“I think we played our football,” said first-year Burbank Coach Hector Valencia, whose team put up 26 unanswered points after halftime and recovered four Falcons turnovers on the night. “We didn’t really make any adjustments at halftime. We believed in what we were doing and I don’t think [the Falcons] did anything to adjust or change our opinion at halftime, so we decided to keep doing what we’re about.”
Ulises Ochoa rushed for a game-high 128 yards and two touchdowns in 15 carries and Leo Rodas added 107 yards on the ground and two more touchdowns in 17 carries, as Burbank ran at will in the second half to the tune of 179 yards.
“They played a very good second half,” Falcons Coach Tony Zarrillo said. “They outplayed us in almost every way you can.”
Burbank (3-1) stopped Crescenta Valley’s opening drive of the second half, which lasted nearly seven minutes. It came to an end on a third-down sack of Crescenta Valley quarterback Kyle Cota (16 for 27 passing for 229 yards and one touchdown) by Diamond Jackson and Argisht Stepanian.
It then took the Bulldogs just 3:14 to drive 95 yards on nine plays, all but one on the ground, and take a 22-14 lead on a 12-yard run by quarterback Adam Colman (nine for 16 passing for 121 yards with one touchdown).
Crescenta Valley (2-2) couldn’t reply on its next possession, punting from its own 26-yard line after three plays, and subsequently saw Burbank march another 52 yards downfield in six plays to go up, 28-14, on a four-yard sweep to the right by Ochoa at the 9:51 mark of the fourth quarter.
