By Tim Peterson
(El Monte) – Isaiah Standley ran for two touchdowns and caught another as El Monte rolled over Mt. View 35-9 Thursday night at El Monte High.
Standley hauled in a 22-yard touchdown pass from Alex Aleman in the first quarter and had two short touchdown runs of one and two yards in the third and fourth quarters.
The Lions were already up 28-9 when Standley broke off a 47-yard run down to the one-yard line. On the next play he plowed into the endzone to put a lid on the 26-point victory.
Standley had just four carries for 67 yards and the two scores and two receptions for 28 yards and a touchdown.
El Monte scored on its first two possessions. The Lions marched 63 yards on five plays on the opening series. Aaron Rivera scored on a three-yard run and then kicked the extra point himself to make it 7-0.
On the next possession Standley’s 22-yard touchdown reception capped a 66-yard drive.
Mt. View got on the board early in the second quarter after the Lions botched a punt return with a fumble and the Vikings recovered on the El Monte 21. After Mt. View stalled on the El Monte 10-yard line Jake Guevara booted a 27-yard field goal to make it 14-3.
Later in the quarter Aleman threw a 24-yard touchdown strike to Visi Aseh in the corner of the endzone to make it 21-3 with 6:00 left in the second quarter. The Lions took that lead into the half.
Early in the third El Monte drove 68 yards on 10 plays with Standley going in from the two. He then capped his three-score performance in the fourth with the short blast.
Mt View did manage one more touchdown when Anthony Erazo grabbed a 14-yard touchdown toss from Manuel Gonzales with 14 seconds left in the third quarter.
Aleman had a big night completing 19 passes for 291 yards and two touchdowns. Alonso Hernandez Jr. hauled in nine catches for 139 yards and Aseh had seven receptions for 113 yards and a score. Rivera had 90 yards in 13 carries to lead the ground attack.
For Mt. View Everardo Nunez had 73 yards on 13 carries.
The Lions are firmly entrenched in first place in the Mission Valley League as they improved to 4-0. They are 6-2 overall. The Vikings fell to 1-3 and 4-4.
MV 0 3 6 0 9
EM 14 7 7 7 35
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