San Marcos junior running back Andre McCullough scored three touchdowns and the Royals put on a Senior Night display to beat Cabrillo 40-0 in Pacific View League action Friday night at Warkentin Stadium.
The win evens the Royals’ league record at 2-2, with a game left next Friday at 3-1 Santa Ynez. Buena edged Ventura 29-28 to stay undefeated in PVL play at 4-0.
The Royals had their biggest scoring night of the season in keeping Cabrillo winless at 0-4 in the PVL and 0-10 overall. San Marcos is now 4-5 overall.
San Marcos senior QB Joaquin Sandoval and junior QB Josh Engel each thew a toucdown pass, and junior running back Patrick Kelly broke out a 65-yard touchdown for the final score.
McCullough got the Royals on the board with 5:35 left in the first quarter on an 18-yard touchdown run down the sideline. The workhorse running back was nearly unstoppable at keeping drives alive, either by breakaway or bulling for extra yards in traffic.
A high snap on third down on the next Cabrillo drive put the Conquistadores on their own 8 yard line. The following punt gave San Marcos on the Cabrillo 33 yard line. Three McCullough carries brought them to the 20, when the first quarter ended.
On the opening play of the new quarter, Sandoval found wide receiver Benji Rodriquez in the end zone for the Royals’ second score. Another extra point by Adrian Alaniz made the score 14-0.
Late in the quarter, a 30-yard pass play from Engel to Arturo Luna put the Royals on the Cabrillo 12-yard line with under a half-minute left in the half.
McCullough ran the ball in from the 12 on the next play, and with the Alaniz extra point San Marcos led 21-0 at the half.
In the third quarter, another bad snap haunted Cabrillo on third down, forcing a punt that gave San Marcos the ball on the 44 yard line of Cabrillo.
On the next play, McCullough broke out for a 44-yard touchdown run, and the Royals led 28-0 with 6:20 left in the third quarter.
Yet another bad snap led to a Cabrillo fumble on the next series, and the Royals recovery again gave them good field position.
A few plays later, Engel connected with Jackson Murillo on a 36-yard touchdown pass with 3:39 left in the quarter. An excessive celebration call pushed the extra point attempt back, and it failed, leading to a 34-0 lead.
The last score was the longest of the night, a 65-yard run by Kelly with 5 minutes left. At that point, the game wound down with a running clock.