By Nathan Foster Monrovia’s varsity football team dominated Alta Loma on Friday night led by senior quarterback Nick Hernandez and senior running back Devon Mayes. Hernandez lit up the Alta Loma defense for four touchdowns, completing 19 of 27 passes for 348 yards and no interceptions. Hernandez connected with five receivers on the night, including…
By Nathan Foster The Monrovia Wildcats looked strong in their first contest of the season, defeating the West Covina Bulldogs 28-14 on the road on Friday. Senior quarterback Nick Hernandez had a quality outing, completing 12 of his 19 passes on the night for 272 yards, three touchdowns, and no interceptions. The highlight of the…
By Nathan Foster Tyree Miles is excited for the Monrovia High School football season to begin. It will be his first and last season as a Wildcat. Miles moved from Fontana earlier this year. He said the team has welcomed him in. “It’s been a very good transition,” Miles said. “I love my team. I…
By Nathan Foster Gaylen Wilson has been playing football for more than half his life. The Monrovia High School senior defensive back/wide receiver used his experience of playing since he was six to earn a spot of the varsity team during his sophomore year. Wilson became inspired to play at such an early age after…
By Nathan Foster Nick Hernandez had to wait three games last year before getting the chance to start as quarterback for Monrovia High School’s varsity football team, but once he started he never looked back. Hernandez took the team from a 0-3 record to 5-6 at the end of the year, losing in the first…
By Aaron Valdez Monrovia football looked to make big noise in this year’s Division IX CIF playoffs, but their efforts ultimately fell short as it lost 52-28 to Palm Desert in the first round on Friday. Already feeling deflated from last week’s defeat to San Marino – which lost them the Rio Hondo League title…
By Aaron Valdez It’s been an up-and-down season for Monrovia football but its quality of play the last three weeks has the Wildcats feeling they have a real chance to go unbeaten in Rio Hondo League action. The squad’s latest outing against South Pasadena on Friday proved that Monrovia is a force to be reckoned…
By Aaron Valdez Behind a big second-half effort, Monrovia football finally managed to get in the win column after defeating Valley Christian 47-20 on Friday. “It feels good, it was a few games coming,” said new Head Coach Chris Williams. “Last couple of weeks our boys were right there. They were battling and it was…
By Aaron Valdez It was grueling and hard-fought contest to say the least, but Monrovia football came up short by a last-minute field goal during its 23-21 loss to Alta Loma last Friday. The Wildcats were coming off a listless 45-12 defeat at the hands of Burbank in the opening game of the season but…