CSM WINS STATE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF OPENER, 52-3, OVER VISITING SISKIYOUS
SAN MATEO -- Rajae Johnson caught six passes for 204 yards and two spectacular first half touchdowns as College of San Mateo rolled to a 52-3 opening playoff victory over visiting College of the Siskiyous in the California Community College Athletic Association state quarterfinals Saturday afternoon. CSM (10-1) will play the winner of Saturday night?s Laney at American River game in next Saturday?s Northern California finals.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 18, 2017 Contact: Fred Baer baerf@smccd.edu
CSM WINS STATE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF OPENER, 52-3, OVER VISITING SISKIYOUS
SAN MATEO -- Rajae Johnson caught six passes for 204 yards and two spectacular first half touchdowns as College of San Mateo rolled to a 52-3 opening playoff victory over visiting College of the Siskiyous in the California Community College Athletic Association state quarterfinals Saturday afternoon.
CSM (10-1) will play the winner of Saturday night's Laney at American River game in next Saturday's Northern California finals. Siskiyous, runner-up to American River in the NorCal League, finished at 8-3.
The Bulldogs scored the only touchdown they needed on a first quarter 18-yard Miles Kendrick to Johnson pass and moved out to a 24- 0 halftime advantage on a 95-yard hook-up between that duo.
Kendrick completed nine of 18 passes for 280 yards, 219 in the first half.
It was a game of big plays by the Bulldogs.
CSM thwarted the most successful Siskiyous drive of the game, 73 yards, at the start of the third quarter when Jordan Hendy picked off an Eagles pass at his own five yard line for a 95-yard pick-six romp.
On San Mateo's next possession, Raymond Sanders completed an 80-yard drive with a 7-yard TD run and the Bulldogs were up 38-0.
But Kendrick suffered a knee bruise on that series and left the game. Shawn Akina took over and completed both of his passes attempts for 73 yards, including a 58-yarder to Elijah Harper that made it 45-0 by the end of the third quarter.
San Mateo had 541 yards of total offense and limited Siskiyous to 257. The Eagles had only 53 net yards in the first half.
CSM HAS STATE'S MOST EFFICIENT PASSERS: Akina improved his passer efficiency rating to 183.7, the best in the state – just ahead of official NorCal leader (third in the state) Kendrick at 180.7. Akina has thrown for 895 yards this season but does not have enough attempts to officially qualify as the state ratings leader. Kendrick has passed for 1,766 yards.
--Defending state champion Fullerton defeated Saddleback, 33-21, in the only other afternoon playoff game. Ventura was to play at Riverside Saturday night in the other SoCal game.
Game MVP: Rajae Johnson, CSM WR
Offensive player of the game, Miles Kendrick, CSM QB
Defensive player of the game, Daniel Hardy, Siskiyous LB (10 tackles, 7 solo; 1 sack, 3 tackles for loss)\