{"id":29119,"date":"2012-11-02T00:19:10","date_gmt":"2012-11-02T07:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=29119"},"modified":"2017-06-10T10:16:12","modified_gmt":"2017-06-10T17:16:12","slug":"west-covina-28-rowland-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=29119","title":{"rendered":"West Covina Makes its Case, 28-7"},"content":{"rendered":"
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West Covina’s Aarron Franklin (44) caught a 24 yard touchdown pass for the Bulldogs’ first score<\/p><\/div>\n

(Rowland Heights) – West Covina broke open a 7-7 tie at halftime with three scores in the second half to beat Rowland\u00a028-7 in Hacienda League action. With the victory, Diamond Ranch’s win and a Bonita loss,\u00a0all four teams finished at 4-2 in the Hacienda League.<\/p>\n

“I would think we would get in (the playoffs).\u00a0Although if there’s a four-way tie for first I don’t know what’s going to\u00a0happen. We did what we had to do tonight,”\u00a0said West Covina Coach Mike Maggiore. “We also did what we had to do\u00a0last week.\u00a0All we can do now is wait to see what happens.\u00a0These guys right now are deserving of\u00a0being in the playoffs.”<\/p>\n

The Bulldogs did what they had to do by shutting down Rowland completely in the second\u00a0half\u00a0after allowing only a touchdown in the first.\u00a0Rowland’s only score came early in the second\u00a0when a\u00a014-play drive ended with a 22 yard touchdown pass\u00a0from George Campos to\u00a0Joel Delgado to tie the score at seven.\u00a0But that was it offensively for the Raiders.\u00a0They\u00a0punted on five of their\u00a0next seven possessions and turned it over on an interception on another one.<\/p>\n

They did have an opportunity to score late in the\u00a0second qaurter but were stopped on fourth down at the\u00a0West Covina 11 yard line.<\/p>\n

“I thought our defense played tremendous in the second half\u00a0and that was a key. They did everything they had to do and didn’t let up. I was really proud of the way our defense played,” Maggiore said.<\/p>\n

The Bulldogs took a 7-0 advantage in the first quarter.\u00a0West Covina drove 75 yards on 11 plays. Jon Najera connected with Aarron Frankin over the middle for a 22 yard touchdown strike.<\/p>\n

In the second\u00a0half\u00a0West Covina broke it open. On their\u00a0first series in the third, the Bulldogs took advantage by recovering\u00a0an\u00a0onside kick\u00a0by Rowland at the 40. They promptly marched\u00a060 yards for a score.\u00a0Najera threw his second TD\u00a0pass of the game\u00a0finding Sidney Jones who made a leaping grab\u00a0and slipped into the endzone for a 14-7 lead.<\/p>\n

“He’s a great athlete with great hands,”\u00a0Maggiore said of Jones.<\/p>\n

West Covina put together another drive\u00a0late in the third into the fourth.\u00a0The march covered\u00a061 yards and Najera did it\u00a0himself this time on a one yard sneak on fourth down. The drive was highlighted by a 31 yard pass to Jones\u00a0down to the Rowland two to set up the score.<\/p>\n

The Bulldogs iced it with 9:25 left in the game when Aaron Salgado\u00a0broke off a 42 yard touchdown run for the final score of the night. Salgado’s run\u00a0came on the first play after a Rowland turnover.<\/p>\n

“High school kids don’t like to tackle 200 pound guys coming at them.\u00a0He (Salgado) made a great run. All of those five and seven yard runs earlier set that one up,” Maggiore said.<\/p>\n

Salgado finished with\u00a017 carries for 89 yards and the touchdown.\u00a0Antonio “Noodles” Hull had\u00a0eight carries for 63 yards. Najera completed five of\u00a0seven passes for 87 yards and a pair of touchdowns.<\/p>\n

For Rowland Avery Duffus was the focal point of the offense.\u00a0He rushed\u00a021 times for 96 yards. Campos completed\u00a0nine passes for 86 yards and a score.<\/p>\n

Rowland is expected to be playing in the post season with an overall record of 7-3.<\/p>\n

“We went toe to toe and battled with them\u00a0in the first half but then the wheels just kind of fell of the cart for us,” said Rowland Coach Craig Snyder.\u00a0“But I’m really proud of these kids for our record.\u00a0They’ve worked their\u00a0butts off\u00a0and they’ve battled through a lot of adversity. This is a tough league.”<\/p>\n

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