Los Molinos comes up short against Fall River…
Los Molinos comes up short against Fall River in title game
Loss ends quest for back-to-back section titles
By Chip Thompson | editor@redbluffdailynews.com |
PUBLISHED: December 2, 2019 at 7:19 pm | UPDATED: December 2, 2019 at 7:21 pm
MCARTHUR — The Los Molinos football team went up early but couldn't keep pace Friday night, losing to Fall River 26-6 in the Division V section final.
On a field covered in snow, Nick Macias hit Hiram Lamkins for a long touchdown pass near the end of the first quarter to put Los Molinos up 6-0. That was all the scoring Los Molinos would do on the night.
By halftime, the game was tied 6-6 and it was all Fall River in the second half. After three it was 12-6 Fall River, which tacked on 14 more in the final frame.
The loss caps an 8-4 season for the Bulldogs in their first year back in 11-man play. After going 13-0 in 2018 and winning the Div. VI championship, the team was bumped up to Division V for 2019.
The team had a new coach this season, with James Humphrey taking the reins after leading the school's baseball team to a section title in the spring with a win over, who else, Fall River.
Los Molinos will lose 13 players to graduation, most notably running back Hunter Landingham, who ran for 2,404 yards and 18 rushing touchdowns this season and has 4,944 yards and 55 rushing touchdowns during his high school career.
As of 7 p.m. Monday, no stats had been posted for Los Molinos from Friday's game, so it's likely Landingham surpassed 5,000 yards rushing in his four years on the team.
Other seniors of note who will be hanging up their pads include Hayden Hamre, Dylan Rocha, Clay Ames and Eric Belcher.
Hamre had 1,306 yards and 21 touchdowns through high school; Rocha had 254 receiving yards and four touchdowns in just two years with the team; Ames had 84 tackles and six sacks this season, his first with the team; Belcher had 97 tackles, four sacks and caused three fumbles in three years with the team.
The remaining seniors include Kolby Elliot, DJ Moore, Junior De La o, Alex Araiza, Cesar Niz, Adrian Langarica, Parker Coley and Adrian Ramiriz.
Standout players expected to return include Macias, a freshman this season, Lamkins, Logan Rose and Gustavo Nava.
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Chip Thompson
Chip Thompson began in journalism in southern Idaho and came to Red Bluff in 2008 as editor of the Daily News.