Huge performs give Mountain View’s new soccer coach a win in his initially activity

SUNNYVALE — It was a new starting for Mountain Check out and The King’s Academy on the soccer area Thursday night time.

Following a extended run as Saratoga’s head coach, Tim Lugo traded in Falcons pink for Mountain See black.

“It’s strange hunting in the mirror,” Lugo reported. “But I’m rejuvenated.”

Dante Perez, a previous standout quarterback at Valley Christian in the 2000s, has taken above from Pete Lavorato at The King’s Academy.

With new leaders on the sidelines, the teams performed to a scoreless attract for extra than a quarter on opening night at TKA ahead of Mountain Check out began to just take demand.

The Spartans scored two touchdowns in advance of halftime, the 2nd on a 48-yard strike from Kevin Conway to Lex Silver with a few seconds to spare, and went on to a time-opening 35-20 victory.

Conway, a 5-foot-11, 154-pound junior, threw for 186 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 44 yards.

Mountain Watch also received 90 yards and two TDs in 7 carries from junior Arturo Hernandez and 75 yards in 16 attempts from sophomore Diego Ortega-Gerow. They carried a hefty load soon after starting functioning back Dillon Daniels was dinged up in the 1st 50 percent.

“I was just wondering I have to action up,” Hernandez reported. “Our operating back was out, and I just have to do it for my team.”

Hernandez practically moved out of the space in the off-year. The Spartans are grateful he did not, specifically just after looking at him dash 45 yards to the conclude zone on his first carry. The third-quarter landing widened Mountain View’s direct to 21-.

Immediately after The King’s Academy slice the margin to 21-6, Hernandez crossed the goal line all over again, a 13-garden operate that built it 28-6 early in the fourth quarter.

“We practically shed him,” Lugo explained. “Beginning of the 12 months, he stop coming all over. We occur back again for the August exercise sessions and he walks into the weight home. It was like, What are you doing? I’m not shifting. It was big for us. He performs fantastic protection, he’s really hard to block. When Dillon went down, he ran like a No. 1 tonight.”

Drake Wilkening scored Mountain View’s ultimate landing, catching a 28-property pass from Conway on fourth-and-13.

Jeaden Underwood attained the conclude zone 2 times for TKA, on a 1-garden run in the third quarter and a 7-garden run in the fourth. He finished with 70 yards in 16 carries.

But most of the residence team’s offense came courtesy of 6-3, 185-pound senior receiver Tylek Barnett, who caught 8 of Reid Black’s passes for 211 yards and a touchdown. Their 72-lawn connection for a TD completed the scoring.

“First year, it is all about developing our society,” Perez stated. “What I needed to see out of my men, which I noticed, is they fought all four quarters. We’re heading to get back to the drawing board. We’re heading to make our adjustments, and we continue to keep preventing.”