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<\/a>West Covina celebrates back to back Southeast titles<\/p><\/div>\n
Even though it was only one touchdown, there was the\u00a0feeling that when Chris Solomon scored on a 27 yard run on West Covina’s first\u00a0play from scrimmage, it was over. Before the seats at Cal High were warm\u00a0the Bulldogs were up 28-0 and cruising to their\u00a0second consecutive CIF Southeast title.<\/p>\n
San Gabriel played with Monrovia for a half. The Matadors had taken a couple of shots from the Wildcats but responded right back each time. Monrovia scored at the beginning of the third quarter and you expected SG to answer again. Then the bad snap happened. Monrovia recovered at the Matador eight yard line and it was basically game over.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou could just see the morale drop\u00a0after that turnover,\u201d said former San Gabriel linebacker Kevin Harris.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe shouldn\u2019t have lost by that score,\u201d said San Gabriel assistant Daniel Bernard.<\/p>\n
De\u2019Shawn Ramirez talked continually through out the game specifically to the guy lining up opposite him- Alex Villalobos. But Ramirez was the first to console Villalobos after the game.<\/p>\n
Marquis Bias numbers in the Final: 31 carries for 265 yards and three touchdowns\u2026and no turnovers.<\/p>\n
You just knew a highlight play from Ramirez was coming. And it happened late in the fourth quarter on a 66 yard touchdowns run. Speed, stiff arms, breaking tackles\u2026it was a thing of beauty.<\/p>\n
Villalobos numbers: 12 catches for 160 yards and two touchdowns. \u201cNumber one (Villalobos) is a great football player,\u201d said Monrovia Coach Ryan Maddox.<\/p>\n
The San Gabriel fans were loyal to the end chanting \u201cSG YOU KNOW!\u201d while the players and coaches gathered at mid field for the trophy presentation after the game.<\/p>\n
West Covina outscored its four playoff opponents 240-75 including a record setting 84 point performance in the CIF Final victory over La Serna.<\/p>\n
Jimmy Frazier just scored again.<\/p>\n
West Covina threw the ball only three times against La Serna and one of them was a touchdown pass by Solomon to Lonzell Barnett.<\/p>\n
With Monrovia and West Covina repeating as Mid-Valley and Southeast Division Championships, we are proposing the Mid Valley Sports Bowl between the two champions to be played next Saturday night at a neutral site. \u201cWe\u2019ll see you there next week,\u201d said Monrovia assistant Mike Minter.<\/p>\n
A local writer suggested that he would rather go down in the Semi Finals than be blasted in the Finals like La Serna. I disagree. The Lancers got a chance to compete for a championship. It didn\u2019t go as they planned but heck, they weren\u2019t expected to be there anyway. Give me a CIF Finals appearance any day.<\/p>\n
The only thing wrong with playing the Final at Cal High was the parking. There was plenty of seating to accompany the fans. The second set of stands brought in for the West Covina side wasn\u2019t even filled to capacity. But yeah the parking was bad. Of course it wasn\u2019t much better in M-Town. Oh and hey Monrovia! What\u2019s with squeezing the media five bucks for parking? I mean I didn\u2019t pay it but it forced me to put on my hiking boots. I have a call out to Darvin Jackson.<\/p>\n
Cal Coach Jim Arnold called the grass \u201cdormant.\u201d It wasn\u2019t dead\u2026just dormant.<\/p>\n
Solomon just scored again.<\/p>\n
I was called out in the second half for picking Monrovia 42-10 in \u201cGame Night.\u201d It was kind of quiet in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n
With that being said, at the risk of sounding like Andy Villathedevil, \u201cThe game was closer than the score indicated.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ryan Maddox in four years at Monrovia: Three CIF Finals appearances, two Championships and a semi finals appearance. How do you like that resume?<\/p>\n
Mike Maggiore has now won three titles at West Covina.<\/p>\n
Monrovia\u2019s Wayne Tao is the best local stat keeper in the business.<\/p>\n
Andy Guerrero threw for 164 yards and rushed for 56 – in the first half.<\/p>\n
Is there a reason the CIF Finals game starts at 7:30 on a Saturday night instead of like say 6:00?<\/p>\n
La Serna\u2019s Frankie Palmer. Yeah I know what happened but he led his team to the Finals as a sophomore. So yes Frankie Palmer.<\/p>\n
Aaron Salgado just scored again.<\/p>\n
Monrovia\u2019s Brett Walsh made plays offensively and defensively. Doesn\u2019t he always?<\/p>\n
Cedric Ho should be named officially to the San Gabriel coaching staff.<\/p>\n
Mason Bryant continually forced San Gabriel to start from its own 20 yard line by booting the ball out of the end zone and his 35 yard field goal in the fourth quarter cleared with plenty of room to spare.<\/p>\n
With three more touchdowns Saturday night Ramirez finished the season with 23 including 11 in the four game playoff run.<\/p>\n
Monrovia outscored its four playoff opponents 185-69. Yeah that Mid Valley Sports Bowl looks good<\/p>\n
Bradley Ojala just scored again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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