By Ed Piper, Jr.
Before October 21, it looked like University City was in the driver's seat for the City League football championship.
But the Centurions, despite holding a sizeable points-for/points-against differential, got derailed by a powerful licking from Patrick Henry, 31-14, on their own turf Friday night.
UC only trailed 21-14 after three quarters. But the Patriots were able to post two touchdowns in the closing quarter.
The Centurions are enjoying their "golden age" the past two seasons under new head coach Ryan Price. It's difficult to say they're experiencing a resurgence, because they never had a "surge" to build back up to.
While UC has been brought back to the pack at 2-1 in the league (4-4 overall), Henry moves up to 3-0 in the City League. Hoover is winless, 0-2, 0-8 overall, at the bottom of the heap. Serra is 1-2, 3-5 overall.
As La Jolla head coach Matt Morrison told his troops leading 33-0 at halftime Friday night, they had the rest of the season to play for. (He was admonishing them to continue to be good sportsmen, after two Kearny players got kicked out of the JV game and Kearny varsity players were talking trash as their deficit before the Vikings escalated.)
MaxPreps.com incorrectly lists La Jolla as 1-2 in league, 4-6 overall, because the Patrick Henry game is listed twice on the schedule page. Morrison's team is 1-1 in league, 4-5 overall.
Before the debacle Friday, UC had a 93-30 points for/against advantage in league play. Henry was at 43-16.
That dramatically changes with the beatdown: UC now sports numbers of 107-61, Henry 74-50. It must be a quiet weekend in University City.
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