Vikings rally past Pirates

COSTA MESA — Orange Coast led, 33-14, at halftime and 39-31 after three quarters, but could not hold on in a 50-46 Southern Conference National Division battle for last place Saturday at OCC.

Long Beach (4-6, 1-5 in the division) amassed 660 of the game’s 1,181 yards of combined offense, 519 coming through the air, as quarterback Josh Powell threw five TD passes.

The final Powell scoring toss was a 32-yarder to Chris Williams with 13 seconds left to cap the comeback.

Sophomore Taylor Hughes threw for 259 yards and four TDs and ran for another score for the Pirates (4-6, 0-6).

OCC sophomore wideout Cameron Hall had eight receptions for 81 yards and two TDs, while freshman running back Ray Holley carried 15 times for a career-high 144 yards and one TD to pace the Pirates’ running attack.

Sophomore safeties Benjamin Soza and Chad Baichtal each had interceptions for the hosts, who committed just one turnover.

Baichtal also collected seven tackles to lead the Pirates.

— From staff reports

LONG BEACH 50, ORANGE COAST 46

FIRST QUARTER

OCC – Lefrandt 58 pass from Hughes (Casano kick), 14:11.

LB – Burton 38 run (Heinze kick), 11:52.

OCC – Casano 33 FG, 9:27.

OCC – Hall 15 pass from Hughes (Casano kick), 3:08.

SECOND QUARTER

OCC – Doll 33 pass from Hughes (Casano kick), 13:01.

OCC – Casano 43 FG, 8:47.

LB – Burton 1 run (Heinze kick), 2:42.

OCC – Holley 6 run (kick failed), 1:39.

THIRD QUARTER

LB – Burton 48 pass from Powell (Heinz kick), 13:09.

OCC – Hughes 61 run (pass failed), 12:31.

LB – Richardson 65 pass from Powell (Heinze kick), 11:30

LB – Heinze 36 FG, 1:37.

FOURTH QUARTER

LB – Burton 30 pass from Powell (run failed), 10:04.

LB – Burton 35 pass from Powell (pass failed), 5:38.

OCC – Hall 6 pass from Hughes (Casano kick), 1:56.

LB – Williams 32 pass from Powell (Heinze kick), :13.

INDIVIDUAL RUSHING

LB – Burton 11-82, 2 TDs; Franklin, 13-39; Tubbs, 5-35; Richardson, 1-6; Washington, 2-minus-3; Powell, 7-minus-18.

OCC – Holley, 15-144, 1 TD; Hughes, 7-84, 1 TD; Mokhtar, 6-18; Ah-Hi, 5-11; Reihanifam, 1-5.

INDIVIDUAL PASSING

LB – Powell, 25-41-1, 519, 5 TDs; Burton, 0-1-1.

OCC – Hughes, 17-32-1, 259, 4 TDs.

INDIVIDUAL RECEIVING

LB – Bruton, 8-248, 3 TDs; Richardson, 6-133, 1 TD; Joseph, 5-52; Williams, 3-56, 1 TD; Perkins, 1-22, Anderson, 1-11; Washington, 1-minus-3.

OCC – Hall, 8-81, 2 TDs; Lefrandt, 2-67, 1 TD; Butler, 2-28; Holey, 2-4; Doll, 1-33, 1 TD; Carroll, 1-15; Reihanifam, 1-9.