Maybe Marquis Waters should have the flu every week.

On Friday night in Walnut Creek, the Knights junior running back, showed no lingering effects of the illness that afflicted him on Thursday, shredding the Gaels' defense to tune of 173 yards and three touchdowns on 21 carries. Oh. He also threw the first touchdown pass of his high school career, a 42-yard bomb to a wide-open Jacob Mayer on a halfback pass that silenced the Dublin sideline in the third quarter and gave Las Lomas (4-5, 3-2 Diablo Foothill Athletic League) a 38-12 lead.

Waters was clearly more excited about the scoring strike than his rushing antics.

"Oh yeah!" he said. "I ran all the way to the end zone and did my Brett Favre imitation."

Waters followed up his long pass with an even longer run, bursting through the Gaels defensive front, scooting outside, then outrunning everyone down the right sideline for a 58-yard scamper that put the Knights up 38-12 just three minutes later.

Dublin (2-7, 1-4) answered with a 4-yard score by Josh Pride with 6:30 left and the game long since decided. Gaels wide receiver Jamal Jones put on an aerial show, catching 13 passes for 143 yards and an acrobatic score.


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