San Marcos stunned Lompoc with a long touchdown pass on the first play in Friday’s football game at Huyck Stadium.
The Braves quickly answered with a kickoff return for the tying touchdown and never stopped scoring in a 54-7 victory at Huyck Stadium.
Lompoc (3-0) has outscored its first three opponents in the five-game spring season by a whopping 120 points, 140-20.
San Marcos (1-1) caught the Braves off guard on its first play from scrimmage. From the 10-yard line, quarterback Rhys Morgan found Lance Bermudes wide open on a post pattern and the wide receiver outran the Lompoc secondary for a touchdown.
On the ensuing kickoff, Lompoc’s Deville “Joker” Dickerson found a wall of blockers on the left side of the field and ran 75 yards untouched for the tying score.
There was no stopping the Braves from that point on.
On Lompoc’s first possession of the game, quarterback Gavin laid out a perfect pass for Cailin Daniels to run under for a 17-yard touchdown and a 14-7 lead.
Then Sheldon Canley burst up the right ride of the line for a 46-yard touchdown.
Dickerson made it 28-7 in the second quarter with a 66-yard punt return.
Ross rolled out and squeezed a pass to Gavin Townes for a 34-7 lead.
The Braves added two more scores before halftime on a Canley run and a 55-yard Ross pass to Daniels for a 47-7 advantage.
The second half was played with a running clock. The Braves got one more score following a Dickerson interception. On first down, Canley bolted 41 yards for the touchdown.
After playing back-to-back games in Lompoc San Marcos comes home to face a red-hot Santa Ynez team.
Lompoc’s next game against Cabrillo is uncertain after the Cabrillo team was hit with positive COVID-19 tests this past week.
— Noozhawk sports editor Barry Punzal can be reached at bpunzal@noozhawk.com. Follow Noozhawk Sports on Twitter: @NoozhawkSports. Connect with Noozhawk on Facebook.