By:George Hernandez<\/p>\n
(El Monte)- Lions quarterback Brandon Martinez put on a show to lead El Monte to a 35-0 win Friday night over visiting Gladstone.<\/p>\n
The Lions stuffed the Gladiators with a three and out. Then Martinez went to work, hitting a wide open Juan Ceballos for 45-yards down to the 1-yard line. Next play Martinez pounded it in to make it 7-0.<\/p>\n
El Monte, still holding its own on defense, scored again in the first quarter with zeros on the clock when running back Bryan Luevano punched it in.<\/p>\n
Gladstone didn’t have any answer for the Lions defense, and in a two minute span just before the half Martinez scored on runs of 29 and 7 to give El Monte a 28-0 lead at halftime.<\/p>\n
The Lions in the second half got sloppy fumbling the ball four times, but the Gladiators were never able to cash in on the mistakes.<\/p>\n
Early in the fourth quarter Martinez found Ceballos again this time he took it 61-yards to paydirt to put up the Lions 35-0 after Luevano’s fifth extra point of the night.<\/p>\n
El Monte’s defense had 9-sacks, Ruben Jimenez with three and Adam Campos with a pair.<\/p>\n
Martinez finished with 103-yards on the ground and 177-yards in the air. Luevano had a solid night rushing 91-yards. Ceballos led in receiving with 113-yards on three catches.<\/p>\n
Despite the loss Gladstone quarterback Kevin Amezquita went 15 of 25 for 131-yards and running back Aaron Sanchez played tough\u00a0on offense and defense.<\/p>\n
EM is now 2-2, G-Stone is 0-3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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