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Long Beach City College freshman quarterback Derrach West totaled 310 yards in the air, giving the Vikings a win of 33-9 against the East Los Angeles Huskies on Sat. at their first game back since bye week.
Saturday’s game, titled ‘Pink Game,’ was specifically dedicated to breast cancer awareness month, as all the players wore some form of pink in respects to survivors.
The Vikings started off the first quarter with a seven-yard run in the Husky’s endzone by West to place the Vikings’ 7-0.
West was a major component in the Vikings win against the Huskies, scoring two out of the four touchdowns of the game.
The defense had major plays as well, keeping the Huskies at zero until the last two minutes of the game.
Long Beach City College went into halftime with a shut-out score of 13-0, leaving East LA with not much room to make a comeback.
West was pleased with the overall performance of the team, but thinks they can still be better.
“Let’s just say it was a decent game. We did pretty good, but there is still always room to improve and get better,” West said.
Viking running back Talaun Patton lead the team 85 yards on the ground, averaging a gain of 5.7 yards per attempt.
Coming into the second half of the game, the Vikings didn’t let up the pressure on the Huskies with another touchdown made by Patton, extending their lead to 20-0.
However, penalties are still an issue for Long Beach City College, having a total of 17 penalties, giving the Huskies 189 yards to make an advancement.
“I thought we played up to our standards. Getting this win was important for us, so I’m pleased how we played overall, but penalties are something we really need to work on going into next week’s game,” Head Coach Brett Peabody said.
The Huskies were finally able to put themselves on the board during the fourth quarter, but by this time the Vikings already had too much of a lead.
Long Beach City College finished with an 18-yard run into the endzone by freshman running back Saeed Galloway, finalizing the game with a score of 33-9.
Cornerback Malik Welch was satisfied with the win against the Huskies but still sees room for improvement.
“We can always do better overall as a team. We started out a little slow this game, but were eventually able to pick it back up. Next week we’re going to be coming out completely opposite,” Welch said.
The Long Beach City College Vikings will return to the field Saturday, Oct. 26 at Bakersfield College.