Ernesto “Macho” Camacho ran for two and threw for two to lead the Knights
By Tim Peterson
(Montebello) – Arroyo rallied from an early 14 point deficit to beat Schurr 42-28 Friday night to advance to the semi finals of the CIF Division 12 playoffs.
Down 21-20 at the half Ernesto Camacho capped a seven-play 53-yard drive with 23-yard touchdown pass to Rey Cotero to put the Knights up 27-21. Schurr answered back with a 75-yard march that Jose Rochin finished with an 8-yard run to put the Spartans back on top 28-27 with 12 seconds left in the third quarter. That was Schurr’s last lead of the night.
Arroyo scored the last 15 points of the game to end the Spartans season. Camacho scored on a 26-yard scamper less than a minute later with 11:29 left in the fourth. Later in the quarter the Knights drive 86 yards on 12 plays with Camacho landing in pay dirt again on a four-yard run.
Arroyo recovered the ensuing kick off and that spelled the end of the Spartans. They did get the ball back one more time but ran out of clock.
The Knights got on the board first when Camacho hit Yezdan Marquez in stride for a 57-yards and a 7-0 lead. Schurr then rebounded to score the next three times before the first quarter was over. Miguel Aguero hit Lance Babb for a 12-yard TD strike to finish a 62-yard drive.
After Arroyo punted the Spartans hit on a big play on the next possession. Aguero found Babb wide open behind the Arroyo secondary who gathered in the pass and sprinted 87 yards for the score. The Knights were forced to punt again and Schurr took advantage again. This time Aguero did it himself with a four-yard run after a 64 -yard drive to make it 21-7 at the end of the first quarter.
The Knights were on the verge getting blown out but the defense made a couple big stops and the offense got going again. Steven Ocariz scored a three-yard run with 4:09 left in the second quarter. Three minutes later Arroyo needed just three plays to get in the end zone. Camacho hit Devin Knight for 29 yards down to the 14. Ocariz hauled in a 14-yard pass from Camacho with just over a minute left to make it 21-20. The extra point was missed and it 21-20 at the break.
After Schurr took the lead late in the third quarter, Arroyo took control.
Camacho threw for two touchdowns and ran for two. He ran the ball 22 times for 165 yards and two scores. He threw for 287 yards and two scores. Ocariz had 90 yards on 15 carries. For Schurr Babb had nine carries on 189 yards and two touchdowns.
Schurr finished 8-4 overall while Arroyo improves to 11-1 and will host Segerstrom next week in the semi finals.
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