After a two game skid to start the year, Long Beach City College football marked up their first win of the season as they dominated Southwestern, handing them a 65-14 blowout loss.
A key part of their victory was quarterback Will Madonna as he gave another five touchdown performance, four passing and one rushing.
It wasn’t Madonna who got the offense going though; running back Konyae Hunter got the scoring party going as he ran for a 52-yard touchdown on the first play of the game.
The spark on offense for LBCC carried over to the defense as safety Hagen Foreman caught an interception.
“I was excited after the interception, but I was kind of upset because I wanted to score but I didn’t. I was just excited to give the offense an opportunity to score again. Unfortunately, it wasn’t me, but I‘m just glad I can help the team out and win,” said Foreman.
LBCC’s offense kept the spark going once more as Madonna capitalized on the interception with a 10-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Jaquavion Caldwell.
The offensive onslaught kept going afterwards as a 33-yard field goal was made by kicker Ethan Smithlin.
Two more Madonna touchdowns, including a 27-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Matthew Berenji, gave LBCC a 31-7 lead at halftime.
LBCC kept solidifying their dominance as two more touchdown throws by Will Madonna caught by wide receivers Kyle Miller and Elijah Lewis widened the score to 52-14 to end the third quarter.
Linebacker Andre Jenkins wants to put up even more numbers on the scoreboard and catches an 85-yard pick-six.
Freshman quarterback Jett Peddy replaced Madonna, ending his night with 229-yards and five total touchdowns.
Peddy got his first taste of college football resulting in a 48-yard passing touchdown to wide receiver Chad Sabal.
Peddy recorded his first touchdown of his college career in what would also be the final score of the game, resulting in a 65-14 win for LBCC.
“We decided we had enough of losing close games. Our leadership groups did a great job in the meeting room this past week and really took control of the way our team’s practicing and how they handle themselves in the locker room. So hats off to the leadership groups, they got the guys going,” said head coach Brett Peabody..
Someone else who was beyond fired up after the game was Foreman, who now has two interceptions in two home games this season.
“After we had two rough losses, we had to bounce back and set the tone. We’re going to conference next week so we wanted to get a win to set ourselves up for success, so it was kind of a must-win, that’s how we prepared for it,” said Foreman.
LBCC gets ready for another Saturday night under the lights as they travel to take on San Bernardino Valley College with their next home game against rivals Cerritos College on Sept. 30.