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WOW! On the very next play Julian Silva finds Romano Lonzo and he outruns the Vikings defense for a 60-yard TD
Mt. San Jacinto 31, Long Beach City 20
1:31 left in third
TOUCHDOWN! McCauley finds his guy Tomich again, this time it’s a 49-yard TD
Vikings cut Mt. San Jacinto’s lead to 24-20
1:51 left in the third
Vikings defense holds the Eagles to a field goal
Mt. San Jacinto 24, Long Beach City 13
3:52 left in the third
McCauley has nowhere to run and Vikings have to punt.
Mt. San Jacinto gets a nice return and take over at Long Beach’s 21-yard line.
LBCC goes for it on fourth down to start the third and McCauley is picked off and Ike White takes it back for a TD but a holding call on the return negates it
Big break for the Vikings trailing 21-13
Halftime: Mt. San Jacinto 21, Long Beach City 18
McCauley 9-20 for 137 yards 2 TD and 1 INT
Tomich 6 catches 122 yards 2 TD
Vikings’ defense has only given up 89 yards
Mt. San Jacinto’s Sebastian Stapl drills a 46-yard field goal.
Mt. San Jacinto 21, Long Beach City 13
:53 left in 1st half
Another miscue on special teams for LBCC as the snap sails over the punter. He kicks it out of the end zone but there’s a penalty called. Eagles elect to accept the penalty and take the ball at the Vikings 1-yard line
Ford scores and Mt. San Jacinto takes 18-13 lead
It’s a FUMBLE! Vikings defense forces a fumble and recovers it and LBCC looks to add to their 13-12 lead
7:04 left in the first half
TOUCHDOWN! McCauley finds Tomich again and he does the rest for a 64-yard TD.
Vikings take a 13-12 lead. 2-pt conversion no good.
7:36 left in the half
Mt. San Jacinto takes advantage of the penalty and drive down the field and score as Julian Silva finds Jackson Weng for a 9-yard TD
2-point conversion no good
Mt. San Jacinto 12, LBCC 7
In what appeared to be a fumble recovery for a touchdown on fourth down for LBCC, Vikings get called for a holding penalty to give Mt. San Jacinto a first down
Bad break for LBCC
Vikings drive down field and miss a field goal to start the 2nd
End 1: Long Beach City College 7, Mt. San Jacinto 6
Bad luck for the Vikings as McCauley mishandles a snap in the end zone, and Mt. San Jacinto’s Ifeanyi Onye recovers it for a touchdown
Vikings block the XP
Long Beach City 7, Mt. San Jacinto 6
:56 left in first
