The first two minutes of this Saturday football game were all East Los Angeles.

The Huskies were moving smartly in Hancock College territory. Then Marquez Porter fumbled and Hancock lineman David Vil recovered on the Bulldogs 40. Just about the rest of the game was all Hancock.

Andre Cirino started the Hancock scoring onslaught with a 15-yard run with 8:26 left in the first quarter. The Bulldogs steamrollered the Huskies 48-7 in a rare day game at Righetti High School's Warrior Stadium.

The game was moved to a 3 p.m. start to accommodate Righetti Homecoming festivities.

The Bulldogs improved to 3-0 in the Western State Conference and 4-1 overall with their fourth straight win. The Huskies are 0-3, 0-5. Hancock has outscored its WSC opposition - which has a combined one win as of Saturday - 136-32.

Even though Hancock's defense earned its first shutout this season, “I was ticked off that they scored,” said Bulldogs defensive lineman Jelani Murray. “I was ticked off that (Santa Barbara City College last week) scored late, too.”

East L.A's touchdown came on linebacker Frankie Sou's 12-yard fumble return in the third quarter. Hancock had 27 points by then.

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The Bulldogs won't play a WSC Mountain Division game for awhile. The conference bye week is next week. Hancock next plays at 1 p.m. Oct. 13 against Compton at Long Beach Cabrillo High School.

Coach Kris Dutra's squad's next conference game is Oct. 20 at home against Los Angeles Harbor at 7 p.m.

Hancock rolled up 301 yards rushing. Tau Sudlow, a 6'3”, 275-pounder, opened a lot of holes Hancock's backs ran through. The Bulldogs used big plays for 147 yards passing.

One of those was Casey Cathcart's 51-yard pass to Ty Munnerlyn. Another was backup Gunner Jesperson's 41-yard strike to Michael Grant that set up Jesperson's 1-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter for the last score of the game.

Cirino scored from 15, 1 and 18 yards. After Sou's fumble return, Diondrea Bryant returned the ensuing kickoff 72 yards to East L.A.'s 18. Cirino scored on the next play.

Bryant scored from a yard out for one score. Terrell Denson rambled in from 18 yards for another.

Murray made a lot of plays Saturday. So did linebackers William Roundtree and Sam Guilliume as the Bulldogs' defense had its best 2007 outing.

Murray has come on strong this season. “I'm in the weight room every day,” the 5'9”, 285-pounder said, and the work is paying off.

Antoine Smithson was the only consistent threat the Huskies had. He played a bit of wide receiver, but he did most of his damage as a quarterback in the shotgun formation. Smithson rushed for 103 yards.

The Bulldogs took a 13-0 lead into the second quarter. Then they bit the Huskies in a hurry twice.

Cirino went in from a yard out. Then Juan Velasco's kickoff found green grass, and Hancock's Tim Ochoa got to it first at the Huskies 25. Denson ran through a hole on the right side two plays later to score.

The Bulldogs, of course, were aware that juggernaut Bakersfield - ranked among the state's top teams - smashed the Huskies 58-7 last week. Hancock offensive lineman Luke Conley said that made no difference.

“We prepare for every team the same way,” Conley said. “It makes no difference to us what the accomplishments of our foe have been.”

The game was fairly clean until the fourth quarter. Then yellow flags flew with depressing regularity. East L.A. was flagged 11 times for 100 yards Saturday. The Bulldogs, averaging around 100 yards in penalties coming in, were penalized eight times for 85 yards.

Afterward, a Hancock assistant said officials were reviewing the fourth quarter ejection of Bulldogs defensive back Ryan Head. If the ejection stands, Head, who has made a lot of big plays lately, must sit out the Compton game by conference rule.

Cal Poly 56, N. Colorado 21

SAN LUIS OBISPO - Cal Poly option quarterback Jonathan Dally rushed for four touchdowns as the Mustangs handed Northern Colorado its 13th straight loss Saturday with a 56-21 victory at Alex G. Spanos Stadium.

The Mustangs (3-2) played before 9,684 fans, the second-largest crowd in Alex G. Spanos Stadium history. Most of those fans, however, left by halftime after the Mustangs jumped to a 28-7 lead.

Wingback Jono Grayson (127 yards) and fullback Jon Hall (89 yards) led the Mustangs' rushing attack but were kept out of the end zone. Hall's replacement, Kevin Spach, added a three-yard touchdown for the final score.

Dally, who was 6 of 8 for 196 yards and two touchdowns, rushed for 82 yards and touchdown runs of 1, 2, 7 and 14 yards. The four touchdown scampers were one shy of a school record.

Ramses Barden caught his eighth touchdown pass of the season, hauling in a 20-yarder that gave Cal Poly a 14-0 lead with 3:52 left in the first quarter.

Slotback Ernie Cooper made the most of his two touches, scoring on an 11-yard run and a 10-yard reception for the Mustangs.

Sept. 30, 2007