Los Amigos can't keep up with Mayfair

GARDEN GROVE - Los Amigos started and finished very strong Friday evening. It was the middle portion that caused it problems.

After the Lobos opened the game with an extended scoring drive, visiting Mayfair ran off the next 50 points cruised to a 50-14 victory over Los Amigos in a CIF-SS Southern Division second-round matchup at Garden Grove High.

Los Amigos, which moved into the second round with a 40-37 win over Segerstrom last week, ended its season at 6-6. The third-seeded Monsoons, who won their eighth in a row after opening the season 0-4, move on to the semifinals at 8-4.

Los Amigos opened the game with a 67-yard drive. Instead of using leading rusher Ricky Vu, who had rushed for more than 1,700 yards in his senior year, the Lobos went with Fidel Mendoza, who picked up 48 yards on his first five carries.

With the Monsoon defense totally on its heels, quarterback Jose Gonzales set up a first-and-goal with an 11-yard run to the 8. Mendoza finished the job two plays later with a 3-yard run with barely three minutes gone.

Mayfair wasted little time in getting back in the game with an extended scoring drive of its own. The Monsoons marched 91 yards on 16 carries, culminating in Ronald Kennedy, Jr.’s 2-yard dive.

After a Lobos punt, Dominique Small’s 40-yard run to the Los Amigos 12 closed the first quarter. Mayfair then took the lead for good on Jimmy Ohiri’s 12-yard pass to Jakob Johnson on the first play of the second.

Mayfair would score three more touchdowns in the second quarter to take a 32-7 lead at the half. It could have been worse, but the Monsoons missed an extra point try as well as a pair of two-point conversion attempts.

While Mayfair put up 341 yards in the first two quarters, the Monsoon defense allowed just 122. Vu was held to just 25 yards on 9 carries.

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