{"id":3351,"date":"2009-10-10T01:21:44","date_gmt":"2009-10-10T08:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=3351"},"modified":"2009-10-10T01:28:14","modified_gmt":"2009-10-10T08:28:14","slug":"aztecs-run-away-from-warriors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=3351","title":{"rendered":"Aztecs Run Away From Warriors"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Matt Schuler<\/strong><\/p>\n

(La Puente)- A new season, new faces, yet the defending league champions are looking dominant once again.<\/p>\n

Last year\u2019s Montview League title holder Azusa rushed for over 350 yards on the ground and used La Puente as a door mat, walking all over the Warriors 50-21 Friday night.<\/p>\n

Azusa running back Kendrec McDade carried the ball 33 times for 190 yards and two touchdowns.<\/p>\n

McDade kicked off the opening drive with six consecutive carries and capped off the 6-play, 67 yard drive on a two yard toss-play to open up a 7-0 lead after two and a half minutes of play.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe knew we had to score first,\u201d said Aztec Coach Joe Scherf. \u201cWe hadn\u2019t shown anything like that in any film so we decided to try that.\u201d<\/p>\n

It worked.<\/p>\n

Alternate running back Steven Blount also accounted for two touchdowns on the ground and rushed for 152 yards on only 10 carries for Azusa.<\/p>\n

Blount scored on touchdown runs of 57 and 24, providing a homerun threat with his breakaway speed.<\/p>\n

The Warriors, coming off a 62-3 win over Duarte, were looking like the team to challenge Azusa in the title hunt, but were overwhelmed and outplayed by the Aztecs in every facet of the game.<\/p>\n

Quarter back for La Puente, Garrett Hrey, completed only 4 of 9 passes, three of which went for touchdowns. Hrey finished with 95 yards, connecting on touchdown passes of 53, 44 and 35 yards to 3 different receivers. Senior receivers James Fernandez, Giovanni Rosales and Eduardo Venegas came up with big play touchdown grabs for LP.<\/p>\n

Fernandez 44 yard touchdown catch from Hrey gave Puente a breath of life and kept it close at 14-7 going into half time. It was only 7-0 at the end of one.<\/p>\n

It was the second half where Azusa opened the gap and ran away.<\/p>\n

The Aztecs ground game carried the team, but the Azusa\u2019s defense accounted for 16 of the 50 points put on the scoreboard.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey out played us tonight,\u201d said Warriors coach Brandon Rohrer. \u201cThey out hit us, they were just more physical than us. It was just one of those nights.\u201d<\/p>\n

With 2:32 remaining in the third, Azusa\u2019s Abraham Ochoa scored when he picked up a blocked punt by teammate Daniel Velasquez and took it to 35 yards to the house to push the lead to 29-7.<\/p>\n

La Puente responded to start the fourth when Hrey found Rosales, who made a spectacular jumping catch over the defense, for his second touchdown toss to bring the score 29-14, but It was all LP from there.<\/p>\n

The Aztecs defense forced a safety, returned a block punt for a touchdown and defensive back Desmond Reed picked off Hrey and took it 25 yards to cap off the scoring for Azusa.<\/p>\n

The Aztecs, now 5-1 overall and 2-0 in league, are averaging 31 points a game and looking to keep it rolling next week against Sierra Vista. La Puente, 1-1, 4-2 overall, plays Workman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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