2008 Woodie Awards
De Anza Dons winning streak ended by Cabrillo Seahawks
James Schulte
Issue date: 10/30/06 Section: Sports
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On Saturday Oct. 21 the De Anza College Dons found out that a game could be over before it even began.
Playing against the Cabrillo Seahawks, the Dons dropped the opening kick of the game. This gave the Seahawks the short field from which they didn't waste time putting the ball into the end zone. This places the Dons behind the 8 ball at the start of the game.
But not letting that hold them back, the Dons, with two great passes, moved down the field with number 8 Brennan Marion picking up his first of two touch- downs to even up the score.
Then the teams settled in for the most of the half going back and forth. Not until close to the end of the second did the Dons commit a simple error that let Cabrillo back into the driver's seat of the game. When Quarterback 7 Jason Dias fumbled the snap from the center, the Seahawks were able to recover at the fifty yard line.
So with half of a field to work with, the Seahawks moved to- ward the end zone. The Dons had a chance to stop them by getting the Seahawks into a 4th down and 2, but the Dons couldn't hold the run play back.
With a new set of downs, num- ber 19 Harlan Prather, the Quar- ter Back for Cabrillo, was able to break out of a tackle and throw a pass that put the Seahawks ahead.
With the score 14-7 in the Se ahawks favor and 4:77 left in the quarter, the Dons got the kick and started to move with passion not seen before.
A 46-yard pass and a couple runs later the Dons in the last 1:03 put the ball into the end zone. But they ended up missing the extra point. So this left the score at 13- 14 and one minute on the clock. The Seahawks took the ball off a 17-yard gain and 50-yard pass to put them in striking distances of a field goal.
This is when the head coach of the Dons helped the Seahawks out by getting an unsportman like conduct penalty placing the block kick close enough to make it over the bar to make the score 13-17 at end of half.
The third quarter had the Dons and Seahawks at each other going back and fourth.
Two bad field goals hurt the Dons chances of evening up the score. Then, about half way in the fourth quarter, the Dons had a drive that was going on until a 4th down and 10 came and as they went for it, Dias tried to force the ball in and was picked off by the Seahawks.
Then with the ball Carbrillo moved down the field helped by a 40-yard run and scored the fi- nal score of the game making the game 13-24.
"Special teams play hurt us, with the two missed field goals and dropped opening kick. For the last five games straight we have won it in the end." said Head Coach Dan Atencio.
With the next game two weeks away the coach is looking for- ward to getting a couple of in- jured players back on the field. With a record of 6-3, it still looks like the team will end up being invited to a bowl game.
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