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By Josh Lowden

(South Pasadena)- The Monrovia balanced attack was on full display Friday night in a 48-7 rout of South Pasadena.

The Monrovia offense had little trouble finding the end zone, scoring on all but two of their drives.

To get things started for the Wildcats, Marquise Bias broke a few tackles of an 11 yard gain.  Using its no-huddle offense for momentum, Quarterback Nick Bueno quickly connected twice with Jay Henderson for gains of 8 and 13 yards.  From the eight yard line, Bueno found Brandon Wingenbach wide open in the end zone for a Wildcat touchdown.

Monrovia continued to score with ease.  Michael Harris ran a touchdown in from 14 yards out.  Bueno would throw another touchdown to Anthony Craft before catching one himself on a throwback pass from Charles Jackson to close the half with a 27-0 lead.

While the South Pasadena offense struggled to put points on the board, the Wildcats got a glimpse of the future.  George Frazier V lined up at quarterback and connected with Anthony Craft for a 41 touchdown reception.

Bueno would later throw a touchdown pass to Charles Jackson and Christian Blanco ran one in from one yard out to finish the scoring for the Wildcats.

South Pasadena missed a chance to go up early during their first possession.  On their first play from scrimmage, the Tigers ran a Flea Flicker play which Conor Bednarski threw to a wide open Matt Nelson who could not hold on to it. 

The Tigers would not be shut out.  After Monrovia put in its reserves in the fourth quarter, Bednarski connected with Nelson on a 43 yard strike to the two yard line which set up a Patrick Martin score on a two yard run.

It was the first touchdown Monrovia has given up in league, outscoring their opponents 201-7.

Nick Bueno completed 13 passes on 17 attempts for 142 yards and 3 touchdowns.  Christian Blanco finished with 14 carries for 102 yards and a touchdown.

“I thought our kids played excellent tonight,” said Head Coach Ryan Maddox.  “On offense… we threw the ball well and ran the ball well. Our defense played incredible. It was all around a great ball game.”