2017 COD Football News
College of the Desert place kicker, Luis Castellanos (Cathedral City H.S.) named Region IV All-California First Team Offense by the JC Athletic Bureau.
Under fourth-year head coach Jack Steptoe, Desert finished the regular season with a record 4-6 overall and 1-4 in conference. The team was bestowed with three first team All-Mountain Conference honors and two second team All-Mountain Conference honors.
COD (4-4; 1-2) moved the ball well on the ground, but six turnovers proved costly against the San Diego Mesa Olympians (7-1; 3-0), 23-19.
COD Football freshman wide receiver Kerrion Ringo (Evansville (IN) F.J. Reitz) was awarded the Week Eight SCFA American Conference Mountain Division Co-Offensive Player of the Week award and the Pacific Coast Athletic Conference’s (PCAC) Honorable Mention Male Athlete of the Week for the week of October 23rd.
COD (4-3; 1-1) went up 17-0, but then a nearly hour long 2nd quarter doomed the Roadrunners momentum, as the San Bernardino Valley Wolverines (4-3; 1-1) held onto the “Challenge Trophy” 35-33.
COD Football freshman running back Tony Williams (Indio Shadow Hills) was named the Pacific Coast Athletic Conference’s (PCAC) Honorable Mention Male Athlete of the Week for the week of October 16th.
COD (4-2; 1-0) opened up American Conference-Mountain Division play with the 49th annual Palms-to-Pines Trophy game, traveling to Mt. San Jacinto (3-3; 0-1) and knocking off the Eagles, 43-36.
COD (3-2) rolled to their third straight win and defeated the Santa Barbara City Vaqueros (3-2) for the first time in program history as Tony Williams racked up 186 yards and the defense made a huge goal line stand at the end to give the Roadrunners the game, 25-20.
COD Football freshman quarterback Noah Shoeman (Murray, UT) was awarded the Week Four SCFA American Conference Mountain Division Offensive Player of the Week award and the Pacific Coast Athletic Conference’s (PCAC) Male Athlete of the Week for the week of September 25th.
COD Football sophomore linebacker Austin Holt (Palatka, FL) was awarded the Week Three SCFA American Conference Mountain Division Defensive Player of the Week award and the Pacific Coast Athletic Conference’s (PCAC) Male Athlete of the Week for the week of September 18th.
COD (1-2) played swarm defense as the Roadrunners grabbed six sacks and the offense found the end zone twice on the ground and once in the air as they won their first game of 2017, defeating the West LA Wildcats (0-3), 24-15.
COD Football has swept the Week One SCFA American Conference Mountain Division Player of the Week awards, winning Offensive, Defensive and Special Teams/All‐Purpose honors.
COD (0-1) opened up the 2017 season at home and held the #16 team in the nation, the Mission Viejo Saddleback Gauchos (1-0) to a 13-0 lead at the half, but some key miscues lead to a home loss for the Roadrunners, 41-7.
COD Football head coach Jack Steptoe will be inducted into the Los Angeles Valley College Athletic Hall of Fame on June 30, 2018.
Complete video of College of the Desert Athletic Training Staff featured on KMIR.
COD Football had three players sign their national letters of intent as offensive linemen Eric Kareem and Kevin Parise will be moving on to play at the 4-year level.
