{"id":49677,"date":"2015-08-29T01:30:02","date_gmt":"2015-08-29T08:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=49677"},"modified":"2017-06-10T10:50:21","modified_gmt":"2017-06-10T17:50:21","slug":"montebellos-mendibles-methodically-mangles-monte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=49677","title":{"rendered":"Montebello’s Mendibles Methodically Mangles “Monte”"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Rich Whittington<\/p>\n

The Montebello Oilers outscored, out ran, and outplayed the opposition Friday Evening, as the Oilers posted a 44-30 victory over the host El Monte Lions in the 2015-2016 season opener for both teams.<\/p>\n

The game was billed on social media as a showdown between two of the area\u2019s premiere running backs: Montebello\u2019s Isaac Mendibles and El Monte\u2019s Roy Barajas. As such, the game did not disappoint. Mendibles accounted for 365 all purpose yards and four touchdowns, scoring on Kick-Off returns of 82 and 75 yards, rushing for a 48 yard score, and catching a 60 yard TD pass from QB Ryan Rivera. Barajas, for his part, rushed for 224 yards, scoring twice on runs of 11 and 55 yards. Additionally, Barajas scored on 2 two-point conversion attempts. In total, these two running backs accounted for over 600 yards in offense and 40 of the games 66 points.<\/p>\n

The game also featured some fine play on the part of the quarterbacks. El Monte\u2019s Edward Dominguez completed 21 of 38 passes for 184, including a TD pass to<\/p>\n

WR Robert Gonzalez. Montebello\u2019s Rivera, in addition to the 60 yard connection to Mendibles, also threw a TD pass to WR Andy Brown. Rivera finished the evening with 7 completions for 180 yards and two scores.<\/p>\n