Los Alamitos scored 21 first quarter points and never let Paramount High get into the game, as the Griffins cruised to a 49-12 victory in their season opener of the prep football season.
Quarterback Jack Telenko threw for 266 yards and rushed for 52 more to lead the Griffin offense to a big first game. Telenko rushed for two touchdowns and threw for two more, connecting with Drew Platt and Holden Edmondson. The Griffins rushed for nearly 200 yards, using several backs in addition to the running of Telenko.
Los Alamitos scored 21 first quarter points and never let Paramount High get into the game, as the Griffins cruised to a 49-12 victory in their season opener of the prep football season.
Quarterback Jack Telenko threw for 266 yards and rushed for 52 more to lead the Griffin offense to a big first game. Telenko rushed for two touchdowns and threw for two more, connecting with Drew Platt and Holden Edmondson. The Griffins rushed for nearly 200 yards, using several backs in addition to the running of Telenko.
Schuyler Whitehead had 66 yards rushing and Keynin Charbonnet added 64. The Griffins’ early 21-point lead developed with Telenko’s two touchdown runs, including a 37-yarder that pushed the score to 21-0 with 2:54 left in the first quarter. Prior to that,
Telenko connected on a 44-yard touchdown pass to Jacob Gasser, about midway through the quarter that had given the Griffins a 14-0 lead.
Paramount was finally able to put together a scoring drive early in the second quarter, that was capped with six-yard touchdown run by Al Gene Fisher that cut the Griffin lead to 21-6. But the Griffins responded on the ensuing possession with a scoring drive of their own that ended with a 13-yard touchdown run by Whitehead. Will Armstrong added to the scoring with a three-yard touchdown run in the third quarter.
The Griffins were pleased to get the win but will continue to look for ways to improve. Defensively, despite the solid effort, Armstrong said there were mistakes they will want to work on not repeating in future games.
“We could have had a few interceptions and turnovers but we didn’t … we just need to work on our metal mistakes, but I think our guys tried really hard tonight and all you can really ask for I think,” Armstrong said.