{"id":42675,"date":"2014-10-03T18:54:52","date_gmt":"2014-10-04T01:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=42675"},"modified":"2017-06-10T10:54:46","modified_gmt":"2017-06-10T17:54:46","slug":"covina-0-bassett-0-1st-qtr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=42675","title":{"rendered":"Smalley Dominates, Colts Cruise to Victory"},"content":{"rendered":"
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C-Town’s Pearnell Smalley, wearing extra protective head gear, was dominant against Bassett. (Photo by Steven Mercado)<\/p><\/div>\n

A two-minute, twenty-second span in the first quarter resulted in three Covina Colts touchdowns and marked the beginning of an offensive stampede that resulted in a 49-21 victory over the Bassett Olympians at the San Dimas Sportsplex Friday night.<\/p>\n

Covina senior running back Pearnell Smalley led the offensive barrage with 16 carries for 77 yards and three touchdowns and two catches for 76 yards and two touchdowns. His five total touchdowns on the night not only topped Bassett\u2019s point total, but he also doubled the total amount of touchdowns he scored so far this season.<\/p>\n

The Olympians were the first team to score, led by their rushing duo of junior running back Ricky Mejia and senior running back Jesus Navarrete. Mejia\u2019s five carries in the first eight plays of the drive put Bassett in the red zone and three rushes from Navarrete brought his team the first touchdown of the game.<\/p>\n

Covina senior quarterback Joe Benavidez did not waste any time answering. The first play on the ensuing drive was a 65-yard touchdown pass to senior wide receiver Greg Hennes.<\/p>\n

The following kickoff, Covina forced a fumble and recovered it on Bassett\u2019s 32-yard line. Two plays later, Smalley scored on a 23-yard run. After forcing a three-and-out on defense, Smalley found the endzone on the very next play from scrimmage on a screen pass that resulted in a 65-yard touchdown.<\/p>\n

At the end of the first quarter, the Colts led 21-7 and they kept the lead for the rest of the game.<\/p>\n

Mejia suffered an injury with a minute-and-a-half left in the second quarter and was helped to the sideline. According to Bassett head coach Hector Spathias, Mejia\u2019s knee \u201cfelt a bit loose,\u201d but no further detail was given. The junior running back suffered a season-ending knee injury last year.<\/p>\n

*** Covina\u2019s opening drive ended in a three-and-out.<\/p>\n

*** Bassett\u2019s opening scoring drive initially resulted in a three-and-out, but a fake punt pass resulted in a first down and kept the drive alive.<\/p>\n

*** Benavidez completed 12-of-14 passes for 241 yards and two touchdowns. Two of Benavidez\u2019s first three completions were 65-yard touchdowns.<\/p>\n

*** Covina head coach Joe Brown on the team\u2019s overall success against Bassett: \u201cOur kids kept at it, kept the tempo up, and we\u2019ve got some guys that can go. Our running back, Pearnell Smalley did a great job. If we didn\u2019t block so well, he made some people miss. When we threw the ball, we made some big plays through the air, and we didn\u2019t turn the ball over.\u201d<\/p>\n

*** Navarette scored the only two offensive touchdowns for Bassett. He finished with 86 rushing yards on 14 carries and two touchdowns.<\/p>\n

*** Mejia rushed for 41 yards on 10 carries. He caught a flat pass and ran for 23 yards before coming down with the knee injury. Mejia led Bassett in rushing yards and rushing touchdowns before Friday night.<\/p>\n

*** Blown coverages were an issue for Bassett, especially on Covina\u2019s first two touchdowns, according to Olympians head coach Hector Spathias. \u201cYou can\u2019t put yourself in a hole like that. Especially against good teams like Covina \u2026 We\u2019ve got two weeks to fix it, so we should be able to fix it.\u201d<\/p>\n

*** Bassett had five snaps that were off the mark or mishandled by sophomore quarterback Marcus Ruiz and the Olympians gave up three turnovers.<\/p>\n

*** Covina\u2019s starting offensive line: senior LT Carlos Pichardo, senior LG Dylan Valencia, senior C Jeffrey Mcdonough, senior RG Ricky Williams and senior RT Ruben Retana.<\/p>\n

*** Bassett\u2019s starting offensive line: junior LT Arturo Vazquez, senior LG Juan Garcia, senior C Mario Zamora, senior RG Ismael Yepez and senior RT Daniel Cabrera.
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