September 6, 2025

Cub Football - Loyola loses to Mount Miguel in game that was not as close as the final score

MOUNT MIGUEL IMPOSES ITS WILL ON CUBS IN A GAME NOT AS CLOSE AS THE FINAL 21-0 SCORE

On Friday night at Smith Field Loyola hosted a Spring Valley Mount Miguel team which was coming off a 45-13 beat down at the hands of La Costa Canyon on August 29.

In that contest, the Matadors could only muster 8 yards rushing on five carries, so the Cubs were feeling pretty good about their chances against the visitors from the San Diego Section, especially given their success running the ball in their first two games.

Any optimism going into Loyola’s third non-league contest was quashed early by a Mount Miguel squad which won the battles up front o. Both sides of the ball in emphatic fashion.

The Matadors’ superior team speed played a substantial role in their 21-0 victory, but from the outset of the contest to the final whistle, it was Mount Miguel’s dominance at the line of scrimmage which was the story of the game.

The Cubs appeared surprisingly unprepared for the physicality the Matadors brought to Smith Field. A search for any bright spots in Loyola’s performance is a challenging one. The soaring punts of senior kicker/ punter JACOB KREINBRING was maybe the best.

Mount Miguel out gained the Cubs in the first half by a staggering 263 yards to 20. Loyola went three and out on three of its first offensive possessions before intermission, and it fumbled the ball on the second play of its other first half series.

The Cubs were fortunate that the score was only 7-0 at halftime. In the first quarter a blocked Matador field goal attempt by Loyola’s ZACH HARRISON was picked up by DB PETER SCIARRINO who would have scored a long distance TD but for a mistaken whistle blown by an official. That turnover could have provided the Cubs momentum, but they gained only seven yards before punting on their ensuing possession.

A fumble was forced by Loyola shortly thereafter, but the Cubs fumbled it right back on their first offensive play following the Mount Miguel turnover. The Matadors then drove 49 yards, scoring a TD on a 13-yard pass with 6:28 left before intermission. Mount Miguel drove 86 yards just before halftime, but ran out of time deep in Loyola territory as the second quarter ended. The Cubs failed to make a single first down in the first half.

Loyola was forced to punt on its first possession of the second half.

On their first possession of the third quarter the Matadors ran through the Cub ‘Wolfpack’ defense like a knife through butter. A drive that covered 88 yards, culminated with a 19-yard TD run with 2:31 remaining in the third stanza to increase the Mount Miguel lead to 14-0.

Following yet another Loyola punt, the Matadors drove 99 yards on five plays, scoring on a 27-yard run with 8:48 left in the contest, to up the visitors’ lead to 21-0.

On the night, Mount Miguel amassed 464 total yards to the Cubs’ 86. Loyola had only three first downs in the game.

SCIARRINO had some big plays on defense for the Cubs as did linebacker KANE CASANI.

There really are no positive spins to concoct coming out of a poor outing. The final score does not reflect the manhandling to which the Big Blue was subjected.

Loyola will travel to Hamilton of the L.A. City Section next Friday. The Yankees are the lowest ranked team on the Cubs’ schedule, but if the Cubs do not show up with greater intensity than they displayed on Friday, who knows how the intersectional bout will play out.

HOW LOYOLA’S FUTURE OPPONENTS (IN ALL CAPS) FARED HAMILTON 23, Crenshaw 6 Yankees take care of cross time rival. Notre Dame 49, ST FRANCIS 19 Golden Knights blown out by Notre Dame. NOTRE DAME 49, St.Francis 12 Knights showed they will be a factor in the Mission League race. Los Alamitos 41, SERRA 21 Serra came up surprisingly short against Griffens. BISHOP AMAT 42, Valencia 38 Lancers record statement win in shootout win over Vikings. Ryan Salcedo ran for five Bishop Amat TDs. SERVITE 46, CHAMINADE 3 Eagles suffer second consecutive drubbing. SIERRA CANYON hosts Honolulu Punahou tonight in Chatsworth. CUBS IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL Below is the list of Loyola graduates on college football rosters in 2025 according to published collegian rosters: JAKE ARELLANO '24, DB, Bentley University CHAD BAILEY ‘20, DB, Bentley University BROCK BOJORQUEZ ‘25, DB, Johns Hopkins COLIN CRUCE ‘22, OL, Bowdoin KHALIL CUEVA ‘24, WR, University of San Diego JEFFREY JOHNSON ‘21, TE, Cal LUKE HARRISON ‘24, OL, University of San Diego CONNOR KLEIN ‘25, LB, Williams SHAWN LIN '22, DL, Columbia LEIGHTON LINE ‘23, DL, Cal Lutheran TAHJ OWENS '22, DB, Princeton JACK PARIS '23, DL, Massachusetts Institute of Technology RYAN QUINTANAR '20, LB, USC ISAIAH SANDERS, ‘24, LB, UC Davis PATRICK SODL ‘22, LB, Columbia ZAKHARI SPEARS ‘21, DB, Idaho HENRY STICKLER ‘22, WR, SMU JACK SUSNJAR ‘23, OL, USC JOE TATUM ‘22, QB, Texas SCOTT TAYLOR '25, LB, UCLA RYAN TURK ‘24, OL, Dartmouth CHAMP WESTBROOKS ‘24, OL, Arizona State ALEX WHITMAN ‘22, WR, Notre Dame DESI VALDES ‘25, DB, Pasadena City College CEYAIR WRIGHT ‘21, DB, Nebraska SAM YOON ‘22, OL, UCLA 2025 LOYOLA VARSITY FOOTBALL SCHEDULE 8-22 Cathedral (L 36-14) 8-29 @ Millikan (Long Beach) (W 35-25) 9-5 Mount Miguel (L 21-0) 9-12 @ Hamilton (Los Angeles) 9-19 St. Francis 10-3 @ Notre Dame* 10-10 @ Serra* 10-17 Bishop Amat* 10-24 @ Chaminade* 10-31 Sierra Canyon* Denotes Mission League game