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When public buses run late, students have to compensate by leaving home or work earlier.
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SAC professor Amy Caterina brings her environmental art to Orange County Great Park.
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Scheming administrators tamper with test scores, but they only do it to help their students.
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NEWS
Flu Shots
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NEWS ANALYSIS/ BY ROBERT WOJTKIEWICZ
STATE’S ‘ShENANIGANS’ BURDEN RSCCD BUDGET
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he Board of Trustees earlier this month approved the district’s budget under the shadow of a series of controversial moves by the state legislature that will significantly reduce community college funding. State legislators bypassed the required two-thirds majority to freeze Proposition 98, which guarantees minimum funding for K through 14 schools, and that includes California’s community colleges. The board voted to approve the budget despite the state legislature’s accounting “shenanigans,” said Peter Hardash, vice chancellor of business operations and fiscal services. The state, he said, intentionally overstated revenues and understated costs to ensure the budget passed on time. Costs and revenues weren’t the only stats the state skewed, Hardash said. Because of the state’s shortfall, the Trustees faced other challenges while considering their budget. In addition to the suspension of Prop 98,
there is no allotment for a Cost of Living Analysis for the fourth year in a row. The district faces $290 million in cuts for the 2011 to 2012 fiscal year. The budget includes a 6.2 percent workload reduction, or “negative growth,” as Hardash called it, which means cuts to classes and programs at Santa Ana College and Santiago Canyon College. Workload reductions are part of the reason tuition was raised
from $26 to $36 per unit this fall. With more reductions, the increases could be more severe. The state has also issued $961 million in deferrals, $24.1 million of which will come to the RSCCD. Deferrals work like IOU’s for the previous fiscal year’s revenue growth, creating a cash flow problem for schools every fall. The state’s budget also includes two “triggers” that would force schools to make more cuts. The District’s budget is prepared for trigger one, which would bring an additional $1 million in cuts. Trigger two, if implemented, would bring an additional 1.5 percent in workload reduction. Trustee John Hanna urged students to be more assertive in objecting to state policies that result in tuition increases. “In the 1960s we made a commitment,” said Hanna, “to keep tuition low, to make California competitive, and to put out a better educated workforce.”
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With flu season on the way, the Health Center will offer flu shots for $15 on a first-come, first-served basis starting Oct. 3. The campus absence policy only allows four missed classes per semester, so students may feel the pressure of being dropped from classes. “It’s important for a student to stay healthy, because education can never be achieved without good health,” SAC student Joseph Akasike said. Sick students may have trouble concentrating in class and keeping up with their assignments, he added. Student Ruby Davila says when she is sick it is difficult to concentrate, but she struggles through the day because her education is important. SAC registered nurse Tammy Thul recommends that students wash their hands often, drink plenty of fluids and get enough rest to stay healthy. Target and drugstores like CVS and Walgreens offer flu shots for $25 to $32. “It is more beneficial for students to come to the Health Center to get the shots because it’s a suitable price and a fast process,” administrative secretary Marissa Hernandez said. The SAC Health Center and Wellness Center is located in room U-120.
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VETS FUNDRAISER NETS $100K
Infl ux of money gives boost to soldiers resource center By arilia winn / el Don
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he Rancho Santiago Community College District’s Veterans Resource Center now has an additional $100,000 to work with, thanks to the Soldiers to Scholars fundraiser held on Sept. 15. Schools First Credit Union, the event’s title sponsor, donated $50,000. The VRC offers returning veterans an environment designed to help them succeed. Services include access to computers and printers, counseling and tutoring. Wiley McGraw, a volunteer at the Veterans Resource Center since 2009, was one of the first veterans to help get the VRC off the ground. McGraw decided to come to Santa Ana College but found little help, because there wasn’t a specific location here to guide those who served in the military at the time. “I take that a little personally,” McGraw said.
