The Daily Republic: Vacaville Christian wins Div. VII title

VACAVILLE - Vacaville Christian got its revenge.

Kwuan Strong ran for 185 yards on 21 carries, ran for two touchdowns and caught another as the Falcons won the Sac-Joaquin Section Div. VII championship with a 50-28 win over visiting Calvary Temple on Friday night.

VCS Running back Brandon Hood also got in the act, rushing for 96 yards on 16 carries and scored a on 31-yard run to put the Falcons (11-1) up 24-14 at the half.

Quarterback Ben Ojeda ran for 80 yards and passed for another 137 to help his team’s cause. He connected with Strong on an 11-yard pass for one score and also connected on a 2-point conversion to Shane Moore.

VCS’ Trevor Moheit gained 56 yards on the ground on 12 carries and scored two touchdowns, one for 15 yards and another from 5 yards out.

Overall, the Falcons rushed for 417 yards on 53 carries.

Ojeda finished the game completing 9-of-13 passes for 137 yards with no interceptions. Anthony Negrete caught two passes for 58 yards, Hood grabbed two for 21, as did Strong. Moheit had one catch for 14 yards and Michael Mapili caught two passes for 23 yards.

Marcus Cooley led Calvary Temple with 91 yards rushing on 10 carries and scored twice, once from 2 yards out and the other from 69 yards away.

Calvary’s quarterback Amit Sharma completed 7-of-11 passes for 175 yards, five of which went to Jamal Williams for 154 yards, including one TD. Sammy Farias, who finished with 30 yards rushing, scored Calvary Temple’s last TD on a 1-yard run.

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