“(Siskiyous’) was quicker and that caused some confusion and that allowed them to keep everything else in front of them.” “I expected us to be better,” Hamilton said. The Knights totaled 65 yards on 37 carries with Boston leading the way with 18 and 18, respectively. But the trio of talented ’backs didn’t get much room running behind an all-freshmen offensive line taking their first collegiate snaps. Shasta committed to its run game early, showing confidence in its backfield combo of Tyler Boston, Gordon and Vinny Smith. Wickman finished with 189 receiving yards on eight catches while Calleja completed 12-of-24 passes for 171 yards and the score. Wickman hauled in a 25-yard pass to get into plus-territory and caught the game-winning the following play. But the Knights allowed a fourth-and-10 pass on a falling-down grab by Jordan Cummings. “Score on a fourth down play when you gotta have it and he throws a beautiful ball to (Cox).”Īfter a 2-point conversion pass from Tuttle to Jayden Gordon in the flat, Siskiyous quickly put itself in a dangerous spot.
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“Toren did a nice job executing on that drive and that’s a positive we can take out of this,” Hamilton said. #ShastaCountySports #norcalscores /tVDlzdHL1S Toren Tuttle 15-yard TD pass to Gentry Cox on 4th and 14 to put the Knights ahead 14-13 with 0:42 left. Here’s Shasta College’s go-ahead TD (at the time). Quarterback Torren Tuttle lofted the a fade route to Gentry Cox in the corner of the end zone for a 15-yard touchdown on fourth-and-14 to complete an 11-play, 70-yard drive, both Shasta’s longest of the game. But you have to find a way to dig yourself out of that and just play.”Īccepting the outcome is more difficult when the Knights (0-1) took the lead just seconds earlier. “Emotionally it takes so much to be invested in it and it comes down to a Hail Mary at the end and doesn’t go our way, that’s tough to swallow,” Hamilton said. A fourth-and-22 pass was completed against Shasta’s secondary, setting up a late score and eventually an overtime defeat.
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Knights’ head coach Bryon Hamilton couldn’t help but draw comparisons to the way Shasta’s 2019 season ended in the Golden State Bowl Game against San Francisco City College. Heartbreaking defeat Shasta which scored with 0:48 left. Wickman catches a near-interception/tipped pass for a 37-yard GW TD to lift Siskiyous over Shasta College 19-16. Instead, the ball went through Harris’ hands and popped into the air, leaving the trailing Wickman in perfect position to snatch it and let his momentum carry him to the end zone for the game-winning score.ĬRAZY final sequence to kick off the 2021 JUCO spring season. Shasta cornerback Jaiden Harris appeared locked in for an interception of O.J. Trailing by three with seven seconds left, Ted Wickman hauled in a tipped pass on a short Hail Mary situation and took it the final five yards for a 37-yard touchdown to lift visiting College of the Siskiyous over Shasta College 19-16 Saturday at Memorial Stadium. Why shouldn’t the first junior college football game in California during the COVID-19 pandemic be any different? Improbable, unimaginable and unprecedented events have rocked the world for the past 51 weeks.