This post was contributed by a community member. The views expressed here are the author's own. Tariq Brown loves to cook: pasta, chicken Alfredo, fettuccini, rigatoni. Hot plates. On Saturday, Tariq was cooking up hot plays. Of the receptions, two were touchdowns in his efforts to whipsaw the game against Antelope Valley College, one of the division's best teams.
We battled back. In the last play of the game in a desperate attempt to score a tying TD, Corsair quarterback Sam Vaulton under pressure lofted a ball that wasn't to any one player. It was to a mix of players in the end zone. He hoped that one of two of his receivers there would catch it. But it was an Antelope Valley player that picked the pigskin. It was his only interception, and it was the end of the game.
Late in the 3rd quarter, Maximillian Palees hoped to spark a Santa Monica comeback by knocking down a pass for a conversion.
Up , the Marauders had hoped to put the game out of reach by more than two touchdowns by making that conversion. The Corsairs then proceeded to touchdown in the 4th quarter. Tariq interchanged plays with Josiah Neos to move the ball down the field, and then Tariq caught the scoring pass, making it On kickoff, SMC appeared to try to execute an onside kick with a chip, but Antelope Valley caught the ball with good field position.
Running back Xavier Clay made ground on two good runs. But the Marauders were able to get the first down on a down-and-out. It became The O line had trouble blocking all day.
