{"id":468975,"date":"2026-09-19T10:34:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T10:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/468975\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T10:34:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T10:34:16","slug":"jserra-rallies-with-second-half-shutout-to-defeat-bishop-amat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/468975\/","title":{"rendered":"JSerra rallies with second-half shutout to defeat Bishop Amat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

JSerra converted on three fourth downs in the second half Friday, allowing the Lions to battle back from a seven-point, first-half deficit to beat host Bishop Amat 37-28.<\/p>\n

With the nonleague victory, JSerra improves to 4-1, while Bishop Amat falls to 4-1.<\/p>\n

JSerra quarterback Hayes Cloutier, who threw for two touchdowns and rushed for three, engineered all three second-half conversions, two with his legs and one with his arm.<\/p>\n

The first, and most impressive, came on the Lions\u2019 first possession of the half. Trailing 28-21 and facing fourth and three on the Bishop Amat 27-yard line, Cloutier zigged and zagged across the field, eluding most of the defense.<\/p>\n

After the Lions tied the score, sophomore defensive back Sean Veritch snagged a deflected pass by Bishop Amat quarterback Domenico Doran, and the Lions drove to the Lancers\u2019 16-yard line. On fourth and 10, Evan Leddy kicked a 33-yard field goal to give JSerra an apparent 31-28 lead, but the Lions accepted a penalty on Bishop Amat that moved the ball to the 11-yard line.<\/p>\n

JSerra coach Hardy Nickerson opted to go for it on fourth down, and Cloutier rewarded his gamble, scoring on an 11-yard run. Leddy\u2019s extra point was blocked, and JSerra settled for a 34-28 lead.<\/p>\n

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JSerra High quarterback Hayes Cloutier leaps as he tries to evade a tackle by a Bishop Amat defenders.<\/p>\n

(Nick Koza)<\/p>\n

The Lions\u2019 defense, which had given up scores on four of Bishop Amat\u2019s five first-half possessions, then stiffened, forcing the Lancers to punt. With about two minutes remaining in the third quarter, the Lions reeled off a 23-play drive, which included four JSerra penalties and ate up more than 10 minutes.<\/p>\n

A 22-yard run by Cloutier was key, as was his four-yard completion to Clark Cokely on a fourth-and-two play. The drive ended with a 44-yard field goal by Leddy that gave JSerra a 37-28 lead.<\/p>\n

After surrendering 28 first-half points, JSerra held Bishop Amat scoreless, and running back Justin Clinton, who rushed for more than 130 yards, including a 67-yard burst and a 43-yard touchdown, in check in the second half.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a heavyweight fight,\u201d Nickerson said of the first half. \u201cBut my defensive staff just put it together in the second. We turned things up and made adjustments. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe knew that if we could get in the throwing lanes and forced them to have to pass the football \u2026 we felt we would have a chance. And those guys went out and executed the second half and it was beautiful.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JSerra converted on three fourth downs in the second half Friday, allowing the Lions to battle back from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":468976,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[184616,184619,184618,11155,5817,184617,6308,10362,48,52,51,39146,5814,21023,42340,47,50,49,2668,777,780],"class_list":["post-468975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-bishop-amat","tag-clark-cokely","tag-cloutier","tag-defense","tag-drive","tag-evan-leddy","tag-field","tag-jserra","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-lancers","tag-lead","tag-line","tag-lion","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-run","tag-second-half","tag-touchdown"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=468975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/468976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=468975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=468975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=468975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}