Capistrano Valley football improves to 7-0 with win over Aliso Niguel
- October 7, 2023
ALISO VIEJO — Capistrano Valley scored 21 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to pull away from Aliso Niguel in a 42-19 nonleague football win Friday at Aliso Niguel High.
The Cougars are 7-0 for the first time since 2017, a season in which the team went 10-0 in the regular season.
“It feels awesome,” Capistrano Valley coach Sean Curtis said. “This is a fun team with a lot of good kids and parents. I’m trying to slow down and enjoy the moment.”
Capo Valley dominated the line of scrimmage and ran for 303 yards with four touchdowns. Quarterback Tommy Acosta was the game’s most valuable player with 232 yards on 16 carries with two touchdowns.
“I guess the secret is out,” Curtis said. “We had been kind of known as a passing team. We knew we were going to have a strong offensive line and we tried to flip the mentality and become more balanced. Tommy is pretty special with the ball in his hands.”
“It was all the offensive line opening giant gaps for us,” Acosta said.
The game turned early in the fourth quarter. Capo Valley led 21-17 entering the quarter when Landen Woodson ran for a 25-yard touchdown to increase the lead to 28-17.
On the ensuing kickoff, the Cougars kicked between layers of the Aliso Niguel return team and Brayden Saavedra recovered the ball at the Aliso Niguel 15-yard line.
“It was a designed pooch kick,” Curtis said. “We came into the game wanting to kick away from (Jarett) Sabol who we respect a lot. We saw the bubble back there, the kicker put it in a perfect spot and it was a huge play.”
Acosta and running back Cash Moormann ran for touchdowns shortly after to give the Cougars 21 straight points in a six-minute period to make the score 42-17.
Aliso Niguel (5-2) ran for 107 yards in the first half and entered halftime tied, but struggled to move the ball in the second half.
Penalties were a big part of the game that affected both teams. Capo Valley had 15 penalties for 156 yards and Aliso Niguel had 14 penalties for 110 yards.
Aliso Niguel opened the game with a 13-play, 82-yard scoring drive capped by a 1-yard touchdown run by Luke Jones to give the Wolverines an early 7-0 lead.
The Cougars responded on their first offensive play with an 80-yard touchdown run by Acosta to tie the game.
On the first play of the second quarter, Acosta threw a 23-yard touchdown pass to Hudson Campbell to give Capo Valley a 14-7 lead.
Sabol, a USC baseball commit, ran for a 14-yard touchdown to tie the game for Aliso Niguel at 14-14 entering halftime.
Acosta and Campbell connected again for a 24-yard touchdown on the opening drive of the second half. Campbell led the Cougars with 63 yards and two touchdowns receiving. Acosta completed 14 of 20 passes for 119 yards.
Grant Snyder made a 34-yard field goal for Aliso Niguel in the third quarter. Ayden Sanchez had an interception which led to the field goal.
Capo Valley will play Tesoro in its South Coast League opener next Friday, Oct. 13.
“With the South Coast League, games come down to five or six key plays,” Curtis said. “We just need to take care of the ball, limit penalties and respond in clutch moments. When we play clean we think we can play with anybody.”
Aliso Niguel had a five-game winning streak entering Friday. The Wolverines open Sea View League play on the road next Friday against Trabuco Hills.
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Mater Dei football shows its strength in rout of JSerra
- October 7, 2023
SANTA ANA — When you have as many offensive weapons as Mater Dei puts on the field, it makes sense to spread the ball around.
Mater Dei quarterback Elijah Brown did just that on Friday night, throwing touchdown passes to four different receivers in a 42-0 win against JSerra in a Trinity League game at Santa Ana Stadium.
Brown connected with nine different receivers in the first half alone as the Monarchs (6-0, 1-0), ranked No. 1 in Orange County, built a 28-0 lead against No. 3 JSerra (4-3, 1-1).
After scoring touchdowns on their first two drives of the second half, the Stanford-bound senior took the rest of the night off, finishing 20-for-22 for 329 yards.
Mater Dei first-year coach Frank McManus said his talented receiving corps has shown a lot of unselfishness this season.
“The quarterback is obviously more effective when the receivers understand that he doesn’t have to just throw certain guys the ball,” McManus said. “When you allow the scheme and the play call to develop, everyone is going to get the opportunity to touch the ball, to score or get a catch. So I think what’s happening is you see the receivers now are trusting, not only the play calling, but Elijah’s ability to make the right read and get them the ball.”
