{"id":4781,"date":"2009-12-12T03:06:20","date_gmt":"2009-12-12T10:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=4781"},"modified":"2009-12-13T21:37:15","modified_gmt":"2009-12-14T04:37:15","slug":"back-to-back-southeast-division-titles-for-chargers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=4781","title":{"rendered":"Back-to-Back Southeast Titles for Chargers"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Charter

Charter Oak's Adam Muema capped a brilliant prep career with two touchdowns and a second CIF ring.<\/p><\/div>\n

(Chino Hills) \u2013 Although it wasn\u2019t pretty, Charter Oak won back-to-back Southeast Division Championships by defeating Diamond Ranch, 21-0 Friday night at Ayala High School.<\/p>\n

For the fifth time this season, the Chargers\u00a0shut out a Miramonte League team.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t expect it,\u201d said Chargers Coach Lou Farrar.\u00a0 \u201cThey didn\u2019t give this group of kids credit for being this good.\u00a0 Nobody has ever done back-to-back titles at Charter Oak.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Chargers relied heavily on a defense that sacked Panther quarterback Gus Viramontes six times and only allowed 32 yards of offense in the second half to continue their dominance over Miramonte League teams.\u00a0\u00a0 The Panthers gained only\u00a0123 yards of total offense for the game.<\/p>\n

Charter Oak running back Adam Muema rushed for 173 yards on 30 carries and scored twice to lead the offense.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe (Muema) is a monster,\u201d said Farrar.\u00a0 \u201cHow would you like having 10 guys chasing and trying to tackle you? \u00a0Everyone in the stadium knew he was going to get the ball.\u201d<\/p>\n

After a shaky beginning, it was a 55-yard field goal attempt that fell short by Diamond Ranch that turned the momentum onto the Chargers side as A.J. Powell returned the attempt 35-yards to the Charter Oak 40-yard line.<\/p>\n

A heavy dose of Muema was all Charter Oak needed on the drive as he punched it in from a yard out to open\u00a0the scoring.\u00a0 Two key pass interference penalties helped extend the 15-play scoring driving for the Chargers.<\/p>\n

Diamond Ranch\u00a0never threatened after the field goal attempt and was stymied through-out the remainder of the game.\u00a0 The Panthers got\u00a0as close as the 33-yard line late in the first half, only to have a holding call and a sack by Maurice Clement push them out of field goal range.<\/p>\n

\"Adam

Adam Muema was dragging defenders in the second half. Photo by Anne Cypress.<\/p><\/div>\n

In the\u00a0second half\u00a0the\u00a0Chargers incorporated the wildcat offense with Powell at quarterback as he ran\u00a0successfully\u00a0in between the tackles and got\u00a0back-to-back first downs on a drive that ate up 6:43.\u00a0 Charter Oak failed to score on the 15-play drive to start the third quarter.<\/p>\n

With the Chargers up 7-0, Muema\u00a0put the game out of reach on a hard fought one-yard run that punctuated a nine-play, 63 yard drive.<\/p>\n

Defensively cornerback\/running back Brandon Golden had two fourth quarter interceptions that stopped the Panthers at the Charter Oak 25 and 3-yard lines.<\/p>\n

Golden, (five carries for 61 yards), also\u00a0put the exclamation point on the victory with a 41-yard touchdown run with 3:17 remaining in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe wanted it this year,\u201d said Diamond Ranch head coach Roddy Layton.\u00a0 \u201cIf we win one now, folks will say that Charter Oak wasn\u2019t in the division.\u201d<\/p>\n

CHARTER OAK\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 14\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 21<\/p>\n

DIAMOND RANCH\u00a0 0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 0<\/p>\n

CO \u2013 Adam Muema 1 run (Robert Poage kick)<\/p>\n

CO \u2013 Muema 1 run (Poage kick)<\/p>\n

CO \u2013 Brandon Golden 41 run (Poage kick)<\/p>\n

additional photos can be viewed at cypresstreephotos.printroom.com<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Chargers

Chargers celebrate. Photo by Anne Cypress.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Chino Hills) \u2013 Although it wasn\u2019t pretty, Charter Oak won back-to-back Southeast Division Championships by defeating Diamond Ranch, 21-0 Friday night at Ayala High School. For the fifth time this season, the Chargers\u00a0shut out a Miramonte League team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[351,1423,737,1244,671],"class_list":["post-4781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-school-sports","tag-adam-muema","tag-brandon-golden","tag-gus-viramontes","tag-lou-farrar","tag-roddy-layton"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4781","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\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4781"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4781\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4784,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4781\/revisions\/4784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}