{"id":8788,"date":"2010-09-03T23:38:36","date_gmt":"2010-09-04T06:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=8788"},"modified":"2010-09-05T21:50:10","modified_gmt":"2010-09-06T04:50:10","slug":"covina-27-west-covina-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=8788","title":{"rendered":"Covina’s Rally Stuns the WC"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Gevontray Ainsworth got the Colts started with a nine yard TD run late in the third quarter<\/p><\/div>\n

(West Covina) – Nick Hynes intercepted a pass and returned\u00a0it 28 yards for a touchdown with 1:31 left in the contest to give Covina a dramatic 27-21\u00a0comeback victory\u00a0over West Covina Friday night in the opener.<\/p>\n

West Co had one last shot and drove down to the Colt 15\u00a0but\u00a0Vinny Venegas picked off Bulldog quarterback George Johnson at the five to seal it.<\/p>\n

Covina was down 21-2 at one point in the third quarter\u00a0but battled back and outscored West Covina 19-0 in the final period.\u00a0The Colts scored all 19 points in the last three minutes and 20 seconds\u00a0of the contest.<\/p>\n

Gevontray Ainsworth \u00a0scored\u00a0on a nine yard run with\u00a02:31\u00a0left in the third to cut the lead to 21-8. Billy Livingston\u00a0hit Venegas on a five yard scoring pass\u00a0with 3:20 remaining in the fourth and it was 21-15. West Covina was\u00a0still in control\u00a0but then disaster struck for the Bulldogs.\u00a0Randy Robledo recovered an onside kick\u00a0at the 50 to put Covina back in business.<\/p>\n

Four plays later, Livingston fired a strike to\u00a0Peter de la Cruz in the\u00a0back of the endzone to tie it at 21 with 1:46 left.\u00a0All that was left was a Robledo extra point for a 22-21 lead. Instead Covina Coach Darryl Thomas went for two. West Covina \u00a0was not fooled as the ball\u00a0was snapped to the holder\u00a0who thought about throwing it. But the Bulldogs\u00a0swarmed him and\u00a0sunffed it\u00a0leaving the game\u00a0tied at 21.<\/p>\n

“You would have to bring that up,” Thomas said after the game. “Well we had missed an extra point earlier and I thought maybe we could get two there.\u00a0But it turned out to be a bad call. It was my call.”<\/p>\n

Hynes then bailed out his coach with the interception and the Colts held on to win it.<\/p>\n

Livingston threw for 151 yards and two touchdowns. Johnson threw three interceptions for West Covina but rushed for\u00a094 yards including a 57 yard TD romp that put the WC up 7-0 in the first.<\/p>\n

West Covina went up 14-0 on a 17 yard\u00a0touchdown pass from Johnson to\u00a0Aaron Salgado. The Bulldogs had a chance to go up by three scores\u00a0but fumbled the ball\u00a0at the one yard line on a missed snap in the second quarter. That miscue proved to be costly later.<\/p>\n

After\u00a0a bad snap on a punt attempt\u00a0turned into a safety for Covina,\u00a0Charles Tucker\u00a0scored on a one yard run to make it 21-2 West Covina in the third quarter.\u00a0But the Colts then mounted their comeback.<\/p>\n

“We battled hard and actually we expect to win. We believed\u00a0all summer and it carried over to tonight,”\u00a0Thomas said.<\/p>\n

Ainsworth rushed for 75 yards on 18 carries and touchdown for Covina.<\/p>\n

Next week Covina hosts Gladstone while West Covina gets Venice.<\/p>\n

Summary: <\/strong><\/p>\n

1st Qtr:<\/strong><\/p>\n

WC 8:49 Johsnon 57 yd run (Rigo Castillo Kick) <\/strong><\/p>\n

2nd Qtr: <\/strong><\/p>\n

WC 11:13 Salgado 17 yd pass from Johnson (Castillo Kick) <\/strong><\/p>\n

3rd Qtr:<\/strong><\/p>\n

C\u00a09:41 Safety<\/strong><\/p>\n

WC 5:39 Tucker 1 yd run (Castillo Kick) <\/strong><\/p>\n

C 2:31\u00a0Ainsworth 9 yd run (Kick Failed) <\/strong><\/p>\n

4th Qtr:<\/strong><\/p>\n

C 3:20 Venegas 5 yd pass from Livingston (Randy Robledo Kick) <\/strong><\/p>\n

C 1:46 De la Cruz 31 yd pass from Livingston (2 pt attempt Failed) <\/strong><\/p>\n

C 1:31 Hynes 28 yd Int. Ret. (2 pt attempt Failed) <\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/p>\n

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