Shortly earlier than Monday afternoon’s Metropolis Part Division I quarterfinal soccer recreation between host Eagle Rock and Dorsey was set to start within the pouring rain, referee Patrick Riley dominated the center of the grass discipline unsafe.
Metropolis Part Commissioner Vicky Lagos was in attendance and acted shortly to get the competition, scheduled to start at 4 p.m., moved to an alternate web site, which turned out to be Contreras Studying Advanced — seven and a half miles away in downtown Los Angeles. When all was mentioned and completed, Dorsey moved on to the semifinals after a dominant 26-0 shutout.
“When the referees dominated the sector unplayable we instantly referred to as Sotomayor and Contreras as a result of they’ve turf fields and are the closest in proximity to Eagle Rock,” Lagos mentioned. “We needed to prepare busing and we’re grateful to the officers — it was the identical crew that was going to do the sport Friday. If we couldn’t discover a facility [today] then we might’ve needed to play the sport tomorrow.”
The sport was presupposed to be performed Friday evening together with the total slate of Metropolis Part contests, but it surely was postponed till Monday afternoon after a transformer downside left the college with out energy.
Dorsey broad receiver Stafon Johnson runs with the ball throughout a Metropolis Part Division I playoff win over Eagle Rock on Monday evening.
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“We have been advised at 3:45 that we weren’t going to have the ability to play,” mentioned Dorsey coach Stafon Johnson, a Dorsey alum who performed at USC from 2006-09. My predominant concern at that time was whichever staff wins would have a brief turnaround for the subsequent recreation.”
When the sport lastly kicked off at 6:45 p.m. the rain was nonetheless pouring. Eleventh-seeded Dorsey managed the tempo from the beginning, marching 65 yards in 5 performs on its first possession, which ended on a five-yard run by Mahkai McCluster.
Nathan Schiebler fumbled on the second play of Eagle Rock’s first possession and defensive lineman Draysean Mixson recovered for Dorsey on the Eagles’ 47. Jamell Edmond capped the Dons’ ensuing drive with an 11-yard sweep and Deuce Johnson caught the two-point conversion move to make it 14-0 late within the first quarter.
“We have been able to get down and soiled within the mud,” Dorsey quarterback Elijah McDaniel mentioned after speeding for 120 yards and engineering all 4 of his staff’s scoring drives. “We needed to play [at Eagle Rock]. We needed to play Friday even however the longer we needed to wait the extra time it gave us to arrange.”
Liam Pasten, probably the greatest passers within the Metropolis, accomplished solely three of seven makes an attempt for 22 yards within the first half and completed seven for twenty-four for 53 yards. Even because the rain subsided within the second half, the third-seeded Eagles (8-4) couldn’t get their offense on observe.
“I had 100% attendance at follow Saturday within the rain,” Johnson mentioned. “That is the primary time all yr we’ve been totally loaded. That is Jamell’s first recreation again and he made a big influence. That staff averages over 40 factors a recreation and we give them full credit score. We simply needed to play … we didn’t care the place it was.”
Edmond completed with 87 yards in 10 carries.
De Anthony Younger-Jones scored on a two-yard run to extend the result in 20-0 late within the third quarter and Jaziel Hernandez-Cruz closed the scoring with a one-yard run with 3:48 left within the fourth quarter. The Eleventh-seeded Dons (7-5) shall be on the highway once more within the semifinals towards No. 2 South Gate, a recreation that has been pushed again to Saturday.
Eagle Rock gamers didn’t get an opportunity to play one final time at Don Mengel Subject. In February, building is scheduled to start on the college’s new artificial turf discipline, eight-lane rubber observe and scoreboard.
