By Matt Schuler<\/p>\n
(Covina)- The Covina kids are back.<\/p>\n
Billy Livingston racked up over 300 total yards; Peter De La Cruz returned the opening kickoff 93-yards for a touchdown, and the Covina defense forced six turnovers to dismiss El Monte 31-0 Friday night at Covina District Field.<\/p>\n
Livingston orchestrated the Arial attack for the Colts, completing 16 of 26 passes for 289 yards. His main target of the night was Running back Gevontray Ainsworth, who caught 6-passes for 130 yards.<\/p>\n
Ainsworth was also the workhorse on the ground, rushing for 100 yards on 13 carries, including touchdown runs of 4 and 9 yards.<\/p>\n
The Colts led 21-0 at the half, but it could have easily been 21-14 if it weren\u2019t for a couple of inches.<\/p>\n
El Monte\u2019s offense had the ball twice on the goal line with an opportunity to score, but was denied both times on fourth and inches by a stingy Covina defense.<\/p>\n
The Colt defense came up with four total interceptions, Vinny Venegas grabbing two of those picks. Venegas also had a 20-yard touchdown run on offense as well.<\/p>\n
Quarterback for the Lions, Manuel Santa Cruz, completed 16-of-32 passes for 270 yards in the air. Santa Cruz was also El Monte\u2019s leading rusher with 51 yards on 9 touches.<\/p>\n
Conner Salazar was Santa Cruz\u2019s main target and finished with 4 catches for 97 yards.<\/p>\n
Covina hopes to stay undefeated when traveling to Walnut to face the Mustangs next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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