Well, Chet Shirk's 1930 version of the Braves still have an intact record. Their three straight shutouts to open the season is still unmatched, but the current group of Lompoc gridders will no doubt be happy with their third win in a row to start the season. They did match the 1941 squad with two in a row.
Lompoc used a pounding running game, of which Favi Vargas was the most consistent weapon, along with other sporadic offensive spurts to defeat the San Marcos Royals 24-7 at Valley Stadium on Friday night. The Royal 'offense' was almost exclusively the purview of RB Jordon Kuykendall [17-53 yds] and QB James Crook [5-14-0 37 yds]
The Braves again started slowly, receiving a gift fumble on the second play from scrimmage - but immediately returned the favor on their own first play. Neither side did anything offensively in the first period, until Lompoc punted from their 15 yard-line on their next possession. The ball travelled 18 yards past the line of scrimmage, before bouncing back 7 yards to the Braves 26. The Royals used 9 plays to travel the distance for the initial score surrendered by the Lompoc this year.
The Braves responded with a 14 play drive that culminated in a 20 yard Drew Sapp FG with 6:34 left in the half. A punting exchange followed until San Marcos muffed a punt at the Royals 15, and Ryan Bower, who played the 2nd & 4th quarters, hit Scotty Aguailar with a 14 yard TD pass. Sapp's kick gave the Braves a 10-7 lead at the break.
Another punt contest broke out briefly, and then the Blue Creatures rose up and scored on back-to-back drives in the 3rd period. After Aguailar picked up 12 on the 'criss-cross', Bobby Collins took over - gaining 26 yards on three carries, including a 7 yard TD jaunt for one score. And after a 42 yard Aguailar punt return, Collins cruised 10 yards for the second one. Sapp kicked both EP's, and that finished the scoring. Lompoc did threaten in the fourth, but turned the ball over on downs at the end of a 14 play drive.
Lompoc totaled 257 yards on 47 carries [Collins 19-117, Favi Vargas 17-113, Aguilar 6- 36] and were 10-19 for 83 yards with 1 TD and no pics passing. The Royals totaled 104 yards on 43 plays [67 yards on 26 carries, 5-17 passing for 37 yards].
The Braves next game will be Friday, 26 Sep, against Dos Pueblos also at Valley Stadium in Goleta. The game will once again be carried live by Lompoc Locker Room on Comcast (Lompoc) Cable channel 23 and on lompoclockerroom.com .
The Cabrillo Conquistadors lost a 19-17 heartbreaker to Dos Pueblos.
--- El Stato (Russ Samaniego photo)
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