Palomar College wins 2 in a row with a 26-7 win over East Los Angeles College

By David A. Willauer-Contributing Writer-Saturday, September 12, 2026-Palomar College-San Marcos, CA-The Palomar College Comets under new head coach and former NFL player Tom Kaumeyer who played for the New York Giants, Los Angeles Rams and the Seattle Seahawks came back to his roots of the Comets as they improve their record to 2-0 as they defeated the Huskies of East Los Angeles College by a 26-7 score.

The Comets jumped out to a 14-0 lead on 1 touchdown run by Poway alum's Noah Schuback's (192 yards passing, rushed for 51 yards) and a 14 yarder by Maurice Howard (carried the ball for 51 yards). The Huskies of ELC came back to cut the deficit to 14-7 as QB Teagan Melendez threw a 12 yard pass to Jaeden Thomas. Carson Beard followed with a 30 yard field goal to make the score 17-7.

The Comets scored another touchdown on a fumble recovery touchdown by Tanner Doyle along with a safety zone to make the final score 26-7

Thomas Kaumeyer New Head Football Coach at Palomar College: "It is the ones that we looked at on scouting, everything worked well in the first half, in the second half we fell apart along with partial mistakes." In order for us to start conference play we have to be ready to eliminate the errors that we have to improve on." "Pasadena gave Saddleback all they want last week so I am looking forward to that challenge."

Palomar's next opponent is Pasadena City College in a 6 PM kickoff at home.