By Alex Gonzalez<\/p>\n
(Alhambra)\u2013 With Gevontray Ainsworth seeing limited action, Vincent Venegas shined for six touchdowns as Covina routed Alhambra 49-7 Friday night at Moor Field in Mid-Valley Division Quarterfinal action.<\/p>\n
Venegas, 216 yards rushing, was a scoring machine for the Colt\u2019s, rushing for four scores, catching another from quarter back Billy Livingston, and also added a pick six.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s pretty good,\u201d said C-Town HC Darryl Thomas \u201cI\u2019m glad that Vinnie is on our team, he\u2019s our dude.\u201d<\/p>\n
Covina (11-1, 6-0) scored early and often on both sides of the ball at the start of the game. Its first score came after Alhambra\u2019s (9-3, 4-1) special teams had a bad snap in punt formation. The Colts were able to recover the ball at the one yard line. Venegas put it in for six on the very next play.<\/p>\n
On the Moors ensuing possession quarterback Joshua Mendoza first pass attempt was picked off by Venegas and scored again.<\/p>\n
Venegas scored again when the Colt\u2019s 33-yards soon after that.<\/p>\n
The Colt\u2019s scored one more time before the first quarter ended when Peter De La Cruz picked up another bad snap when Alhambra tried to punt. At the end of the first it was 28-0.<\/p>\n
The Moors defense was able to stop Covina\u2019s offensive attack in the second not allowing them to score. However, Alhambra\u2019s offense couldn\u2019t score either. Mendoza threw his second interception at the start of the second, completing one pass in the first half.<\/p>\n
Ezra Broadus struggled as well, his longest gain was 34 yards but his other carries were either no gain or negative yards.<\/p>\n
The Moors did score in the second stanza when Mendoza hooked up with Broadus for a 34-yard touchdown pass.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think our youth showed,\u201d said Alhambra HC Lou Torres \u201cOur young guys made mistakes we hadn\u2019t made all year.\u201d<\/p>\n
On Covina\u2019s first three possessions in the second half, they all ended with scores, and Venegas was behind all the three. A connection from Livingston for a 25-yard touchdown pass. Then he busted out touchdown runs for 82 and 70 yards.<\/p>\n
The C-Town victory sets up a semifinal showdown with Monrovia next week.<\/p>\n
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