Bell High School quarterback Adrian Lopez turns to hand off during Friday's game with South Gate. Bell won, 33-14. (Photo by Gary McCarthy)
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Oct 7, 2009 at 2:33 PM PST
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Oct 7, 2009 at 2:33 PM PST
Adrian Lopez passed for three touchdowns to lift unbeaten Bell High School to a 33-14 victory over South Gate in an Eastern League opener.
The win improved the Eagles to 4-0 overall. They continue league play at Garfield (2-3, 0-1) Friday. Garfield dropped its league opener at Jordan, 7-0.
The junior quarterback completed 11 of 17 for 182 yards, including 38- and 24-yard scoring strikes to David Franco and a 14-yarder to Oscar Gonzalez.
Jose Barba, who carried eight times for 72 yards, capped the scoring for the Eagles with a 20-yard run.
Elmer Grajeda returned an interception 35 yards for a touchdown and finished with five solo tackles and five assisted ones to lead the defense. Robert Soliz also had an interception and Ever Diaz had six solo tackles and two assists.
South Gate (2-2) received scoring runs from quarterback Emmanuel Leyva and running back Ernesto Torres. Leyva completed 15 of 29 passes for 178 yards.
Chris Bucknor (nine carries for 40 yards) and Jose Magana (five for 55) led the Rams ground attack.
South Gate hosts Belmont (2-2) in a nonleague game Friday.
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Manny Ayon, playing quarterback for the first time this year, ran for four touchdowns and passed for another to lead Roosevelt past Huntington Park, 35-7 in another Eastern League game. Ayon, who had scoring runs of 58, 15, 11 and 31 yards, had 147 yards on 11 carries. He also had a 20-yard scoring pass to Elgin Rosales.
The Rough Riders (4-1, 1-0) saw their three-TD lead trimmed to 21-7 when the Spartans (2-3, 0-1) got a third-quarter scoring run from Henri Echevarria (15 carries for 60 yards).
Christian Balbuena had nine solo tackles and Mauricio Maldonado had eight solos and an assist to lead the H.P. defense.
The Spartans host South East (1-3, 0-0) at 7 p.m. Friday.
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