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After talking to a number of people McGraw was frustrated. “When you get to a school and you don’t know where to go to you freak out. I’m a new student, plus how do I get benefits, what am I supposed to take, how do I get an education plan, where am I supposed to go,” McGraw said.“It freaks you out and you suffer some anxiety.” Michael Kuzara, an Army veteran and one of the VRC’s first volunteers, not only struggled with getting his education plan together but with transitioning to civilian life as well. “You go from shooting people to holding your nephew, from sleeping three hours to sometimes 12 hours. My body was kind of out of whack. It was very difficult,” Kuzara said. Student Trustee Andrew Hanson shared his gratitude with fellow veterans from the Veteran Resource Center. “Thank you for helping me get one step closer to my dreams,” Hanson said after
sharing his story. After enlisting in the Marine Corps in 2006, Hanson came home in 2010 after traveling the world while serving on the 13th Marine Expeditionary. Hanson was not the best student in high school. The military was the, “best decision I’ve made in my life,” he said. Hanson explained that joining the Marines helped him build character. Five years removed from a school environment, he needed guidance. “My saving grace was the phone number to the Veterans Resource Center,” Hanson said. Getting the help he needed from the VRC pushed him through school. Hanson currently works as a security guard while finishing his political science degree at Santa Ana College. He is settling down with his pregnant wife and getting ready to start a family. With plans of transferring to the University of California, Hanson wants to be a lawyer and become a public defender.
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Profile Student Trustee Andrew Hanson, 22, is a second-year political science major here at SAC. Hanson joined the Marines in 2006, and after two tours of duty he returned to finish school. He hopes to transfer to Berkeley or UCLA after finishing at SAC.
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AROUND CAMPUS
homeless vets find home for weekend
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long lines / Commuters fight for limited space at the Route 57 bus stop on Bristol St. / ivan mendez / el Don
A ride around town
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magine walking to your bus stop to find you missed the ride that gets you to class on time. The next bus doesn’t arrive for 30 minutes, and it will take an extra 20 minutes just to get to campus. You’re late. The bus may be cheaper than maintaining a full tank of gas, but is it really more convenient? “Sometimes you have to wake up at least an hour early just to make sure you don’t miss the bus,” said Melissa Borjas, a criminal justice major at SAC. “If you live far and have class at 7 a.m. you might end up having to wake up at 5 a.m. to make it to class because you never know if the bus might be late,” Borjas said. Joel Zlotnik, media relations manager at OCTA, said bus routes in Santa Ana, Anaheim, and Garden Grove are usually the most packed, especially around rush hour. Although riding the bus may take longer than driving, it is a way for students to gain a sense of independence.
“I used to enjoy taking the bus to class. The bus drivers are actually really cool and it’s fun if you’re riding it with someone else,” said psychology major Cassie Cejas. Orange County Transportation Authority has 77 bus routes that can take people all over Orange County. Regular fare is $1.50 one-way. A day pass is $4 and is valid until 11:59 p.m. of that same day. OCTA also offers monthly passes for students for $55 or $30 for 18
and younger. Children five and under ride free with a paying customer. “We always encourage students to save money when taking the bus by using bus passes,” Zlotnik said. College passes are also available, allowing students a more affordable option. Seventy-five and 120-day passes are available from OCTA for $95 and $150, respectively. “Over the last three years we have had to cut service by 20 percent as a result of cuts in state funding and a decline in sales tax,” said Zlotnik. “The less service we provide, the more crowded the buses will be.” Students have to deal with the crowds here on campus as well. Larger crowds congest bus stops and can cause buses to be late. Even with these inconveniences, public transportation can still be rewarding. It can even be an educational adventure. “Riding the bus is a good experience,” says student Miriam Lopez. “You learn a lot.”
