The City College football team bounced back from its disappointing home opener with a convincing 30-14 victory over Antelope Valley in a nonconference game at Marauder Stadium in Lancaster Saturday night.
City College jumped out to a 20-0 lead at the half behind the arm of sophomore quarterback John Uribe, who finished the game completing 19 of 29 passes for 246 yards and two scores. Uribe battled back after throwing for just over 100 yards in the opener.
Alonzo Winn pitched in a solid rushing attack for SBCC with 112 yards on 16 carries for a 7-yard average, but it was the Vaqs defense that really stepped up.
The same defense that surrendered 51 points and 653 yards of total offense to Hancock last week shut out their nonconference opponent through three quarters only to relinquish two late scores to an already beaten Marauder squad.
Linebacker Sam Shipley led a stout Vaqs defense that only conceded 40 rushing yards on 27 carries and held Antelope Valley to only 283 yards of total offense. Shipley tallied 12 tackles, including five solo, and a fumble recovery.
The defense of the ground attack came as good news to City College, who allowed nearly 500 rushing yards against 13th ranked Allan Hancock College in the opener.
City College improved its record to 1-1 and look to get their first win on their revamped synthetic turf field against conference rival Ventura at 6 p.m. Sept. 8 at La Playa Stadium.
