Moyo Odebunmi, a junior working again at Cleveland Excessive and native of Nigeria who had by no means performed varsity soccer till this season, is rapidly adjusting to the velocity of the sport.
On Thursday evening in opposition to Arleta, his first three carries resulted in landing runs of 68, 85 and 59 yards. He additionally caught a landing and had a 99-yard kickoff return in Cleveland’s 70-37 win. He completed with 303 yards speeding.
Odebunmi, who’s 5-foot-7 and 155 kilos, didn’t play soccer as a freshman, got here out final season and realized the sport on junior varsity. Now coach Mario Guzman can’t discover sufficient spots to make use of him.
“We had him everywhere in the subject,” Guzman mentioned. “He’s simply an athlete we’ve got to have on the market.”
One other large contributor for Cleveland was soccer athlete Samael Cerritos, who was 10 for 10 on PATs.
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