QB Steffen rushes for two touchdowns, passes for another in 32-0 win
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SONOMA >> Quarterback Vinnie Steffen ran for two touchdowns and passed for another Saturday as the Lower Lake Trojans beat Sonoma 32-0 in the pee wee division of the Mendo-Lake Empire Junior Football League at Sonoma.
Lower Lake (5-1-2) scored its first points on Erian Gonzalez’s 6-yard run set up by Steffen’s 31-yard run. The Trojans upped their lead to 13-0 on a Wyatt Hooten 79-yard run and a Steffen extra-point pass to Sebastian James.
Steffen’s 32-yard touchdown run made is 19-0, then Steffen and James hooked up on a 48-yard touchdown pass. Maxxwell Wilkins ran in the extra point for a 26-0 lead. Steffen’s 19-yard scoring run made it 32-0, at which point the mercy rule came into effect.
“We are looking well balanced on both sides of the ball,” Lower Lake head coach Daniel Hooten said. “On offense we got five kids into the end zone. That always feels good as a coach. We have many weapons.”
Steffen finished with 91 rushing yards on five carries and 51 passing yards. Hooten led the team with 93 yards on the ground on five carries. James had two catches for 51 yards.
On defense, Steffen had an interception and a sack. Wilkins had two solo tackles, including a sack. Draco Benefield, Camari Onwuasoeze and Damion Menjivar led the team with three solo tackles apiece.
“We had nine different kids get solo tackles,” Hooten said. “There’s nowhere to go.”
Sonoma slipped to 2-6 with the loss.
The Trojans return to action next Saturday against Northshore (0-8) in Upper Lake at 3:30 p.m.
