City Section Friday Night Game of the Week Narbonne @ San Pedro

Story by L.T. Willis

Marine League rivals Narbonne and San Pedro are playing for first place.

All photos are by Eric Wade/T.G.Sports.



Just a day ago we witness one of the best defensive gems  between Dorsey and Crenshaw a bend but don't break game on defense where the Dons came out on top 7-6. So we travel to San Pedro High School in the rain and hail of water coming down to probably witness one of the classic shootouts between Marine League powers Narbonne and San Pedro. In the first quarter no one could gain the edge as both teams could get any rhythm going on offense. Now the second quarter San Pedro was on the move and the Pirates march down the field and scored first when Darrell Santiago broke free into the end zone with 6:37 on the clock and now led the Gauchos 7-0.

San Pedro's Darrell Santiago puts the Pirates on the scoreboard first to
take the lead 7-0.

San Pedro's # 5 Brent Speight scores and now Narbonne trails 14-7.

The Pirates after scoring kicked and the Gauchos had great field position when Aaron Corbin ran it back for 35 yards to set up their drive. Two costly penalties against San Pedro gave Narbonne even greater field position and moments later the Gauchos'Antoine Anderson scored with 3:23 left in the second quarter and tied the game 7-7. With 2:36 left  in the second quarter the Pirates' Brent Speight scored and now they led 14-7. Narbonne responded with a great drive of their own when the Gauchos' Troy Williams found Antoine Anderson on a 4 yard touchdown catch  with thirty four seconds left in the second quarter and the two point conversion wasn't made and now trailed San Pedro at the half 14-13.

San Pedro's  # 7 quarterback Kenny Potter runs for a 49 touchdown  and
increase their lead  to 21-13.



Narbonne's # 5 Tray Boone scores and ties the game 21-21.

During the third quarter  San Pedro was on the move again when Kenny Potter broke free on a quarterback keeper for a 49 yard touchdown run to increase the Pirates' lead to 21-13. Narbonne answered back with 7:46 left in the third quarter when the Gauchos' Tray Boone scored and the two point conversion was made by Myles Young was good and now the game was tied 21-21. On the next series for the Pirates they had to punt the ball back to Gauchos and moments later Troy Williams broke free for a 40 yard touchdown run and now the Gauchos now led 28-21. This game had the looks of who would have the ball last would when the game the way the scoring was going.

Narbonne's quarterback  # 3 Troy Williams scores on a 40 yard touchdown
run and now leads San Pedro 28-21.



San Pedro's #7 Kenny Potter scores again and now leads Narbonne
35-28.

If you are a football fan this is the game you wanted to be at with both teams fired up and fans cheering defense on  both sides. San Pedro was proving that they could keep up with Narbonne's explosive offense with 11:46 in the forth quarter the Pirates' Darell Santiago scored on a 12 yard touchdown run and tied the game 28-28. The Pirates defense held the Gauchos to a 3 and out and got the ball back and took the lead when Pirates' Kenny Potter scored on another keeper and now led the gauchos 35-28. The Gauchos offense was force to punt the ball when the snap got away from Troy Williams after facing a fourth and 23 yards to go scramble around and found Greg Clark for 25 yards to give them a first down  and keep their drive alive. The San Pedro crowd couldn't believe what they just saw had Narbonne on the ropes and let them got away.

San Pedro's # 22 Gregory Thomas scores on a 28 yard
touchdown run and Narbonne now trails 42-34.





Moments later the Gauchos' Tray Boone scored again and the extra point was miss and now they trailed the Pirates 35-34. With 3:19 left in the game the Pirates scored on a 28 yard touchdown run by Gregory Thomas to push their lead to 42-34. Now it was the Gauchos turn to see if they march down the field and tie the game up and their drive had everyone wondering if we were heading to overtime. The Pirates defense had the Gauchos down to their last down when a reverse in the back field for the Gauchos caught the Pirates off guard a wide on Troy Williams was in the end zone and scored and now the games was tied 42-42.




Narbonne's quarterback # 3 Troy Williams scores and ties the game 42-42.



San Pedro's  # 3 Deshawn Sambrano picks off Troy Williams pass and
seals the victory for the Pirates 49-42.



 Narbonne kicked off to San Pedro to set up one of the most amazing plays of the night when the Pirates' Kenny Potter broke free on a quarterback keeper with one defender standing in his way shook him and race down the field for a 71 yard touchdown run to make the score 49-42.The Gauchos were trying to tied the score when the defensive play of the game was made by the Pirates' Deshawn Sambrano intercepted Troy Williams pass to seal the victory. Many questions were answered by San Pedro if they could score with teams with explosive offenses and they have proven that tonight by defeating Narbonne 49-42. All photos and video highlights and post game interviews footage are by Eric Wade/T.G.Sports and EW/Gems Images.