Getting to know Austin Doan a Junior Offensive tackle of Romeo High School.

How would you describe your playing style?
Hard, Aggressive, Ruthless and Intense

Who’s your favorite pro athletes?
Ndamukong Suh, Calvin Johnson, Jake Long and Ben Roethlisberger

What’s your favorite pre-game song to get hyped to?
ACDC – Thanderstruck

Who has been the biggest influence in your sports career and why?
My dad, because he is always helping me and supporting me know matter what the case is.

What are your long term football goals? (college, pro, coach, etc…)
College and Coach

What other sports did you play growing up?
Basketball, Baseball, and Hockey

What are your top 3 keys to success as a student-athlete?
(training, practice, film review, etc.)
Training, practice, and discipline

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Cuff was the player of the game rushing 117 yards and four touchdowns. Cuff scored on all three of the Falcons first- half possessions on runs of 4, 4 and 18 yards. His fourth touchdown came in the third quarter, a 4-yard run. The Falcons first drive of the game covered 80 yards (16 passing yards and 64 rushing yards) on 18 carries.

Torrey Pines second scoring drive of the first half was similar to their first. Drive number two covered 80 yards again (5 passing yards and 75 rushing yards) on 10 plays. Starting at their own 42-yard line with 3:24 left in the first half, the third scoring drive for Torrey Pines was relatively short. 58 yards on six plays, capped with an 18-yard touchdown by Cuff. Torrey Pines was on top 21-3 going into the second half.

It was a tough night for Poway (6-3, 2-1 Palomar) as their running game was shut down by the Falcon defense having 191 total yards. Torrey pines never trailed, leading 38-3 in the beginning of the fourth quarter. The Poway Titans had two turnovers in the third quarter that led to a Falcons touchdown and field goal stretching the lead to 38-3.

Poway’s Nehemiah Gross fumbled on the opening play in the second half, giving the Falcons the ball on the Poway 30 yard line. This fumble ultimately led to Cuff’s fourth touchdown run of 4 yards, putting Poway down 28-3.

Poway put up some points in the fourth quarter as they scored two touchdowns. Zach McDonnell scored on a 7 yard scoring pass from junior quarterback Gabriel Isaak. The second touchdown followed a blocked Torrey Pines punt by Ryan Moreno. This was a very short drive, only ten yards. Senior Chris Verne scored the Titan’s second touchdown of the night on a 9 yard run.

John Wilson caught a 15- yard pass to the end zone for a Falcon touchdown in the fourth quarter. “If we keep working hard, the sky is the limit for our team. We are going to keep staying focused at every practice, work hard and that is all that we can do, one day at a time,” said Cuff.

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Aggressive decision-making and playcalling late in the first half helped shake the 5th ranked Pirates (7-2, 3-0 Avocado West League) out of their doldrums, and Oceanside never looked back, rolling on to a 31-2 win over the Carlsbad Lancers at renovated Simcox Field.

Oceanside sophomore quarterback Tofi Pao Pao completed 9 of his last 10 passes, finishing 13-of-18 for 151 yards and two touchdowns.  Senior running back Noah Tarrant complemented the air attack with 89 yards and two touchdowns rushing.

But for the game’s first 22 minutes, the Pirates looked like an offense lost at sea.

John Carroll’s team had managed to gain all of 22 total yards in six first-half series against Carlsbad’s defense.  With just over a minute to play before halftime, the Pirates led 7-2 thanks to a Lancers first quarter fumble.  Carlsbad had the ball, and it was time to limp into the locker room for halftime adjustments.

Instead, Carroll started calling timeouts.  Three of them, on defense, all to get his sophomore quarterback and the Pirates’ struggling offense the ball back for a one-minute drill.  Somewhere in North Carolina, Marty Schottenheimer rolled over in his sleep.

“We do have confidence, and we run a pretty good two-minute drill,” said Carroll.

Postgame audio interview: Oceanside head coach John Carroll

Starting at their 25 with 1:17 to play and no timeouts, the Pirates moved 75 yards in seven plays and 47 seconds, capped by a 24 yard touchdown pass to Matthew Rojas.  The Lancers failed to adjust to Oceanside’s two-minute strategy, which consisted of one sideline pass after another to the Pirates’ sideline.

“Calling those three timeouts, personally, it made me wonder, but coach Carroll is a great coach,” said Tarrant.

Postgame video: Noah Tarrant and Eduardo Middleton

Pao Pao hit five of six passes on the hurry-up drive, then hit on all four of his targets in the second half, as the Pirates scored seventeen third quarter points to salt the game away.  Tarrant’s 25 yard touchdown run was followed by a 25 yard scoring pass from Pao Pao to Demario Coleman (5 receptions, 65 yards, TD).

Meanwhile, the Oceanside defense, which allowed the Lancers only two first downs in the first half, intercepted three passes after halftime to completely throttle the Carlsbad scoring attack.  Junior QB Tanner Wrisley made his first career start for the Lancers, completing 5 of 11 passes for 110 yards and two interceptions.  Senior Cody Pinner relieved and went 1-for-5 for 12 yards and a pick.

“(Wrisley) had some nerves but did some good things,” said longtime Carlsbad head coach Bob McAllister, “they’re both in an equal battle and will battle it out in practice, we’ll see whathappens.”

A ground-oriented attack, Carlsbad (4-5, 1-2) was held to 21 yards rushing on 28 attempts.

Postgame audio interview: Bob McAllister

Combined with an El Camino loss, Oceanside’s win clinched the Avocado West League title for the Pirates.  Next week, Oceanside will play El Camino for the City Championship and the bragging rights which come with it.