While the offense has been putting up points with ease this season, the defense continues to make things difficult on opposing teams, posting its second consecutive shutout.
Mater Dei held JSerra to 107 total yards and produced seven sacks, including two by junior outside linebacker Nasir Wyatt, giving him seven on the season, despite missing two games.
“I’m just looking to continue how I did last year,” said Wyatt, the Trinity League Defensive MVP as a sophomore.
The Lions picked up a first down on the opening drive of the game before punting to the Monarchs, who quickly made it 7-0 when Brown connected with Marcus Brown on a 10-yard touchdown pass on fourth-and-6.
Marcus Brown, who leads Mater Dei with eight touchdown receptions this season, was the leading receiver with six catches for 90 yards.
The Monarchs faced a fourth-and-17 on their next drive, but a defensive pass interference made it fourth-and-2. Elijah Brown then found Jonah Smith for a 15-yard touchdown on the final play of the first quarter for a 14-0 lead.
Kayden Dixon-Wyatt caught two sideline passes totaling 59 yards on Mater Dei’s third drive, and Jordon Davison capped it off with a 1-yard touchdown run for a 21-0 lead.
The Monarchs scored again with 46 seconds left in the half on a 11-yard touchdown reception by Ajon Bryant, stretching the advantage to 28-0.
Dixon-Wyatt caught a 28-yard touchdown pass on the opening drive of the second half before Nathaniel Frazier scored on a 67-yard run for a 42-0 lead with 7:48 left in the third quarter.
Elijah Brown’s night was done, but both he and McManus said they hadn’t been thinking ahead to next week’s showdown with St. John Bosco, a matchup of the No. 1 and 7 teams in the nation, according to Calpreps.
Wyatt was already getting himself mentally ready, however.
“It’s going to be a good game against a team we still look at as one of the top two teams in the country,” he said. “We’re coming in there with an open mind, knowing how good the team is and knowing the history behind us and Bosco. We’re still coming in there to dominate.”
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St. John Bosco football routs Servite for big win ahead of Mater Dei game
- October 7, 2023
BELLFLOWER — St. John Bosco quarterback Caleb Sanchez threw three touchdowns in a span of his first four passes to lead the Braves to a 56-27 win at home against Trinity League rival Servite Friday.
Sanchez went 14 of 16 passing for 270 yards and four touchdowns in the first half. He ultimately completed 16 of 18 attempts for 343 passing yards and five touchdowns in less than three quarters of action.
“We talked about starting fast and we have guys who can make plays,” Sanchez said. “We wanted to utilize that so we wanted to take shots… All I have to do is get them the ball and that’s the results right there.”
The 6-foot-4, 230-pound senior also ran for 35 yards on three carries before halftime.
“I think our chemistry is building. It’s getting stronger,” Sanchez continued. “We have athletes all over the place, so if I can just get the ball to them, they’ll make plays for me.”
Bosco senior running back Cameron Jones (UCLA commit) finished with a team-high 134 yards and two touchdowns on 11 carries.
The Braves improved to 6-1 overall and 2-0 in the Trinity League. St. John Bosco will host No. 1-ranked Mater Dei on Friday, Oct. 13 at Panish Family Stadium.
“It’s the biggest game of the year for us so far,” Sanchez said. “This is what we look forward to, this is why we come to Bosco to play games like this. Mater Dei is a tough opponent, but I feel like we can do our job if we can execute and stay consistent on both sides that we’ll be able to get it done against them.”
Before the game, Bosco coach Jason Negro said he wanted his team to solely focus on Servite rather than look ahead to next week’s game against rival Mater Dei. After the game, Negro was ready to talk about the Monarchs.
“Our kids are going to be ready,” Negro said. “Frank (McManus) is going to have his kids ready over there at Mater Dei and it’s going to be a great game next Friday.”
On the Braves’ first play on offense, Sanchez threw a 68-yard touchdown pass to senior receiver Stacy Dobbins, which put the Braves up 7-0 with 10:01 left in the first quarter.
On the Braves’ next offensive drive, Sanchez threw a 58-yard touchdown to sophomore receiver Madden Williams, which extended Bosco’s lead to 14-0 with 5:06 left in the first.
Sanchez added a 31-yard touchdown pass for sophomore receiver Daniel Odom with 2:27 left in the first. Bosco led 21-0.
An 8-yard touchdown run by Jones made it 28-0 with 10:52 left in the second.
