‘How ’bout them Colts, baby?’ James Logan shakes off loss, seizes WACC Foothill division lead with rout of O’Dowd

UNION CITY There wasn t much James Logan coach Immanuel Pride needed to say after his squad resurrected its West Alameda County Conference Foothill Division title hopes and put itself in pole position for the league crown with a - rout of Bishop O Dowd But there was one thing the first-year coach needed to get off his chest How bout them Colts baby Logan s first-year head man exclaimed That s how we do it The going got tough and the tough got going James Logan - - was coming off a disappointing loss last week to San Leandro and their hopes of a league championship were hanging by a thread Bishop O Dowd s quarterback Christian Cermenelli-Johnson stiff arms James Logan s Jeramiyah Cotton in the third quarter of their battle at James Logan High School in Union City Calif on Thursday Oct Jose Carlos Fajardo Bay Area News Group But the Colts turned the page and dictated terms Thursday night to league leader O Dowd - - sustaining long drives with a workmanlike rushing attack It didn t pay countless dividends on the scoreboard initially though a late -yard field goal by Giovani Gonzalez gave Logan a - halftime lead Points are points Pride commented And so the fact that we were able to put a few points on the board and go into the locker room with a little bit of momentum couldn t ask for a better outcome going into the half In the third quarter Logan seized control of the contest when Jeramiyah Cotton snagged an interception at O Dowd s -yard-line and ran it back untouched into the end zone giving the Colts a double-digit edge and momentum that would sustain their gallop for the remainder of the battle I trusted all my teammates to get us into the right position so I could get into my position and make the play that I needed to make Cotton reported That s all that matters James Logan s Jeramiyah Cotton makes a touchdown catch in the end zone in front of Bishop O Dowd s Xavier Piper in the fourth quarter of their challenge at James Logan High School in Union City Calif on Thursday Oct Jose Carlos Fajardo Bay Area News Group Cotton still had one game-changing play left in the tank After Teddy Gaoteote intercepted an O Dowd pass at the goal line the Colts mounted a long drive from their -yard line all the way to O Dowd s Related Articles Another challenge another De La Salle blowout of a good EBAL association Antioch High forfeits contest with Liberty after violations of district code of conduct Bay Area high school football Week preview schedule Baseball standout Duby now plays for Ottawa Titans coaches in Concord What does Menlo School s forfeit mean for Bay Area football Six consecutive runs by Angelos Gonzalez Teran set Logan up then Kamari Robinson detected Cotton for a completion in the corner of the end zone putting the Colts up three scores and snuffing out any comeback hopes for the Dragons We didn t play our best in current times O Dowd coach Hardy Nickerson revealed of his unit which threw three interceptions Bottom line Especially in the last four or five games we had not turned the ball over This was just one of those performances that was totally out of character for us Bishop O Dowd head coach Hardy Nickerson chats with quarterback Christian Cermenelli-Johnson in the second quarter of their tournament against James Logan at James Logan High School in Union City Calif on Thursday Oct Jose Carlos Fajardo Bay Area News Group Check back for updates to this story Subscribe to our Bay Area Preps HQ newsletter for all our Bay Area high school sports coverage including tournament analysis scores and everything you want to know about your Bay Area high school teams