“The City Championship’s a big deal,” said Carroll, “No matter if you win a league championship, the city championship’s a big deal.”

And you know the Pirates will be ready.

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On the ensuing drive, facing a third-and-9, Markeith Ambles came up with a spectacular forty-yard catch to keep the drive alive. Just when the East looked like they were going to get on the board, Michael Palardy had his 32-yard field goal attempt blocked by Cassius Marsh and Josh Shirley delivered and put the West up 14-0 at the half.

During the half Dillon Baxter, an explosive all purpose back from Mission Bay High School in San Diego, California, was awarded the U.S. Army player of the year award for his outstanding performance and leadership this past season. Baxter led the Buccaneers on a perfect 13-0 season that resulted in a San Diego CIF Division IV title.  His stats are astonishing as he has accounted for 76 total touchdowns on the season and carried his team with 7 touchdowns in the championship game. With the departure of Pete Carroll to the Seattle Seahawks, Baxter is seriously reconsidering his commitment to USC.

Struggling to get in the rhythm and seeking a big play,the East found one from Spencer Ware who took a carry for 37 yards on the first play of the second half. With the kicking game struggling, the East decided to take a chance on fouth-and-5, but a low pass turns the ball over on downs. Sharrif Floyd, defensive tackle who just committed to the University of Florida, ended the West’s possession with an explosive sack on third-and-3 to force a three and out. Kennan Allan, set to join the Alabama Crimson Tide, received the punt and had an electrifying 52-yard return that provided the East with a much needed spark. But, once again the West defense laid to rest any momentum that the East had hoped to establish.

Off of the turnover on downs, Jake Heaps found Robert Woods for a 40-yard gain.  Heaps, from Skyline High School in Washington, is the #1 ranked quarterback in the nation and a BYU commit. The drive set up Dillon Baxter for an impressive 5-yard touchdown where he weaved around a swarm of defenders to give the West a 21-0 lead.

Perhaps the most surprising performance in the game came from East quarterback, Cole Marcoux, who earned a chance to play in the All-American Bowl by winning a reality television show. On one of his first passes he connected with Ivan McCartney for a 50-yard bomb to score. However, the extra point attempt was blocked and Robert Powell who took the ball 99-yards the other way for two points, bringing the score to 23-6. The East had to perfectly execute two consecutive onsides kicks because the first one was penalized for an illegal formation call.

Marcoux took the field again and fired a perfectly thrown ball to Ambles, who was unable to haul it in. Ignoring the loss of a potential big gain, Marcoux completed a series of passes and drives to bring the East into scoring position. From 22-yards out he fired a ball to his tight end Gerald Christian. The East elected to go for two and Marcoux hit his other tight end C.J. Fiedorowicz for the conversion.

The West went on to recover an onside kick attempt and drove it down to the goal line, where it looked like Dillon Baxter was carrying a crowd of defenders into the end zone. Right before he was able to break the plane the ball was stripped from his hands and rolled into the end zone where Dominic Espinosa recovered for the score, bringing the West to a victory with the final 30-14.

Ronald Powell announced that he will attend The University of Florida. His dominant play throughout the game on both sides of the ball allowed him to take home the All-American Bowl MVP honors. Kyle Prater, the top wide receiver prospect in the nation, looked rattled by the news of Coach Carroll leaving USC and ended dropping a handful of catchable passes. Meanwhile Cole Marcoux is committed to Dartmouth, but awaiting D-I offers and based on his performance it looks like his phone will be extremely busy. From fighting to earn a spot at the game to potential D-I scholarship offers, the Cole Marcoux story might end with a Cinderella style finish.

Commitments on the Day:

C.J. Mosley: LB, Alabama

Latwan Anderson: DB, West Virginia

Demetrius Wright: DB, USC

Victor Hampton: DB, South Carolina

Dior Mathis: DB, Oregon

Sharrif Floyd: DT, Florida

Marquis Flowers: DB, Arizona

Brandon Willis: DE, Tennessee

Matt Elam: DB, Florida

Ronald Powell: LB/DE, Florida

Baxter led Mission Bay to a 13-0 record and a D-IV San Diego Section championship, setting the all-time section single-season rushing record in the process.  Baxter carried 261 times for 2,974 rushing yards and 50 touchdowns, while throwing for 1,922 yards and 25 more touchdowns.

Baxter beat out Escondido’s Ricky Seale, LCC’s Kenny Stills, Eastlake’s Tony Jefferson, Scripps Ranch’s Brennan Clay, and Valhalla’s Pete Thomas for the yearly honor (all pictured above).

After the announcement, Baxter spoke with 619 Sports about the honor, his future at USC, and the challenge of potentially matching up with Oklahoma and their three new San Diego stars in the future:

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The Oceanside Pirates struggled to find any production on offense in the CIF San Diego Section DII Championship game, so they turned to their defense and Devin Taverna.  Taverna single-handily secured Oceanside’s sixth straight division title.  The 6’1 senior free safety recorded two interceptions, one returned for a 47-yard touchdown, and recovered a fumble in the end zone for another touchdown.   Oceanside coach John Carroll took notice telling the North County Times, “thank God our defense and special teams came to play.”  With the victory the Pirates have now won a remarkable 38 games in a row and will face San Jose Bellarmine Prep in the state D1 game this Friday at the Home Depot Center in Carson, CA.  Regardless of how the Pirates fair in the state playoffs, they can look back at this game as the day Devin Taverna rallied his team from certain defeat and willed his team to victory. Visit Devin’s SportsForce profile to learn more about this star athlete.

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