(Glendale) – The game breezed by for both teams within a roughly two-hour span as rushing occurred on 66 of 84 offensive plays, but host South Pasadena did most damage, rushing for 306 yards and five touchdowns to torch Glendale 39-7 at Ray Solari Stadium.
Glendale had the opening series though, and appeared to be rolling smoothly as Christian Osorio, who led the Nitros with 104 yards over 17 runs, dashed for 20, 11, and 12-yard runs, but the drive stalled at the Tiger-29 after a holding penalty nullified what would’ve been a touchdown pass from quarterback Kevin Felix to Michael Davis.
Another flag for holding flew two plays later, before a fourth-down completion fell three yards short of a first to give South Pas possession. The Tigers pounded it from their own 23 all the way to paydirt on its ensuing series, which culminated in a three yard score by Rudy Murillo. This nine play, 77-yard scoring drive was well weaved by Nathan Lee, who darted around Glendale’s defense for double-digit carries in his first four attempts before leading all with 177 yards off 16 carries for two touchdowns.
Murillo also scored twice, tacking on 80-yards in 13 hauls. Heven Gomez surfaced with a 20-yard pick to place South Pas on the Nitro-20. David Madrid delivered his first pass to Bryan Bednarski 15-yards for a touchdown to make it 13-0 with 1:07 left in the opening stanza, before Glendale was caught off guard with an onside kick that SP’s Ryan Tang fell forward on and secured.
This extended SP series carried into the second quarter and Murillo got his second touchdown via a one-yarder with 9:04 until the half. With South Pas up 33-0 midway into the third, Glendale invaded Tiger territory again as deep as the 22, but the snap was muffed. Tiger strong safety David Hughey recovered it, and the Tigers eventually capitalized as Tang slashed into the endzone from eight yards. Glendale surfaced with its lone score on the resulting kick as Michael Davis pulled it down at the one-yard line, eluded several tackles, and broke loose with clear daylight to the left corner for a 99-yard kick return touchdown, which book-ended all scoring. Davis, a standout receiver headed to BYU, had just four receptions for 46 yards.
Next Friday, the Nitros (1-2) will return home to Moyse Field and open up Pacific League play against Pasadena (0-3), who is still searching for its first victory after losing to Salesian 35-6. The Bulldogs will be without Arizona-bound quarterback Brandon Cox for at least another two and a half weeks.
South Pasadena, meanwhile, stays home at Solari next Friday to challenge a resurgent Alhambra (2-2) Moor squad that, after starting 0-2, has now won its last pair and, in doing so, outscored its opponents (Temple City and LA Wilson) 44-7.
Glendale: 0, 0, 0, 7 — 7
South Pas 13, 13, 7, 6 — 39
Scoring summary:
1Q SP 6-0 @3:23 — Murillo 3-run; 2-point run failed.
1Q SP 13-0 @1:07 — Madrid 15-pass to Bednarski; Gomez kick.
2Q SP 19-0 @9:04 — Murillo 1-run, kick failed.
2Q SP 26-0 @0:12 — Lee 3-run, Gomez kick.
3Q SP 33-0 @6:46 — Lee 10-run, Gomez kick.
4Q SP 39-0 @8:42 — Tang 8-run, kick failed.
4Q G 7-39 @8:26 — Davis 99-kick return, Martin Marin kick
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