Huntington Beach Dolphins roll in wins

The Huntington Beach Dolphins struck quickly and the defense never

let up in a 12-0 victory over the Inglewood Jets in a Jr.

All-American Football Midget Division league game at Huntington Beach

High.

On the Dolphins’ first possession, Zack Couey connected with

Dontaie Ferguson on a quick slant and Ferguson went the distance to

complete a 43-yard scoring play for an early 6-0 lead.

Huntington scored again on its third possession of the game. This

time, an 11-play drive culminated in Jeremiah “Bam Bam” Pemasa’s

plunge into the end zone from one yard out, which gave the Dolphins a

12-0 lead at the half.

The second half was dominated by the defenses, as the Dolphins

picked up its third shutout in four games.

Huntington is now 4-0 this season.

“Sometimes the defense has to pick it up a notch when the offense

is limited, like they were this afternoon,” Dolphins defensive

coordinator Steve Rhoads said after the game.

The Dolphins will be after their fifth straight victory Saturday

when they host the Rowland Heights Raiders in a 3 p.m. kickoff at

Huntington Beach High.

In previous action, the Dolphins spotted the Norwalk/Santa Fe

Springs Saints an early touchdown before storming back with 36

unanswered points for an eventual 36-7 victory.

Down 7-0 midway through the first quarter -- the first time this

season they had trailed -- the Dolphins began their explosion when

Couey found Ferguson with a short pass. Ferguson split two defenders

and raced 72 yards for a touchdown.

Wade Houston ran the ball in for a two-point conversion, giving

Huntington a lead it wouldn’t relinquish.

A 34-yard pass from Couey to Dylan Garcia set up another touchdown

as the Dolphins took a 14-7 lead at the half.

Huntington went on to outscore the Saints, 22-0, in the second

half, with 16 of those points set up by a relentless Dolphins

defense.

Pemasa scored when he scooped up an errant lateral pass by the

Saints on a fourth-down play, and rambled 56 yards for a touchdown.

Later in the game, Houston picked off a deflected pass and took it 50

yards down to the Saints one-yard line, where Pemasa would cash in on

a one-yard plunge.

In Pop Warner Football action:

Mitey Mite Chargers fall to La Mirada

The Huntington Beach Chargers dropped their third league outing in

falling to La Mirada, 31-0, in a Mitey Mite Division game.

In Pony Baseball fall action:

Huntington Beach 6, Los Alamitos 0

A one-sided win over the Padres kept the Dodgers undefeated in

league play.

The Dodgers’ pitching rotation of Jonathan Combest, Kevin Doran,

Nyko Gonzales, Kevin Mackey and Daniel Zavala combined for 11

strikeouts in recording the shutout. Doran got five of the 11

strikeouts in his three innings of work.

Mackey, who also played at first base, turned away a Los Alamitos

scoring threat in the fourth inning when he made a diving catch of a

hard hit line drive with the bases loaded.

The Dodgers racked up 15 hits in seven innings.

Dan Tierney started the onslaught with a leadoff double and was

followed by Mackey’s RBI single. Zavala doubled home Mackey and drove

in two more runs with a sacrifice fly in the sixth.

Jacob Springer had two hits, one accounting for an RBI in the

fourth. Matt Deaner also had a pair of hits and drove in two runs.

Combest, Gonzales and Chris Czerniachowski each had two hits and

Kyle Schellenger singled to round out Huntington’s attack.