Facing Nipomo without its school-record rushing running back Joe Garcia, the Morro Bay football team manhandled Nipomo 56-0 Friday at Hitchen Stadium.

Garcia, out with a sprained ankle, had his shoes filled by junior Corey Stollmeyer who rushed for 155 yards on 12 carries and scored three touchdowns.

"He's a good back," said Morro Bay coach Jon Andree. "He'd probably be starting on any team in the county other than ours."

Stollmeyer ran the opening kickoff 71 yards to start the Pirates on the Titans' 20-yard line.

Four plays later, Morro Bay (1-0, 3-1) scored on a 1-yard run by Steve Dover. Anson Shaffer converted the extra point to give Morro Bay an early 7-0 lead.

Nipomo had a tough time moving the ball, facing many three-and-out situations.

"In the first half our offense only had two first downs," said Nipomo coach Jon Hitchen. "We didn't move the ball. If you don't move the ball and you don't punt well, field position is going to be ugly."

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The Pirates started all but one of their 13 possessions in the game on Nipomo's side of the field.

"They couldn't get (good) field position and their special teams didn't help them out," Andree said, "so we were playing on a short field all night."

Stollmeyer scored on the Pirates' second possession with a 51-yard run, and gave the Pirates a 21-0 lead on a 6-yard run with 31.8 seconds left in the first quarter.

Dover scored two touchdowns in the second quarter, on 6- and 2-yard runs, respectively.

Stollmeyer scored his third touchdown of the game on a 9-yard run with 3:54 remaining in the half. On the previous play, Stollmeyer broke off a big run where he headed right, then changed directions and swept left as his holes closed on the right side, gaining 44 yards.

Dover scored in the third quarter on a 1-yard plunge, and second-string quarterback Robert Ellithorpe hit Pat Haugen on a 45-yard touchdown pass to close out the scoring at 56-0.

All of Shaffer's extra points were good.

With time waning in the first half, and Morro Bay driving, the Pirates called a timeout raising the ire of the Titan faithful.

However, Andree said the Pirates were just changing their play.

"The offensive coordinator had called a streak," he said, "and I called a timeout so that we wouldn't score.

"We had our second string in pretty much the entire second half. We weren't trying to run it up."

One problem plaguing the Pirates was penalties. Morro Bay (1-0, 3-1) finished with 10 penalties for 105 yards, including four personal fouls. The Titans had nine penalties for 59 yards.

Cabrillo 34, Santa Maria 7

LOMPOC - The Conquistadores beat the Saints in LPL play, thanks to a big night from tailback Lydell Sargeant.

The juionr rushed for 134 yards and a total of three touchdowns, inlcuding a 51-yarder.

Juan Alcantar broke up the shutout with an 82-yard kickoff return for a touchdown within the final two mintues.

Lompoc 17, Santa Ynez 13

SANTA YNEZ - Boo Jackson rushed for 83 yards and two touchdowns in leading the Braves to a victory over the Pirates in the LPL opener for both schools.

Joseph Scott added 71 yards in the victory for the Braves (1-0, 2-2).

Tanner Belen led the Pirates with 67 rushing yards, while Krys Cash added a 34-yard touchdown catch from Sean Hemming. Clayton Barr added one-yard touchdown run.

Atascadero 20, Rio Mesa 17

ATASCADERO - The Greyhounds ran their record to 3-1 with a non-league victory over the Oxnard-based Spartans.

Quarterback Kyle James scored the winning touchdown on a 2-yard run. He aslo threw an 8-yard touchdown pass to Brian Hughes.

Weston Kelly ran for 115 yards on 29 carries for Atascadero. He scored on a 25-yard run.

SLO 42, San Joaquin Memorial 0

SAN LUIS OBISPO - The Tigers (3-1) routed the Fresno team in this non-leaguer for their third consecutive win.

Quarterback Dane Hodgson threw two touchdown passes and ran for another score. Hodgson was 14-for-17 for 178 yards passing.

Memorial had just 36 yards rushing and 106 yards of total offense.

October 4, 2003