Colonists advance
ANAHEIM After coming close to a CIF Southern Division championship last year, senior tailback Matt Contreras said he knows what it takes to get back to the division finals. And on Friday night against Garden Grove, in front of a raucous crowd at Glover Stadium, he played like it.
Contreras scored four touchdowns and rushed for 163 hard-fought yards, and the Colonists made timely plays on defense and special teams as Anaheim (9-2) cruised to a 30-14 victory in a playoff opener.
“Our (playoff) experience last year really helped,” Contreras said. “We know what it takes now, and we will do whatever we can to get there. As long as we play mistake free football we’ll be fine.”
Anaheim jumped to a 10-0 lead five minutes into the game behind Ramon Mejia’s 26 yard field goal and a Contreras touchdown, but he Contreras was silenced for the remainder of the first half on big plays by the Argonauts (6-5) defense.
But Contreras sparked a second half surge with a 6-yard touchdown run on the first possession of the half and added scores on runs of 5 and 18 yards to seal the victory.
Aaron Nelson led Garden Grove with 87 yards rushing.
Contact the writer: preps@ocregister.com
| Are these fellow colonists who have something against him? Ive noticed a lot of people have not embraced him. By the way, how exactly are grades fixed? Is it something done easily? Who are the teachers going along with such changes? Would they face disciplinary action? Is this widespread knowledge? Those are pretty broad statements. If so confident, give concrete evidence. |
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| due process - Nov 18, 2007 06:00:22 PM | Remove Comment |
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| Anaheim will always be 1 in Orange County to all colonist haters stop spreading rumors because you are one step below the old blue and gold |
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| robert - Nov 17, 2007 06:08:46 PM | Remove Comment |
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| hopefully its not true and Anaheim become CIF champ with they deserve for some years now |
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| ray - Nov 17, 2007 05:59:28 PM | Remove Comment |
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| Matt Contreras's grades were fixed dummy |
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| cookie hernadez - Nov 17, 2007 01:56:32 PM | Remove Comment |
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| anaheim is going all the way baby no room for haters! |
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| kimmy - Nov 17, 2007 12:04:18 PM | Remove Comment |
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| Wait until CIF determines that Anaheim has used an inelligible player since week 3 and tosses out their season. |
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| Fair Play - Nov 17, 2007 10:37:12 AM | Remove Comment |
