Prep football roundup: San Luis Obispo’s Jason Dowdy hospitalized, released after hit
Javon Montgomery’s 170 yards and a touchdown on the ground highlighted the San Luis Obispo High School football team’s 27-14 road loss Friday night to Righetti in the teams’ PAC 5 opener.
The game was also marked by a scary incident when San Luis Obispo’s Jason Dowdy had to be removed from the field in an ambulance following a hard hit in the fourth quarter.
Trailing a long Righetti run, Dowdy went down after being blocked by a Righetti player, according to San Luis Obispo head coach Pat Johnston. Dowdy stayed down and complained of neck pain, Johnston said, resulting in the precautionary measure of him being transported to a Santa Maria hospital.
Johnston said he had been released later Friday night.
“He felt like he could have got up and walked off, but we wanted to be safe,” Johnston said. “It appears he’s going to be OK.”
In the game action, Montgomery’s touchdown right before halftime on a 69-yard run cut Righetti’s lead to 14-7. Pierson Mosichuk then tied it at 14-14 with a 5-yard touchdown run on San Luis Obispo’s opening possession of the third quarter after the Tigers recovered a pooch punt to open the half.
Mosichuk finished the game with 85 yards on the ground.
But touchdowns by Righetti’s Jalen Davis and Damien Robles sealed the victory for Righetti.
“In an evenly matched game like it was tonight, we simply can’t get give up plays like we did tonight,” Johnston said.
San Luis Obispo (0-7 overall, 0-1 PAC 5) next plays at Paso Robles.
Mission Prep 28, Santa Maria 21
Mission Prep and Santa Maria played a wild one Friday night in San Luis Obispo, complete with a double pass, a fake extra point and fourth down conversions. In the end, Mission Prep pulled out a 28-21 win to open Northern League play.
Mission Prep quarterback Bryce Fledderman was 10 of 19 for 198 yards and three touchdowns, including the go-ahead scoring toss to Joe Miller with 6:57 left in the fourth quarter. Miller had three catches for 61 yards.
Santa Maria (3-4, 0-1 Northern) came out firing with a no-huddle offense and held a 14-7 lead at halftime. Mission Prep had just 46 yards rushing in the first half.
“They came out saying we are going to wear them out,” Mission Prep head coach Chad Henry said. “We struggled with their zone read stuff.”
The Royals offense got rolling in the second half behind Brayden Cornona who had 23 carries for 96 yards and a touchdown in the game. He also led the team in receiving yards with three catches for 74 yards and a touchdown.
“Overall, we were able to settle down and played much better in the second half,” Henry said.
Henry said he brought out all the stops in the win, going for a fake extra point to score a two-point conversion, a double pass from Fledderman to Angel Sanchez to Miller for a 29-yard gain and gambling on a fourth and three from their own 30-yard line.
“What I liked about this game is that it tested us, but we were able to fight through,” Henry said.
Henry said Mission Prep (3-3, 1-0 Northern) avoided injury and expects to be at full-strength for next week’s game against Morro Bay (4-2).
Santa Ynez 48 Morro Bay 7
Brandon McGinley scored Morro Bay’s only touchdown on a 30-yard touchdown run and had 11 carries for 46 yards to highlight the Pirates’ loss to Santa Ynez.
“The whole first half they spread the ball out and got it to (Gabe Prendergast),” Morro Bay head coach David Kelley said. “They are just a good team, that’s why they are 6-0.”
Morro Bay (4-2) was without its top receiver Spencer Cecil, who missed the game due to a concussion. Kelley said he expects Cecil to return for next week’s Northern League opener at home against Mission Prep.
“All this was practice, now it’s time to see what we can do in league,” Kelley said.
This story was originally published October 7, 2016 at 11:21 PM with the headline "Prep football roundup: San Luis Obispo’s Jason Dowdy hospitalized, released after hit."