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Pomona-Pitzer Athletics
McConnell Chapman
20
Pomona-Pitzer POM 6-4 , 5-3
41
Winner Chapman CHA 6-3 , 6-2
Pomona-Pitzer POM
6-4 , 5-3
20
Final
41
Chapman CHA
6-3 , 6-2
Winner
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
POM Pomona-Pitzer 0 0 20 0 20
CHA Chapman 17 7 3 14 41

Game Recap: Football |

Sagehens Fall To Chapman In SCIAC Championship Game

ORANGE, CA. – The  Pomona-Pitzer Sagehens surrendered their SCIAC Title to Chapman in the first-ever SCIAC Championship game by the score of 41-20 on Saturday afternoon at Ernie Chapman Stadium.
 
Season Impact: With the loss, the Sagehens end their season at 6-4 overall and the Sun Division Champions.
 
Grady Russo Led the passing game with 341 yards from 23-42 and three touchdowns. Russo also led the rushers with 11 carries for 36 yards. 
 
Quinten Wimmer had a big day for the receiving core with 190 yards off of 11 catches for two touchdowns while Sander Wimmer had 75 yards from six catches and a score as well in the loss.
 
Thomas McConnell led the defense with 10 total tackles and 1.5 tackles for a loss. David Gorman picked up the Sagehens' only sack on the day while William Welch, Thali Cobb, Ethan Norris, Tanner Gomes, and Sathya Siddapureddy all had tackles for a loss for the defense.
 
Key Moments:
  • The big difference in the game was the Sagehens' turnover problem after the Panthers' defense forced six turnovers in the game.
  • Chapman struck first with a 35-yard field goal to take a 3-0 lead on their opening drive and after forcing a Sagehen punt, the Panthers scored their first touchdown of the game off of a 32-yard pass to take a quick 10-0 lead with seven minutes remaining in the first.
  • The Sagehens turned the ball over which led to another Panthers' score with Chapman leading 17-0 after the first quarter.
  • It was a slow start for the Sagehen offense after they were shut out in the first half while Chapman added another score in the second quarter to take a 24-0 lead into halftime.
  • Pomona-Pitzer made some halftime adjustments on offense that led to two scores with touchdown passes to Sander and Quinten Wimmer to cut the Panthers' lead down to 24-13.
  • The Sagehen defense held the Panthers to a field goal and ended the third quarter with a 23-yard touchdown pass from Russo to Quinten Wimmer to make it a one-score game at 27-20 entering the fourth quarter.
  • Unfortunately, once the Sagehens got within striking distance, the turnovers came back into the game after the offense turned the ball over four times in the fourth quarter putting away any chance of a comeback as the Panthers added two more scores to take the SCIAC Championship over the Sagehens.
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