Friday, Jul. 03, 2009
North smashes South All-Stars
ENTERPRISE STAFF REPORT
CHOWCHILLA -- Los Baños High graduate Rubal Sangha was back on the field during the 24th Annual Chowchilla Rotary North/South All-Star Football Game Friday night after missing the Lions All-Star game the week before.
Sangha, along with another former standout Tiger, Jake Barcellos, both scored touchdowns as head coach Dennis Stubbs and the North won, 36-14.
The North had built a 16-7 lead when the "Showman" got in on the act.
Sangha hauled in a 14-yard touchdown pass from Buhach Colony's Kyle Davey to extend the North lead to 22-7 late in the first half.
"I made an inside move and my guy completely stopped," said Sangha, who is headed to Butte JC in the fall. "I don't know what happened.
"I don't know if he slipped or if he was playing a cover-two."
Los Baños' Barcellos was in the right place at the right time and pounced on a muffed punt in the end zone for another North score in the third quarter.
By that time, the game was out of reach.
Central Valley graduate Trevor Mew hooked up with Chowchilla's Kyle Espinola for a 55-yard scoring strike to put the North ahead 36-7 with 4:53 left in the third quarter.
It was a night where the North didn't do much wrong.
"Our O-line did a great job of protecting early and it allowed us to get the ball to our weapons," said Los Baños coach Dennis Stubbs, the North coach.
"We were able to spread the ball around pretty well."
Chowchilla High graduate Fred Gaines (Cal Poly) had two of the North's five interceptions. Merced High graduate Bernard Bolden had an interception as well.
For Gaines, it was one last chance to show off his talents on his old field.
"It felt good to show our fans what I can do one more time," he said.
Gaines wasn't the only one to put on show.
The North had plenty of stars.
The scoring onslaught started early when Mew hooked up with Golden Valley graduate Adrian Abarca on a 23-yard touchdown with 10:39 left in the first quarter.
This was the second all-star win in as many weeks for coach Stubbs & Co.
Shawn Jansen of the Merced Sun-Star and John-Joel Griffiths of the Los Baños Enterprise contributed to this report.
