FOOTBALL TIDWELL TOUGH TO TACKLE IN CHABOT DEFEAT
Amari Tidwell ran for 141 yards and scored two touchdowns, one rushing, one receiving, but the Chabot football team fell to host San Joaquin Delta 31-28 on Saturday in the tough National-Bay 6 Conference.
November 1, 2021
Amari Tidwell ran for 141 yards and scored two touchdowns, one rushing, one receiving, but the Chabot football team fell to host San Joaquin Delta 31-28 on Saturday in the tough National-Bay 6 Conference.
The Gladiators' fourth consecutive defeat was not without highlights for head coach Eric Fanene's resilient squad. Chabot (2-6, 0-3) battled back from deficits throughout the game. Quarterback Kekoa Turangan scored on a 2-yard run with 1:03 left in the fourth quarter, followed by Andrew McGinty's extra point, to trim the gap to 31-28.
But San Joaquin Delta (1-7, 1-2) held on for its first win of the season.
Delta quarterback Justin DeMello had a big game, completing 24 of 26 passes for 315 yards and three touchdowns.
Tidwell averaged 6.3 yards on 23 carries as Chabot amassed 189 yards rushing. Tidwell scored on a 1-yard run late in the third quarter to give Chabot its first lead of the game, 21-17, along with McGinty's extra point. That followed Tidwell's 42-yard touchdown late in the first half on a pass from Turangan which trimmed the deficit to 17-14.
After Delta took a 7-0 lead in the first quarter on an 11 play, 80-yard drive, Beck, who rotates at quarterback with Turangan, scored on a 7-yard run to tie the game. But Delta responded with a 10-0 surge in the back-and-fourth contest.
Things get tougher for injury-plagued Chabot this week as the Gladiators host unbeaten College of San Mateo (8-0, 3-0) at 6 p.m. on Saturday. The Bulldogs were ranked No. 1 in both the Oct. 25 CCCSIA Football Poll and JC Athletic Bureau Coaches Poll.