Prep Football : Dana Ripley Paces Santiago Past Savanna

Senior quarterback Dana Ripley passed for two touchdowns and ran for a third to lead Santiago High School to a 40-0 victory over Savanna in a nonleague football game at Garden Grove High School Friday.

Ripley completed 7 of 12 passes for 161 yards, including a 40-yard touchdown pass to Nate Josea on the Cavaliers’ third play of the game.

Tempers flared after Santiago’s second touchdown, a seven-yard Alex Ripley run. The Rebels roughed Santiago kicker Marco Perez after his conversion gave the Cavaliers a 14-0 lead. Perez’s knee was injured in the incident, and he did not return to the game.

Santiago (2-0) responded with two touchdowns in the next 2:35. Ripley hit John Peralta with a 21-yard scoring pass after a Rebel fumble on the first play after the kickoff. Rudy Motley then scored on a seven-yard run, set up by a bad snap on a Savanna punt on the next series. Motley’s run made the score 27-0.

Paul Crippen made it 33-0 just before the half, returning a fumble one yard for a touchdown. Dana Ripley closed the scoring with a one-yard run, capping a 17-play, 79-yard drive that consumed the first 6:42 of the second half.

Savanna (1-1) was led by junior running back Kenison Poching, who gained 101 yards in 15 carries. The Rebels hurt themselves with nine penalties for 74 yards.