FONTANA — It shouldn’t have surprised any high school football followers that San Jacinto would attempt short bloop kicks in Friday’s contest against Jurupa Hills. The rate of success is probably something that even San Jacinto coach Aric Galliano could have hoped for. The Tigers recovered four kickoffs and scored three touchdowns during a period of 2 minutes and 17 seconds in the second period. San Jacinto shut out Jurupa Hills by a 50-0 margin. The Tigers have an official record of 3-3 because they forfeited two wins after they used an ineligible player early in the season. Jurupa Hills has a 1-4 record and doesn’t start league play for another three weeks. San Jacinto had used pooch kicks effectively in previous games, but there was a slight change. “All of our pooch kicks had gone to the left before last night,” Galliano said. “Tonight, our kicks went to the right.” Each team started the second quarter turning the ball over after falling short on fourth-down plays. San Jacinto drove 58 yards on four plays, with junior Jomini Ransom scoring on an 18-yard touchdown run with 6:47 to play in the second quarter. Kicker Isiah Lopez immediately tried a short kick and teammate Eric Gonzalez recovered. The Tigers took immediate advantage with a 29-yard touchdown pass from Jaylen Patterson to Jordan Bernard just 11 seconds after the previous score. The Tigers made their second 2-point conversion, extending their lead to 23-0. Lopez kicked off again, and Desean Gilmore recovered for San Jacinto. This time the Tigers took five plays to go 29 yards, with Ransom notching his third rushing touchdown from the 1-yard line. The 30-0 lead secured things for San Jacinto. Most of the second half was played with a running clock because of scoring margin. “We made it out of the first part of the season pretty healthy,” Galliano said. San Jacinto made the CIF Southern Section Division 5 playoffs in 2023, winning their opening game before losing in the quarterfinals. The Tigers face Tahquitz next week to start play in the Mountain Pass League. Ransom started as a wingback as a sophomore, but Galliano said he didn’t get many carries. Ransom credits working hard in the offseason to his increased success in 2024. “I woke up earlier and did more running and worked out in the gym almost every day,” Ransom said. “The results are showing up on the field.” Related Articles High School Sports | IE Varsity’s football wrap-up: Stories, scores and photos from Week 5 games High School Sports | Roosevelt football team holds off Colony in final nonleague tune-up High School Sports | Rancho Verde football controls clock, shuts out Tahquitz High School Sports | ‘Special’ effort propels Murrieta Valley football team past San Clemente High School Sports | Cajon football team bounces back, outlasts Orange Vista down the stretch Jurupa Hills coach Tom Leach knew what San Jacinto would try on kickoffs and put players who are usually reliable in position to return kickoffs. “We just didn’t catch the ball,” Leach said. “It might have been pressure or nerves. I thought we went over it, but the result was unsuccessful and that’s my fault.” Jurupa Hills had planned to install an offense which would rely on ball control. The problem was the Spartans didn’t have the ball very much. In the first 7 1/2 minutes of the second quarter, the Spartans only ran four plays from scrimmage. They only had three plays in the third quarter.