By Rich Whittington<\/p>\n
(La Mirada)- The La Mirada Matadores proved that they were better than their 0-4 record by completely outplaying and beating the visiting Bellflower Buccaneers Friday evening at La Mirada High School.<\/p>\n
The Matadores scored first, fast and often…and they never looked back. La Mirada scored in the game\u2019s first minute, on a 65-yard run by senior running back E.J. Meza. Meza would add two more scores.<\/p>\n
Also scoring rushing touchdowns for the Matadores were senior running back Adam Carrasco (two scoring runs), freshman running back Nick Hernandez (1) , and sophomore running back Sei-J Lauago. Bellflower running back Marquise Lowe added two late rushing touchdowns to complete the evening\u2019s scoring.<\/p>\n
***La Mirada scored three touchdowns in the first six minutes of tonight\u2019s game***<\/p>\n
***La Mirada, as a team, rushed for 407 yards on 27 carries***<\/p>\n
***The score at halftime was La Mirada-42, Bellflower-0***<\/p>\n
***The entire second half of the contest was played using a running clock.<\/p>\n
***La Mirada Coach Mike Moschetti showed true sportsmanship by playing his reserves<\/p>\n
for the entire second half of tonight\u2019s contest.<\/p>\n
***Bellflower had twelve possessions in tonight\u2019s contest\u2026ten of which ended in<\/p>\n
punts or being turned over on downs.<\/p>\n
***Bellflower\u2019s Marquise Lowe gained 55 yards on 11 carries, scoring two touchdowns.<\/p>\n
***La Mirada\u2019s next contest is 10\/4\/13 against Glenn at Excelsior High School.<\/p>\n
***Bellflower\u2019s next game is 10\/4\/13 against Mayfair at Bellflower High School.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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