Big Win for Arcadia’s opening game vs Alhambra – 38 – 6

By SHEL SEGAL
By the way he was playing, you never would guess Arcadia High quarterback Joey Harmon missed all of last season because of a knee injury.
Harmon threw for 214 yards, a touchdown and an interception while completing 15 of 23 passes as the Apaches downed host Alhambra High, 38-6, on Friday night in the season’s opening game.
Harmon said he was happy with the way things went throughout the game.
“We pounded it,” he said. “We had some good play action passes. Just being back out here and being able to play is a victory in itself. It’s overwhelming.”
Arcadia coach Andrew Policky said he was pleased with Harmon’s performance against the Moors.
“He played pretty well,” Policky said of Harmon. “I think for the most part he did a good job.”
Policky added the game went according plan.
“It’s always nice to get that first win out of the way,” he said. “The boys played hard tonight, they played hard. It’s always nice to score points. Coming in I think we just wanted to establish our running game. For the most part we were able to do that. We did some good things tonight.”
He also said the team’s defense did really well against the Alhambra running game.
“They had a pretty good night tonight stopping the run,” Policky said. “Once we were able to stop the run I think we were able to put ourselves in some good situations.”
Arcadia limited the Moors offense to just 25 total yards in the first half.
Up, 3-0, scored three touchdowns and a safety in the second quarter, including a four-yard scoring run by Nico Cantos, a 20-yard TD run by Tealon Haggerty and a 27-yard touchdown pass from Harmon to Kevin Luong. The Apaches led at halftime, 25-0.
Arcadia added two touchdowns in the second half, one a 15-yard run in the third quarter by Josh Yee and one a 15-yard run in the fourth quarter by Robbie Hillier.
Alhambra scored its lone touchdown midway through the fourth quarter on a 78-yard run by James Giambalvo.
(Shel Segal can be reached at ssegal@beaconmedianews.com. Follow him via Twitter @sports_beacon.)

Photographs by Madison Bruce

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