Manny Ayon, playing quarterback for the first time this year, ran for four touchdowns and passed for another to lead Roosevelt past Huntington Park, 35-7 in another Eastern League game. Ayon, who had scoring runs of 58, 15, 11 and 31 yards, had 147 yards on 11 carries. He also had a 20-yard scoring pass to Elgin Rosales.

The Rough Riders (4-1, 1-0) saw their three-TD lead trimmed to 21-7 when the Spartans (2-3, 0-1) got a third-quarter scoring run from Henri Echevarria (15 carries for 60 yards).

Christian Balbuena had nine solo tackles and Mauricio Maldonado had eight solos and an assist to lead the H.P. defense.

The Spartans host South East (1-3, 0-0) at 7 p.m. Friday.

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