Coronado overcomes power outage, Shadow Ridge for late win

Football coaches effort to hole their players for immoderate adversity a crippled mightiness offer, but powerfulness outages bash not mostly marque the database of imaginable challenges.

That’s what Coronado was up against Friday night, arsenic the Cougars trailed by 11 points erstwhile the home-side lights unopen down midway done the 3rd quarter. They took implicit power aft a 30-minute delay, rallying for a cardinal 25-21 Class 4A Sky League location triumph implicit Shadow Ridge.

Joshua Andrade completed 6 of 17 passes for 265 yards and 2 touchdowns for the fifth-ranked Cougars (4-2, 3-0), who scored 15 consecutive points successful the 4th quarter.

Coronado manager Fred Biletnikoff Jr. said helium didn’t deliberation the lights had overmuch to bash with his team’s precocious turnaround.

“We changed gears with what we were doing offensively successful the 2nd half,” helium said. “And I deliberation our kids conscionable wanted it a small more.”

Shadow Ridge maintained power passim astir of the archetypal half, leaning connected Jaquieze Holland’s 16 first-quarter carries and taking a 6-0 pb erstwhile backmost Coen Coloma scored connected a 10-yard keeper midway done the quarter

Two large walk plays helped Coronado reply 2 minutes aboriginal erstwhile Andrade connected with Michael Floyde for a 26-yard touchdown walk and 7-6 lead.

But Julian Lawrence and Dylan Wood had rushing TDs for the second-ranked Mustangs (5-2, 2-1) successful the 2nd quarter, and Shadow Ridge led 21-10 astatine halftime.

Holland, who rushed 24 times for 161 yards successful the archetypal half, was contained by the Coronado defence successful the last 2 quarters, allowing the Cougars to get backmost into the crippled with respective large violative plays.

“We bushed 1 of the amended teams successful this city, and the recognition goes to the kids,” Biletnikoff said. “And the defence and the coaching staff.”

The discourtesy took power successful the 4th quarter, cutting the shortage to 21-18 connected a 75-yard TD walk from Andrade to Jaylen Garrison and capping a three-play, 70-yard thrust with a 1-yard TD plunge by Mohammad Maali to spell up 25-21 with 2:02 left.

Garrison caught 2 passes for 127 yards for Coronado, and Chris Avila racked up 105 yards rushing connected 13 carries.

Holland finished with 192 yards connected 31 carries to pb Shadow Ridge, and teammate Coloma rushed 13 times for 91 yards.