Cole McDonald of Sonora was named MVP for the East
By Tim Peterson
(West Covina) – Cole McDonald threw for a touchdown pass and ran for another as the East rolled to a 34-6 win over the West Saturday night in the Hall of Fame Game at West Covina High School.
Already leading 20-0 in the third quarter McDonald, from Sonora, found La Serna’s Anthony Garcia for a 12-yard score. Later in the third McDonald did it with his legs on an 11-yard touchdown run to cap a 60 yard, 9-play drive to account for the final score.
McDonald was named MVP for his efforts. The East went up 6-0 in the first quarter on a 7-yard run by Sonora’s Jacob Fimbres. They made it 14-o in the second quarter when Mikey Dean from Chaffey took a pass from Charter Oak’s Kamden Brown and scooted around the corner 24 yards for a score.
It was tough sledding at times for Marcos Lopez and the West
The defense got into the act on the next series when on the first play of the possession for the West Isiah Flowers of Ayala reached up and picked off a screen pass by Steven Nava and returned it 26 yards for the pick six and it was 20-0 at the half.
In between McDonald’s passing and running touchdowns the West got its only score of the night when Erick Hernandez of Burroughs hauled in a 42 yards pass from Flintridge Prep’s Andrew Tsangeos. Hernandez made a great over the shoulder catch before sprinting to paydirt.
The West had trouble getting things going offensively putting five times on the night and turning the ball over three times.
Hernandez was named MVP of the West for his TD reception and Rancho Cucamonga’s Nathan Thomas of the East was named lineman of the game.
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