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| The AVC Marauder lost to Bakersfield, 28-0/ Photo by Mindy Simmons |
By Codie Walsh
Antelope Valley College has one win and two losses.
Saturday marked the first home game for the Marauder
football team. Their homecoming against the Bakersfield Renegades was
anticipated to be the second of two tough games.
Marauder defense allowed only one touchdown late in the
second quarter. The top defensive player was Lonnie Paris who had a total of
ten tackles, two more than Mike Williams who made second. Offensively, however,
the team was not able to make crucial third down conversions. “Offense has to
stay on the field, and defensively we got to do a better job of getting off the
field on third down,” said Head Coach Perry Jehlicka. “We gave up a couple big
third downs tonight.”
The second half did not go well. There were a total of four
turnovers; three resulted in a touchdown for Bakersfield. “We played solid
first and second quarters,” said Coach Jehlicka. “Third quarter we didn’t
execute as well as we should have. We got to learn to play four quarters.” The final
score was 28-0. Kenny Steward, running back for the Marauders, said,
“Bakersfield is the highest rated team, but we should have won; we could have
won. Any team is beatable.”
