Central Catholic wins fourth straight CIF Bowl Game championship

Video: Highlights of Central Catholic's Justin Rice

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Justin Rice rushed 19 times for 216 yards and two touchdowns and Daron Bland returned two interceptions for scores as Central Catholic (Modesto, Calif.) won its fourth consecutive CIF Bowl Championship with a resounding 55-21 win over San Marino at Sacramento State Saturday.

Rice scored on runs of 17 and 38 yards and Bland recorded pick-sixes of 43 and 39 yards as the Raiders tied De La Salle for the most consecutive bowl game titles.

"It's amazing that a school of 360 comes to work every day and wins four state titles in a row," Central Catholic coach Roger Canepa told the Modesto Bee. "Going 16-0 and going through VOL, playing the teams we've played this year, it's special. We showed so much heart."

It wasn't easy. In the first meeting between 15-0 California teams, San Marino cut the Central Catholic lead to 21-14 on a Mark Wicke 1-yard run with 17 seconds left in the second quarter.

The Raiders scored four unanswered touchdowns, all by Rice and Bland.

"In the second half, we said 'Hey, we didn't come this far to keep this game that close,' " Canepa said. "Everybody had a great game. It's special because it doesn't happen that much. We've done something only De La Salle has done."

Montell Bland, cousin of Daron, added 91 yards rushing and a touchdown and quarterback Hunter Petlansky added touchdown passes of 22 and 34 yards to his brother Cole Petlansky and 34 yards to Luke Navarro. Hunter Petlansky also added a 17-yard TD run to start the scoring.

San Marino (15-1) passed for 317 yards between two quarterbacks and had a big game from J.P. Shohfi (eight catches, 197 yards). But the Huskies couldn't contain the Raiders, who finished with 418 yards.

Central Catholic 56, San Marino 21

San Marino 0 14 7 0 - 21
Central Catholic 7 14 28 7 – 56

First quarter
CC – H. Petlansky 17 run (Bryce Wade kick), 7:27

Second quarter
SM – Santino 74 pass from Wicke (Patrick Crowley kick)
CC – Cole Petlansky 22 pass from H. Petlansky (Wade kick), 7:21
CC – Navarro 34 pass from Petlansky (Wade kick), 2:55
SM – Wicke 1 run (Crowley kick), 0:17

Third quarter
CC – Rick 17 run (Wade kick), 11:00
CC – D. Bland 43 interception return (Wade kick), 8:27
CC – Rice 38 run (Wade kick), 5:10
CC – D. Bland 39 interception return (Wade kick)
SM – Blake Cobot 12 run (Crowley kick), 2:31

Fourth quarter
CC – M. Bland 1 run (Wade kick), 6:08

RUSHING
SM – Wicke 16 27, Chan 9-14, Cabot 1-12, Shohfi 1-9. Totals 27-51. CC – Rice 19-216, M. Bland 11-91, H. Petlansky 3-22, Freehauf 2-6. Totals 37-339.

PASSING
SM – Wicke 9-17-2-199, Cabot 5-8-2-118. CC – H. Petlansky 4-6-0-79.

RECEIVING
SM – Shohfi 8-197, Santino 5-15, Torres 1-5. CC – Navarro 2-49, C. Petlansky 1-22, J. Rice 1-8.

TACKLES
SM – Crowley 10, Wagner 8, Buenabenta 6. CC – Freehauf 8, D. Bland 7, Escobar 6.