CALIFORNIA (Nov. 12) – The Vulcans allowed less than 200 yards of total offense and forced four turnovers, highlighted by a defensive score, on Saturday afternoon while closing the year with a 31-7 victory over East Stroudsburg in Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Crossover play at Adamson Stadium on Senior Day.

With the win, the California (PA) football team finishes the season with a 6-5 overall record. The Vulcans also secured the program's 18th-consecutive winning season, which is the longest active streak in the PSAC. Meanwhile, ESU closes the year with a 4-7 mark under head coach Jimmy Terwilliger – the winner of the 2005 Harlon Hill Trophy.
 
The Vulcans held the Warriors to 187 yards of total offense, including just 108 passing yards. Cal also registered five sacks in the victory, as East Stroudsburg finished with 79 rushing yards on 31 attempts. Junior linebacker Noah Dillow (Alum Bank, Pa./Chestnut Ridge) tied his career high with 14 tackles (six solo), while fellow junior linebacker Matt Tobey (Chalfont, Pa./Central Bucks South) set a season high with 11 stops (four solo), plus registered a career-high 2.5 sacks and two forced fumbles. Sophomore defensive back Taiyan Lobban (West Philadelphia, Pa./Upper Merion) finished with six tackles (four solo) and 1.0 sack, while senior defensive lineman Gerald Brown (Duquesne, Pa./West Mifflin) posted five stops and a 72-yard fumble return for a touchdown.

Senior quarterback Noah Mitchell (Euclid, Ohio/Euclid) finished with 270 passing yards on 19-of-25 attempts with one touchdown and one interception. He closed his career ranked eighth all-time in PSAC history with 10,788 passing yards and No. 11 with 88 passing touchdowns.

Junior wide receiver JaQuae Jackson (Pittsburgh, Pa./Serra Catholic) recorded his seventh 100-yard game of the season. He totaled 160 yards and one touchdown on nine receptions against the Warriors. Jackson finished the year ranked fourth in single-season school history with 1,178 receiving yards and sixth with 77 receptions.

ESU threatened to take the lead on the opening drive of the game before a 35-yard field goal missed wide left. The Vulcans then mounted an 80-yard scoring drive that was capped by a two-yard touchdown run by sophomore Eric McKan III (Washington, D.C./Bullis (Md.)) with 7:02 left in the first quarter. On the ensuing drive, the Warriors advanced to the red zone for a consecutive drive before Tobey registered a strip sack with the ball being recovered by Brown who then raced 72 yards for the defensive touchdown to stretch the lead to 14-0 with 40 seconds remaining in the quarter.

The Warriors scored their lone touchdown of the contest early in the second quarter after converting a pair of third downs and a fourth down on the drive , 14-7. Late in the quarter, senior linebacker Gabe Miller (Cranberry Twp., Pa./Seneca Valley) registered an interception near midfield. Cal then extended the lead to 21-7 on a 13-yard touchdown run by McKan with 1:24 left before halftime.

The teams traded interceptions on back-to-back drives to start the third quarter with senior defensive back Jermichael Isom (Gadsden, Ala./Gadsden City) making his second interception of the year inside the red zone. Late in the third quarter, Tobey recorded another strip sack and freshman linebacker Ibrahim Sanogo (Darby, Twp., Pa./Academy Park) recovered the loose ball deep in ESU territory. The Vulcans capitalized on the turnover with Mitchell finding Jackson for a 27-yard touchdown on fourth-and-10 with eight seconds left in the quarter.

In the opening minutes of the fourth quarter, Miller blocked a punt and Cal recovered the ball at the ESU 5-yard line. Sophomore Anthony Beitko (White Oak, Pa./McKeesport) later converted a 23-yard field goal to extend the lead to 31-7 with 12:41 left to play. Late in the quarter, the Warriors started a drive at the Cal 35-yard line following an errant snap on a punt before the Vulcans prevented ESU from advancing inside the 10-yard line.

The Vulcans recognized a group of 15 seniors that combined to start 254 games with the program in a pregame ceremony at Adamson Stadium.

Notes:
Miller is the first player credited with three blocked kicks in a season since the 2014 campaign … Cal scored 21 points off turnovers in the victory … Beitko already ranks fourth all-time in school history with 27 field goals in only two seasons … The teams were flagged for a combined 188 yards on 21 penalties … The Vulcans posted 5.0 sacks for the sixth time this season … McKan led the team with 51 rushing yards on Saturday and finished the year with a team-leading 587 rushing yards and 11 touchdowns