{"id":30118,"date":"2013-11-25T12:30:49","date_gmt":"2013-11-25T19:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=30118"},"modified":"2017-06-10T10:55:13","modified_gmt":"2017-06-10T17:55:13","slug":"monrovia-23-paraclete-7-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=30118","title":{"rendered":"The Mid Remembers: Monrovia-Paraclete November 30, 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Count em…1…2…2<\/p><\/div>\n

With Monrovia and Paraclete meeting again this Friday night in the Mid-Valley Semi Finals we thought we would take a trip down memory lane to the last time\u00a0these two Mid-Valley powers collided.\u00a0Last year it was the Finals.\u00a0This year it’s the semis.\u00a0Here’s how it went on November 30, 2012.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Threemendous!<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Monrovia)- Monrovia scored 23 unanswered points in the second half to overcome a 7-0 deficit and beat Paraclete 23-7 for its third straight CIF Mid-Valley Division title Friday night on its home field.<\/p>\n

Paraclete was the more physcial team in the first half. The Spirits were knocking\u00a0the Wildcats all over the field and even knocked off George Frazier’s helmet on one play. They also sacked Blake Heyworth twice.\u00a0Paraclete had one big play offensively in the first half.\u00a0Tyler Carvalho\u00a0hit a wide open Darma Poonosamy\u00a0on a 48-yard touchdown pass on its second possession for a 7-0 lead.\u00a0Poonosamy got behind the\u00a0Monrovia secondary and Carvalho hit him in stride for the first score of the contest.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile\u00a0Monrovia couldn’t get things going. The\u00a0Wildcats punted on its first two possessions\u00a0and were stopped on downs on thier next two.\u00a0The Wildcats had a golden opportunity\u00a0to break through late in the first half after Brett Walsh intercepted a Carvalho pass\u00a0off of a tip. Monrovia toook over on the Paraclete 27 but after a sack and\u00a0two short runs, Mason Bryant missed a 46 yard field goal and the Spirits went in to the break with the seven point lead.<\/p>\n

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Ainsworth finds a crease!<\/p><\/div>\n

“That’s a great football team. They were flying around,” said Monrovia Coach Ryan Maddox of Paraclete. “We made some adjustments on our offensive line to take advantage of the way they were playing. Our defense played great in the first half. there wasn’t a whole lot of adjustments there.”<\/p>\n

Monrovia wasn’t\u00a0lighting it up on offense, Paraclete’s defense was cracking\u00a0down and\u00a0all was well in\u00a0Spiritville. Then things changed in an instant\u00a0in the second half. Paraclete went three and out, and like the lightning on this rain soaked night, Monrovia\u00a0struck.\u00a0Blake Heyworth hit Anthony Craft\u00a0in single coverage, who\u00a0broke the tackle of the defender\u00a0and raced 85 yards for the touchdown.\u00a0Craft’s sprint to glory only tied the game at seven, but\u00a0you could almost\u00a0hear the\u00a0wind escaping Paraclete’s sails.<\/p>\n

“Their D-backs walked up in our face and we’ve done that all year,” Maddox said. “If they’re going to challenge us we’re going to take our shots. We just had to\u00a0put ourselves in the right position. Our quarterback threw a great ball and there was a great catch.”<\/p>\n

The Cats forced Paraclete\u00a0into a three and out again and Monrovia took over at its own 30.\u00a0A couple of penalties helped a Monrovia drive down to the Paraclete\u00a0six yard line where Bryant booted\u00a0a 22 yard field goal.<\/p>\n

James Jackson\u00a0picked off a Carvalho\u00a0pass to halt a Paraclete drive on the ensuing possession\u00a0and Monrovia was in business again. This time the Wildcats\u00a0embarked on a 10-play 52 yard drive.\u00a0A couple of Paraclete penalties\u00a0and an 18 yard pass from Heyworth to Bryant set up Ge Vontray Ainsworth for a one -yard run and a 16-7 lead with 10:30 left in the game.<\/p>\n

Paraclete was forced to go for it on fourth down from its own 31 on its next series.\u00a0Monrovia held and then five plays later Frazier trucked in, helmet and all, on a five yard\u00a0touchdown run. For all intents and purposes,\u00a0that put a bow on M-Town’s third straight crown.<\/p>\n

Deshawn Potts picked off\u00a0a pass\u00a0on the next Spirit series which set the celebration in motion.\u00a0Paraclete’s three turnovers proved to be costly while Monrovia\u00a0never\u00a0coughed it up.<\/p>\n

While the Monrovia offense did enough, it was ultimately the D that set the tone. The Cats\u00a0held\u00a0Paraclete to only\u00a0155 yards of total offense,\u00a0including just 61 yards on the ground.\u00a0 Antoyne Hutcherson gained 22 yards on eight carries and Chris Campbell was limited to 16 yards on six carries.<\/p>\n

Ainsworth rushed for 125 yards and a touchdown on 19 carries and Craft\u00a0had four receptions for 117 yards and a score.\u00a0Darione Jones added 49 yards on the ground.<\/p>\n

“Let’s just\u00a0say the\u00a0speech at halftime wasn’t\u00a0G-rated,” said M-Town assistant coach Mike Minter after the Spirits controlled most of the first half action.<\/p>\n

“It’s the dedication of my coaching staff and the hard work the players have put in. We don’t talk alot about three-peat just getting better each week and being the best you can be,” Maddox added.\u00a0“It’s an incredible feeling but we have to stay humble and continue to work hard.”<\/p>\n

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With Monrovia and Paraclete meeting again this Friday night in the Mid-Valley Semi Finals we thought we would take a trip down memory lane to the last time\u00a0these two Mid-Valley powers collided.\u00a0Last year it was the Finals.\u00a0This year it’s the semis.\u00a0Here’s how it went on November 30, 2012.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12816],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hsfootball"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30118","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\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30118"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59394,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30118\/revisions\/59394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}