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Lesson well-learned


By RON GUILD, Sports Editor 13.NOV.08

Consider it a lesson learned.

A midseason loss to Roosevelt High School showed the Jordan football team it can’t take anything for granted once it steps on the field.

The Bulldog showed they learned from their mistakes by administering a 48-29 thrashing last Friday to a Garfield team that had not lost an Eastern League game to that point.

And coach Elijah Asante promises Jordan will take a similar approach Frday in its final regular-season game, even if the opponent is cellar-dwelling South Gate (1-8, 0-5).

“We got caught taking Roosevelt lightly and it cost us,” Asante said. “That’s why we have to take South Gate seriously.”

That said, Jordan (5-4, 4-1) shouldn’t have too much trouble in its final tuneup before the start of the City Section playoffs next week.

When their high-powered spread offense is clicking on all cylinders, there isn’t much any team, even one the caliber of Garfield, can do to stop it.

Quarterback James Boyd, the trigger man, threw five touchdown passes and finished 14-for-27 for 327 yards. Delvon Purvis caught seven passes for 128 yards, including four for touchdowns.

“Delvon was the star of the game,” Asante said. “He was dominant tonight.”

Jordan’s versatility is such that Deshawn Beck lined up at quarterback in the first quarter and tossed scoring passes of 62 yards to Purvis and 52 yards to Robert Lewis. Beck, who had four catches for 138 yards, hauled in a 60-yard touchdown pass from Boyd in the fourth quarter after Garfield had closed the gap to 34-29.

Boyd, who now has 32 touchdown passes, closed out the scoring with a 39-yard scoring toss to Brandon Caldwell.

“I’ve never seen them play so perfect,” Garfield coach Lorenzo Hernandez said. “They seemed to have another gear out there. We just couldn’t stop them.”

Garfield (5-4, 4-1), which faces first-place Roosevelt (8-1, 5-0) at East L.A. College Friday, displayed pretty good balance.

Patrick Vargas completed 13 of 21 for 169 yards and a score and Franky Diaz led the ground attack with 92 yards on 25 carries. Sergio Macedo ran for a pair of touchdown and gained 73 yards on 13 carries.

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