However, on the next play, Servite (4-3, 0-2) caught Bosco off guard with a double pass, which ended with an 80-yard touchdown pass from senior receiver Quinn Rosenkranz to junior receiver Ethan Naudin. The Friars cut Bosco’s lead to 28-8 with a successful 2-point conversion pass from junior quarterback Leo Hannan to senior receiver Aidan O’Callaghan with 10:35 left in the second.
Servite’s defense followed that up by forcing and recovering a fumble by Sanchez with 8:55 left in the second. However, Servite would later turn the ball over on downs.
Jones added a 28-yard touchdown run with 5:53 left in the second. The Braves led 35-8.
Sanchez added his fourth touchdown pass of the first half, connecting with Dobbins again, this time for an 11-yard strike with 27 seconds left in the first half. Bosco led 42-8 at halftime.
Sanchez threw a 35-yard touchdown pass to senior receiver Owen Tomich, which extended Bosco’s lead to 49-8 early in the third.
Bosco senior Peyton Woodyard (Alabama commit) muffed a punt at his own 11, which Servite recovered. The Friars capitalized with an 11-yard touchdown pass from Hannan to sophomore receiver Devan Parker, cutting Bosco’s lead to 49-14 midway through the third.
Braves backup quarterback Matai Fuiava threw a 4-yard touchdown pass to Tomich, the 6-foot-1 receiver’s second score of the night. Bosco led 56-14 with 1:53 left in the third.
Servite junior running back Quaid Carr, who ran for a team-high 53 yards on 13 carries, added a 2-yard touchdown with 8:56 remaining, which cut Bosco’s lead to 56-20.
On Bosco sophomore backup quarterback Ashton Pannell’s first pass in the fourth, Friars sophomore defensive back Tristin Ordaz hauled in an interception and returned it for a touchdown, which cut Bosco’s lead to 56-27 with 7:41 to go.
St. John Bosco football coach Jason Negro on the Braves’ rivalry game against Servite in Bellflower Friday night. Negro said his team is focused on Servite and they will not look ahead next week’s home game vs. Mater Dei on Oct. 13. @boscofootball pic.twitter.com/aIlGKgLLJt
— John W. Davis (@johnwdavis) October 7, 2023
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High school football: Early scores from Friday’s Week 7 games
- October 7, 2023
Get the first look at the scores from the high school football games that were played Friday, Oct. 6.
We will have a complete list of scores at the end of the night.
FRIDAY’S SCORES
Orange Lutheran 28, Santa Margarita 21
Mater Dei 42, JSerra 0
St. John Bosco 56, Servite 27
Newport Harbor 62, Los Alamitos 14
Tesoro 42, Trabuco Hills 14
Capistrano Valley 42, Aliso Niguel 19
Yorba Linda 34, El Modena 17
Crean Lutheran 42, Pacifica 14
Troy 27, La Habra 21
Edison 47, Huntington Beach 20
Brea Olinda 21, Canyon 14
Dana Hills 14, Irvine 7
San Clemente 42, Ayala 13
Rancho Cucamonga 35, Etiwanda 7
Damien 34, Chino Hills 7
South Pasadena 56, Monrovia 28
San Marino 21, La Canada 17
Loyola 25, St. Paul 11
Burbank Burroughs 32, Muir 27
Los Altos 48, Nogales 0
South Hills 54, Don Lugo 41
Sierra Canyon 56, Bishop Amat 14
Newbury Park 35, Agoura 14
Valencia 42, West Ranch 14
Canyon Country Canyon 24, Golden Valley 21
Chaminade 55, Alemany 14
Simi Valley 44, Calabasas 7
San Fernando 14, Sylmar 6
Granada Hills at Cleveland
Birmingham 58, Chatsworth 7
El Camino Real 37, Taft 32
Long Beach Poly 46, Wilson 0
Millikan 43, Lakewood 0
Jordan 46, Compton 20
Mayfair 35, La Mirada 21
Warren 50, Norwalk 14
Palos Verdes 9, Mira Costa 7
Serra 45, Notre Dame 35
Lawndale 35, West Torrance 0
Carson 48, San Pedro 7
Santa Monica 33, Peninsula 26
Torrance 35, El Segundo 26
Check back later for all of the scores.
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Orange Lutheran football defeats Santa Margarita with second-half surge
- October 7, 2023
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MISSION VIEJO — In a grouping as challenging as the Trinity League, not all the intrigue involves the two national powerhouses who have dominated in recent years.
The race for third place and for playoff berths also provide drama, especially if there’s a transfer quarterback in the mix.
Santa Margarita and Orange Lutheran offered all those elements, and a few more, Friday at Saddleback College.
