{"id":12224,"date":"2010-11-06T07:00:29","date_gmt":"2010-11-06T14:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=12224"},"modified":"2010-11-06T13:58:17","modified_gmt":"2010-11-06T20:58:17","slug":"la-mirada-40-norwalk-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=12224","title":{"rendered":"La Mirada Starts Slow, Finishes Fast"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Elijhaa Penny had 174 of Norwalk's 454 yards rushing, but it wasn't enough <\/p><\/div>\n

(La Mirada) –\u00a0How do you rack up\u00a0over\u00a0450 yards rushing and still lose?\u00a0That’s what Norwalk Coach Jesse Ceniceros is\u00a0probably asking himself\u00a0after Friday night’s game with\u00a0La Mirada. But that’s exactly what happened\u00a0in a 40-29 Lancers\u00a0loss to the Matadores in Suburban League play.<\/p>\n

Norwalk\u00a0used some of those yards to jump out to a 17-0 lead\u00a0on La Mirada \u00a0with just over five minutes left in the second\u00a0quarter. But La Mirada\u00a0scored 27 consecutive points\u00a0in the second and third quarters to grab a ten point lead and never looked back.<\/p>\n

“The same thing happened last year,” said La Mirada Coach\u00a0Mike\u00a0Moschetti. “We were down 27-6 at one point and came back to win.\u00a0We played about as bad as we could play on offense early in the first half. But we just kept playing one play at a time and we were able to come back.”<\/p>\n

A 65 yard\u00a0run by Billy Moore in the first quarter\u00a0and three yard run\u00a0by Moore set up by a 55 yard jaunt by Elijhaa Penny in the second\u00a0propelled Norwalk to the 17 point advantage.<\/p>\n

But La Mirada pieced together a\u00a074 yard drive late in the second to cut the lead to 17-6.\u00a0It appeared that the half would end that way\u00a0when La Mirada came up with a huge play just before the break.\u00a0Shane Blood hit Anthony Diaz on a corner route for\u00a0a 54 yard touchdown pass with four seconds left in the quarter.\u00a0Instead of 17-6, it’s 17-13 and it’s a new ball game.<\/p>\n

“That was a huge play by Diaz,” Moschetti said. “It got us going.”<\/p>\n

“It was a momentum changer, no doubt.\u00a0What are you going to do?” said Ceniceros.<\/p>\n

Then La Mirada hit\u00a0Norwalk with two more big plays in the second qaurter.\u00a0After Norwalk was stopped and\u00a0forced to punt, Reuben Poncedeleon fielded the boot and navigated\u00a0his way 63 yards for a score to put the Mats on top.<\/p>\n

On the next La Mirada possession, lightning struck again.\u00a0on the first play from scrimmage, Max Gama found a hole at the line,\u00a0broke\u00a0into the secondary and went 76 yards for a touchdown.\u00a0Just like that it was\u00a027-17 La Mirada.<\/p>\n

Norwalk battled back\u00a0but could never regain the lead. Andre Thompson scored on touchdown runs of 25 and 35 yards in the fourth quarter. But for every Norwalk jab there was a counter punch by La Mirada.<\/p>\n

Aaryn Bouzos caught a 23 yard strike from Blood and after a failed Norwalk onside kick attempt,\u00a0Gama got loose again for\u00a0a 45 yard score to\u00a0ice it with 1:34 left.<\/p>\n

For Norwalk,\u00a0Penny had 21 carries for 174 yards, Moore 20 for 124 and\u00a0two touchdowns while\u00a0Thompson\u00a0rushed for\u00a0117 yards on 11 carries.<\/p>\n

Blood was 12 for 19 for 192 yards and a pair of touchdowns with\u00a0Diaz catching five for 108 yards and a score.<\/p>\n

With the victory and only a date with Bellflower left, La Mirada clinched the Suburban League crown with a 5-0 record. The Matadores are 6-3 overall.\u00a0Norwalk is 3-2 and 5-4.<\/p>\n

“Sure thats’s nice\u00a0to win the\u00a0Suburban\u00a0League but we’re just taking it one play at\u00a0 time, one game at time. We’re going to get ready for Bellflower,”\u00a0Moschetti added.<\/p>\n

N\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 10\u00a0 7\u00a0 0 12\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 29<\/p>\n

LM \u00a0\u00a0 0\u00a0 13\u00a0 14\u00a0 13\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 40<\/p>\n

Summary: <\/strong><\/p>\n

1st Qtr: <\/strong><\/p>\n

N 6:27 Luis Cortez\u00a029 yd FG\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

N :00 Moore 65 yd run (Cortez Kick)<\/strong><\/p>\n

2nd Qtr: <\/strong><\/p>\n

N 5:12 Moore 3 yd run (Cortez Kick) <\/strong><\/p>\n

LM 2:12 Blood 12 yd run (Kick Failed) <\/strong><\/p>\n

LM :04 Diaz 54 yd pass from Blood (Otero Kick) <\/strong><\/p>\n

3rd Qtr:<\/strong><\/p>\n

LM 8:29 Poncedeleon 63 yd punt ret. (Otero Kick) <\/strong><\/p>\n

LM 3:30 Gama 76 yd run (Otero Kick) <\/strong><\/p>\n

4th\u00a0Qtr:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

N 8:51 Thompson\u00a025 yd run (Kick Blocked) <\/strong><\/p>\n

LM 3:38 Bouzos 23 yd pass from Blood (Kick Failed) <\/strong><\/p>\n

N 1:44 Thompson 35 yd run (Kick Failed) <\/strong><\/p>\n

LM 1:34 Gama 45 yd run (Otero Kick) \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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(La Mirada) –\u00a0How do you rack up\u00a0over\u00a0450 yards rushing and still lose?\u00a0That’s what Norwalk Coach Jesse Ceniceros is\u00a0probably asking himself\u00a0after Friday night’s game with\u00a0La Mirada. But that’s exactly what happened\u00a0in a 40-29 Lancers\u00a0loss to the Matadores in Suburban League play.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[3025,4079,3889,2657,2660,2658,3824,2539,3719],"class_list":["post-12224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-school-sports","tag-aaryn-bouzos","tag-andre-thompson","tag-anthony-diaz","tag-billy-moore","tag-elijhaa-penny","tag-jesse-ceniceros","tag-max-gama","tag-mike-moschetti","tag-shane-blood"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12224"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12262,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12224\/revisions\/12262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}