{"id":41480,"date":"2014-09-12T18:50:42","date_gmt":"2014-09-13T01:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=41480"},"modified":"2017-06-10T10:32:09","modified_gmt":"2017-06-10T17:32:09","slug":"el-monte-0-bassett-0-1st-qtr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=41480","title":{"rendered":"Bassett Blows By El Monte"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_41719\" style=\"width: 218px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Ricky-Meija.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41719\" class=\"wp-image-41719 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Ricky-Meija.jpg\" alt=\"The return of Ricky Mejia has been key for the Olympians this season. (Photo by Gary Lee)\" width=\"208\" height=\"207\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-41719\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The return of Ricky Mejia has been key for the Olympians this season. (Photo by Gary Lee)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>By Matt Schuler<\/p>\n<p>(Bassett) &#8211; In a match up of two 0-2 teams, the host Bassett Olympians outlasted the El Monte Lions 35-28 to come away with their first victory of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Ricky Mejia and Marcus Ruiz Combined For over 300 Yards &amp; 3 TDs, While Jesus Navarrete finished his night adding two additional scores on the ground.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->The Olympians jumped out to a quick start and held an early 21-0 lead after Marcus Ruiz found Christopher Rios on a 20-yard post route in the end zone with 11:56 to play in the second. Things looked to get out of hand until El Monte\u2019s Christian Herrera intercepted a Ruiz pass and took it 20 yards to the house for a 21-6 score with 8:00 remaining in the second.<\/p>\n<p>Two plays later, Mejia found the hole and busted through it for a 69 yard touchdown making it the biggest lead of the game at 28-6 with little over 7 minutes to play in the half.<\/p>\n<p>After squeezing in a touchdown right as half ended, El Monte QB Edward Dominguez helped lead the Lions to a near comeback in the third quarter finding Fernando Espinoza for touchdowns (31 &amp; 13) on consecutive drives and brought his team as close as 35-28 with under 5:00 in the quarter, but that\u2019s as close as they would get.<\/p>\n<p>Bassett (1-2) prepares for yet another home game against Bosco Tech (0-3) as El Monte (0-3) plays visitor against Gladstone (0-2) at Citrus College.<\/p>\n<p>***Navarrete scored first and last touchdown for Olympians.<\/p>\n<p>***Daniel Cabrera, Ismael Yepez, Mario Zamora, Carlos Ramirez, Juan Garcia Bassett OL.<\/p>\n<p>***Robert Rodriguez, Luis Diaz, Fabian Cuevas, Bryan Cornejo, Jonathan Ponce El Monte OL.<\/p>\n<p>***Box Score: 14-0\u00a0 28-14\u00a0 35-28\u00a0 35-28<\/p>\n<p>***Rios came up with huge INT at goal line after Lions approached 1<sup>st<\/sup> and goal preventing potential score.<\/p>\n<p>***Chris Perez caught Ruiz\u2019s other TD pass on a beautiful 40 yard fade route.<\/p>\n<p>***Devin Romero played speedster for Lions on ground.<\/p>\n<p>***Espinoza was MVP on El Monte side of comeback, catching multiple TD\u2019s and extra points.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Matt Schuler (Bassett) &#8211; In a match up of two 0-2 teams, the host Bassett Olympians outlasted the El Monte Lions 35-28 to come away with their first victory of the season. 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