{"id":39327,"date":"2014-05-25T22:31:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-26T05:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=39327"},"modified":"2014-05-26T10:51:58","modified_gmt":"2014-05-26T17:51:58","slug":"kiss-gets-rattled-70-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=39327","title":{"rendered":"KISS Gets Rattled, 70-25"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Another<\/a>

Another solid outing for Donovan Morgan!!<\/p><\/div>\n

(Anaheim) –\u00a0The\u00a0KISS allowed\u00a028 straight points to start the second\u00a0half as\u00a0a once\u00a0respectable game quickly turned into a rout and Arizona\u00a0blitzed LA 70-25 Sunday at the Honda Center.\u00a0The two\u00a0teams are heading in\u00a0opposite directions as the KISS (2-8) lost their seventh\u00a0straight\u00a0while the Rattlers won for the tenth consecutive time this year to remain perfect at 10-0.<\/p>\n

The KISS\u00a0actually scored first on an Andres Vargas two-yard run to finish\u00a0their\u00a0first drive of the contest, but after that it was all Rattlers. Arizona outscored\u00a0LA 70-18 the rest of the way.\u00a0The Rattlers led 35-19 at the half and then boat raced the\u00a0KISS in the third quarter.<\/p>\n

“People\u00a0have to step up their\u00a0game. I trust everybody in that locker room and I’m convinced\u00a0we will fix it,” said KISS head coach Bob McMillen.\u00a0“And again if they don’t\u00a0then we will find somebody that will.”<\/p>\n

\"Not<\/a>

Not the home debut that Aaron Garcia was thinking about.<\/p><\/div>\n

A.J Cruz\u00a0returned 10 kicks\u00a0for 270 yards and\u00a0did\u00a0give the KISS some\u00a0spark\u00a0but wasn’t pleased with the result.\u00a0“It’s hard to be happy when you lose. I can say I played well, etc. but the bottom line is that we lost. I’m only happy when we win,”\u00a0Cruz said. “We need each and every player to\u00a0give 100 percent effort. We need to hold each other accountable,\u00a0myself included. We have to figure out how to have every player give a total effort. We need to be cohesive.”<\/p>\n

Aaron Garcia, in only his second game with the KISS, started but got hurt in the first quarter giving way to Tyler Hanson. Garcia returned later. Hanson was ineffective throwing two interceptions, including one that was returned for 15 yards for a touchdown by Marquis Floyd to give Arizona a 14-7 lead.<\/p>\n

Hanson tossed another pick on the next series that was returned to the LA one. Alex Singleton punched it in from there and faster than you can say J.J. Raterink it was 21-7 Rattlers.<\/p>\n

Hanson scored on a one yard run on the ensuing series to get the KISS within 21-13 but Arizona immediately responded.<\/p>\n

Nick Davila connected on touchdown passes to Kerry Reed and Nick Miller from 19 and six yards respectively in the second quarter to increase the lead to 35-13. Garcia returned to throw a 14 yard touchdown pass to Donovan \u201cCaptain\u201d Morgan to close out the half as Arizona took a 35-19 lead into the break.<\/p>\n

The Rattlers then came out and buried the KISS in the third. Reed hauled in two more scoring strikes form Davila of five and 14 yards and Singleton crossed the goal line again this time on a 13 yard pass from Arizona from backup quarterback Jason Murrietta.<\/p>\n

Singleton scored again late in the game on a five-yard run to round out the scoring as the Rattlers put on a seventies show.<\/p>\n

Garcia completed 13 of 25 for 173 yards, one touchdown and an interception for the KISS while Hanson struggled at 2 of 9 for 11 yards, two interceptions and a score. Morgan, who has been the KISS\u2019 best receiver all year, had eight receptions for 89 yards and a touchdown.<\/p>\n

Reed was the bread and butter guy for Arizona with seven catches for 101 yards and four touchdowns. Davila completed 16 of 25 for 236 yards and six touchdowns.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not going to say we will go undefeated the rest of the way but as a team we\u2019re focused on getting better and putting forth our best effort,\u201d Cruz said. \u201cThere is no way it\u2019s down hill from here. We\u2019re competitors. We will not give up.\u201d<\/p>\n

The KISS will take next week off with a bye before traveling to San Jose June 7 to try to right the ship against the Sabercats.<\/p>\n

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AZ 14 21 21 14\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 70<\/p>\n

LA 7\u00a0\u00a0 12 \u00a0 0\u00a0\u00a0 6\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 25<\/p>\n

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