{"id":35282,"date":"2013-10-19T01:30:24","date_gmt":"2013-10-19T08:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=35282"},"modified":"2017-06-10T00:56:41","modified_gmt":"2017-06-10T07:56:41","slug":"la-puente-gets-last-laugh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=35282","title":{"rendered":"La Puente Gets Last Laugh"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Matt Schuler<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

(Duarte) \u2013 The La Puente High School football team lived up to its name and played like Warriors Friday Night.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Down 23-29 with time winding down, LP put together a 11-play 50 yard drive capped off when quarterback Jacob Tovar zipped a 5-yard pass to wide receiver Enrique Gonzales for the go ahead score and eventual game winner with 11 seconds to play, giving the Warriors 30-29 come- from- behind victory over the Duarte Falcons. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThey just keep fighting,\u201d said La Puente head coach Scott Morrison. \u201cWe talked about playing to a standard, we don\u2019t play to an opponent, we play to a standard and our guys continued to fight to play to that standard for four quarters.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The game winning touchdown drive came after Duarte was attempting to seal the deal and extend their 29-24 lead to a two possession lead with a field goal. Instead the attempt was blocked by the Warrior defense and the ball was recovered with less than 2:39 to play on the 50 yard line. Tovar then led his offense down the field and the rest is history.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Duarte was in shock after controlling the game the entire night, including holding a 17-7 lead in the second and a 23-14 lead in the third quarter.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Jose Ochoa came up huge once again for the Warriors, hauling in two touchdown grabs from Tovar, including a 79- yard catch and run to close the gap 21-23. Erick Morales then picked off the ensuing drive\u2019s first pass by Isaiah Scott, which led to a field goal to give LP their first lead before Duarte countered three plays later. This set up La Puente’s defense to provide some late game heroics.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

***Falcons Defense gave up more points tonight (30) than the last three games combined (22)<\/span><\/p>\n

*** Sam Edwards (Duarte) looked like Calvin Johnson on offense scoring a TD on the ground (19) and one TD through the air (44)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

*** A Roughing the passer penalty negated a interception by Duarte\u2019s Edwards, which would of sealed the win, but instead gave Tovar another chance.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

***Two encroachment penalties by the Falcons made Henry Rodriguez\u2019s field goal a chip shot, giving LP their first 24-23 lead of the night<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

***Rodriguez also saved a touchdown as the last line of defense on the kickoff team and made a crucial tackle preventing a sure score from Duarte\u2019s speedy special teams.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

*** LP now looks ahead towards a matchup with Montview League foe Azusa.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

***Warriors are now 3-1 in league after their loss to Bassett last week.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

***Falcons were coming off of two defensive shut outs.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

*** Duarte takes on Sierra Vista next week.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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