Prep football: Mustangs tie school record with shutout of Fairfield

By Daily Republic Staff

FAIRFIELD — Leroy Bryant ran for a touchdown and later caught a pass for another and the Rodriguez High defense tied a school record with its second shutout of the year by blanking Fairfield 44-0 at Schaefer Stadium, Friday night.
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The Mustangs (7-1, 2-1 Monticello Empire League) opened the season with a 45-0 thumping of Bear Creek of Stockton and matched the 2009 squad as the only squads in school history to have two shutouts in a season.

Jeremiah Hill opened the scoring with a 22-yard touchdown with a two-point conversion attempt failing.
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Later in the first quarter, Gerald Certeza scored on a 1-yard run with Gabriel Batres adding the two-point conversion on a play-action pass from Miles Meadows.

​In the second quarter, Bryant scored his first touchdown on a 42-yard run with Malachi Jones running in the two-point conversion to make it 22-0.

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Bryant then caught a 15-yard TD pass from Meadows before Trevor Crommie returned an interception 36 yards for a touchdown with Bentley Williams adding the two-point conversion run to make it 36-0 at the half.

The lone score of the second half was a 15-yard TD toss from Kenen Jones to Donovan Trupe. Gentle Edwin ran in the two-point conversion to make the final score 44-0.

The Mustangs, who are looking to make the playoffs for the first time since 2011, host Vacaville in a key MEL game next Friday, while Fairfield travels to Wood.

​“We’ve still got to clean up the penalties,” Rodriguez coach Myles King said. “We’ve got to focus and get ready for Vacaville, that’s where our mindset is.”
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Note: Corrects to show Bentley Williams scoring a 2-point conversion