Southland Roundup : Late Fumble Recovery Boosts Menlo to Win

Menlo counted on a fourth-quarter field goal from John Bantmann and last-minute fumble recovery by safety John Till for a 10-8 win against Claremont-Mudd at Atherton.

Trailing 10-8 with 1:35 left in the game, Claremont wide receiver Darin Carlsen caught a 37-yard pass from quarterback Mike Pembroke on the Menlo five-yard line, but fumbled. Till recovered to preserve the win.

Menlo took a 7-0 halftime lead on a 40-yard touchdown pass play from Greg Clark to Dan Wahl.

The Oaks increased their lead to 10-0 on Bantmann’s field goal, but Claremont answered with a 16-yard touchdown pass from Pembroke to Carlsen. Pembroke then passed for a two-point conversion pass to tight end Joel Reynolds.

Sabre Bowden of Menlo caught eight passes for 121 yards and Carlsen had six receptions for 100 yards.

Cal Poly SLO 29, Humboldt St. 16--Tom McCook kicked three field goals in the third quarter as the Mustangs rallied from a 10-0 halftime deficit at San Luis Obispo.

McCook kicked field goals of 37, 42 and 36 yards as Cal Poly (2-0) closed to 10-9 at the end of the third quarter.

Joe Fragiadakis scored on a nine-yard run early in the fourth quarter to push the Mustangs ahead for good, 15-10. Todd Henderson, who rushed for 111 yards in 19 carries, had a 31-yard touchdown run and Brad Dandridge caught a six-yard touchdown pass from Keith Jarrett.

Humboldt quarterback William Williams hit Freeman Baysinger for a 66-yard touchdown strike to close out the scoring.

Pomona Pitzer 13, Colorado College 0--Robert Perez kicked two field goals and quarterback Greg Silver fired a touchdown pass to Todd Tuney in the second quarter to lead the Sagehens at Claremont.

Silver, who was eight for 17 passing for 100 yards, hit Tuney on an eight-yard scoring strike to give Pomona Pitzer a 7-0 lead. Perez followed with field goals of 28 and 30 yards to boost the lead to 13-0.

Pomona Pitzer (1-0) also was led by running back Chris Smith, a freshman from Crenshaw High school, who rushed for 142 yards in 28 carries. Colorado College dropped to 0-2.

St. Mary’s 26, Cal Lutheran 10--James Javier and Kevin Lemmo scored on runs of one and seven yards, respectively, in the fourth quarter to lead the Gaels at Thousand Oaks.

Cal Lutheran’s Dan Smeester caught a two-yard touchdown pass from Dan Nagelmann to cut a 12-3 St. Mary’s lead to 12-10 early in the fourth quarter, but the Gaels came back behind the running of Javier and Lemmo.