Palo Alto Weekly
The Menlo-Atherton football team got off to a slow start, but got rolling quickly after that and didn’t stop until finishing off a 38-17 victory over visiting Homestead in a Central Coast Section Large School Division opener on Saturday in Atherton.
M-A will tangle with PAL Bay Division rival Aragon (9-2) in the semifinals next Friday at Foothill College at 7 p.m. Aragon advanced with a 56-7 pounding of Piedmont Hills on Saturday.
M-A defeated Aragon, 21-14 in September in a win that eventually allowed the Bears to capture their first league crown since 1992.
Homestead (8-2-1), out of the SCVAL El Camino Division, led 10-3 early in the second quarter until McCabe and the productive Bears’ offense started to click. M-A led 16-10 at halftime and 31-17 after three quarters.
McCabe tossed touchdowns to four different receivers — senior back Jamal Wilkins (79 yards), senior receiver Matt Mosher (22), junior receiver Sam Knapp (24) and senior tight end Raymond Vainikolo (20). McCabe has thrown for 21 touchdowns this season. He completed eight passes on Saturday for 223 yards.
Senior fullback Bobby Bustos added a touchdown and Eric Stanske produced a 36-yard field goal for the Bears.
The Bears’ running game was led by Will Latu, who gained 155 yards on 15 carries. Wilkins added 65 on 10 carries.
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