{"id":8031,"date":"2017-09-13T12:41:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-13T12:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maderatribustg.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=8031"},"modified":"2026-05-13T18:32:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T18:32:14","slug":"first-half-carries-stallions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/first-half-carries-stallions\/","title":{"rendered":"First half carries Stallions"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Madera South Stallions football team capitalized on two first-half touchdowns to beat the Hoover-Fresno Patriots 20-7 in its home opener in Memorial Stadium.<\/p>

\u201cClearly it feels great,\u201d Matt Johnson said after his first win as the Stallions\u2019 head coach. \u201cWhat do they say \u2014 a win\u2019s a win and we\u2019ll take it any way we can get it. It was ugly at times. Our offense hasn\u2019t found that rhythm, not for two quarters, let alone a full game. If we don\u2019t find some rhythm on offense it\u2019s just going to be a proverbial long year for us.\u201d<\/p>

Despite struggling at times, quarterback Steven Alaniz threw for more than 100 yards and two touchdowns to give the Stallions the victory.<\/p>

The matchup between the Stallions and the Patriots got off to a slow start after an unlucky first quarter for both teams.<\/p>

The action picked up with seven minutes left in the second quarter when Alaniz escaped the pocket and found Dallas Hansen sitting in the middle of the field.<\/p>

Hansen caught the pass and turned upfield, where he broke two tackles in route to a 40-yard score.<\/p>

The Stallions took a 7-0 lead and, after back-to-back punts, they extended it.<\/p>

Alaniz, once again dropped back and found his receiver, Eddie Ramirez, who ran to the end zone for the touchdown catch.<\/p>

After coming into the game for Joel Galvan, Alaniz settled the Stallions offense with those two touchdown passes and Madera South led 13-0 after a missed extra point heading into the half.<\/p>

The third quarter opened similar to the first quarter after both sides were kept out of the end zone. The Stallions started a drive, but failed to convert a crucial fourth down.<\/p>

Both teams traded possession throughout the second half, but neither could find the answer until the fourth quarter.<\/p>

The Patriots\u2019 chance came in the fourth quarter on a field goal but the kick was blocked by the Stallions defense, which sent Memorial Stadium into hysteria.<\/p>

The Stallions took over, but once again, failed to put points on the board.<\/p>

Just as the game looked out of reach, the Patriots forced a quick punt and, on the ensuing drive, punched the ball in for six after Jordan Daniels\u2019 touchdown scramble of 30 yards.<\/p>

The game however was put to bed after Brandon Mora broke free and scored on a 70-yard run. His longest run of the season came at an opportune time after the score sealed the win.<\/p>

The game ended after the Stallions recovered an onside kick ran out the clock.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Madera South Stallions football team capitalized on two first-half touchdowns to beat the Hoover-Fresno Patriots 20-7 in its home opener in Memorial Stadium. \u201cClearly it feels great,\u201d Matt Johnson said after his first win as the Stallions\u2019 head coach. \u201cWhat do they say \u2014 a win\u2019s a win and we\u2019ll take it any way […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":26057,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_theme","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_angie_page":false,"page_builder":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[50],"class_list":["post-8031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-schools"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8031\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}