South Delta Sun Devils vs Belmont Bulldogs

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After giving Vancouver College their best test of the season last week, South Delta traveled to the island to take on the Belmont Bulldogs and were able to get back in the win column with a 31-21 victory, but not without overcoming some adversity.
  
The Bulldogs came out flying and had tons of energy to start the game. An early error by the Sun Devils only fueled that fire. Less than five plays into the game, Belmont scooped up a lateral that had found the turf and ran it back for the game's opening score. 

South Delta responded emphatically on the next drive. A beautiful throw by Dominic Dumas to Quin Sjoberg capped off an 80-yard drive and had the game tied at 7.  

Some penalties stalled out a few South Delta drives, and after a missed Field goal by the Sun Devils, Belmont was able to march the field for a 25-yard score for the only points of the second quarter. With that score, the Bulldogs took a 14-7 lead into the half.  

Belmont received the ball to start the third quarter. The Bulldog's return man caught the ball deep in his own end. Finding a little seam up the hash, he hit the sideline for an incredible 99-yard return touchdown. With that big return, the score was 21-7 for the home team, which was just one play into the second half. 

The Sun Devil's offense started to get going by following that Belmont TD with another 8-play 80-yard TD drive that was capped by a Koen Hubbard 7-yard TD catch. South Delta's defense took the field after the score and would completely shut down the Bulldogs for the remainder of the game. 

A short offensive series had Belmont punting the ball back to the Sun Devils. One play later, Damian Dumas ran to the outside, found a seam up the sideline, and finished his longest run of the game with a 58-yard touchdown run.  

With the game now tied at 21, the momentum swung entirely in South Delta's favor. The Sun Devil's defense continued its second-half dominance, and Delta's offense relied heavily on Damian Dumas to carry the load for the rest of the way. 

Damian's last TD came on a short 5-yard pass after Dominic bought himself some time and found him in the flat for six. On the Sun Devil's final drive, they called on kicker Diego Altorre to put the game away for good. 

The strong-legged kicker, who was returning from missing the last few games with an injury, put the nail in the coffin by drilling a 40-yard field goal.

Damian Dumas continues to impress. The province's leading rusher added to his totals by rushing 27 times for 210 yards and one touchdown. Dumas also added 2 catches for 33 yards and another score in the passing game.

Other Sun Devil's offensive standouts were Quinn Sjoberg, who had 61 yards receiving and a touchdown, Koen Hubbard, who also had 26 yards and a score, and Dominic Dumas, who finished with 120 yards passing three touchdowns and an interception.  

 Defensively for the Sun Devils, inside backer Gage Spargo led the defense with 7 tackles, Tommy Cowan chipped in with 6, while Jun Choi and both Dumas brothers had 5 tackles apiece.   

Sun Devils Head Coach Ray Moon loved his team's ability to battle back when things weren't going the team's way. 

"Although we didn't feel like we played our best game, it was good to see the resiliency of the team when they were down 2 scores early in the 2nd.  Belmont came out with alot of energy and we didn't match it early, credit to them for that and capitalizing when we made mistakes or were out of position." 

The Sun Devils return to the mainland to enjoy their long weekend before beginning prep for their matchup next week against Carson Graham.