CV quarterback, Cole Doyle breaking free against Arcadia on Thursday night. (Photo courtesy of Dale Domingo)
By Tom Hendrickson
(Glendale)—Max Davila’s 18-yard touchdown pass to Frankie Contreras with 32-seconds remaining gave the Arcadia Apaches a 22-16 victory over the Crescenta Valley Falcons on Thursday night at Moyse Stadium on the campus of Glendale High School.
The key to the game-winner was Davila’s conversion of a fourth and 16 from the Apaches 15. Alex Kelliher managed to get free behind the Falcons secondary and hauled in Davila’s pass for a 54-yard gain before being dragged down.
The two teams traded punches from the start of the fourth quarter. After a 7-7 tie through the first three quarters, CV jumped to a 13-7 lead on Angel Ochoa’s 48-yard halfback option pass to Jordan Nelson with 11:51 left in the game. A bad snap on the extra-point kept the point difference at six.
The Apaches answered three minutes later when Davila raced 54-yards to the CV one. On the next play, Davila found paydirt on a sneak. Randy Ludwig added the point after and Arcadia led, 14-13 with 10:34 to play.
After trading possessions, the Falcons regained the lead when Chris Wood capped a 12-play drive with a 26-yard field goal with just 1:49 on the game clock to set up Davila’s heroics.
The victory was Arcadia’s fifth straight and improved its record to 7-3. Crescenta Valley fell to 8-2. But the Apaches secured second place with a 6-1 Pacific League record. The Falcons are 5-2.
Playoff pairings will be announced this Sunday.
Great game last night, both teams fought hard until the very end. Arcadia has also had a few players out due to injury but the boys stepped up and played until the last whistle was blown.
Well written article!
Falcons been bit hard by the injury bug this season. Hopefully they will get some guys back
and right the ship for a playoff run.