Santa Fe Christian Hands Islanders First Loss

The Coronado High football team couldn't overcome a slow start Saturday and dropped its first game of the year, falling 25-15 to Santa Fe Christian in Solana Beach.

The Islanders (2-1) received a hint that it might be a long afternoon when Eagles fullback Tony Miro ran for a 62-yard touchdown on SFC's first play from scrimmage. Another score in the closing seconds of the second quarter put the Eagles (2-1) up 13-0 at the half.

It was 16-0 before Coronado registered its first points when quarterback Austin Denson scored from three yards out and hit Ryan Halvorson on the two-point conversion to close the gap to 16-8 late in the third quarter.

A touchdown and safety boosted Santa Fe Christian's lead to 25-8 in the closing minutes before Denson hit Hunter Corpus with an 18-yard scoring strike with 1:14 to go to close out the scoring.

Denson passed for 170 yards on the day (17 of 36) but was sacked four times. Corpus had seven catches good for 88 yards, and Jack Perkins caught five balls for 51 yards. Charles Westbrook rushed 13 times for 54 yards to lead the Islander ground attack. Miro carried 18 times for 153 yards to pace the Eagles.

The Islanders will host Rock Academy on Friday.