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DOWNEY >> First spot and a guaranteed playoff spot were connected the enactment erstwhile St. Genevieve and St. Pius X-St. Matthias Academy matched up successful a Camino Real League crippled Thursday astatine St. Pius X-St. Mathias Academy.
Both teams turned successful large plays and some teams made mistakes, but successful the end, St. Genevieve’s Xavier White was the difference.
White had a 64-yard receiving touchdown, a 47-yard interception instrumentality for a people and a 78-yard touchdown tally successful the 4th fourth to widen the pb for the Valiants, who came distant with a 35-27 triumph implicit the Warriors.
St. Pius X-St. Matthias’ Nate Frazier rushes down the tract arsenic they instrumentality connected St. Genevieve successful Downey, CA, connected Thursday, October 21, 2021. (Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer)
St. Genevieve’s William Parra tries to intercept St. Pius X-St. Matthias Donavan Watson successful Downey, CA, connected Thursday, October 21, 2021. (Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer)
St. Pius X-St. Mattias’ Nate Frazier falls into the extremity portion scoring for the Warriors successful Downey, CA, connected Thursday, October 21, 2021. (Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer)
St. Pius X-St. Marrhias’ Nate Frazier tries to interruption escaped from St. Genevieves defence arsenic the 2 teams conflict it retired successful Downey, CA, connected Thursday, October 21, 2021. (Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer)
St. Genevieve’s Camdan McWright pushes backmost St. Pius X-St. Matthias Nate Frazier arsenic the 2 teams conflict it retired successful Downey, CA, connected Thursday, October 21, 2021. (Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer)
St. Pius X-St. Matthias’ Nate Frazier tries to flight St. Genevieves Billy Parra and Mario Luna successful Downey, CA, connected Thursday, October 21, 2021. (Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer)
St. Genevieve’s Camdan McWright escapes St. Pius X-St. Mattias Christian Harris successful Downey, CA, connected Thursday, October 21, 2021. (Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer)
St. Genevieve’s William Parra pushes St. Pius X-St. Matthias Dejour Menefee retired of bounds arsenic the 2 teams conflict it retired successful Downey, CA, connected Thursday, October 21, 2021. (Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer)
St. Genevieve’s Camdan McWright gains yards for the Valiants arsenic they instrumentality connected St. Pius X-St. Mattias Academy successful Downey, CA, connected Thursday, October 21, 2021. (Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer)
St. Pius X-St. Matthias’ Quarterback Dieter Barr rushes for immoderate yards arsenic the Warriors instrumentality connected St. Genevieve successful Downey, CA, connected Thursday, October 21, 2021. (Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer)
St. Pius X-St.Matthias’ Dejour Menefee and Christian Harris effort to halt St. Genevieves Jason Canales arsenic the 2 teams conflict it retired successful Downey, CA, connected Thursday, October 21, 2021. (Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer)
“We benignant of felt similar it was going to travel down to the end,” St. Genevieve manager Billy Parra said. “Both teams were benignant of down contiguous and we didn’t stop. We conscionable kept warring for each other.”
The Valiants (8-0, 2-0), who adjacent retired the regular play successful the four-team league against Cantwell-Sacred Heart of Mary, are a triumph distant from entering the playoffs with a cleanable record.
The Warriors (7-2, 1-1) defeated the Cardinals, 55-6, past week and play their regular-season finale against Bishop Montgomery, which St. Genevieve defeated 49-0 past week.
The Valiants took a 14-0 pb connected 2 large plays, 1 from the discourtesy and 1 from the defense.
Quarterback Benjamin Macias connected with a wide unfastened White for a 64-yard, first-quarter touchdown.
On the Warriors’ ensuing drive, Jason Canales returned an interception 43 yards to the Warriors 2-yard line.
Camden McWright scored connected a 2-yard tally connected the adjacent play to springiness the Valiants a 14-0 lead.
The Warriors came backmost with a large play of their ain erstwhile Jordan Shaw returned the ensuing kickoff 75 yards to acceptable up SPXSMA connected the St. Genevieve 19.
Three plays later, backmost Dieter Barr threw a 12-yard touchdown walk to Nate Frazier to get the Warriors connected the board.
The Warriors tied the game, 14-14, precocious successful the 2nd 4th connected 65-yard scoring drive, capped by Frazier’s 2nd touchdown, this 1 coming connected a 4-yard run.
St. Genevieve fell down successful the 3rd 4th erstwhile when Dejour Menfee scored connected a 1-yard tally to enactment SPXSMA up 21-14.
McWright’s 47-yard touchdown tally successful the 3rd 4th made the people 21-21.
When the Warriors got the shot back, the Valiants walk unreserved forced Barr retired of the pouch and pressured the inferior backmost to propulsion an errant walk implicit the mediate wherever White picked it disconnected and returned it for a touchdown to springiness St. Genevieve the pb for good.
“All twelvemonth long, he’s been a man-child connected defense,” Parra said of White, who is the lad of erstwhile Crespi High and Los Angeles Ram moving backmost Russell White. “Tonight, helium was each implicit the tract and helium did immoderate things offensively and you’re going to beryllium proceeding his sanction a lot.”
A 57-yard completion from Barr to Geoffrey Brown acceptable up Barr’s 2nd touchdown walk to Frazier, but the other constituent effort was blocked and the Warriors trailed by one, 28-27, with astir 7 minutes left.
Then, connected a second-and-8 from the St. Genevieve 22, Wright ran astir the close extremity and raced down the sideline for the 78-yard touchdown that gave the Valiants an eight-point lead.
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