Pacific
Guam bounces back by running past Okkodo
Stars and Stripes
November 5, 2021
Guam High's Benjamin Harris stiff-arms past Okkodo defender Fermancio Jay Garcia. (Donna Rhodes/Special to Stripes)
DEDEDO, Guam – Needing a bounce-back victory after a loss to league-leading Father Duenas Memorial a week earlier, Guam High went to its ground game in a road victory over winless Okkodo.
But the Panthers’ 41-7 win Friday over the Bulldogs was “closer than the score indicated,” coach Jacob Dowdell said.
“A lot of things that happened for us was because of special teams” giving the Panthers short fields deep in Okkodo territory to operate, Dowdell said. Guam High led only by 7-0 after one quarter.
Guam High quarterback Arron Johnson gets an escort from teammate Justin Brantley. (Donna Rhodes/Special to Stripes)
“They (Bulldogs) gave us a run for our money,” Dowdell said. “A few bounces went our way. If they hadn’t, we’d have been in a dogfight.”
DeShawn Baird led the way for the Panthers with 192 yards rushing on 15 carries, including a 79-yard touchdown run. He also caught a 38-yard touchdown pass.
Guam High's Cameron Brantley tries to avoid three Okkodo defenders. (Donna Rhodes/Special to Stripes)
Randy Angoco had 24 yards rushing and two touchdowns. Arron Johnson ran for a TD and finished with 92 yards on six carries. Cameron Brantley scored a defensive touchdown on a strip sack in the end zone.
The Panthers (3-1) next host Tiyan for their homecoming game next Saturday at 7 p.m.
Guam High's DeShawn Baird looks for running room against Okkodo's John Perez. (Donna Rhodes/Special to Stripes)