Humberto! Runs for two and throws for two in the Knights win
By Tim Peterson
(Rosemead) – Humberto Pantoja threw a pair of touchdown passes and ran for two more to lead Arroyo to a 38-21 win over Rosemead Friday night at Marinelli Stadium. With the victory the Knights wrapped up the Mission Valley League with a perfect 6-0 run.
After going undefeated in league in 2013, the Knights missed the playoffs last year, but rebounded to go 8-2 overall this year and will now find out Sunday who they will host in a first round playoff game.
Arroyo was up 31-21 late in the fourth quarter when Pantoja hit Angel Reyes over the middle. Reyes did the rest breaking a tackle and rumbling 48 yards for a score with just over four minutes left to ice it.
Reyes had a big night catching three passes for 146 yards and two touchdowns. Antonio Alcazar hauled in six passes for 81 yards for Arroyo.
Steven Nava threw two touchdown passes for Rosemead – including a 10-yard strike to Elisha Garner early in the four quarter to cut the Arroyo lead to 24-18. However on the next series Pantoja hit Reyes for 30-yard score to put Arroyo up 31-18.
Arroyo halted a Rosemead drive at the Knight 16 on the following series. Jesus Renteria booted a 33-yard field goal to make it 31-21 with just over six minutes left, before Reyes’ big play on the following possession put the game away.
*** Pantoja had 13 carries for 83 yards and the two scores.
*** Nava completed 17of 24 for 324 yards and two touchdowns and no interceptions.
*** Arroyo scored on its first drive of the game going 70 yards on seven plays. Pantoja scored on an eight yard run.
*** Rosemead took an 8-7 lead on a 30-yard pass from Nava to Garner and a two point run by for the conversion by Jordan Parham.
*** Arroyo went up 14-8 on later in the quarter on a two-yard run by Thien “Chuck” Luu.
*** A scoreless second quarter left the Knights up 14-8 at the half.
*** Arroyo led 24-11 a the end of three on a 31 yard field goal by Jesse Ortiz and a five-yard run by Pantoja.
*** Darien Camacho caught six passes for 124 yards for the Panthers.
*** Rosemead finished the regular season 5-5 overall and 5-1 in league – good for a spot in the playoffs.
*** “That score was a lot closer than the scoreboard indicated. We knew it was going to be a battle.” Arroyo HC Jim Singiser.
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