{"id":44087,"date":"2014-10-31T18:58:16","date_gmt":"2014-11-01T01:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=44087"},"modified":"2017-06-10T10:51:52","modified_gmt":"2017-06-10T17:51:52","slug":"la-puente-0-bassett-0-1st-qtr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=44087","title":{"rendered":"Rafael Rallies Warriors, 28-27"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_44241\" style=\"width: 443px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/image-e1414858049134.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44241\" class=\" wp-image-44241\" src=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/image-e1414858049134-787x768.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;The Rally Man&quot; Rafael Ayala leads LP past Bassett. (Photo by Alex Gonzalez)\" width=\"433\" height=\"422\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-44241\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;The Rally Man&#8221; Rafael Ayala leads LP past Bassett. (Photo by Alex Gonzalez)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>By Alex Gonzalez<\/p>\n<p>(Bassett)- La Puente backup quarterback Rafael Ayala led his team to three fourth quarter scores, including the game winning touchdown pass to David Flores, and edged out Bassett 28-27 Friday night at Bassett High school.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Bassett put together back-to-back touchdown drives to put them up 14-0 midway through the second quarter.<\/p>\n<p>Jorge Blanco was the first to score for the Olympians when he bulldozed his way from six and two-yards out. On the next possession Anthony Adcock added six more when he walked into the end zone with 7:42 left in the second quarter.<\/p>\n<p>La Puente finally got on the board with 3:16 to play before halftime when Erick Morales connected with Flores for his first touchdown of the game.<\/p>\n<p>Bassett continued to control the game through the ground following intermission. Running back Christopher Rios added two rushing scores extending his teams lead to 27-7 with 3:44 left in the third quarter. The point after attempt was blocked after Rios\u2019 second touchdown.<\/p>\n<p>The Warriors closed the quarter with a 12-play drive that ended when Ayala hooked up with Jovanni Gonzalez for a 29-yard touchdown pass making the score 27-14 after three.<\/p>\n<p>On La Puente used 11-plays on its next possession before Ayala dove into the end zone from four yards out.<\/p>\n<p>Then with 2:30 left in the fourth, LP defensive-end Daniel Ortiz pushed his way through the Bassett line, forced and recovered a Marcus Ruiz fumble on the Olympian 37-yard line. Five plays later, Ayala connected with Flores for the game winning score with 1:21 left to play.<\/p>\n<p>***La Puente Starting O-line<br \/>\n74 RT Adrian Rodriguez<br \/>\n75 RG Andrew Cilia<br \/>\n57 C\u00a0 Raul Montiel<br \/>\n54 LG Julio Espinosa<br \/>\n56 LT Aldo Galindo<\/p>\n<p>***Bassett Starting O-line<br \/>\n72 RT N\/A<br \/>\n66 RG Juan Garcia<br \/>\n75 C Mario Zamora<br \/>\n69 LG Ismael Yepez<br \/>\n73 LT Rodolfo Contreras<\/p>\n<p>***\u201dThey played their butts off,\u201d said LP head coach Scott Morrison after the game. \u201cWe knew it was going to be a physical game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>***Rafael Ayala: 7-9 passing 115 yards 2 touchdown passes, 1 INT. 5 carries for 28-yards, 1 TD<\/p>\n<p>***\u201dAfter the interception I knew had to step it up because my team is down. I had to step it up for my team and my seniors,\u201d said Ayala after the game.<\/p>\n<p>***\u201dHe just made plays, he is just a tough kid. He is mentally prepared he did a really good job,\u201d said Morrison on Ayala.<\/p>\n<p>***La Puente starting quarterback Erick Morales was knocked out of the game in the first half and did not return.<\/p>\n<p>***David Flores: 5 catches 62-yards, 2 touchdowns<\/p>\n<p>***Friday nights contest was Bassett\u2019s senior night .<\/p>\n<p>***Bassett running back Christopher Rios 9 carries for 50-yards, 2 rushing touchdowns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Alex Gonzalez (Bassett)- La Puente backup quarterback Rafael Ayala led his team to three fourth quarter scores, including the game winning touchdown pass to David Flores, and edged out Bassett 28-27 Friday night at Bassett High school.<\/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-44087","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\/44087","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=44087"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44243,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44087\/revisions\/44243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}