{"id":43016,"date":"2014-10-10T18:53:04","date_gmt":"2014-10-11T01:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=43016"},"modified":"2017-06-10T10:45:34","modified_gmt":"2017-06-10T17:45:34","slug":"arroyo-0-el-monte-0-1st-qtr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=43016","title":{"rendered":"Lions, Dominguez, Beat Knights"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_43207\" style=\"width: 464px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Edward-Dominguez.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43207\" class=\" wp-image-43207\" src=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Edward-Dominguez-744x768.jpg\" alt=\"El Monte quarterback Edward Dominguez helped deliver a homecoming victory by accounting for four touchdowns on Friday night. (Photo by Alex Gonzalez)\" width=\"454\" height=\"468\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-43207\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">El Monte quarterback Edward Dominguez helped deliver a homecoming victory by accounting for four touchdowns on Friday night. (Photo by Alex Gonzalez)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>By Alex Gonzalez<\/p>\n<p>(El Monte)\u2014 El Monte Lions quarterback Edward Dominguez accounted for four touchdowns, two passing and two rushing, and 465 total yards in the Lions 26-23 homecoming win over the Arroyo Knights at El Monte High School friday night.\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Knights jumped to a quick 14-0 lead in the first quarter. Arroyo running back Randy Amezcua walked into the end zone from 10-yards out. Three minutes later they scored again with 3:21 left in the first quarter.<\/p>\n<p>El Monte rallied with 26 straight points, pulling away to a 26-14 lead in the third quarter.<\/p>\n<p>A Chaz Miller touchdown pass to Damian Flores was quickly followed by a safety and the score was 26-23. However, Arroyo\u2019s Jonathan Sotelo missed a tying field goal with 1:01 left in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n<p>***Edward Dominguez: 13-26 passing for 276-yards 2 TD passes 1 INT . 19 carries for 189 2TD<\/p>\n<p>***\u201cEveryone got my back telling me were going to score were going to win and lets celebrate after the game,\u201d said Dominguez. \u201cIt feels good to win the game, my teammates deserve it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>***The victory is El Monte&#8217;s second in three years against Arroyo, and only the eighth win in school history over the Knights.<\/p>\n<p>***The Lions Robert Gonzalez: 3 catches for 60-yards 1 TD<\/p>\n<p>***El Monte\u2019s Christian Herrera: 1-59 1TD<\/p>\n<p>***\u201dIt feels amazing,\u201d said Herrera \u201cIts great competition against Arroyo\u2019s receivers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>***El Monte Starting O-line<br \/>\nRT 60 Luiz Diaz<br \/>\nRG 54 Robert Rodriguez<br \/>\nC 74 Fabian Cuevas<br \/>\nLG 77 Jonathan Ponce<br \/>\nLT 79 Bryan Comejo<\/p>\n<p>***\u201cIts Homecoming man, anything can happen,\u201d said Lions head coach Joel Sanchez. \u201cOur kids played their hearts out and so did Arroyo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>***Arroyo Starting O-line<br \/>\nRT 70 Jose Flores<br \/>\nRG 66 Robert Sanchez<br \/>\nC 68 Luis Rios<br \/>\nLG 75 Teddy Valencia<br \/>\nLT 56 Adrian Hernandez<\/p>\n<p>***Arroyo\u2019s Randy Amezcua 11 carries for 16-yards 1 rushing TD<\/p>\n<p>***The Knights Chaz Miller 15-34 passing 157-yards 2 passing TD<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Alex Gonzalez (El Monte)\u2014 El Monte Lions quarterback Edward Dominguez accounted for four touchdowns, two passing and two rushing, and 465 total yards in the Lions 26-23 homecoming win over the Arroyo Knights at El Monte High School friday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12816],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hsfootball"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43016"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43016\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43229,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43016\/revisions\/43229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}