They dueled to a tie at halftime and a back-and-forth second half before the Lancers emerged with a much-needed 28-21 victory.
Orange Lutheran (4-3, 1-1), ranked fourth in Orange County, snapped a three-game losing streak and improved its chances of finishing at least .500 overall, a key ingredient for an at-large playoff spot.
Santa Margarita (4-3, 0-2), ranked fifth in the county, dropped its second consecutive game in league.
The game pitted Santa Margarita quarterback John Gazzaniga against his former school whom he played for earlier this season.
The high-profile, in-season transfer was part of the pregame chatter, and the expected intensity spilled into game. In the end, however, the Lancers hugged the junior in the postgame handshake.
Orange Lutheran sacked Gazzaniga on the Eagles’ second possession but drew a personal foul on the play.
Gazzaniga capitalized by lofting a 20-yard touchdown pass to Sean Embree to cap a 64-yard scoring drive. It was Gazzaniga’s eighth touchdown in four games with Santa Margarita.
Orange Lutheran responded on the ensuing possession with an 87-yard scoring drive that quarterback TJ Lateef punctuated with a 1-yard TD run early in the second quarter. On the play, the Eagles were flagged for a hit on Lateef.
The intensity continued later in the second period after Orange Lutheran intercepted a pass near the Lancers 20 with about five minutes left. After the tackle along the Orange Lutheran sideline, tempers briefly flared.
The Lancers, however, weren’t able to turn their second forced turnover into points as the score was locked 7-7 at halftime.
Orange Lutheran took its first lead early in the third quarter as running back Steve Chavez broke a 35-yard TD run for a 14-7 cushion.
The Lancers extended their advantage to 20-7 later in the third as Lateef fired a 45-yard TD strike to freshman wide receiver Chris Flores Jr.
Orange Lutheran capped a 28-0 scoring run by capitalizing on a pair of miscues on a Santa Margarita punt late in the third. Brayden Henson scored on a 1-yard TD run and Lateef caught the 2-point conversion from Flores to make it 28-7.
Gazzaniga led two scoring drives in the fourth quarter but the Lancers ran out the final 2:55.
Next week, Santa Margarita plays at JSerra on Oct. 13 while Orange Lutheran takes on Servite at Cerritos College.
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Tesoro football builds momentum with rout of Trabuco Hills
- October 7, 2023
RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA – Tesoro’s football team will go into the tough South Coast League with momentum after a 42-14 win over visiting Trabuco Hills in on Friday.
Tesoro’s win came in the final nonleague game of the season for both teams. Tesoro (4-3) begins South Coast League play next week at home against Capistrano Valley (7-0), which is ranked No. 17 in the Orange County Top 25. The league includes No. 2 Mission Viejo and No. 8 San Clemente.
Trabuco Hill (4-3), No. 22 in the county rankings, plays its Sea View League opener at home against Aliso Niguel (5-2) next wek.
Tesoro junior quarterback Cash O’Byrne completed 14 of 19 passes for 225 yards and two touchdowns. Senior running back Travis Wood rushed for 149 yards and two touchdowns. Wood went into the game averaging 111 rushing yards a game.
Trabuco Hills quarterback Jacob Perry completed 20 of 34 passes for 145 yards and one touchdown.
Tesoro’s defense limited Mustangs running back Taylor Bowie to 53 yards rushing, 56 yards fewer than his per-game average.
O’Byrne understands the challenges of the South Coast League.
“We need to do the little things right, the little things in practice,” he said. “We had a bunch of stupid penalties we need to clean up. When we go against San Clemente and Mission, we just can’t let that happen.”
Tesoro QB Cash O’Byrne threw for 225 yards and 2 touchdowns in a 42-14 win over Trabuco Hills … pic.twitter.com/8TYg0W0NAJ
— Steve Fryer (@SteveFryer) October 7, 2023
Tesoro scored on its first possession. The Titans drove 80 yards on seven plays, including a 38-yard completion from O’Byrne to Campbell Schamel and a 16-yard pass to Todd Nelson. Drew Wong scored the touchdown on a 16-yard run.
Trabuco Hills responded with a touchdown on a 5-yard pass from Perry to Ryan Luce. Tesoro’s Sammy Peterson blocked the extra-point kick, leaving the Titans with a 7-6 lead. Peterson later had an interception.
Tesoro began pulling away with two second-quarter touchdowns.
The first was a 44-yard scoring pass from O’Byrne to Lance Guerrero. Guerrero sprinted through an opening in the middle of the Trabuco Hills secondary and pulled in the pass on the run for a 14-6 lead.
