{"id":75754,"date":"2022-05-13T23:16:33","date_gmt":"2022-05-14T06:16:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=75754"},"modified":"2022-05-14T13:48:11","modified_gmt":"2022-05-14T20:48:11","slug":"north-turns-out-the-lights-13-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=75754","title":{"rendered":"North Turns Out the Lights, 13-9"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Mekhi Fox from Pasadena earned Offensive MVP for the North. (Photo by Duane Barker).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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

(Baldwin Park) – Mekhi Fox hauled in a pass from Kaden Taylor and raced 41 yards for a touchdown to give the North a 13-9 lead over the South with 3:25 left in the All-Star game at Sierra Vista High School. Then the lights went out. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Fox’s touchdown proved to be the game winner when the game was called after the game coordinators met with the officials and decided it was over after about 15 minutes of discussion. Apparently the timer, which normally shuts the lights off at 10:00 p.m. was supposed to be moved back to 11:15. That didn’t happen, a blackout ensued, and the North walked away with a 13-9 victory. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jordan Williams was named Offensive MVP for the South. (Photo by Duane Barker). <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Fox, the Pasadena receiver and Colorado State commit, had a big night for the North with 7 catches for 124 yards and two touchdowns. Fox’s other score came with 1:06 left in the first half on a 31-yard pass from Taylor, his teammate at Pasadena. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taylor threw for 255 yards for the North and the two scores to Fox. Jason Sanford, also from Pasadena, had 9 catches for 77 yards. The North ground attack was never really a factor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The only touchdown from the South came on its first possession of the game. The South drove 80 yards on 10 plays with Norwalk’s Jonathan Goodloe capping it with a one-yard run. Schurr quarterback Jesse Preciado hit West Covina’s Devin Muniz for 45 yards down to the one-yard line to set up Goodloe’s touchdown for the early 6-0 advantage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The North took a 7-6 lead into the break at halftime after Fox’s touchdown reception. Mid-way through the third quarter Alex Martinez of Aquinas booted a 32-yard field goal to give the South a 9-7 lead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It stayed that way until the Taylor-Fox connection turned out the lights. Preciado and El Rancho’s Elijah Mitchell shared quarterback duties for the South. Preciado threw for 135 yards for the South. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

St. Paul’s Jordan Williams had 5 catches for 77 yards for the South. California’s Vance Johnson caught a couple balls out of the backfield for 18 yards. Muniz had to leave the game with 2:42 left in the third quarter with a knee injury. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bradly Harris had a key interception for the North. (Photo by Duane Barker). <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Each team had a turnover. Ivie Jackson of La Serna had a fumble recovery for the South early in the second half and Pomona’s Bradley Harris had an interception for the North in the first half.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MVP Awards: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

North: Offensive – Mekhi Fox, Defensive – Bradly Harris. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

South: Offensive – Jordan Williams, Defensive-Ivie Jackson. <\/strong> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Tim Peterson (Baldwin Park) – Mekhi Fox hauled in a pass from Kaden Taylor and raced 41 yards for a touchdown to give the North a 13-9 lead over the South with 3:25 left in the All-Star game at Sierra Vista High School. Then the lights went out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"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-75754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hsfootball","category-high-school-sports"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=75754"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75767,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75754\/revisions\/75767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=75754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=75754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}