Story by L.T.Willis
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| The Narbonne Gauchos hosting the Serra Cavaliers. All Photos by T.G. Sports' Eric Wade & EW GEMS Images. |
Two very young teams hooked up for Friday night showdown in Harbor City Narbonne and Gardena Serra. You could tell by the crowd that many remember last year game between these two teams Serra beat Narbonne by 26 points as i was walking towards the field you could hear their fans saying payback. Narbonne didn't take long to get on the scoreboard as The Gaucho's quarterback Troy Williams connected with A.J. Richardson for a 71 yard touch down pass and the 2 point conversion was good and lead 8-0 with 5:09 left in the first quarter. The Gauchos were at it again as Try Williams delivered another strike to Antoine Anderson a 76 yard touchdown pass to increase their lead to 14-0.
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| Narbonne's # 3 Troy Williams threw a 71 yard touchdown pass to A.J. Richardson and a 76 yard touchdown pass to Antoine Anderson to take a 14-0 lead on Serra in the first quarter. |
Serra had to rely on kicker Eddie Garcia to kick a 42 yard field goal to get them on the board and trailed 14-3.Another offensive drive was hampered by penalties and Garcia had to kick a 26 yard field goal to cut the lead to 14-6.Late in the second quarter Serra scored again with a touchdown run by Thomas Brown, but the 2 point conversion failed and Serra now trailed 14-12. Narbonne answered back late in the second quarter with 1:59 remaining Troy Williams found Kevian Applewhite on a 55 yard slant pass and the Gauchos now had a halftime lead of 20-12.
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| Serra's defense stepping up big and kept Narbonne out of their end zone several times was huge. |
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| Troy Williams connects with Kevian Applewhite on a 55 yard slant pass for a touchdown. |
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| Serra's QB Jalen Green picks up a big first down late in the third quarter that allow team mate Ronnie Vaughn to tie the game up 20-20. |
Both Serra and Narbonne showed how both teams were really young as both teams had many chances to take control of the game but penalties were hurting both teams especially in the third quarter. Narbonne had golden chances to put Serra aways as they were inside Serra's 20 yard line and came away empty especially by a big sack by Serra's defense. Serra scored again with 4:49 left in the third when running back Ronnie Vaughn scored on a 16 yard run to the tie the game 20-20. There were a couple of turnovers committed by both teams during the game and none was more obvious than when Narbonne was driving inside Serra's 10 yard line in the fourth quarter when Troy Williams was hit and fumble the ball and it seem that Serra had new life. Serra again lost a great chance to get back in the game as several mistakes on the drive forced them to punt the ball back to Narbonne.
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| Narbonne's left tackle Alanta Toussant makes a great block to spring free Troy Williams down the left side and score a touchdown |
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| Troy Williams scored on a 21 yard touchdown run. |
Narbonne march down the field and a few moments later Troy Williams got a great block and ran down the sideline and scored on a 21 yard touchdown run and a 26-20 lead with them. Well now it was Serra turn to see if they could answer they march down the field and this is really where lack of experience really showed. There was a running play down the left side and the running back was trying to get more yards instead of just getting what he could and step out of bounds. Serra had to hurry up to the line and Jalen Green had to spike the ball on second down to stop the clock. The Gauchos defense really clamped down and it seem like a Serra receiver was open on fourth down when Narbonne defender tipped the ball and it seem like the ball was going to the open receiver for Serra and what would have surely would even tied the game or win the game for Serra when Steven Russell intercepted the ball after it was tip and that was the play of the game as Narbonne defeated Serra 26-20.You can check out all the highlights and post game interviews. All photos are by T.G.Sports Eric Wade and EW/GEMS Images.
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