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Alijah Royster’s heroics aren’t sufficient to raise Oxnard Pacifica to state division title

By Editorial Board Published December 14, 2024 4 Min Read
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Alijah Royster’s heroics aren’t sufficient to raise Oxnard Pacifica to state division title

Along with his helmet off, Alijah Royster appears like he’s 12 years outdated. Don’t let his youthful face idiot you.

“He’s a baller,” Oxnard Pacifica quarterback Dominic Duran mentioned of the 5-foot-8, 150-pound sophomore.

Royster rallied the Tritons from a 21-point halftime deficit to tie Sacramento Grant together with his fourth landing of the sport with 3:54 left in Friday evening’s CIF state championship Division 2-AA bowl sport at Saddleback Faculty.

“Royster is awesome,” coach Mike Moon mentioned.

Grant (12-3) got here via with its personal reply to Royster’s second-half surge, scoring the profitable landing with 22 seconds left when Koby Shabazz caught an 18-yard landing move from Luke Alexander to safe a 35-28 victory over the Tritons.

“I thought we had it in the bag,” Royster mentioned of his third-quarter 36-yard landing reception that noticed him throw away his helmet on the sideline and attempt to rally Pacifica followers after chopping Grant’s result in 28-21.

Pacifica (11-5) rallied from 21-points down Nov. 15 to beat Lengthy Seashore Poly, so there was little doubt the Tritons would put up a combat even when down 28-7 at halftime.

Duran accomplished 23 of 35 passes for 293 yards and three touchdowns. Isaiah Phelps rushed for 85 yards. Royster caught eight passes for 112 yards and three touchdowns and ran for one more. Grant‘s Alexander passed for 303 yards and three touchdowns.

Isaiah Dillon of Oxnard Pacifica is airborne catching a pass against Sacramento Grant.

(Craig Weston)

Moon had no idea that his young team would improve so much over the course of the season after starting 3-4. The youth was demonstrated before the game when a player forgot his cleats and another forgot his jersey. But what a journey it was, leading to a Division 4 championship and lots of potential for the future, starting with Royster, who is a running back first but played slot receiver to help out the offense.

“We have a lot of guys coming back,” Royster said. “I’m going to overlook my seniors. I want we might have received. We’re going to return again hungrier.”

Pacifica got here out on its first possession and used a no-huddle, up-tempo scheme to drive 72 yards for a 7-0 lead on Royster’s seven-yard landing run. Not a lot went proper after that for the Tritons. Grant scored the following 28 factors for a 28-7 halftime lead.

Alexander, who suffered a concussion in final yr’s state closing, knocking him out within the second quarter, was in full management because of an offensive line that gave him a lot of time to move. He threw a nine-yard landing move to Brandon Lambert and a 26-yard landing move to 6-6 sophomore tight finish Zo Edwards.

A 36-yard interception return for a landing by Gary Tia and a six-yard landing run by Lambert closed out a dominating first half for the Pacers.

Then Pacifica’s protection shut out the Pacers within the third quarter, permitting the Tritons’ comeback to start.

Duran, who graduates, mentioned of Royster, “For the next two years in Ventura County, he’s all you’re going to hear about.”

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