By Nathan Diaz <\/p>\n\n\n\n
[Montebello] – South El Monte fell behind 22-0 midway through the second quarter but came away with a 23-22 victory Friday night at Montebello. <\/p>\n\n\n
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Both teams started off slow with punts on their opening possessions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Oilers struck first when quarterback Sean Romero hit Louis Jimenez-Ruiz on a 36-yard pass and run to start it off at 7-0 after the extra point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Just a few plays later Montebello\u2019s Anthony Marroquin ripped the ball out of Matthew Medina\u2019s hand and was scooped up and taken to paydirt by Daniel Rodriguez making it 14-0 late in the first quarter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Penalties would start adding up for the Eagles when four straight offside flags put the Oilers in striking range. Then Julian Silva sliced through the defense putting the game at 22-0 when Noah Gomez smashed in the two-point conversion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Eagles got on the board late in the second quarter when Michael Valencia stretched over the goal line making it 22-7 at halftime. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
South El Monte got the ball first and drove the ball down field when quarterback Matthew Medina hit Tony Aguilar on a wide-open slant cutting the deficit to 22-13 after a bad snap of the extra point. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The teams exchanged punts for the next series. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A couple Montebello penalties got the Eagles in field goal position as Valencia booted a 30-yard field goal to make it 22-16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Oilers piled up 45 yards on penalties on the next possession and were forced to punt. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Eagles had a chance to tie it on fourth and twenty, but a dropped pass gave the Oilers the ball back with 2:20 left in the game. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Montebello started to run the ball in an attempt to run out the clock but Romero fumbled the snap and Cesar Lopez jumped on top to get the ball back for South El Monte with 1:08 left. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Eagles used short passes set up an open Nathan Mendoza who went 20 yards but he was tackled on the three-yard line. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The very next play Medina found Julian Lopez in the corner of the end zone to tie it up at 22-22. The extra point put the Eagles up by one with 23-seconds left. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Romero threw a pick to on the last play of the game. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
South improved to 3-0 and will go home and face Garey next week while Oilers stay home to host El Rancho. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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