{"id":85469,"date":"2024-09-06T22:02:20","date_gmt":"2024-09-07T05:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=85469"},"modified":"2024-09-07T15:02:28","modified_gmt":"2024-09-07T22:02:28","slug":"late-score-lifts-apaches-elias-gets-his-first-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=85469","title":{"rendered":"Late Score Lifts Apaches; Elias Gets First Win"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Aaron Morinaga scored twice for Arcadia. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

By Tim Peterson <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(El Monte) – Aaron Morinaga scored twice for Arcadia including a five-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter to lift the Apaches to a 13-6 win over Arroyo Friday night at B.L. Bergstrom Stadium.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The win was the first for Eric Elias as a head coach. Elias was a longtime assistant coach before taking over as head coach this year at Arcadia, his alma mater. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both teams scored in the first quarter on their opening drives but neither team could muster any points before Morinaga plowed in from the five-yard line to cap a five-play, 51-yard drive to make it 13-6 with 6:57 left in the fourth quarter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Apaches then stopped Arroyo on fourth down with over three minutes left and were able to burn out the clock. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arroyo scored first marching 82 yards on 10 plays on the opening possession. Angel Casillas finished it with a five-yard run. The Knights went for two and were stopped on a Casillas run. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arcadia came right back on its first series driving 67 yards with Morinaga capping it with a four-yard run. The extra point was missed leaving the score tied 6-6 late in the first quarter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Apaches drove down to the Arroyo three-yard line in the third quarter but Morinaga was hit and coughed it up and Arroyo recovered to stop the threat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arroyo had only three possessions in the second half and they ended with two punts and a fourth down stop. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Morinaga picked up his second TD of the night for Arcadia and Elias picked up his first victory. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elias was happy with his team’s defensive effort. “I know Jim (Singiser) schemes very well. I know because I used to coach with him,” Elias said of his defensive coordinator. “Also on offense our game plan was to run the ball and we were able to do that.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Morinaga had 12 carries for 62 yards and two touchdowns Quarterback Jacobi Law ran for 53 yards on 10 carries and threw for 66 yards on 7 of 9 completions. For Arroyo Romeo Arevalo had 17 carries for 46 yards and Casillas ran for 24 yards and a touchdown on 6 carries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The game was also the first win for Singiser as the Arcadia DC. Singiser is the former head coach at Arroyo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arcadia is now 1-1 with the victory while Arroyo fell to 1-2 with the defeat. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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