This past week’s football was Homecoming at Cerritos College and for all of the players on the team this was their first taste of a College Homecoming celebration.
Because of the fires last year and the two years of eligibility that community college athletes have no player of the team played in any previous Homecoming game.
The energy the team came out with was amazing from the opening kickoff the Falcons were flying around the field and making all the plays they needed to beat Citrus decisively.
Every player, from the third string punter to the first string quarterback, seemed to be giving that little extra to make the game exciting for the fans.
The Falcons must carry this momentum into their next game against Riverside, a team they lost to in overtime last season.
Riverside is 2-4 but head coach of Cerritos said that they are a better team than they have shown so far this year.
After the game against Riverside the Falcons will return home and play College of the Deserts and then will play Mt. SAC in the final home game of the season.
This might be the game that will determine whether or not that they will break their playoff drought and help return the team to its previous glory.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Preview the upcoming Homecoming game
Last year’s Homecoming game was smoked out, because of the poor air quality due to the wildfires that ravaged Southern California last year, and this year the football team is almost in a must win situation.
The Falcons lost their first conference game two weeks ago to Chaffey and they need to win to keep hopes a ending their long playoff drought alive.
Citrus is 1-5 overall and 0-2 in conference play and in its last game against Mt. SAC the Owls lost 54-14.
The Falcons are 3-2 overall and 0-1 in conference and are coming off a bye week.
The Falcons have featured a very balanced offensive attack and a stout defense but special teams have let them down this season.
In their two losses special teams have come up empty numerous times.
In heir first lost to Long Beach City, it was the punt team that failed them.
It had two punts blocked and a fumble on a return.
Then against Chaffey the kick team let down the Falcons with two missed field goals, one being the possible game winning kick with just seconds left in the game, and a failed extra point.
The Falcons must improve on special teams to make any kind of push to get into the playoffs and it starts with their game against Citrus on Homecoming night.
The Falcons lost their first conference game two weeks ago to Chaffey and they need to win to keep hopes a ending their long playoff drought alive.
Citrus is 1-5 overall and 0-2 in conference play and in its last game against Mt. SAC the Owls lost 54-14.
The Falcons are 3-2 overall and 0-1 in conference and are coming off a bye week.
The Falcons have featured a very balanced offensive attack and a stout defense but special teams have let them down this season.
In their two losses special teams have come up empty numerous times.
In heir first lost to Long Beach City, it was the punt team that failed them.
It had two punts blocked and a fumble on a return.
Then against Chaffey the kick team let down the Falcons with two missed field goals, one being the possible game winning kick with just seconds left in the game, and a failed extra point.
The Falcons must improve on special teams to make any kind of push to get into the playoffs and it starts with their game against Citrus on Homecoming night.
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