With back-to-back wins over Palos Verdes and Inglewood, Leuzinger High’s soccer group has vaulted to the highest of the Bay League hierarchy.
On Thursday evening, regardless of shedding quarterback Russell Sekona to a fractured hand within the second quarter, Leuzinger (5-0, 2-0) relied on its protection and the play of working back-turned-quarterback Journee Tonga to come back away with a 40-14 victory over Palos Verdes at SoFi Stadium.
Tonga contributed landing runs of 14 and 21 yards on possibility performs. Then Leuzinger’s velocity again, Kelton Strickland, ran 84 yards for a landing late within the third quarter. And Tonga added a 61-yard landing go. All this got here with Palos Verdes (4-3, 1-1) considering the 5-foot-8 Tonga wasn’t going to be a lot of passing risk. Aided by his offensive line, Tonga discovered holes within the Sea Kings’ protection.
The Olympians’ protection pissed off Palos Verdes quarterback Ryan Rakowski, who was ejected with 11:41 left after getting right into a squabble with Leuzinger linebacker Samu Moala. The sport was delayed because the officers talked to each coaches making an attempt to find out ejections. Moala was ejected together with two teammates.
“High emotion,” Moala mentioned. “Lesson learned.”
Those ejected might be sidelined for one to a few video games relying on the officers’ report.
Rakowski had 12 yards passing at halftime and completed with 87 yards.
Palos Verdes made a short rally within the fourth quarter, recovering an onside kick, recovering one other fumble and shutting to 27-14 on two landing passes by senior quarterback Giorgio Di Mascio. But Pakipole Moala clinched Leuzinger’s victory with a 100-yard interception return for a landing. Then Tonga added his third dashing landing of the evening.