Secret? Southwest, Chula Vista Tie - Metro: Southwest released an unpleasant surprise on Chula Vista as mystery running back Riley Washington helped his team to a tie, 17-17.

He was “The Player to be Named Later.”

He was a track-star-turned-speedy running back that Southwest Coach Carl Parrick wanted to keep a secret from No. 2-ranked Chula Vista, its Metro Conference rival.

But 69-yard runs by athletes making their first varsity start--within the first minute of play--have a funny way of spoiling the mystery.

“Who was that guy, Washington?” Chula Vista Coach George Ohnesorgen said after watching his team tie the visiting Raiders, 17-17.

“That set the tempo for the rest of the half,” he said.

Remember the name: Riley Washington, playing for injured Jason Silva, the Raiders’ top runner.

“I didn’t want (Chula Vista) to know who he was,” said Parrick. “He and Silva are the fastest guys in the county.”

After the Raiders first touchdown, there were plenty of chances for both sides in the ensuing 47 minutes.

The Spartans, down 17-9 early in the fourth, drove 65 yards on 12 plays, when Steve Gomez ran 10 yards up the middle, making it 17-15. Then it was the Spartan workhorse, Trennel Hicks, the seventh leading scorer in the county, who ran the conversion in for the tie.

Then came the extra period. Southwest had the ball first and scored on the second play when Dion Walker caught a 10-yard pass from Raider quarterback Andy Quinn.

The Raiders then broke up the Spartans passing attempt on Chula Vista’s overtime possession, giving Southwest the 24-17 extra period edge.

“We had to,” said Ohnesorgen of the extra period. “It’s a rule.”

Southwest’s ‘win’ will only come into play only if the Raiders (3-2-1, 2-0-1) and the Spartans (5-0-1, 2-0-1) finish tied at the end of league play.

In the first half, the Spartans managed five first downs in their first two possessions, but failed to convert on subsequent third downs and were forced to punt twice.

In the first quarter, Chula Vista’s Derek Chapman threw a 35-yard pass to Brandon Gregg, who made the catch surrounded by three Southwest jerseys, giving Chula Vista a first down on Southwest’s 34. Chapman completed a 15-yard pass to Hicks for a first and 10 at the 19, then Hicks rushed for 10 and eight yards, then scored on a dive from the one. The kick for the extra point failed, and the Spartans still trailed, 7-6.

Southwest’s Junior Ochoa scored with 2:10 remaining in the second quarter to put the Raiders up, 14-6, at the half.

Chula Vista and Southwest exchanged field goals, 27-yards by Spartan Art Castro and 45-yards by Jose Garcia to make it 17-9 before Gomez’ run.