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The name is Vaughns….Aaren Vaughns

By: Josh Ouellette

[West Covina]- In the Hall of Fame All-Star game featuring teams comprised of players from schools west and east of the 605 the East squad was just too much for the West team to handle winning 42-18 Friday night at West Covina High School.

It was all East from the get go when running back Aaren Vaughns from Charter Oak scored his first touchdown on a 53-yard gallop and weave through the blue jerseys of the West defense. The West put their first points on the board later in the first quarter when Garfield quarterback Josh Mendoza found Rio Hondo Prep’s Jake Holguin on a 36-yard pass for the score. Things were looking up for the West when they shut down the East on defense in the ensuing drive and then Mendoza hit Alhambra’s Ezra Broadus for a 37-yard pass over the middle. A few moments later Mendoza fumbled the ball after being held up and tackled by a host East defenders and none other than Vaughns picked it up and ran it over 55 yards to paydirt. It was all East the rest of the way.

–       East defensive lineman Jacob Hughes from Whittier Christian had a sack and a tackle for loss in the first half to go with his seven individual tackles and more counting assisted ones. He won the MVP award for the East team.

–       Holguin caught two more touchdown passes, one for 29 yards and another from 22 yards out. He was the MVP of the West team.

–       Vaughns had the two aforementioned scores and also added another one through the air on a 67-yard screen pass and score from Chino Hills QB Matt Simko. He made the West defenders look silly again.

–       All three of Vaughns scoring plays came on plays of over 50 yards.

–       Vaughns was ejected in the fourth quarter along with Duarte’s Marcus Lewis for an on-field altercation. Had he not been he was the clear MVP for the night.

–       Cornerback Albert Llamas from St. Paul High School had an interception late in the game.

–       Simko had three touchdowns also, two passing and one on the ground for the East.

–       Manuel Matiarena from Salesian and Garfield’s Ramon Sierra were solid in the trenches for the West team all night long.

–       Defensive lineman Greg Lawton from Rowland had a fumble recovery late in the ballgame.

–       This is for Bonita Alum: Brandt Davis of the Bearcats was a perfect 6-6 on PAT attempts. He did come up short on his only field goal attempt though.