GAME OF THE WEEK
MONTEBELLO 31, BELL GARDENS 28, OT
MONTEBELLO — With first place in the Almont League at stake, senior kicker Enrique Lozano kicked a 35-yard field goal to give Montebello High School a 31-28 overtime victory over visiting Bell Gardens on Friday night in a pouring rain.
Bell Gardens won the coin flip in overtime and drove the ball to the 13-yard line, but senior kicker Esequiel Covarrubias sent a 35-yard field goal attempt wide right. Then Lozano won it for the Oilers.
With the victory, Montebello improves 5-4 overall and 4-0 in league, while Bell Gardens falls to 3-6 and 3-1.
Trailing 28-21, Bell Gardens tied the score midway through the fourth quarter on a 6-yard pass from junior quarterback Jordan Cardenas to wide receiver Marcelino Carillo.
Cardenas had a game-high 235 yards and a touchdown on 16-of-29 passing.
— John Sherrard
ROUNDUP
LA SERNA 49, PIONEER 20
La Serna High School kept its Del Rio League title chances alive with a 49-20 victory over Pioneer on Friday night at Whittier College.
The Lancers (7-2, 3-1) can only share the league title if they defeat Whittier and Santa Fe defeats first-place El Rancho next week.
La Serna built a 39-0 halftime lead. Quarterback Enrique Pacheco left the game after the first series of the second half. He completed 12 of 19 passes for 197 yards with touchdown passes of 2 and 9 yards to Joseph Carillo. Carillo had six catches for 64 yards.

HOW THE TOP TEN FARED
1. La Mirada (8-1) def Cerritos, 56-0
2. La Habra (6-3) def. Troy, 42-35 (Thursday)
3. El Rancho (7-2) def. California, 48-14 (Thursday)
4. La Serna (7-2) def. Pioneer, 49-20
5. California (5-4) lost to El Rancho, 48-14 (Thursday)
6. Cantwell (7-2) lost to Verbum Dei, 7-6
7. St. Paul (4-5) lost to Cathedral, 36-13
8. Montebello (4-5*) def. Bell Gardens, 31-28, OT
9. Santa Fe (2-7) lost to Whittier, 24-14
10. Pioneer (3-6) lost to La Serna, 49-20
OTHER SCORE
Schurr 34, Alhambra 0