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Bulldogs capture third straight Northern California title, host Mt. SAC in State Championship Dec. 14
December 7, 2024

Bulldogs capture third straight Northern California title, host Mt. SAC in State Championship Dec. 14

SAN MATEO – Lolo Mataele ran for 3 touchdowns and 147 yards to help carry No. 1-seeded College of San Mateo to a 27-22 win over No. 3 Modesto Junior College in the Northern California Football Conference (NCFC) Championship on Saturday at College Heights Stadium.

The Bulldogs captured their third consecutive NorCal championship and will play for a state title next Saturday (Dec. 14) when they host Southern California champion Mt. San Antonio College in the 3C2A State Championship.

Mt. SAC, seeded No. 1 in Southern California, knocked off CSM nemesis Riverside City College, the South's No. 2 seed, 37-35 in a thriller in Walnut on Saturday night. The Mounties will bring a perfect 12-0 record to San Mateo next week.

On Saturday, Mataele's six-yard touchdown run at the 11:07 mark in the fourth quarter extend the Bulldogs' lead to 27-16 and proved to be the game-winner against Modesto. The run also made CSM history as the rushing TD was Mataele's 20th of the year, setting a new Bulldog single-season record.

Mataele also had touchdown runs of 11 and 3 yards. The latter sent CSM into the locker room with a 14-7 advantage at halftime.

Dieter Kelly was also solid, booting second-half field goals of 48 and 38 yards, and was a perfect 3 for 3 on extra point attempts.

The CSM defense terrorized Modesto quarterback Luke Weaver. He was sacked nine times in the contest and was also intercepted once.

John Gayer had a monster game with 4.5 sacks on his way to 7 tackles and a forced fumble. Trevon Watson totaled 6 tackles, an interception, and was in on a sack while Nehamaiah Musika had 3 sacks and 6 tackles.

CSM heads into the state championship game with an 11-1 overall record. The Bulldogs will look to capture their second state title in program history after last winning it in 2022.

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