Can Los Altos stop Colony’s Ryan Kinard? Pomona’s offensive line big reason Red Devils are playing for a title Posted on December 4, 2014 by Fred Robledo Colony graduated some key football players from a team that advanced to the Central Division semifinal a year ago. Among those top receiver Kyle Curry and top running back Devan Imbach. So head coach Steve Randall was looking for someone to step up. He got exactly what he wanted. Versatile senior Ryan Kinard has been the Titans jack-of-all-trades. He is the leading rusher and a big-play threat on special teams. As the situations and games got more important he was also used at cornerback. That huge contribution has boosted the Titans (11-2) into the CIF championship game against Los Altos (8-5) on Saturday at Cerritos College. POMONA’S OFFENSIVE LINE LEADS THE WAY The consensus at Pomona High School is that the football team has been missing one component the last 63 years. Before and since the Red Devils’ last CIF championship in 1951, the school never had a shortage of athletes. The unit responsible for bridging the gap during Pomona’s run to Friday’s CIF-SS Mid-Valley championship game is the offensive line. Acting head coach Keith Richardson graduated from Pomona in 1989 and has been on staff for 10 of the last 15 years. In other words, he is deeply versed in the team’s history. “The achilles heel has always been the offensive line,” Richardson said. “We’ve had good players on the offensive front before, but the cohesion this group has shown is the difference.”