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Homeless veterans received health care and social services from local volunteers on Sept. 17 and 18 in the Santa Ana College parking lot. Veterans and their families were provided with basic services, including dental and vision exams and legal services. Judges volunteered at a “homeless court,” allowing homeless veterans to resolve legal issues and minor offenses. The event also offered new and used clothing provided by Working Wardrobes, in addition to unemployment training and housing assistance by the Veterans Affairs of Long Beach. “There are 3,000 homeless Veterans here in Orange County, and that is unacceptable”, said Rancho Santiago Community College District Chancellor Raul Rodriguez. Since the first Stand Down event 22 years ago, there have been about 200 events nationwide serving more than 40,000 homeless veterans. This was the first Stand Down hosted by the Veterans First in Orange County. The Stand Down was not just a place for homeless veterans to receive social and medical services, but a place for them to sleep, eat and improve grooming for two days. “The purpose of Veterans First is to serve about 5,000 homeless veterans in Orange County,” said Chaplain Alex Diaz. “The majority of homeless veterans that receive help are from the Vietnam War, but there are also a few Iraq veterans because of a 12.1 percent unemployment rate”. Veterans First calculates the number of homeless veterans and provides them with medical assessments, housing and employment opportunities. Funding for these services comes from private and public grants, such as the Department of Labor, American Veterans and the Veterans Administration.
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STYLE
On the Big Screen
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Contagion racked up $22 million opening weekend and continues to thrive in the box office. This movie touches on the basic impulse of human survival. No matter what we are faced with, survival is our only option. It shows the good, the bad and the ugly of what we act like when faced with potential extinction. A career driven Gwyneth Paltrow returns from a China business trip to her husband, Matt Damon, and two children. The next day Paltrow takes ill and soon an uncontained epidemic sets off the worldwide infection of the human race. The story line, with Kate Winslet playing a small but memorable turn as a doctor, flows from beginning to end and touches on emotions you can feel. So you germaphobes who hate touching doorknobs, or having contact with people, be glad you are who you are. You may just be one of the few people who could survive such a lethal viral outbreak. As for the rest of us, washing your hands every now and then doesn’t hurt either. / JARED EDWARDS / el Don
MIXED MEDIA / Her work at the Orange County Great Park includes an innovative photograph project / DAVID DERIDDER / el Don
COMMUNITY PROFILE / BY TINA
AMY CATERINA BRINGS A PLAYFUL TOUCH TO ART
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crumple a piece of paper and don’t recycle it. I feel guilty. It makes me think of my place in the natural world as I write about Santa Ana College design professor, interactive artist, and environmental commentator Amy Caterina. Along with three others, she is the newest artist-inresidence at the Orange County Great Park. Caterina will be designing site-specific public projects that showcase a variety of mediums such as knitted objects, photography and video. When the Great Park put out a call for its artist-in-residence program, the themes of sustainability and recycling struck a chord with Caterina, whose work conveys a similar message. Caterina, who grew up in Niagara Falls, N.Y., earned her M.F.A. in photography from California
State University, Fullerton. She has participated in several residency programs since 2006. Her current photography at the park is titled “In Case You Get Lost.” Her objective is to photograph every visitor who comes to her studio for the duration of her residency. “I will stare at the subject and
they will stare at me. It is honest and simple,” she said. Reminiscent of the missing persons posters after 9/11, and in recognition of the mortality we all share, each photograph serves as a document for recollection and reflection. Interconnectivity plays a big role in Caterina’s life, and in turn in her art. As a Buddhist, she believes that we are all connected to our environment and everything around us. “Making art is as integral to my existence as inhaling and exhaling,” she said. She does not consider her life as an artist to be separate from her life as a teacher, wife, friend and godmother. She strives to make her surroundings, including her classroom, “a place where play is encouraged, humor is mandatory, and mistakes can be reinterpreted as opportunities for new adventures.”
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STYLE
SKINNY
SLIM
Like its name, these hug the thigh and leg, ending with a leg opening at 14 inches, resting at the ankle. These can be paired with low top shoes. You can also roll it up with a pair of flip-flops for a day at the beach.
A looser skinny, these are fitted from the thigh and leg with a 14 3/4-inch leg opening, making them fall gently onto your shoe. Pairs great with slim to regular fitting tops, low to mid top shoes and moderate layering.
