{"id":64447,"date":"2018-08-25T01:10:37","date_gmt":"2018-08-25T08:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=64447"},"modified":"2018-08-25T13:47:48","modified_gmt":"2018-08-25T20:47:48","slug":"simon-says-smash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=64447","title":{"rendered":"Simon Says Smash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Alex Gonzalez<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>(Los Angeles) \u2014 Tailback Terence Simon Jr. punched in three rushing touchdowns including two in the second half to give Cathedral a 33-10 victory over Arcadia Friday night at Balzano Family Field.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Picking up early in the third quarter, the Apaches opening drive was stalled by an incomplete pass and two rushing attempts that resulted in negative yards. The drive was then derailed when Logan Applewhite and Mikal Gammage blocked Arcadia\u2019s punt with Cathedral recovering the ball at the Apache 35-yard line. Five plays later Simon bulldozed his way for the one-yard score.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>On the ensuing Arcadia possession, Dylan Guerra compiled a drive to take his team downfield. The drive quickly was cut short after Nick Veloz picked off a Guerra pass. The Phantoms wasted no time and Jared Heywood connected with Asontt Williams who was running the streak for the 35-yard touchdown. With the point after attempt Cathedral extended their lead to 27-10 with 3:03 left in the third quarter.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Phantoms finally closed the door on the Apaches when Simon walked into the end zone for his third score of the night with 1:40 left in the fourth quarter.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>To start the game, Cathedral struggled to produce any offense in the first half. The passing game struggled so the Phantoms leaned towards both Simon and Brandyn Jordan to carry the offense but Jordan missed time due to cramping throughout the contest.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Jared Heywood gave the Phantoms a spark when he opened the game with an 18-yard connection with Williams to give his team an early 6-0.<\/p>\n<p>Arcadia was able to return the favor with a 34-yard field goal at the start of the second quarter. Guerra then put the Apaches in front when he darted his pass to Dyllan Wright, who was alone against zone coverage and crossed the end zone untouched with less than a minute to play in the half.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Just before intermission, Heywood hooked up with Alex Franco for 35 yards and then turned and handed the ball off to Simon on the very next play to take a 12-10 lead into the break. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>Cathedral Stats<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Jared Heywood 7-16 passing 126 yards 3 TD<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Terence Simon Jr. 20 carries 114 yards 3 TD<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHonestly, my offensive line did all the work, I can\u2019t take all the credit. They blocked their ass off,\u201d said Simon postgame.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Asontt Williams 2 receiving TD<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Bramdyn Jordan 11 carries 73 yards<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Phantom defense: Six sacks 1 INT<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDefense played great, said Phantom HC Anthony Jefferson. \u201cWe have to remember, this team scored 50 points in a quarter and they only scored seven points tonight. The defense played lights out.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Arcadia Stats<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Dylan Guerra 23-36 169 yards 1 TD<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ahmad Lipscomb 7 catches 47 yards<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Alex Gonzalez&nbsp; (Los Angeles) \u2014 Tailback Terence Simon Jr. punched in three rushing touchdowns including two in the second half to give Cathedral a 33-10 victory over Arcadia Friday night at Balzano Family Field.&nbsp;<\/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-64447","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\/64447","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=64447"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64455,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64447\/revisions\/64455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}