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ELAC ends long losing streak

Anthoine Smithson accounted for three touchdowns as East L.A. College ended a 22-game losing streak with a 42-37 win over Santa Monica.

Wave Staff Report 06.NOV.08

The drought has ended for the East L.A. College football program.

A 22-game losing streak that included 15 consecutive home losses is no more after the Huskies defeated Santa Monica, 42-37 last Saturday in an American Pacific Conference game.

With sophomore Antoine Smithson providing many of the big plays, including a 67-yard touchdown pass to Delane Woods with 2:04 left to break a 35-35 tie, ELAC was able to hand first-year coach Lynn Cain his initial victory.

The Huskies take marks of 1-7 overall and 1-4 in the conference into Saturday’s 1 p.m. contest at West L.A (3-5, 2-3). The Oilers lost to Santa Barbara, 28-21 last Saturday.

Thanks to Smithson, a Maryland native, ELAC has the weight of a losing streak off its back.

He rushed for a team-high 75 yards and a touchdown on 15 carries, caught a team-best seven passes for 50 yards and completed both his passes for 127 yards and two scores.

His 15-yard run got the Huskies a 6-0 lead in the first five minutes and before the quarter ended, he threw a 60-yard scoring pass to Delane Woods for a 20-0 advantage. Between those two scores was a seven-yard touchdown run by Manny Rodriguez.

A one-yard run by quarterback Pedro Velasquez and a 40-yard interception return by Carlos Perez increased ELAC’s lead to 35-13.

Santa Monica (1-7, 1-4) rallied to tie the score, 35-35 before Smithson connected with Woods. Santa Monica was hit with a safety with five seconds left to account for the final margin.

Woods had a big night catching the ball, hauling in three for 129 yards.

Fullback Steven Torres had a 36-yard run on his only carry of the game. Torres was a standout on defense with three solo tackles, six assists, 1.5 tackles for loss and a fumble recovery.

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A note on Smithson: He is the team’s number one receiver with 52 catches for 727 yards and three TDs, the number one punt returner with three for 41 yards and the number one kickoff returner with 13 for 254 yards.

He is second in rushing with 217 yards and two TDs on 55 carries and second in passing yardage with 193 on just three completions, all for touchdowns.





WhittierDailyNews.com: Garfield's Torres Helps ELAC Secure First Win

By Bob Daily, Correspondent

MONTEREY PARK - With a long touchdown pass and an interception late in the fourth quarter, East Los Angeles College scored a 42-37 Pacific Conference victory over visiting Santa Monica on Saturday night.

Wingback Antoine Smithson threw a 66-yard touchdown pass to Delane Woods with 2:04 left in the game to give the Huskies a 42-35 lead.

Santa Monica then drove down the field, until Huskies lineback Steve Torres intercepted a pass at the Husky 5.

Four plays later, Torres took a safety as East L.A. ran out the clock to improve to 1-4 in conference and 1-7 overall.

Santa Monica dropped to 1-4 and 1-7.

In the second half, the offenses dominated as Santa Monica scored four touchdowns and East L.A. scored three.

The Santa Monica touchdowns were scored by Joshua Martin on a pair of 14-yard passes from Zachary Scribner, Cedric Hayes on a 1-yard run and Jerald Ingram on a 10-yard pass from Scribner.

The Huskies scored on quarterback Pedro Velasquez's 1-yard run and Charles Perez's 45-yard interception return.

On the first possession of the game, Smithson scored on a 15-yard run following the blocks of Mario Placentia and Brian Armendariz. The key play in the drive was a 39-yard run on a fake punt by Torres.

The Huskies increased their lead to 13-0 with five minutes left in the first half. On a fourth-down play, Santa Monica's Stephen Harris intercepted a pass at the Corsairs' 5-yard line, but fumbled, and the ball was recovered by East L.A.'s Delane Woods. Two plays later, Manny Rodriguez followed the blocks of James Simmers and Jacques Namahoe on a 7-yard touchdown run.

East L.A. went up 20-0 with three minutes left in the first half on a 61-yard reverse pass from Smithson to Woods.

Source: WhittierDailyNews.com