Three weeks in a row, the Carlsbad High football team faced Wing-T offenses.
Twice the Lancers’ defense dominated, holding Vista to six points in the regular-season finale, and Torrey Pines to seven fourth quarter points in the Open Division playoff semifinals.
Saturday night, before a standing-room-only crowd of about 6,500 at Escondido High, the Lancers met their match, losing 48-19 to Cathedral Catholic, a near-perfect Wing-T team in the San Diego section Open Division championship game.
“Carlsbad was shooting the gaps super hard,” said Cathedral running back Lucky Sutton. “They’re a good team, a very aggressive team, so we expected them to get after it.”
And the Lancers did just that in the first half, holding Sutton to 80 yards on six carries with 58 of those yards coming on his first carry.
And the Lancers were very much in the game at the break, trailing 21-6.
The second half was a different story.
On the first play from scrimmage in the third quarter, Sutton blew up the middle, pulling away from the defense for an 88-yard TD.
After Carlsbad answered with a score, Sutton took off up the middle again, going 77 yards to the end zone.
“We made some adjustments,” Sutton said.
The adjustments were simple, but so effective.
“All we did was move the belly from the A gap to the B gap,” said Cathedral coach Sean Doyle. “Carlsbad was playing extremely hard, very prepared. So we had to make some changes.”
In 11 games this season, Sutton has 173 carries for 1,939 yards and 29 TDs.
His 269 yards were just short of his career best of 272 against rival St. Augustine.
He has at least 92 yards in every game this season with a trio of 200-yard games.
“My personal goal before the season was to get to 2,000 yards,” Sutton said. “As a team we want a state championship. So I’ve got two more games to get there.”
The Dons, who are 10-2, including a forfeit win over Lincoln, have to wait until next week to find out their opponent and division for the Southern California championships.
In the San Diego Section, only the division champions advance, so Carlsbad’s season ends at 11-1.
Cathedral is far from a one-man team.
Quarterback Charlie Mirer threw just nine times, completing five, but two were TDs to Rex Haynes, who had four catches for 115 yards.
Carlsbad’s sophomore quarterback Julian Sayin proved he was worthy of the big stage, completing 26 of 31 passes for 247 yards.
Matt Moore had seven catches for 99 yards, including a 67-yard TD strike from Sayin. Josh Davis had five catches for 57 yards.
Paulo Burak had five catches for 42 yards and rushed 12 times for 55.
“They’re as advertised,” Carlsbad coach Thadd MacNeal said of Cathedral. “They’re super physical. They play really hard. They’re a disciplined team.
“You have to be at your best against them. We weren’t, but give them credit. They’re a fantastic team.”
CIF CHAMPIONSHIPS
OPEN DIVISION
at Escondido HS
Cathedral 48, Carlsbad 19
Cathedral Catholic 7 14 13 14 — 48
Carlsbad 6 0 7 6 — 19
C — Moore 67 pass from Sayin (kick failed)
CC — Sutton 4 run (Cheek kick)
CC — Letuli 21 run (Cheek kick)
CC — Haynes 51 pass from Mirer (Cheek kick)
CC — Sutton 88 run (Cheek kick)
C — Bennett 1 pass from Sayin (Patterson kick)
CC — Sutton 77 run (run failed)
CC — Haynes 19 pass from Mirer (Cheek kick)
CC — Savaiinaea 18 fumble return (Cheek kick)
C — Sayin 1 run (pass failed)
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