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Lightning Win Shootout 72-36!

The Lighting fans got their monies worth Friday night when the Lightning took on the Immanuel Christian Crusaders in the 1st round of the CIF 2009 Playoffs. Two powerful offenses hit the field with lots of offensive power but the Lightning brought something the Crusaders didn't; defense. Even though the Lightning did give up 36 pts, most of those cam e after the game was well out of reach and the bench was filling the field. Their is no doubt the defense was dominant!

The Lightning stuck many times in the first half scoring 44 points holding the Crusaders to 10 points and those points coming just before the half. The Lightning could have ended the game by mercy rule by keeping the starters in the game but decided to get everyone some playing time and the Crusaders a chance to do a little better. The Crusaders took advantage running off 20 unanswered points which caused Coach Hagerman to bring the starters back in the game. The Lightning then scored 28 points and the game ended 72-36 one of the Highest scoring games in Lightning history.

QB Zack Ontiveros was on fire tonight hitting 7 of 9 for 147 yds and 3 TDs, relief QB Joe Leichtner followed in his footsteps hitting 4 of 5 for 37 yds and even RB Tyler Carlisle caught in the action with a halfback pass to TE Big Andy Frazer for his first TD of his career.

Carlisle had his 6th straight 100 yd game with 17 carries for 149 yds and 3 TDs, Chris Barnes had 4 carries for 19 yds and 1 TD, Brett Hollins had 8 carries for 6 yds, Ryan Green had 1 carry for 8 yds and Jesse Foy had 1 carry for 1 yd. Josh Leichtner had 3 catches for 75 yds and 1 TD, Levi Garrido had 2 catches for 46 yds, Erik McClay had 1 catch for 25 yds, Foy had 2 catches for 20 yds, Green had 1 catch for 19 yds and Frazer's catch for the TD was a 15 yd one.

On defense, the top contributors were Garrido who led all players with 12 tackles and 2 pass defenses, Carlisle had 10 tackles, 4 for a loss and 1.5 sacks, Greg Lindblom had 10 tackles, Steven Henderson had 7 tackles, 1 for a loss, a sack and a fumble recovery, Freshman Jeff Sherman had 7 tackles, Leichtner had 6 tackles, 2 for a loss and 2 sacks, Jono Sullivan had 1 tackles for a loss and 1.5 sacks and Freshman Ryan Green had 5 tackles. Erik McClay had 2 tackles and two big time Interceptions and 3 pass defenses.

The Lightning will now face Cal Lutheran in the next round this coming Friday night at Cal Lutheran.

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