Football

Jayden Montenegro Scores Three TD’s in Bonita’s 44-0 Beatdown of La Salle; Bearcats Senior Has 7 TD’s in Last Two Games

Sep 01 2023 09:49:10

Photos by Beth Oualline & Taegan Maysami (@madeby.taeg on Instagram)

Football:

Thursday’s nonleague showdown between La Salle and their host from Bonita was a mismatch from the start.

The Lancers are down a few players and the Bearcats have arguably their deepest team in at least five years.

Jayden Montenegro continued to find the end zone early and often.

Montenegro scored on a 49-yard sprint into the east end zone on the first drive of the game, and BHS would cruise to a 44-0 victory.

Bonita led 30-0 in the first quarter and the entire second half was played with a running clock.

Montenegro caught 20-and-13-yard TD passes from freshman, Daniel Mielke.

And the Bearcats senior has seven total TD’s in the last two weeks alone.

Noah Mikhail scored on a 33-yard run.

Perhaps the most fitting way to describe this game was a two-play sequence late in the first quarter.

Already leading 21-0, a bad snap out of the end zone cost La Salle two points, and on the ensuing kickoff, Connor Milici ran it back 70 yards for a TD.

Cole Parra closed out the night with a 1-yard TD run in the second quarter.

While this wasn’t their week, La Salle will get healthy and Ben Buys is a terrific coach, who will have them ready for league play.

Up next: The Lancers travel to Alhambra on Thursday, and the Bearcats face San Dimas (1-1) next Saturday.

Below the stats are some scoring plays and video interviews.

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Box Score:
LS: 0-0-0-0-(0)
B: 30-14-0-0-(44)

Scoring:
B: Jayden Montenegro 49 run (Manny Franco kick)
B: Jayden Montenegro 20 pass from Daniel Mielke (Manny Franco kick)
B: Noah Mikhail 33 run (Manny Franco kick)
B: Christopher Jimenez safety
B: Connor Milici 70 yard kickoff return after safety (Manny Franco kick)
B: Jayden Montenegro 13 pass from Daniel Mielke (Manny Franco kick)
B: Cole Parra 1 run (Manny Franco kick)

Records: La Salle (1-2); Bonita (3-0)

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