HEATHER V-NECK American Apparel Deep V-Neck, $24
ORIGINAL STRAIGHT JEANS American Eagle, $30
STRAIGHT RELAXED BOOTCUT These are great for the guy wanting a fitted look without having to wear tight jeans. With a 17-inch leg opening, they pair with mid- to high top shoes and boots, moderate layering, and are great for dressing up a casual look.
SLOUCH WOOL BEANIE American Apparel,
MILITARY STYLE BOOTS Urban Outfitters, $69
These have an 18-inch leg opening, and are one of the more comfortable fitting jeans. Roll them up and wear flip-flops, sneakers or boots. Pair a cool T-shirt or layer with an unbuttoned woven top and you’re out the door.
This classic wide leg opening of 19 1/2 inches, falls down the thigh and leg and rests nicely on of most high top shoes or a great pair of boots. Tuck in a plaid button-up shirt, and step into a pair stellar boots for a stylish night.
GET THE LOOK Know the basics to find the perfect jeans
BY SHAVOD CULBERSON / Style Editor Retail employees see trends in men’s shopping habits. The salesperson’s knowledge and involvement in fashion gives them a glimpse into the mind of the customer. Men sometimes shun an entire brand of jeans based on one ill-fitting pair. There is a difference between buying clothes and shopping for clothes. Many men settle for buying clothes, while women take the time to shop. “These jeans are too tight” or “I don’t like the jeans in this
store” are common remarks during male shopping misadventures. Knowing that there are basic fits in clothing that vary from brand to brand may help ease a man’s shopping anxiety. Try on different jeans, pair with shirts to get a feel of the entire look, experiment with color contrasts, and add accessories to show your personal style. Your waist or length size may change from fit to fit and brand to brand, so try different options to see which brand and size suits your shape. Your choice also depends on the type of occasion.
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VIEWS
Charlie Sheen
Opinion
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FEE INCREASES FORCING STUDENTS TO THE EDGE STAFF EDITORIAL
Activism, not passivism, is key when the cost of education goes up.
When tuition and fees increase, all students seem to do is complain. The problem with complaining, however, is that without action to follow it, nothing will change. With a new budget in place, and California’s deficit looming over our heads, the threat of another tuition increase is still very real. One of the most important things we can do is to invest ourselves in our campus. Education should go beyond the classroom, extending to the surrounding community and to the inner workings of our school. Work with clubs, attend board meetings and ask questions that matter to you. Fight for the affordable and
accessible education that was promised to all Californians decades ago. Grassroots movements are effective if done right. We need to pressure our politicians to protect our future by putting students first. Attending board meetings will not always be enough. Protests show our school and our politicians that we are serious about change. Affordable, accessible education is the key to making California’s students and workers competitive again. Short-term solutions to longterm problems have stifled growth and development for too long. Investing in California’s future is the right move, even at a time of fiscal crisis.
Comedy Central aired its roast of the winningiest actor of all time, Carlos Irwin Estevez — otherwise known as Charlie Sheen — on Sept. 18, and the event couldn’t have come at a worse time for viewers. The Charlie Sheen train wreck left the station months ago, and Comedy Central is just now trying to play catch up? March would have been an appropriate time to hold a roast, April would have been pushing it, but September? Not that I hate roasts, I actually find them quite funny, just as this one was. Classic even. But it just seemed so dated. A celebrity like the Warlock himself comes along once in a millennium, and with our nation’s attention span as short as it is, Comedy Central should have been first in line to acquire and run with any and everything graced with Sheen’s glory. There’s a small window in which to conduct a roast, and Comedy Central whiffed on this one. / ROBERT WOJTKIEWICZ / el Don
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VIEWS
OPINION
NO CHEATER LEFT BEHIND
wenty-two California schools had their standardized test scores thrown out this year for offenses ranging from cheating to minor mistakes and noncompliance with mandatory procedures from the National Center for Fair & Open Testing. Teachers and principals have been busted after giving out answers, letting the students talk among themselves, and outright tampering with the answers by changing them after the students completed the test. Almost half of those schools lost their Academic Performance Index scores, which determines federal funding for the districts. Higher rankings can improve the schools’ status and reputation and help increase property values within the districts. Faculty receive bonuses for their students’ performance as well. Conversely, lower scores result in lower rankings that can ding a school’s reputation and encourage parents to enroll their children in private schools. The problem with the federal funding scheme is that the worse a school does, the less funding it receives. The incentive-based No Child Left Behind policy sets a mean
score — the average grade measured by standardized testing — that determines how much a school gets. This policy encourages a race to the middle, where students from poorer and consequently underperforming schools are not learning anything past the tests they must take to meet the federally mandated conditions that set the amount they get. No one should blame the teachers for their moral and ethical deficiency. Too much is at stake, and a system that measures learning through a shallow threshold begets shortcuts, and a myopic focus on test scores alone. What the teachers have done, however, should not be condoned. It is shortsighted to identify their misstep as the root of the problem. Helping children increase their test scores through cheating when all other methods have failed isn’t the type of lesson any society would want to pass down to its children. That’s not an excuse to revisit a broken funding system that is blind to anything but numbers. When the standards are as hollow as quantitative national averages, it begets an unethical approach to achievement.
