Coronado freshman QB plays like senior in victory over Foothill — PHOTOS

Coronado freshman QB plays like senior in victory over Foothill — PHOTOS Coronado’s Beau Ventling made his archetypal varsity commencement at backmost connected Friday nighttime successful a cardinal crippled astatine Foothill. He looked much similar a seasoned seasoned than the freshman helium is. Ventling completed 19 of 24 passes for 197 yards and 2 touchdowns and helped the sixth-ranked Cougars to a 34-27 roadworthy triumph implicit the ninth-ranked Falcons. “It feels truly good,” Ventling said. “I had to larn everything fundamentally this week, and I’m ready. I came retired ready. I knew however overmuch it meant to my teammates.” Ventling entered the play No. 4 connected the extent illustration astatine quarterback, but injuries thrust him into the starting role. He stayed composed throughout, making bully decisions and throwing close passes. He completed balls to six receivers. “He’s a beauteous chill cat,” Coronado manager Shawn Dupris said. “He didn’t falter each week, understood what we wanted to bash and took attraction of the football. “Even the interception helium threw wasn’t a horrible read. And to person a freshman measurement successful and pb the discourtesy is beauteous amazing.” Even with the beardown play of Ventling and elder moving backmost Matthias Rantissi, the Cougars (5-1, 2-0 Division I East League) recovered themselves trailing Foothill (3-3, 1-2) for overmuch of the game. But Coronado yet took the pb for bully erstwhile Ventling hooked up with Tristan Grau for a 22-yard TD walk with 11:22 near that made it 27-20. Ventling looked near connected the play, past threw the surface walk to Grau connected the close side, and the inferior receiver was capable to prime his mode down the close sideline for the score. “We speech astir 4 quarters,” Dupris said. “Games are long, and a batch of things happen. It’s a carnal shot game, and we judge successful ourselves and what we tin do. We conscionable privation to get 4 quarters.” Once they had the lead, the Cougars were capable to thin connected Rantissi, who had 25 carries for 164 yards and 2 touchdowns. His 14-yard TD tally with 5:47 near pushed the pb to 34-20 and gave Coronado immoderate much-needed cushion. “Rantissi decidedly has a spot connected his shoulder,” Dupris said. “He broke his ankle the archetypal crippled past year. He’s moving hard, helium plays hard and he’s the feline that we knew helium is. He conscionable needed games to amusement it.” Rantissi kept his legs churning each night, picking up yards aft interaction and refusing to beryllium brought down successful the backfield. He was stopped for nary summation twice, but picked up affirmative yards connected his different 23 carries. “I’ve conscionable got my motor, you know,” Rantissi said. “I conscionable similar to propulsion through, punish them arsenic my coaches would say. Punish the defense.” Foothill made things interesting, driving 74 yards aft Coronado’s past score, capped by a 4-yard TD walk from Ryder Dobbs to Owen Preslan-Aldridge that made it 34-27 with 2:52 to play. The cardinal play came erstwhile Nixon Gasperosky made a leaping drawback implicit a Coronado defender for a 37-yard summation that moved the shot to the Coronado 7-yard line. But Coronado was capable to retrieve the onside kick, and Rantissi picked up 44 yards connected 5 carries connected the last thrust arsenic the Cougars ran retired the clock. Jace Bingham had 3 sacks, and Kingston Buffington intercepted a walk for Coronado. Gasperosky had six catches for 195 yards and 2 touchdowns, and Dobbs completed 20 of 29 passes for 321 yards and 3 TDs. Gasperosky besides intercepted a walk and recovered a fumble connected defense.