WEST HILLS – Chaminade defeated Notre Dame 31-30 in double overtime for its first Mission League win of the season and also their sixth straight win against their San Fernando Valley Catholic school rivals.
Ronnell Hewitt scored a 16-yard touchdown run for Chaminade in the second overtime to tie the game at 30 and sophomore kicker Carter Sobel clinched the win with the successful point-after attempt.
“The whole week we were talking to the team and we wanted to send the seniors out the right way,” Chaminade coach David Machuca said. “The plan all week was to run the ball on offense and we knew that we were gonna be more physical at the point of attack than them.”
Sobel tied the game at 17-17 with a 47-yard field goal with three seconds left in regulation.
“We’ve had a rough year, I haven’t been getting too many opportunities like tonight,” Sobel said. “You gotta capture every moment, and you gotta make your kicks and win games and that’s what we did.”
Hewitt led the way offensively for a Chaminade offense that had 234 total rushing yards in the game. Hewitt ran the ball 19 times for 139 yards and three touchdowns including the two scores for Chaminade in the overtime periods.
“I thank my o line, if it wasn’t for them I wouldn’t be doing what I was doing,” Hewitt said. “All the hard work I’ve been putting in this season paid off, and I’ve just had my head down and I’ve kept working.”
The game was a defensive struggle in the first half with the score tied 7-7 heading into the locker rooms. The lone score for Chaminade in the first half came on an 11-yard touchdown run from Niles Davis at the end of the first quarter. Davis finished the game with eight carries for 64 yards for Chaminade.
The Knights were able to tie the game at 7-7 after Steele Pizzella found Luc Weaver for a 14-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter. Hewitt scored his first touchdown of the night in the third quarter on a 16-yard touchdown run to give…
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