Monrovia Struck by Lightening at CO

Charter Oak High School is home to Zion Echols. (Photo by Doug Brown)

“Oh Zion, my haven”…Charter Oak’s Zion Echols. (Photo by Doug Brown)

By Joe Torosian

(Covina)—The Charter Oak Chargers struck fast with three first quarter touchdowns and cruised to a very easy 52-14 victory over the Monrovia Wildcats on Friday night in the CIF Central Division quarterfinals.

Zion Echols rushed for three touchdowns and Dareon Nash caught three touchdown passes from Kam Brown before a running clock was employed in the fourth quarter.

There were no turnovers in the game and the Wildcats defense was able to next six sacks, but it’s offense was non-existent against the Chargers. M-Town only managed 185 yards of offense. In the second half they were limited to three possession and 14 offensive plays. Two of those were punts.

Charter Oak improved to 11-1 and advances to the Central semifinals for the second year in a row. Monrovia’s season ends with an 8-4 record.

***Charter Oak: Kam Brown’s stats: 12 of 16 for 206 yards & 3 Tds.

***Monrovia: Asaph Zamora’s stats: 6 of 22 for 81 yards & 1 Td.

***Charter Oak: Zion Echols’ stats: 17 carries 157 yards & 3 Tds.

***Monrovia: Lawrence Spicer’s stats: 14 carries 74 yards.

***Charter Oak: Dareon Nash’s stats: 4 receptions for 62 yards & 3 Tds.

***Monrovia: Aubrey Mosley’s stats: 3 receptions for 49 yards & Td.

***Nine sacks were recorded in the game. Monrovia: 6 (Canaan Chandler 2, Alex Marin 2)

***Charter Oak’s starting offensive line: LT: Kyle Morales, LG: Andy Trujillo, C: Ryan Nguyen, RG: John Coronel, RT: Ryan Quijas

***Monrovia’s starting offensive line: LT: Cesar Gutierrez, LG: Andrew Mendez, C: John Kitterman, RG: Justin Crutchfield-mcneil, RT: Ty’sean Brown

***Charter Oak faces Glendora at Citrus College next week in the Central Division semifinals.

Scoring Summary

1st. Qtr.
CO-10:50: Zion Echols 3-yard run (Jaren Surdo kick)
CO-5:05: Kam Brown 30-yard pass to Dareon Nash (Surdo kick)
CO-3:51: Echols 32-yard run (Surdo kick)
Charter Oak 21 Monrovia 0

2nd Qtr.
CO-4:02: Echols 9-yard run (Surdo kick)
M-45.7: Asaph Zamora 23-yard pass to Aubrey Mosley (Gabriel Dunkle kick
C0-22.7: Brown 9-yard pass to Nash (Surdo kick)
Charter Oak 35 Monrovia 7

3rd Qtr.
CO-6:27: Surdo 23-yard field goal
M-6:13: Mosley 90-yard kickoff return (Dunkle kick)
CO-2:50: Brown 14-yard pass to Nash (Surdo kick)
Charter Oak 45 Monrovia 14

4th Qtr.
CO-7:15: Matthew Chavez 8-yard run (Surdo kick)
Charter Oak 52 Monrovia 14—FINAL

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