Tesoro’s final possession of the first half yielded the Titans second touchdown of the second quarter. Starting at their 28-yard line with 2:32 to go in the half, the Titans drove 72 yards on eight plays with O’Byrne scoring on a 1-yard sneak with 44 seconds left for a 21-6 lead. The drive included a powerful 19-yard, tackle-breaking run by Wood and O’Byrne completions of 16 yards to Schamel and 17 yards to Todd Nelson.
Trabuco Hills cut its deficit to 21-14 early in the third quarter on a 1-yard touchdown sneak by Perry and Luce running for a two-point conversion. That would be the Mustangs’ final points. Wong scored on a 27-yard reception in the third quarter and Wood scored on fourth-quarter runs of 2 and 16 yards to complete the scoring.
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- October 7, 2023
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Dodgers’ plan to stop the Diamondbacks’ running game is already in motion
- October 7, 2023
LOS ANGELES ― The Dodgers began the 2023 regular season with four games against the Arizona Diamondbacks. It was a series made notable for the presence of two free agent pitchers, Noah Syndergaard and Madison Bumgarner, and the cloud of dust created by the Diamondbacks’ 2-1 win to end the series, a game in which they stole four bases in four attempts.
Two of the Diamondbacks’ stolen bases came against Syndergaard, whom the Dodgers traded to Cleveland in July – a fact Manager Dave Roberts noted on Thursday. But the question of how to stop Arizona’s running game is a big one hanging over the National League Division Series.
It’s a challenge the Dodgers eventually rose to, though it took time. The Dodgers went to Arizona for their first road trip and lost three of four games. The Diamondbacks stole eight bases in that series. Five came in an 11-6 win, without the benefit of seeing Syndergaard’s slow-twitch delivery.
Arizona finished the season with 166 stolen bases, the second-most in MLB. Corbin Carroll, the probable NL Rookie of the Year, stole 54 bases in 59 attempts. Jake McCarthy was 26 for 30, Geraldo Perdomo was 16 for 20, and even veteran first baseman Christian Walker went 11 for 11.
“The majority of the players that fit the mold that you’re talking about came up through our system,” Diamondbacks general manager Mike Hazen said. “We drafted them four or five years ago. So trying to make it seem like now that that was prescient – that we knew rule changes were coming four, five years down the line – we ended up drafting a lot of high athletic, speed guys that have kind of come up through our system, and it coalesced with the rule changes (limiting pickoff throws and enlarging the bases).”
Compared to the eight head-to-head games in April, the Dodgers’ five games against the Diamondbacks in August were a different story. Arizona went 1 for 3 in stolen base attempts over those five games, all Dodger wins.
“I think (the Dodgers) didn’t understand necessarily what type of game we were going to play,” in April, Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said. “Once they saw that they read it and reacted to it.”
Roberts didn’t divulge the intricate details of the Dodgers’ anti-theft strategy. But the Diamondbacks were not the only team that forced the Dodgers’ hand.
After the Dodgers lost back-to-back games in Kansas City in July, in a series that saw the Royals go 5 for 7 on stolen base attempts, shortstop Miguel Rojas initiated a conversation with Roberts about where the Dodgers’ game plan was falling short.
“Those teams that play fearless and kind of reckless have been our hump in the road,” Rojas said at the time. “It’s been Kansas City, the Diamondbacks earlier in the year, I think Cincinnati did it as well. They’re beating us on the bases without hitting extra bases, or long balls. When we play those teams we need to come out a little bit with expectations that they’re going to do that, and be ready for that rather than reacting when they start running the bases like that.”
That proved to be a turning point. In 84 games through July 3, the final game of the series in Kansas City, Dodger opponents went 103 for 119 in stolen-base attempts. In the season’s final 78 games, Dodger opponents were 39 for 52.
Likewise, the Dodgers weren’t the only team that forced the Diamondbacks to slow down.
“I think the league caught up to us and it took a little adjustment for us,” Lovullo said. “There’s an adjustment period of time. But we believe in our running game. We’ve got targets, and we know the guys can successfully do it and who they can do it against. And those are the things we’re reviewing right now.”
It starts with Carroll, a left-handed hitter, who finished the season as Arizona’s leadoff batter against right-handed pitchers and their No. 2 hitter against lefties.
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Roberts said he enjoys watching Carroll “more from my living room than the other dugout.”
“When he’s on base potentially to steal a base, it just creates more tension,” Roberts said. “To keep him off the bases is probably one of our top priorities.”
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