{"id":87263,"date":"2024-12-01T01:05:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-01T08:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=87263"},"modified":"2024-12-01T12:01:16","modified_gmt":"2024-12-01T19:01:16","slug":"san-gabriel-finishes-as-runner-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=87263","title":{"rendered":"San Gabriel Finishes as Runner-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By Rich Whittington<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Whittier) &#8211; The San Gabriel Matadors had to \u201csettle for second\u201d Saturday evening, as the host Pioneer Titans won, 13-6, securing the CIF Division 14 Title in the friendly confines of Dick Torres Memorial Stadium.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n\n\n<p>The game was a battle from the start, as both teams ran the ball successfully. Scoring, however, was difficult to post, as both teams had lengthy drives stalled by a combination of solid defensive play, penalties, and several offensive miscues. This combination led to a scoreless first quarter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pioneer opened the scoring in the second period, when Amiri Resendiz connected with Jose Rojas for a 91-yard touchdown. The extra point was added by Sean Gamon, making the score 7-0, with 9:07 remaining in the opening half. The Titans added to their score as the halftime clock expired, when Resendiz found Jacob Rayas for a 47-yard scoring connection. The 2-Point conversion attempt was unsuccessful, making the score 13-0 at the break.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>San Gabriel got into the scoring column on their first possession of the fourth quarter, when Adam Mascorro found the end-zone on a 4-yard touchdown blast. The 2-Point conversion attempt failed, making the score 13-6, with 9:48 remaining in the contest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This highly competitive game provided excitement to the very end. With less that two minutes remaining on the clock, San Gabriel was able to force Resendiz to fumble the football. The Matadors recovered, giving them one final opportunity to tie the score. Unfortunately for San Gabriel, it was not to be. On the Matadors final play of the contest, Ricky Garcia\u2019s pass to Aedin Powell came up just short of the line to gain. This turned the ball over to Pioneer and secured the Titan victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>San Gabriel finishes the season with a record of 7-7, 3-2 in Almont League play, and the CIF Division 14 Runner-Up. Pioneer completes their 20214 campaign with a record of 9-5, 1-2 in 605 League play, and as the CIF Division 14 Champions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Rich Whittington (Whittier) &#8211; The San Gabriel Matadors had to \u201csettle for second\u201d Saturday evening, as the host Pioneer Titans won, 13-6, securing the CIF Division 14 Title in the friendly confines of Dick Torres Memorial Stadium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12816,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hsfootball","category-high-school-sports"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87263","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\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=87263"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87264,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87263\/revisions\/87264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=87263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=87263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=87263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}