By Phil Collin, [email protected], @philcollin1 on Twitter
POSTED: 09/20/13, 11:47 PM PDT |
Serra’s Jalen Greene (3), right, puts a stiff arm on Dorsey’s Damon Peterson (7), left, on a carry at Serra High School in Gardena, CA Friday, September 20, 2013. MARK DUSTIN — CORRESPONDENT
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It’s a game of feet for Jalen Green, it’s a game of baby steps for Coach Scott Altenberg and Adoree’ Jackson continues to be hands-down breathtaking each time he touches the ball.
Oh, and Serra marched to another victory Friday night, with Green passing for 286 yards and four touchdowns and Jackson racking up 229 all-purpose yards in a 48-18 nonleague win over visiting Dorsey.
Green also ran for 53 yards and two touchdowns and Jackson turned a short pass into a 65-yard scoring play as Serra moved to 4-0 on the season.
The Cavaliers know they can make big plays at any time, but Altenberg wants his team to focus on the little things first.
“Our whole idea on offense is to move the sticks and not go for the big shot every time,” Altenberg said. “That’s what we did last week, and then finally relaxed and did our thing.
“This week we did that more. We still had moments where we got our hands caught in the cookie jar. We need to just concentrate on moving the ball and we’ll make big plays.”
It all starts with Green, who not only can pass but scramble his way into finding his receivers. Of course, he can run into trouble as well and he was dropped for losses of 10 or more yards three times.
“Jalen’s feet are a double-edged sword,” Altenberg said of the three-year starter. “He likes to run more than he probably should sometimes. He has success with that, and then other times he takes a 13-yard loss on second-and-2. He’s working that out. He’s an amazing athlete, a great kid, the whole thing is that he’s got to remember it’s about moving the sticks.”
They moved plenty in the first half, when Green completed 10 of 17 passes for 258 yards and three touchdowns.
He capped Serra’s first drive with a 2-yard touchdown run, then added a 21-yard scoring pass to Isaac Cox for a 14-0 lead after the first quarter.
Early in the second quarter, Green’s intentional grounding penalty put Serra in a third-and-32 hole, but he hit Jackson on a short slant and a few jukes later, Jackson finished the 65-yard touchdown catch and it was 21-0.
Green also had a 28-yard touchdown pass to Jordan Lasley and a 1-yarder to tight end Tyler Martin. His 11-yard touchdown run gave the Cavaliers a 34-12 lead in the third quarter.
“It’s great to watch his improvement,” Jackson said. “His accuracy on the ball and his way to get out of pressure, he’s very elusive. His transformation from our sophomore year to now is just amazing.”
Both Jackson and Green could have added to their totals, but Jackson juggled and dropped a pass in stride that could have gone for a 55-yard score.
“We expect a lot of him,” Green said of Jackson. “He makes enough plays to override that dropped pass.”
Jackson couldn’t agree more.
“I’m human, everybody makes a mistake, but I’m going to come back and make a lot of plays,” he said. “One play is not going to define what I do and I’m going to come back and kill them with another one.”
Running back Darrion Naylor, who rushed 13 times for 75 yards, also got in the end zone with a 1-yard run that gave Serra a 48-12 lead in the fourth quarter to initiate a running clock.
Serra’s defense forced three turnovers, with linebacker Dwight Williams picking off two passes and linebacker Olajuwon Tuckers getting another after pulling in a pass that was deflected by John Houston.
POSTED: 09/20/13, 11:47 PM PDT |
Serra’s Jalen Greene (3), right, puts a stiff arm on Dorsey’s Damon Peterson (7), left, on a carry at Serra High School in Gardena, CA Friday, September 20, 2013. MARK DUSTIN — CORRESPONDENT
MORE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
It’s a game of feet for Jalen Green, it’s a game of baby steps for Coach Scott Altenberg and Adoree’ Jackson continues to be hands-down breathtaking each time he touches the ball.
Oh, and Serra marched to another victory Friday night, with Green passing for 286 yards and four touchdowns and Jackson racking up 229 all-purpose yards in a 48-18 nonleague win over visiting Dorsey.
Green also ran for 53 yards and two touchdowns and Jackson turned a short pass into a 65-yard scoring play as Serra moved to 4-0 on the season.
The Cavaliers know they can make big plays at any time, but Altenberg wants his team to focus on the little things first.
“Our whole idea on offense is to move the sticks and not go for the big shot every time,” Altenberg said. “That’s what we did last week, and then finally relaxed and did our thing.
“This week we did that more. We still had moments where we got our hands caught in the cookie jar. We need to just concentrate on moving the ball and we’ll make big plays.”
It all starts with Green, who not only can pass but scramble his way into finding his receivers. Of course, he can run into trouble as well and he was dropped for losses of 10 or more yards three times.
“Jalen’s feet are a double-edged sword,” Altenberg said of the three-year starter. “He likes to run more than he probably should sometimes. He has success with that, and then other times he takes a 13-yard loss on second-and-2. He’s working that out. He’s an amazing athlete, a great kid, the whole thing is that he’s got to remember it’s about moving the sticks.”
They moved plenty in the first half, when Green completed 10 of 17 passes for 258 yards and three touchdowns.
He capped Serra’s first drive with a 2-yard touchdown run, then added a 21-yard scoring pass to Isaac Cox for a 14-0 lead after the first quarter.
Early in the second quarter, Green’s intentional grounding penalty put Serra in a third-and-32 hole, but he hit Jackson on a short slant and a few jukes later, Jackson finished the 65-yard touchdown catch and it was 21-0.
Green also had a 28-yard touchdown pass to Jordan Lasley and a 1-yarder to tight end Tyler Martin. His 11-yard touchdown run gave the Cavaliers a 34-12 lead in the third quarter.
“It’s great to watch his improvement,” Jackson said. “His accuracy on the ball and his way to get out of pressure, he’s very elusive. His transformation from our sophomore year to now is just amazing.”
Both Jackson and Green could have added to their totals, but Jackson juggled and dropped a pass in stride that could have gone for a 55-yard score.
“We expect a lot of him,” Green said of Jackson. “He makes enough plays to override that dropped pass.”
Jackson couldn’t agree more.
“I’m human, everybody makes a mistake, but I’m going to come back and make a lot of plays,” he said. “One play is not going to define what I do and I’m going to come back and kill them with another one.”
Running back Darrion Naylor, who rushed 13 times for 75 yards, also got in the end zone with a 1-yard run that gave Serra a 48-12 lead in the fourth quarter to initiate a running clock.
Serra’s defense forced three turnovers, with linebacker Dwight Williams picking off two passes and linebacker Olajuwon Tuckers getting another after pulling in a pass that was deflected by John Houston.