Los Alamitos’ defense kept them in the game, but the Griffins would come up short, in a 17-14 loss to Edison in their Sunset League Football opener on Thursday at Huntington Beach High.
Los Alamitos struggled to move the ball through the air, but its ground game allowed them to keep pace with Edison, who answered the Griffins’ game-opening score with 17 unanswered points. Los Alamitos’ two touchdowns were both set up by fumble recoveries that gave them the ball in Edison territory.
The Griffins would finish with 113 rushing yards by Schuyler Whitehead and 56 from Gonzalez. Quarterback Jack Telenko rushed for the Griffins’ first touchdown that gave them a 7-0 lead in the first quarter. After Edison battled back to take a 17-7 lead, the Griffin defense forced another fumble that led to R.J. Gonzalez’s two-yard touchdown run in the third quarter.
Edison’s starting quarterback Grant Lowary left the game in the first quarter with an injury, but backup Griffin O’Connor filled in to throw for 197 yards and a touchdown. O’Connor also ran for another score.
The Griffins host a hot Fountain Valley team that is coming off a 51-20 win over Newport Harbor, on Thursday at 7 p.m. at Long Beach Veteran’s Stadium.
