By Rich Whittington
(Los Angeles) – The Garfield Bulldogs improved to 2-0 Thursday evening defeating the visiting South El Monte Eagles, 27-7 in front of a capacity crowd at Garfield High School.
Garfield got on the board early, scoring on the game’s first possession as running back Ceasar Reyes hit paydirt on a 33-yard run. The extra point attempt was unsuccessful making the score 6-0 with 11:05 remaining in the opening quarter.
The Bulldogs increased their lead a short time later when Reyes scored his second touchdown of the quarter on an 80-yard sprint. Christian Gomez’ kicked the extra point making the score 13-0 with 6:50 remaining in the first period.
The Bulldogs increased their lead in the second quarter when Javier Vargas found the endzone for a 26-yard score. A second Gomez PAT made the score 20-0 with 11:01 remaining in the opening half.
South El Monte answered with a touchdown of its own when quarterback Michael Maldonado connected with Damian Cordova for an 18-yard catch and run. Alexjandro Espinosa booted the extra point to make it 20-7 as the first half ended.
This score held until the fourth quarter when Reyes scored for the third time of the evening, a 68-yard touchdown rush. This capped off a 14-carry, 253-yard, three touchdown evening. Gomez nailed the point after making the score 27-7 with 9:32 left in the game. This was the final score of the contest.
South El Monte fell to 2-1 with the loss.
Next up for Garfield is a road trip to Schurr where the Bulldogs will battle the Spartans. Meanwhile South El Monte will attempt to get back in the win column when they host the Garey Vikings. Both contests are next Friday night.
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I’ve been there before… terrible experience, no parking anywhere, afraid to walk to my car…. I’ll never go back.
Every high school football fan has to go to Garfield High and take in a football game. It is a blast or should I say its busin or whatever is the jargon now.
One of the reasons why I like the Mid. Nobody uses the term “paydirt” as much as them!