San Dimas 20 – Paraclete 14
Friday, December 3, 2013
San Dimas won its second CIF title in less than 5 years, by defeating Paraclete 20-14. Joseph Mayorga rushed for 151 yards and two touchdowns, including a dramatic 32 yard run with 27 seconds left in the game. “The line made it possible tonight,” Mayorga said. “We had a few mistakes, but that run, I just had to do it. I had to go full speed and I had to dot it.” The Saints rushing game was also powered by Fausto Martinez who ran from 165 yards. San Dimas finished the season with a 10 game winning streak.
As time was expiring, Paraclete had a chance to win the game on a 50 yard pass to the end zone but it was intercepted by Colin Rumbin to seal the victory.
“I’m so proud of these guys,” said San Dimas coach Bill Zernickow after the game. “We persevered. we went through some bad stuff this season). To be able to overcome that, I couldn’t be more proud.”
“Paraclete is a good football team. It was a struggle at time. (Their coach) had them really well-prepared. I’m glad it worked out the way it did.”
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