By Saile Ramirez<\/p>\n
(San Gabriel)-The San Gabriel Matadors overwhelmed the visiting Alhambra Moors to the tune of a 52-14 victory Friday Night in Almont League play.<\/p>\n
Isaac Valdez (18-28 226-yards) accounted for five of San Gabriel\u2019s nine touchdowns, four on the ground and one through the air.<\/p>\n
Alhambra struck first with a 16 play-drive late in the first quarter, which culminated with 1-yard touchdown run by Brandon Wilson.<\/p>\n
SG tied the score at seven, midway through the second quarter with a Valdez 1-yard quarterback sneak. On their next drive Valdez again found the end zone from 4-yards out.<\/p>\n
After a Mitchell Crockom fumble, which was caused by the Matadors Alex Lopez, Valdez and company were setup for another score that came in the form of an Arthur Brown 9-yard touchdown run. SG led 19-7 with about two minutes left.<\/p>\n
Alhambra\u2019s Darrian Cazarin led his team down to the San Gabriel 3-yard line with big play passes to Joseph Becerra and Wilson. A critical mistake of spiking the ball on fourth down by Cazarin ended Moors hopes to score before half. They trailed 19-7 at halftime.<\/p>\n
Valdez continued his great night with another rushing touchdown to start the third quarter.<\/p>\n
Cazarin strung together a 14 play-drive and found Crockom 33-yards down field for their second and last touchdown of the night.<\/p>\n
The Matadors scored on two consecutive drives and added to their lead with a Valdez pass to Mark Covarrubias and Valdez\u2019s final touchdown run<\/p>\n
SG\u2019s final touchdown came way of a 45-yard interception return by sophomore Alex Villalobos.<\/p>\n
The Matadors are now 3-0 in the Almont league and The Moors drop to 1-2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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