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Fountain Valley clinched at least a share of the Lambda League championship Friday with a 49-14 win over Valencia at Huntington Beach High.
The league championship is the first for Fountain Valley (6-3, 4-0) since 2008 when it won a share of the Sunset League title.
Drake Robinson had five touchdowns for the Barons, three rushing and two receiving. Isaac Combs threw for 290 yards with two touchdowns and Robinson had 162 yards receiving. Mason Nguyen had an interception for Fountain Valley.
Ediel Nicolas had a touchdown run for Valencia (4-5, 0-4).
In other games Friday:
In the Trinity League:
Santa Margarita 36, JSerra 12: Santa Margarita scored 36 unanswered points to extend its winning streak to 15 games.
Adrian Petero ran for 114 yards with a touchdown for Santa Margarita (9-0, 4-0). Fletch Palmer threw for 174 yards with a touchdown pass to Grant Mosley and Jaion Smith ran for a touchdown.
Kaleb Herndon had 1½ sacks for the Eagles and Daxton Karney added a sack. Tonga Uhila had a forced fumble and a blocked field goal.
Hayes Cloutier had a touchdown run for JSerra (4-5, 0-4) after a fumble recovery by Braylin Spencer. Grayson Matvay returned an interception 86-yards which set up a rushing touchdown by Jack Hilgenberg.
In the Alpha League:
Yorba Linda 20, Edison 17: Noah Trujillo threw a go-ahead 35-yard touchdown pass to Vince Aguilar in the final minutes of the game to beat Edison.
Yorba Linda (1-8, 1-3) had four other wins on the field this season, but had to forfeit those games due to the participation of an ineligible player.
Taj LaGraffe and Andrew Maldonado had rushing touchdowns for Yorba Linda.
Sam Edmisten had two rushing touchdowns for Edison (3-6, 1-3). Ashton Godley had a sack and a forced fumble that Liam Hedenberg recovered. Sean Moran also had a sack for the Chargers and Crue Bradshaw made a field goal.
Mission Viejo 58, Los Alamitos 7: Jack Junker had four rushing touchdowns for Mission Viejo in a rout of Los Alamitos.
Mission Viejo (7-1, 3-0) will host San Juan Hills next week for the outright Alpha League championship.
Wyatt Boardman, Bryan Bedford and Degan Costantino also had rushing touchdowns for the Diablos. Brett Burnor threw a touchdown pass to Luke Karby. Jordan Hicks and Desmond Maxwell had interceptions for Mission Viejo. Bryce Warner and Judah Martinez added sacks.
Zachariah Correa threw a touchdown pass to Emerson Paxon for Los Alamitos (0-9, 0-4).
In the Epsilon League:
Trabuco Hills 31, Aliso Niguel 16: Luke Hoffman ran for 119 yards with three touchdowns for Trabuco Hills.
Trabuco Hills (7-2, 4-0) will play Newport Harbor for the outright league championship next Friday at Newport Harbor High.
Jackson Verplancke threw for 152 yards with a touchdown pass to Thomas Luce. Riley Overman, Cason Casas and Josh Cox each had interceptions for the Mustangs.
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Andoni Galpin had two touchdown receptions for Aliso Niguel (2-7, 1-3), one from Aiden Sidenstecker and one from freshman Jackson Frisina.
Foothill 35, Tesoro 13: Foothill overcame a halftime deficit and scored 28 unanswered points in the second half to beat Tesoro.
Aidan Feraj ran for 149 yards with three touchdowns for Foothill (4-5, 2-2). Gavin Fenton ran for a touchdown and Ford Wooton caught a touchdown pass from Hudson Bowman. Anthony Luna led Foothill’s defense with 10 tackles, a sack and a fumble recovery.
Jayden Hansen threw an 81-yard touchdown pass to Sam Kennedy for Tesoro (1-8, 0-4) and Fisher Hatch had a touchdown run.
In the Lambda League:
Sonora 26, Woodbridge 13: Gabriel Burgos ran for 173 yards with a touchdown for Sonora (8-1, 3-1).
Levi Santos had two rushing touchdowns and threw a touchdown pass to Gunnar Laws.
Waylon Stone threw two touchdown passes for Woodbridge (3-6, 2-2).
— Michael Huntley
In the Delta League:
Western 26, Laguna Beach 13: The visiting Pioneers (1-8, 1-3) took a 20-7 lead into the fourth quarter and secured their first victory.
Western moved into a tie with the Breakers (4-5, 1-3) and Troy (4-5, 1-3) in league for fourth place.
Next week on Thursday, Oct. 29, Western plays at El Modena (7-1, 2-1).
In the Foxtrot League:
Segerstrom 33, El Toro 13: Middle linebacker Jullian Hernandez had two interceptions and Adrian Cervantes rushed for four touchdowns to lead the visiting Jaguars (4-5, 2-2) to an important victory.
Segerstrom moved within a half-game of second-place El Dorado (6-2, 2-1), which plays Beckman (1-7, 0-3) on Saturday.
Segerstrom is tied for third place with Irvine (6-3, 2-2) and owns the tiebreaker against the Vaqueros based on a 21-20 win.
Next week, the Jaguars close the regular season against Beckman.
In the Iota League:
Pacifica 28, Marina 13: Joseph Pham-Ngoy rushed for two touchdowns and threw another as the Mariners (8-1, 3-1) won their third consecutive game in league to keep the pressure on first-place Cypress (8-1, 4-0).
Max Salas had a touchdown and interception for Pacifica. Next week on Thursday, Oct. 29, Pacifica plays host to Laguna Hills (6-3, 2-2) at Bolsa Grande High.
On Saturday, Cypress defeated Laguna Hills 45-7.
In the Omicron League:
University 34, Buena Park 13: The Trojans (6-3, 4-0) ended the longest active playoff drought in the county by scoring the most points the Coyotes (2-7, 2-2) have allowed this season.
University qualified for the playoffs for the first time since 2015.
Next week on Friday, Oct. 30, the Trojans play host to Los Amigos (8-1, 4-0) for the league championship.
Buena Park closes at Garden Grove (2-7, 2-2) on Thursday, Oct. 29.
Garden Grove 30, Estancia 7: Garden Grove (2-7, 2-2) notched its second win in league to move into a tie for third place and set up a game against Buena Park (2-7, 2-2) next week for an automatic playoff berth. The game will be played at Garden Grove High.
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