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Xavier Beltran fires three touchdown passes the lead the Panthers past the Conquerors.

(Pomona) The Los Altos Conquerors scored first but the Diamond Ranch Panthers scored more including 16 unanswered in the second half to pull away to a 30-13 win Friday night on the campus of Diamond Ranch High School.

The Panthers (5-1, 2-0)  were coming off a big Hacienda League win over West Covina hoping to build on that win while the Conquerors we returning to action after a week off. Being off the week before league play is good to get guys healthy but for Los Altos, a little bit of rust set in and it took its toll.

*** Estuardo Marcos got the Conquerors on the board first with 3:51 left in the first on a three yard run and capped a four play, 14-yard drive that was set up by a Daniel Valdez interception of Panther Xavier Beltran.

*** Beltran made up for the earlier miscue by marching his team 40-yards on four plays hooking up with Mateo Rodarte on a 30-yard catch and run.

*** Los Altos regained the lead on a 35-yard field goal by Manny Medina after an eight play drive stalled at the Diamond Ranch 18.

*** Beltran struck again with :34 seconds remaining in the first half when he found Daniel Garcia on a 18-yard score.

*** Medina capped the first have scoring booting through a 23-yard field goal to bring the Conquerors to within one at 14-13.

*** The Panther defense pitched a shut-out in the second half and limited the Los Altos offense to a total of 138 total yards.

*** Los Alt0s’ Marcos was mostly held in check on the night gaining only 42-yards on 18 carries.

*** Diamond ranch extended their lead to 11 on a three yard run by Allen Salguero.

*** Christian Zambrano, Kammy Delp and Josh Buchholz made life miserable for Cristian Hacegaba who completed only six passes for 41-yards.

*** Of the seven passes Beltran completed on the night, three were for touchdowns.

*** It doesn’t get any easier next week when Los Altos host a very solid Diamond Bar squad. Diamond Ranch will take the week off and prepare for their own contest with the Brahmas on October 18.