Falcons flew too high for the Warriors
Jorge Camarillo
Issue date: 11/19/09 Section: Sports
Two Saturdays ago when EC was having trouble with the offense, quarterback Bo Napoleon stepped on the field and became the hero for the Warriors.
Last Saturday, the Warriors had no hero, losing 42-28 at Cerritos College.
The loss to Cerritos knocked the Warriors out from the playoffs because it was the second conference game that EC lost this season, with Mt. San Antonio College being the first loss, so now the Warriors will play in a bowl game.
The Warriors' next game is Saturday against Grossmont College in the Beach Bowl at 6 p.m. in Murdock Stadium. The Griffins are ranked No. 25, while the Warriors are ranked No. 17, according to JCGridiron.com.
"The Beach Bowl is the name of the bowl game and they just call it the Beach Bowl because it's being played at EC, which is close to the beach," coach John Featherstone said.
The Beach Bowl happens every year. The game is between two teams that weren't fortunate enough to be in the eight-game playoffs but deserve to be in a bowl game.
Despite missing the playoffs, Featherstone will keep his players' spirits up.
"You've got to put loses behind you real quick. If you let them eat at you, you have no chance to bounce back and win," Featherstone said. "It's the way football is."
The Warriors committed five turnovers in the Cerritos game, three of them being returned for touchdowns.
"But now we have a chance to play in a bowl game, so that is the silver lining to finish the season at 9-2 and win our bowl game," he said.
This is the first time since 2003 that the Warriors will be in a bowl game instead of the playoffs.
"(It was a) tough loss and although we're at the end of the season, I enjoyed this unforgettable season with my teammates," fullback and running back Tony Sekona said.
"It was do or die for us. If we (would have) won we would have been in the playoffs," running back and fullback Raynard Westbrook said.
"Unfortunately, we didn't play as well. I told our kids 'Hey look, we got one game left to be 9-2 and being 9-2 is a tremendous accomplishment and we just happened to play a bad game,' and I always tell the kids that we play ten games," Featherstone said.
Last Saturday, the Warriors had no hero, losing 42-28 at Cerritos College.
The loss to Cerritos knocked the Warriors out from the playoffs because it was the second conference game that EC lost this season, with Mt. San Antonio College being the first loss, so now the Warriors will play in a bowl game.
The Warriors' next game is Saturday against Grossmont College in the Beach Bowl at 6 p.m. in Murdock Stadium. The Griffins are ranked No. 25, while the Warriors are ranked No. 17, according to JCGridiron.com.
"The Beach Bowl is the name of the bowl game and they just call it the Beach Bowl because it's being played at EC, which is close to the beach," coach John Featherstone said.
The Beach Bowl happens every year. The game is between two teams that weren't fortunate enough to be in the eight-game playoffs but deserve to be in a bowl game.
Despite missing the playoffs, Featherstone will keep his players' spirits up.
"You've got to put loses behind you real quick. If you let them eat at you, you have no chance to bounce back and win," Featherstone said. "It's the way football is."
The Warriors committed five turnovers in the Cerritos game, three of them being returned for touchdowns.
"But now we have a chance to play in a bowl game, so that is the silver lining to finish the season at 9-2 and win our bowl game," he said.
This is the first time since 2003 that the Warriors will be in a bowl game instead of the playoffs.
"(It was a) tough loss and although we're at the end of the season, I enjoyed this unforgettable season with my teammates," fullback and running back Tony Sekona said.
"It was do or die for us. If we (would have) won we would have been in the playoffs," running back and fullback Raynard Westbrook said.
"Unfortunately, we didn't play as well. I told our kids 'Hey look, we got one game left to be 9-2 and being 9-2 is a tremendous accomplishment and we just happened to play a bad game,' and I always tell the kids that we play ten games," Featherstone said.
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