Palomar College defeats Southwestern College 17-0

By David A. Willauer-Contributing Writer-Wayne Embry Field-Escondido High School-Escondido, CA: In a game that was filled with penalties, turnovers and a lot of mistakes on both ends of the field as the Palomar Comets improve their record at 2-1 on the football campaign as they defeated the Cougars of Southwestern Jr. College by a 17-0.

Rancho Buena Vista's Dorian Richardson 31 yards rushing scored on a 13 yarder in the first quarter with the PAT good by Landon Ogles to go up 7-0.

There was no scoring until the 3rd quarter after the Comets attempted to score another TD, Rancho Bernardo Landon Ogles connected on a 31 yard field goal to take a 10-0

In the 4th quarter El Camino's Kiah Reed 107 yards passing connected on a 16 yarder to Carlsbad's Luke Armstrong (35 yards receiving) for the other touchdown.

Vista High alum Dez Taua led the Comets in rushing with 40 yards

Palomar Comets Head Coach Joe Early: "For three weeks in a row our defense has played hard along with our special teams has contributed very well but we are young in a lot of key positions." "Offensively we've have to put points on the board as we're struggling with the learning curves this year as these players stay to improve every week." "I think we left a lot of points on the board tonight while our defense played well along with recovered turnovers on our special teams which it's a work in progress for us offensively."

"At the end of the half we got an interception in the end zone while our defense played well tonight on the key plays, on the offensive side of the ball we have to match the defense for us to get better once when we practice to correct our starting Monday for us to prepare for the College of the Canyons

With the win the Comets improved to 2-1 on the season and will host The College of the Canyons on Saturday, September 24, 2022 at Escondido High at 6 PM.