Tesoro slices through Poway in San Diego Section football showdown: 5 takeaways

Tesoro dominated its San Diego Section football matchup with Poway Friday night, running away with a 44-3 victory.

Tesoro dominated its San Diego Section football matchup with Poway Friday night, running away with a 44-3 victory. Here are five takeaways from the game:

TOP PERFORMERS

Zach Wren: Had touchdown runs of 55 yards, 6 yards, and 2 yards and also caught a 21-yard screen pass for a touchdown.

Sean Lindgren: Threw two touchdown passes and led the Titans up and down the field all game.

Caeden King: Caught a perfect pass from Lindgren down the visiting sidelines for a 41-yard touchdown reception and a 24-3 Tesoro lead.

IT WAS OVER WHEN

On the first play of the 2nd quarter, Tesoro had
the ball in the red zone and appeared to fumble which was jumped on by Poway.
The referees blew it dead and ruled that it was an incomplete pass.

The Poway coaching staff was very unpleased with the call
and were issued a personal foul as a result of their complaints. Tesoro responded
with a 2-yard touchdown run by Zach Wran to grab a 17-3 lead and never let up
again.

THEY SAID IT

“We came off the high of a rivalry game and next week is San
Clemente, so we really wanted to make sure that we were focused on this game, especially
with our head coach being out,” Lindgren said. “Stay focused and take it one
week at a time.”

Tesoro is now 6-0 and will begin South Coast League play
next week.

FLIPPING THE FIELD

Tesoro forced Poway into four 3-and-outs in the first half
and only allowed them across midfield once.

“Defense balled out. That’s a great offense over there, to
only allow three points. Our defense is doing great, it makes my job a lot
easier,” Lindgren said.

Running back Zach Wren agreed, “Field position is big. When
we’re close to the end zone, it’s just easier to score for us. Defense put us
in great position every time.”

PLAYING FOR COACH

Tesoro has been without head coach Matt Poston as he underwent
open-heart surgery last week.

“We have a hashtag right now on twitter, #WinForPoston, you
know he means everything to us. We wish he was out here, and we know he’s gonna
be out here soon. We saw him at practice on Wednesday and it’s really good to
see him, he’s doing well,” Lindgren said postgame.

Poston returned home earlier this week to continue his recovery. “Coach Poston expects perfection from us and without him here we’re still gonna give it to him,” Running back Zach Wren added.