High hopes

Just when people were beginning to worry if the football team's 2-0 record was too good to be true, it made just a little room for doubt with its 22-20 triple overtime loss to Golden West, Sept. 15.

But it shut the doubters up for a moment by reclaiming the Crosstown Cup against Long Beach with a 22-12 win last Saturday.

Hopes are surprisingly high for the team this year, following three consecutive dismal seasons. With virtually a new coaching staff and some impressive first-year players and returners, the team's giving good reasons for the optimism.

Offensively, the Falcons are doing well and it's no surprise. They have yet to score below 20 points in any game so far.


It always has impressive running backs and this season is no different. Lorenzo Goode seems to be most often used one, being that he leads the team in rushing and all-purpose yards, averaging 101.5 and 110.2 per game.

Junior Tivao, who does double duty playing running back and linebacker, leads the team in most touchdowns scored with three.

But defensively, the team needs a lot of work. Costly penalties, even in the games won, have hurt the team and may have been the main reason for it's lost the Rustlers.

It has over half the season, including a game against Fullerton Saturday, left to see whether it'll get Coach Mazzotta back to the winning ways he's used to, or whether we'll see another disappointing season.