pHOTO ILLUSTRATION / KIM GALBRAITH / el Don
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SPORTS
Women’s Soccer
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Forward Nicki Munoz chipped a goal past Cypress defender Kayla Neujahr two minutes into a conference match Tuesday afternoon. The Dons’ quick start turned out to be their last goal. It didn’t matter. The women’s soccer team had already won the game, 1-0. “We talked about getting an early goal before the game. We knew that they were going to be more defensive, so we wanted to score quick and then defend with our lives,” Kelly said. Getting ahead early, even by the slimmest of margins, energized SAC’s defenders, helping goalie Stephanie Hernandez earned her first shutout on six saves. “We were able to keep the ball out of our defensive third. We did everything we could,” Kelly said. The Dons resume conference play today at home against Riverside College. / eric LomeLi / el Don
LegenD / Mt. SAC’s defenders shut down Dons passing lanes for much of the game. / Dan hUBerT / el Don
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ndefeated powerhouse Mt. San Antonio demolished the visiting Dons Wednesday 8-1, in a non-conference contest. “We have good rhythm and we are very confident. I think that was the end result of this game,” Mt. SAC Head Coach Juan Sanchez said. The Mounties (6-0-1) dominated the possession, keeping the ball in their half for much of the game. The strategy worked, choking off the Dons’ offense. “We wore them down. For the majority of the game “Our game plan was sure Santa Ana never found their rhythm offensively. We wore them down. For the majority of the game they chased the ball without getting consistent possession,” Sanchez said. The Dons (2-2-2) couldn’t play as a unit and scuffled against the stifling Mounties defense that disrupted its ability to complete multiple passes or
form a coherent offensive attack. “We didn’t have any leadership today,” Head Coach Jose Vasquez said. “ They just took it to us. I think we were intimidated.” Mt. SAC netted four goals in each half, opening up the game with a goal at the 15-minute mark. “Everybody played their game and as a result you see the score. We
played a good game today and I’m proud of it,” Mt. SAC goalkeeper Adrian Topete said. SAC was held to one goal or fewer in five of the six matches played this season, being shut out twice during those games. “A game like today provides us with experience we have to learn. We were flat, intimidated and afraid. We weren’t ready to play,” Vasquez said. The Dons scored its only goal minutes before the end of the first half. “We put four passes together and that was how we scored the one goal,” Vasquez said. The Dons open Orange Empire Conference play Tuesday at the Fullerton College Hornets. Friday the Dons will play its OEC home opener against the Cypress College Chargers. Last season the Dons sat at (3-2-1) through six games, before going seven matches without a loss.
