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Football: Tesoro 55, Compton 14
The Titans breeze in their opener behind Matt Adam, Nate Tago and a stellar defense.
With 17 starters returning from a team that reached the Southern Section Pac-5 semifinals—and most importantly, knocked Servite out of the playoffs—Tesoro might be the second-best team in Orange County.
The Titans 55-14 nonleague victory Friday over visiting Compton certainly did nothing to dispel that notion.
It didn't do anything to enhance it, either.
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Apart from giving up an early score that cut its lead to 14-8, Tesoro steamrolled Compton and built a 42-8 halftime lead over a program coming off a 3-7 season.
The Titans step up in competition next week with a home game against Newhall Hart.
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As expected, quarterback Matt Adam and running back Nate Tago had big nights for Tesoro (1-0).
Adam passed for three touchdowns, including 23- and 84-yard scores to Forrest Dunivin. Tago took a pass 23 yards for another score, and also found the end zone on a run that accounted for two of his 99 yards. Adam was eight-for-eight passing for 188 yards.
The Tesoro defense surrendered only 156 yards, while the Titans amassed more than 400.
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