Diamond Bar's Woes Continues, Losing its Seventh Game in Succession 45-13

GLENDORA – The Diamond Bar Brahmas football team’s woes continue, as it lost its seventh game in succession, 45-13 to host Glendora Thursday night in a Palomares League matchup.

The Brahmas gave the ball away three times in the first quarter and found itself in a quick 35-0 hole before finally scoring right before halftime.

Glendora’s William Freking intercepted Diamond Bar quarterback Dylan Karanickolas and ran it back for the touchdown three minutes into the game. It then forced back to back fumbles, both of which Glendora also capitalized on.

Diamond Bar (0-7, 0-2 Palomares) could muster 70 yards of offense in the entire first half, and saw Karanikolas get sacked twice.

“You got four turnovers and 28 points later, it’s easy to put your head down and fold up the tent,” Diamond Bar coach Kevin Argumosa said. “(But) the kids kept fighting.”

Fight, the Bahamas did, as they finally got on the board right before the halftime buzzer when Karanikolas found Shane Wells on an 11-yard scoring pass to make the score 35-7 heading into halftime.

Glendora’s Bryce Woolridge went 5 of 5 for 63 yards, 15 of which was a scoring pass to Dylan Hill in the second quarter when the game was in hand. He also ran in a score, a 2-yard scamper set up by the second of Diamond Bar’s fumbles.

Diamond Bar scored again early in the fourth quarter when Karanikolas found Leo Lervold on a 41-yard scoring pass to close the gap to 38-13.

Diamond Bar visits Ayala (3-4, 1-1 Palomares) next Friday, while Glendora (5-2, 2-0 Palomares) travel to Covina District Field to face South Hills (6-1, 2-0 Palomares) with possible playoff implications.

OTHER SCORES

MONTVIEW

Nogales 24, Workman 0

HACIENDA

Diamond Ranch 49, Chino 14

Walnut 13, West Covina 29

(Photo: Shane Wells makes the scoring catch against Glendora)