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The Spartans finally could relax and let the celebration start a little early.<\/p>\n<p>The score held up as time expired, and the Spartans (9-4) raced to celebrate with coach Troy McConico, who had just led his alma mater to their first state championship in program history.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m kind of speechless,\u201d said McConico, a 2005 graduate of the school. \u201cThis is a proud moment, it\u2019s something that we&#8217;ve worked for all season. We expected this with this senior class. I\u2019ve seen them come in as freshmen and it\u2019s the perfect time to let them go out at this level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a great coach and has great leadership,\u201d Pinole Valley quarterback Maddux Wu said. \u201cHe put us in the right place and has done the right things for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Final:<\/p>\n<p>Pinole Valley 34 &#8211; Mendota 21<\/p>\n<p>The Spartans are CIF 7-AA State Champions! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3yImMml0bV\">pic.twitter.com\/3yImMml0bV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jes\u00fas Cano (@Jesus_Cano88) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jesus_Cano88\/status\/1599258729010311168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 4, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Wu also put his team in a position to win.<\/p>\n<p>He completed eight of 11 pass attempts for 186 yards and threw two touchdowns. This was a drastic improvement from last week\u2019s performance in the Division VI North Coast Section championship where he only completed one of his nine passes, although that one pass ended up being the game-winning play.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe weren\u2019t going to ask him to throw the ball a lot, but when we needed him to throw he was able to make those important passes,\u201d McConico said.<\/p>\n<p>In the first drive of the game, he connected with Ellis Shasmid-Deen for a 38-yard touchdown pass to put the Spartans up 7-0.<\/p>\n<p>It was the beginning of a back-and-forth first quarter.<\/p>\n<p>Mendota (9-6) responded back in its first possession as Chris Mejia tied the game on a 16-yard run.<\/p>\n<p>James Gordon III gave Pinole Valley a 14-7 lead on a 1-yard run, but the Aztecs had an answer when they got the ball back. Mejia ran in for a 33-yard touchdown to make it 14-14.<\/p>\n<p>With 20 seconds left in the first half, Wu threw his second touchdown to Shamsid-Deen. The 25-yard touchdown pass gave Pinole Valley a 20-14 lead and momentum heading into halftime.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just had to complete more of my passes (compared to last week),\u201d Wu said. \u201cEllis is that guy. I just gotta give him the ball and he does all the magic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s what happened in the fourth quarter. With 8:18 left, Wu handed the ball off to Shamsid-Deen, who ran through a pile of Mendota linemen and into the endzone for a 72-yard touchdown run to put Pinole Valley up 27-14. Shamsid-Deen ended the night with 189 offensive yards and three touchdowns.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Q2: With 20 seconds left, Maddux Wu connects with Ellis Shamsid-Deen for a 25-yard touchdown pass. 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