(Irwindale, CA) Christian Lee and Matthew Montez looked like a “Duo of Doom” combining for 371 yards and five touchdowns to help the Rio Hondo Prep Kares blow past the Harvard Westlake Wolverines 42-14 Friday night in the first round of the CIF Division VIII playoffs.
Lee had 202 yards and three scores while Montez added another 169 and two touchdowns to go along with a two-point conversion.
Rio Hondo deferred their choice to the second half shut the Wolverines down on their opening drive.
The Kares got the ball to start their first drive at their own 10 and proceeded to march 90-yards on nine plays with Lee getting his first score on a 47-yard bolt to paydirt.
Early in the second quarter Harvard Westlake knotted the game at seven when Ashton Oaks-Terrell got the call on a one-yard plunge.
From there it was all Rio Hondo Prep scoring five unanswered touchdowns including a 70-yard kick return for a touchdown on the ensuing kickoff by Matthew Har.
Lee finished the scoring for the cares in the first half on a 91-yard touchdown run that electrified the crowd.
The Kares got three big plays to start the second half by Montez. An 11-yard run followed by a 69-yard jaunt to glory.
Montez wasn’t quite finished yet as he got the call and score on a two-point conversion to put Rio Hondo up 28-7.
Two more touchdowns, another by Montez and the final blow by Lee with 10:49 left in the fourth put the game out of reach for the Wolverines and into a running clock.
Harvard Westlake did get on the board one last time when Kurtis Walker got loose and outraced the Kare defenders 85-yard for a score.
Rio Hondo will have a big challenge and game next Friday when they clash with the El Rancho Dons.
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