Monrovia quarterback Asaph Zamora is back to pass. (Photo by Andy Villanueva)
by Andy Villanueva
(Monrovia) – Down 20-7 in the second quarter, it appeared Monrovia’s 32-game winning streak in the Rio Hondo League was in jeopardy against San Marino. The Wildcats went on a 41-22 run in the last three quarters to thwart the upset-minded Titans, 48-42.
Asaph Zamora wielded his magic by using his feet and arm to lead Monrovia in their opening game in the Rio Hondo League play by going 13 of 21 for 308 yards and four touchdowns. He also ran for 62 yards on the night on eight carries.
The Wildcats were finally able to get breathing room on the San Marino late in the fourth quarter when Lawrence Spicer took the ball in from 6-yards out to make the score 45-34.
The Titans tried to rally late as Carson Glazier found a wide-open Chip Crowley with 4:02 remaining in the game to cut the Monrovia lead to 45-42.
Tennyson Mcfarlane tries to out run Monrovia’s defense. (photo by Andy Villanueva)
*** Glazier went 23 of 38 for 422 yards and six touchdowns while throwing two interceptions.
*** San Marino wide receiver J.P Shohfi led all receivers with 11 catches for 276 yards receiving and four touchdowns. The longest being for 79 yards.
*** Tennyson Mcfarlane ran for 65 yards and Mark Wicke added another 60 to help lead the Titans to 136 yards in total rushing yards for the game.
*** Since San Marino coach Mike Hobbie took over in 2010 his Rio Hondo League record is 12-4 with all four losses coming at the hands of the Wildcats.
*** The teams combined for 1,070 yards (San Marino 556, Monrovia 514) in total offense with 62 points scored in the first half (San Marino 34, Monrovia 28).
*** The wild second quarter saw the lead change hands four times in less than four minutes. Each team accounted for 21 points in the quarter.
*** Octavius Spencer picked off Glazier twice, with one being returned for 31 yard touchdown to give Monrovia a 21-20 lead early in the second quarter.
*** Spicer shared the duties rushing the ball with Zamora and Seth Raines. Spicer finished the night with 66 yards rushing, while Zamora had 62 and Raines had 63 respectively.
*** Kahlil Bradley had a coming out party for the Wildcats catching 3 passes for 105 yards and a touchdown.
*** Six different Wildcats caught passes from Zamora with four scoring touchdowns (Raines, Bradley, Spencer and Jordan Nathan.)
*** Blake Cusick went two for three on field goals and was perfect on extra-point tries. Cusick also didn’t allow one kick off to be returned during the evening. His fields made were from 42 and 28 yards.
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