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Dons Head Coach Jose Vasquez saw through 17 consecutive Orange Empire Conference championships, starting when he was an assistant. “The teams know we’ve built this legacy. Every year it’s out there for any body to take. The difference, I think, is we work harder for it,” Vasquez said. Vasquez took over the program in 2004, after apprenticing for 11 years under coach J.P. Frutos. Vasquez learned the intricacies of coaching, but Frutos also taught him the value of creating a community. “Like in my situation, when I was here as a player I never put too much thought into that,” Vasquez said. Vasquez has earned a reputation for working his teams hard. While preparing for the season, the team goes through grueling, twice a day training
sessions that last at least three to four hours each. “It’s a learning process through work on the field.” But he’s earned his players respect because he endures the “Hell Months” with them. “I get into the action because I feel I’m closer to the player. I know what they are going through as far as conditioning, when they get tired, and when they are not really working,” Vasquez said of his style. Vasquez looks for three qualities in a player: conditioning, technique and intelligence. “They need to understand how we want them to play, then we’ll be OK,” he said. This season, the Dons are fielding 21 freshmen on a roster of 28. It is not an excuse to tank the season. “We have sophomores with one year of experience. Most, though, are freshman right out of high school. We have a good balance. We like the sophomores to be the example and the role
models for the freshmen coming in.” In his first year as head coach Vasquez led the Dons to a 19-0-4 record, and the No. 1 spot in the final National Soccer Coaches Association of America/Adidas Junior College Division III Men’s Soccer national poll. The Dons were the only two-year college soccer team to finish the season undefeated. Vasquez won the NSCAA’s West Region Coach of the Year as well as the National Coach of the Year. “Being recognized as the Regional and then National Coach of the Year spoke a lot not about my work, but of the work from the years before me,” Vasquez said. Vasquez led the Dons to repeat state titles in the 2004-05 seasons. He also played under Frutos for two seasons, from 1989 to 1990. He still owns three school records: fastest goal (10 seconds), hat tricks (4), and goals in a game (7). “You need to have a killer instinct,” he said.
Jose Vasquez
Profile His professional career spanned 10 years (1991 to 2000) in Major League Soccer, playing for nine teams, including the Los Angeles Galaxy from 1996 to 1999. Vasquez was inducted into the Santa Ana College Athletic Hall of Fame in 2007.
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KICKING IT WITH THE TEAM
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game changer / Terrance Holzendorf runs over Corsairs’ defensive back Clinton Perry. / David Deridder / el Don
DONS get first win
The team defended its home field after an early Santa Monica surge
By ERic Lomeli / el Don
Santa Monica receiver Frank Murray made a desperation lateral hoping that a teammate would be on the other end. There was no one there except a wall of black uniformed Dons defenders. Linebacker Dylan Reda picked up the ball and rumbled into the end zone for a 77-yard fumble recovery touchdown in the third quarter, expanding an already insurmountable Dons lead. “I was so tired I couldn’t even catch my breath. All I needed was water,” Reda said. The Dons won its first game of the season at home, 53-27, against visiting Santa Monica College. The Dons are now 1-2 entering week four. In the second quarter, the Corsairs tied the game at 14 with an 80-yard drive. Two minutes later the Dons regained the lead when quarterback Duke DeLancellotti capped the 65-yard touchdown drive with an 11-yard run. The Corsairs defensive line was
somewhat successful in blocking DeLancellotti’s running lanes until it dozed off during a critical play. “They gave me some room to run, I took it and made something out of it,” DeLancellotti said. Santa Ana extended its lead to 28-14 when quarterback Andrew McDonald led a three-play drive finished by a 53yard pass to receiver Josh Webb. “Offensively we played faster and both quarterbacks played great,” Head Coach Geoff Jones said. Jones uses two quarterbacks because he believes they are some of the team’s best athletes. “It is about getting the best guys on the field. I think we have an interesting package when we use them together,” Jones said. DeLancellotti and McDonald add offensive flexibility, allowing Jones to draw up plays based on each quarterback’s strengths. DeLancellotti alternates as receiver on some plays.
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The Dons tallied 414 total yards on 54 plays in 19:55 of possession. Terrance Holzendorf averaged 8.1 yards per carry on 8 attempts. Joshua Webb caught two touchdown passes for 89-yards.
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