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Victory Bell stays with Brahmas
Megan Moureaux
Social Media Editor
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Tensions ran high Saturday night after the Pierce College Brahmas defeated its rival, the Los Angeles Valley College Monarchs, to ring the Victory Bell for the sixth straight year.
Members of both teams ramped up the hostility that started last week on Twitter and continued the banter on the field during warm-ups.
The game started with a Valley touchdown by Elli Richardson about three minutes into the first quarter. Richardson scored his second touchdown about five minutes later and the Monarchs quickly followed with a 60-yard interception return to make the score 21-0.
Tempers began to flare on the sideline but Pierce started its comeback from a 21-point deficit with a 21-yard touchdown by running back, De’Shawn Jones late in the first quarter.
“I think the whole year’s been emotional, but this week was more emotional than most weeks because it’s personal,” said head coach Efrain Martinez.
The cross-valley rivalry has grown since ex-Pierce defensive coordinator, Juan Navarro, left last year to become the head coach for Valley. Navarro also took around 20 red/gray shirt players with him to play for the Monarchs. One of those redshirt players is Jordan Barge, who was active in the taunting on social media last week.
“The refs cheated us,” Barge said. “Offense, we did what we needed to do. We put points on the board and I don’t know what happened after that. We were the better team, we played better than them but they made bigger plays than us.”
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“He really loved what he was doing. You can tell from his lessons and the way he taught, he had a certain zest for teaching that I try to inject in my teaching, he taught me a lot,” daughter Leticia LopezZabaleta said.
Lopez is survived by his wife, daughters (U.S. Army LTC Rose Keravuori; Dr. Leticia LopezZabaleta, Liz Weiland), and grandchildren.
A private memorial service took place at Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills, on Oct. 23 at 10 a.m. In lieu of flowers, the family asks donations be sent in Henry’s name to the Salvation Army.
