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Football roundup: Santa Margarita beats JSerra; Orange Lutheran, Dana Hills, Los Alamitos, Yorba Linda also win in Week 8

October 14, 2023

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Ryan Gass made a game-winning field goal for Santa Margarita with one second remaining to beat JSerra 34-31 Friday in a Trinity League game at JSerra High.

Trent Mosley had 10 receptions for 230 yards with two touchdowns for Santa Margarita (5-3, 1-2). The sophomore also ran for 87 yards with two touchdowns.

John Gazzaniga completed 15 of 24 passes for 277 yards with two touchdowns and an interception.

The Eagles had a 10-3 lead at halftime after a touchdown pass from Gazzaniga to Mosley.

JSerra (4-4, 1-2) quarterback Michael Tollefson ran for a touchdown early in the third quarter to tie the game at 10.

Mosley and Tollefson exchanged touchdown runs in the third quarter and the game was tied at 17 entering the fourth.

Midway through the fourth quarter, Mosley scored on a touchdown run out of the Wildcat formation. On the ensuing offensive play, Kamar Garbourel tied the game for JSerra with a 61-yard touchdown run.

JSerra took the lead with three minutes remaining in the game on a touchdown run by Gabriel Rivas.

Gazzaniga connected with Mosley for a game-tying touchdown on the next possession.

Noah Sulick and Levar Talley each had 12 tackles to lead the Santa Margarita defense. Sophomore Mason Reyes had an interception.

In other games Friday:

Orange Lutheran 36, Servite 33: Steve Chavez ran for the game-winning touchdown with three minutes remaining in the game to give Orange Lutheran a Trinity League win over Servite.

The junior running back had three touchdowns for Orange Lutheran (5-3, 2-1). Tj Lateef threw a touchdown pass and added a touchdown run. Freshman Nicholas Bland had a long touchdown reception in the first quarter.

Servite (4-4, 0-3) got four rushing touchdowns from Quaid Carr. Leo Hannan threw a touchdown pass to Quinn Rosenkranz.

Dana Hills 21, Laguna Hills 20: Dana Hills returned two kickoffs for touchdowns in an upset win over Laguna Hills in a Pacific Coast League game.

The Dolphins snapped a county-high 15-game winning streak for Laguna Hills (7-1, 0-1).

Noah Kucera and Owen Walz returned kicks for touchdowns for Dana Hills (6-2, 1-0). Walz also ran for a 56-yard touchdown in the second quarter.

Kurtis Webber and John Ponce had touchdown runs for the Hawks. Luke Whitfield made a field goal in the first quarter.

The Dana Hills defense forced a turnover on downs with seven seconds remaining in the game to seal the win.

Northwood 35, Portola 7: Edward Ma threw for over 150 yards with two touchdowns to lead Northwood to a Pacific Coast League win over Portola.

Eddie Petrushin had 10 catches with a touchdown for Northwood (4-4, 1-0) and Cole Hidalgo added a touchdown catch.

Lucas Trausch had a rushing and a receiving touchdown for the Timberwolves.

Quarterback Rocky Palacio had a touchdown run for Portola (4-4, 0-1).

Trabuco Hills 58, Aliso Niguel 24: Trabuco Hills scored a season-high 58 points in a Sea View League win over Aliso Niguel.

Jacob Perry completed 17 of 19 passes for 244 yards with three touchdowns for Trabuco Hills (5-3, 1-0). Taylor Bowie ran for 86 yards with three touchdowns.

Ryan Luce led the Mustangs with 118 receiving yards. Alex Kiernan had 76 yards receiving with a touchdown.

Hunter Najm threw two touchdown passes for Aliso Niguel (5-3, 0-1) and ran for a touchdown.

Western 56, Santa Ana Valley 0: Anthony Luna threw for 288 yards with four touchdowns for Western in a rout of Santa Ana Valley (3-5, 2-1) in an Orange League game.

Desmin Joshway-Fairley led the Pioneers in receiving with 95 yards on three catches. Clayton Corbett had a 96-yard run for Western (7-1, 3-0) and Joshua Faulkner had 85 yards on four carries.

Capistrano Valley Christian 51, Riverside Prep 8: Nate Richie completed 11 of 12 passes for 281 yards with five touchdowns for Capistrano Valley Christian in a blowout win over Riverside Prep in a Mesquite League game.

Max Krosky caught five passes for 120 yards with three touchdowns for the Eagles. Heath Carlson had two touchdown receptions for CVC (6-1, 3-0).Travis Scherer and Joshua Monroe had touchdown runs.

Jack Gallo led the defense with 11 tackles, two for a loss and a sack. Krosky and Talan Sego added interceptions for the Eagles.

— Michael Huntley

Los Alamitos 69, Corona del Mar 14: Griffins quarterback Alonza Esparza passed for 346 yards and four touchdowns and ran for two touchdowns in the Sunset League win for Los Alamitos (6-2, 3-0).

The Griffins are tied for first place with Edison. Corona del Mar is 4-4 overall and 1-2 in league.

Yorba Linda 58, Brea Olinda 7: Jacob Escovar ran for a touchdown and returned an interception for another touchdown as the Mustangs (6-2, 1-0) won their Crestview League opener against the Wildcats (5-3, 0-1).

The Mustangs scored 41 points in the first quarter. Running back Chase Jones scored two touchdowns for Yorba Linda which plays Villa Park on Friday at El Modena High.

La Quinta 42, Santiago 36: Alex Tran scored on a 10-yard run in overtime for the first-place Aztecs (6-2, 3-0) in a Garden Grove League win over the Cavaliers (3-5, 0-3).

Santiago had a 20-14 lead at halftime. Cooper Starnes scored on an 80-yard run on the first play of the second half. Tran also caught a touchdown pass.

Rancho Alamitos 21, Bolsa Grande 18: Jesus Diego scored two touchowns and Omar Salazar scored the other for the Vaqueros (5-3, 2-1) in their win over the Matadors (5-3, 2-1) in the highly-competitive Garden Grove League.

Bolsa Grande led in the first half 12-0.

Rancho Alamitos plays first-place La Quinta (6-2, 3-0) on Friday at Bolsa Grande High. Bolsa Grande is home on Thursday against Los Amigos (4-4, 2-1).

El Dorado 41, Canyon 0: Robby Hagar and Tyson Hartman had interceptions for the defense as the Golden Hawks (4-4, 1-0) got their first shutout of 2023 with the win over Canyon (1-7, 0-1) in the North Hills League opener for both.

J.P. Murray rushed for 108 yards and a touchdown on 17 carries for El Dorado. Golden Hawks quarterback rushed for 140 yards and two touchdowns on 10 carries and threw touchdown passes to Nathan Meek and Lucas Raya. Cooper Larson rushed for 64 yards on seven carries.

El Modena 41, Esperanza 20: Xzavior Guess threw for two touchdowns and ran for another and Brodie Hitchens scored three rushing touchdowns for the Vanguards (4-4, 1-0) in their win over the Aztecs (3-5, 0-1) in the North Hills opener for both teams.

Ell Modena plays El Dorado (4-4, 1-0) in a league game Friday at Valencia High, El Dorado’s home field.

— Steve Fryer

Orange County Register

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