed for 97 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Hornets.

In Saturday’s lone bowl game, host Monterey Peninsula College (10-1) won the Living Breath Foundation Bowl, 28-21 over Los Medanos College (8-3), in Salinas. MPC quarterback Kody Steele rushed for three scores and passed for 278 yards (301 total offense).

CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION

SAN MATEO (Nov. 26, 2016) – The weekend’s California Community College football playoff and bowl game scores as compiled by the JC Athletic Bureau:

California Community College Athletic Association state football semifinals:

--Northern California Football Conference Championship:

At Oroville -- American River (10-2) 15, Butte (9-3) 9

--Southern California Football Association Championship:

At Yorba Linda (Fullerton host) -- Fullerton (11-1) 45, Riverside (10-2) 29

CCCAA Championship Game, Saturday, Dec. 10:

American River (10-2) at Fullerton (11-1)

NCFC BOWL RESULT:

Living Breath Foundation Bowl (at Rabobank Stadium, Salinas), Saturday, Nov. 26:

Monterey Peninsula (10-1) 28, Los Medanos (8-3) 21

UPCOMING:

San Francisco Community College Bowl (at City College of San Francisco), Saturday, Dec. 3: