Lawrence Spicer and the Wildcats advance! (Photo by Duane Barker)
(Monrovia) The Monrovia Wildcats and the Grand Terrace Titans battled Friday night in the first round of the 2015 Central Division playoffs. The game included a lot of yellow laundry and a stoppage in play when the lights went out but the Wildcats weathered the interruptions and came out on top 27-17.
The teams played to a 0-0 draw in the first quarter and the Titans broke through first with 11:23 to play in the second period on a one yard run by Donovan Ferguson.
The Wildcats answered the salvo by Grand Terrace with a score of their own marching 65 yards on 4 plays with Aubrey Mosely hauling in a 45 yard pass from Asaph Zamora.
Five minutes later Monrovia lit the scoreboard again on another Zamora to Mosley connection.
The Titans cut the lead to three late in the first half on a 23 yard field goal by Mark Negrete.
Coming out of the locker rooms Grand Terrace went on a 75 yard drive for a score to take the lead back 17-14. Ferguson got the call again this time from seven yards away.
Down three, the Wildcats recovered a Myles Herrera fumble at the Monrovia five. Two plays later Lawrence Spicer got loose on a 84 yard bolt to paydirt. Gabriel Dunkle added the extra point and the Wildcats took back the lead 21 -17. It was a lead the wouldn’t relinquish the rest of the night.
Monrovia put the final nail the in the coffin of Grand Terrace’s season with 1:15 left in the third quarter. Spicer caught a Zamora screen pass in traffic and got loose up for a 20 yard score.
*** Spicer led all rushers with 147 yards on 24 carries with a touchdown rushing and one receiving.
*** Devon Dixon led the Titans on the ground with 118 yards.
*** The leading receiver for the Wildcat’s was Jermaine Bias with seven catches for 144 yards.
*** Dixon was also the leading receiver for Grand Terrace with four catches for 51 yards.
*** Aubrey Mosley had a sold night with four catches for 81 yards but two of the catches were for touchdowns.
*** Ferguson had 93 yards on 11 carries with two touchdowns.
*** Zamora connected on 15 of 26 passes for 262 yards and three scores.
*** It was a long night for Herrera who completed only eight of 21 passes for 85 yards with an interception.
*** With a little more than four minutes left in the third quarter, the stadium lights went out and left the field in darkness. It took about a half an hour to get the lights back on.
*** Monrovia travels to Charter Oak next Friday to battle with the Chargers in round two of the Central Division Playoffs.
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