Ryan Rakowski loved the type of first half quarterbacks normally solely dream about Saturday afternoon at Saddleback Faculty. He threw for 228 yards and 4 touchdowns as Palos Verdes raced to a 27-point lead on its approach to a 55-19 victory over Lincoln Twelve Bridges within the CIF Division 2-A state championship soccer bowl sport.
The Sea Kings sophomore turned fantasy into actuality with the assistance of acrobatic receivers like Evan Aguirre, Jalen Flowers, George Morley Boyd and Joey Koyama, every of whom had a scoring seize from their poised sign caller, who additionally had 35 yards dashing over the primary 24 minutes of motion.
It’s first and objective from the 32. Ryan Rakowski throws for landing to freshman Jalen Flowers. 4 TD passes for Rakowski. 27-0 Palos Verdes. pic.twitter.com/nz9Mxd8dkW
— eric sondheimer (@latsondheimer) December 14, 2024
The second half was not too shabby both for Rakowski, who added a pair of scoring tosses of 38 yards and 28 yards to Koyama to make it a 41-6 lead within the third quarter and wound up finishing 20 of 25 makes an attempt for 353 yards and 6 touchdowns to equal the state bowl file set by Jake Browning of Folsom in a 68-7 rout of Oceanside in Division I in 2014.
“It feels amazing, I’m super excited,” Rakowski mentioned on the rostrum after being handed the trophy. “Shoutout to my mom and dad. We saw stuff on film we thought we could take advantage of. I honestly didn’t know about the record until one of the reporters told me.”
Rakowski’s fast reward for his efforts was getting to look at the final 10 and a half minutes from the sideline as his backup, Knox Kiffin, engineered two extra scoring drives, ending on runs of 5 yards by Christian Reis and 72 yards by Soren Hong.
Aguirre had 4 catches for 101 yards, Flowers had 4 receptions for 57, Morley Boyd had 4 catches for 37 yards and Koyama added three for 75 yards.
“We’re always super aggressive, so I wasn’t surprised we went for it twice on fourth down on our first drive,” Rakowski mentioned. “Everybody can ball on this team. Even guys second deep in the rotation get it done. We were able to put it all together this game.”
A sixth landing go for Ryan Rakowski. A 3rd TD catch for Joey Koyama. Palos Verdes 41, Twelve Bridges 6. Six possessions, six touchdowns. pic.twitter.com/9HOgpJMLnK
— eric sondheimer (@latsondheimer) December 14, 2024
The Sea Kings (11-5) stored the chains shifting with 20 first downs, amassed 514 yards of offense and scored each time that they had the ball en path to their first state bowl championship of their maiden look. Reis led the protection with eight tackles and brother Weston (each freshmen linebackers) added seven.
“He’s just a super competitor,” head coach Man Gardner mentioned of his quarterback. “As good a day as he had he’ll be the first to tell you there were a couple [of throws] early he didn’t get. He’ll take what the defense gives him. Our receivers did a nice job too.”
Braeden Ward rushed for 169 yards and two touchdowns in 23 carries for the Raging Rhinos (14-1) from Placer County.
—STEVE GALLUZZO
American Canyon 68, Palmdale 47
Reverse taking part in types left Palmdale on the lookout for defensive solutions too late Saturday morning in a record-setting CIF Division 5-A state championship bowl sport at Veterans Stadium in Lengthy Seaside.
American Canyon (13-2) ran up the rating early with its ground-and-pound assault, and Palmdale quarterback Joshua Suarez couldn’t match the scoring effort. The 6-foot-2 junior threw for 5 touchdowns and 286 yards, but it surely wasn’t sufficient in contrast with the Wolves’ 527 mixed dashing yards.
The 115 mixed factors between the Falcons (12-6) and Wolves broke a CIF state championship sport scoring file within the trendy period — since 2006 — in response to a CIF official.
Palmdale quarterback Joshua Suarez units as much as go as he scans the sphere for a receiver in the course of the CIF Division 5-A state championship soccer sport Saturday at Veterans Stadium in Lengthy Seaside.
(Nick Koza)
Palmdale, which earned its first state championship berth by successful the Southern Part Division 12 title over Carter and the state regional closing in opposition to Selma, gave up essentially the most factors it had allowed all season.
“Both defenses just couldn’t handle the offenses today,” mentioned Palmdale coach Anthony Coleman. “They kind of kept us from making touchdowns to stay in the boat race, but my guys played their hearts out.”
Suarez linked with wideouts Joseph Mason and Zason Walker for a 51-yard landing and two first-half touchdowns, respectively. Working again Elleyon Clark tallied one dashing landing and one receiving landing.
“I’m going to be back,” Suarez mentioned. “I left everything out there.”
—BENJAMIN ROYER
