Last-second heroics beat LMC; rival Chabot up next
Dardenne hits Walker for winning score
Scott Strain
Issue date: 9/21/06 Last update: 9/21/06 at 5:49 PM PST
Section: Sports
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If Laney's game against Chabot College on Sept. 23 is as exciting as the Eagles' last-second 19-16 victory over Los Medanos College on Sept. 16, then a defibrilator might be something to consider packing when these two rivals meet in Hayward.
Game time is 1 p.m.
The Eagles are 3-0 after their victory over the Panthers and the game against Chabot is the last of three straight road games. Laney then will play on Sept. 29 against Sierra in the friendly confines of Laney College Stadium.
The Gladiators are 2-1 and are coming off a 31-13 victory over Contra Costa College.
The Eagles? Well, read on…
Laney 19, LMC 16: Quarterback Matt Dardenne threw a 31-yard touchdown pass to Charles Walker with no time remaining as the Eagles pulled out an improbable victory in Pittsburg.
The Panthers (0-3) took a 16-13 lead with 1:20 left in the game when LMC quarterback Spence Kreisberg threw a 45-yard pass to Tremel Kline to give the Panthers their second (and final) lead of the game.
But Jerome Tarver ran the ensuing kickoff back 42 yards, giving Laney the ball at the LMC 49 with just over a minute left. Dardenne threw a 14-yard pass to Abraham Rojas to the LMC 35. A holding call pushed the Eagles back 10 yards, but Dardenne threw a 14-yard pass to Sammy Faleafine with 35.6 seconds. Another pass was incomplete, but with 6.8 seconds left Dardenne lofted a pass to Walker in the left corner of the end zone and the freshman receiver from Hayward High gathered it in for the game-winning score.
It was an improbable win to say the least; no Laney coach could recall a victory on the last play of the game.
After a scoreless first half, Laney broke the scoring drought early in the third quarter when linebacker Robert Lorenzi picked off a pass and ran 32 yards for a touchdown with 14:02 left.
LMC cut the lead to 7-3 with a field goal and then running back Frank Summers capped a 77-yard drive with a 4-yard touchdown run with 4:30 left in the game to give the Eagles a 13-10 lead.
The Panthers, helped immeasurably by a 15-yard, roughing-the-passer penalty, then drove 73 yards in a little over three minutes with Kreisberg throwing the touchdown pass to Kline with 1:20 left.
Then the real fun began.
Laney 35, San Jose City 16: Dardenne threw four touchdowns passes to four different receivers as the Eagles overcame a 9-0 deficit in the first quarter at San Jose City College on Sept. 9.
The freshman quarterback from Livermore High School threw TD passes of 13 yards to Umi Grant, 36 yards to Marc Cheatham, 28 yards to Walker and 37 yards to Rojas. For the game, Dardenne completed 19 of 39 passes for 275 yards.
Summers, who had been slowed by an ankle injury, scored his first touchdown of the season on a 5-yard run in the third quarter.
Notes: The Eagles have allowed only 43 yards rushing per game...on the down side, Laney has been penalized 41 times for 375 yards.
Game time is 1 p.m.
The Eagles are 3-0 after their victory over the Panthers and the game against Chabot is the last of three straight road games. Laney then will play on Sept. 29 against Sierra in the friendly confines of Laney College Stadium.
The Gladiators are 2-1 and are coming off a 31-13 victory over Contra Costa College.
The Eagles? Well, read on…
Laney 19, LMC 16: Quarterback Matt Dardenne threw a 31-yard touchdown pass to Charles Walker with no time remaining as the Eagles pulled out an improbable victory in Pittsburg.
The Panthers (0-3) took a 16-13 lead with 1:20 left in the game when LMC quarterback Spence Kreisberg threw a 45-yard pass to Tremel Kline to give the Panthers their second (and final) lead of the game.
But Jerome Tarver ran the ensuing kickoff back 42 yards, giving Laney the ball at the LMC 49 with just over a minute left. Dardenne threw a 14-yard pass to Abraham Rojas to the LMC 35. A holding call pushed the Eagles back 10 yards, but Dardenne threw a 14-yard pass to Sammy Faleafine with 35.6 seconds. Another pass was incomplete, but with 6.8 seconds left Dardenne lofted a pass to Walker in the left corner of the end zone and the freshman receiver from Hayward High gathered it in for the game-winning score.
It was an improbable win to say the least; no Laney coach could recall a victory on the last play of the game.
After a scoreless first half, Laney broke the scoring drought early in the third quarter when linebacker Robert Lorenzi picked off a pass and ran 32 yards for a touchdown with 14:02 left.
LMC cut the lead to 7-3 with a field goal and then running back Frank Summers capped a 77-yard drive with a 4-yard touchdown run with 4:30 left in the game to give the Eagles a 13-10 lead.
The Panthers, helped immeasurably by a 15-yard, roughing-the-passer penalty, then drove 73 yards in a little over three minutes with Kreisberg throwing the touchdown pass to Kline with 1:20 left.
Then the real fun began.
Laney 35, San Jose City 16: Dardenne threw four touchdowns passes to four different receivers as the Eagles overcame a 9-0 deficit in the first quarter at San Jose City College on Sept. 9.
The freshman quarterback from Livermore High School threw TD passes of 13 yards to Umi Grant, 36 yards to Marc Cheatham, 28 yards to Walker and 37 yards to Rojas. For the game, Dardenne completed 19 of 39 passes for 275 yards.
Summers, who had been slowed by an ankle injury, scored his first touchdown of the season on a 5-yard run in the third quarter.
Notes: The Eagles have allowed only 43 yards rushing per game...on the down side, Laney has been penalized 41 times for 375 yards.
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