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Brea Olinda, Irvine, Saddleback, Anaheim win in quarterfinals – Orange County Register

Tony Ramos — Sat, 15 Nov 2025 20:03:12 +0000

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Brea Olinda ran for 349 yards with six touchdowns in a 41-28 win over St. Monica in the quarterfinals of the CIF-SS Division 8 playoffs Friday at Santa Monica College.

Quarterback Gavyn Nicholson ran for 186 yards with three touchdowns for Brea Olinda and Kolotolu Liti had two rushing touchdowns. Brandon Bartell ran for 71 yards with a touchdown.

Brea Olinda (9-3) will host Irvine in the semifinals on Friday, Nov. 21. This is the first semifinal appearance for Brea Olinda since 2018 when it reached the Division 9 championship game.

In other games Friday:

In Division 8:

Irvine 14, Quartz Hill 0: Irvine’s defense got its first shutout of the season in a road win over Quartz Hill.

Sina Saferzadeh, Will Walters and Cole Reidel led Irvine (9-3) in tackles. Saferzadeh and Seamus Hoffman had rushing touchdowns for the Vaqueros.

Irvine has reached the semifinals for the first time since 2013.

— Michael Huntley

In Division 13:

Saddleback 28. Santa Rosa Academy 14: Andre Scott threw three touchdown passes for the Roadrunners (10-2).

Saddleback is home on Friday against Woodbridge (4-8) in the semifinals. Woodbridge beat Buena Park 23-16 in the quarterfinals.

Scott’s scoring passes went to JD Zuniga, Favian Soria andAngel Figueroa. Andrik Valenzuela returned an interception for a touchdown for Saddleback. Chris Romero led the defensive effort.

Scott has 30 touchdown passes this season.

In Division 14:

Anaheim 13, Alhambra 6: Isaac Anaya scored on a 54-yard run and quarterback Jacob Campos scored on a 1-yard sneak for the Colonists (7-5), who advance to the semifinals for the second year in a row.

Campos ran 44 yards to the 1-yard line before his touchdown.

Joshua Meza Zavala led the defense with eight tackles including for tackles for a loss. Xavier Aviles had an interception.

Anaheim will play Pioneer (6-6) on Friday, Nov. 21, at Glover Stadium.

— Steve Fryer

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Riverside City College football team falls to Saddleback in double overtime – Press Enterprise

Tony Ramos — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 10:41:25 +0000

RIVERSIDE — It was either big plays or big penalties. And the defense remains a big puzzle.

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Riverside City College’s Micah Valenzuela tackles Saddleback’s Tyler Dudden in a National Southern Conference game on Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025. (Photo by Miguel Vasconcellos, Contributing Photographer)

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Dominic Cox hauled in three highlight-reel touchdown receptions, but the Riverside City College football team could not hold onto a 14-point lead in the fourth quarter before losing 40-34 to Saddleback in double overtime Saturday afternoon at Wheelock Stadium.

“It’s a mixed emotion,” Cox said. “We played hard today but we beat ourselves.”

The Upland High graduate had eight catches for a career-high 208 yards but was twice penalized for taunting Saddleback’s defense during scoring plays.

“We shot ourselves in the foot with mental mistakes,” Cox said. “I have to be a leader.”

Riverside (2-2 overall) totaled 469 yards on offense but converted just 35% (6 of 17) of its third downs.

“It’s mistakes,” Riverside coach Kevin Craft said. “We had a lot of opportunities on both sides of the ball and (the loss) is on us and our lack of execution.”

The Tigers defense allowed 514 yards, and Saddleback quarterback Tyler Dudden, who played at both Norco and Rancho Cucamonga, passed for 317 yards and two touchdowns in the win.

“Our offensive line is five (freaking) dogs out there and we have some good receivers that are making my life a helluva lot easier,” Dudden said.

Dudden was 9 for 9 to start the game and later ran for score as the Bobcats (3-1) rallied in the fourth quarter to tie the game.

“Someone is going to get theirs and I’ve got to get mine. And when I get my opportunity I have to make the most of it,” Dudden said.

Trailing 10-0 early, Jared Doolittle (Western Christian) and Cox connected for two scores and Kiyel Shine (Kaiser) added another as Riverside scored 21 unanswered points to go into halftime with the lead.

Riverside kicker Timothy Tynan chipped in a pair of field goals in the third quarter and Cox added his third touchdown grab. But Saddleback did not go away, as running back Kavaughn Clark ran 53 yards for a touchdown and Manuel Maganda laced a field goal before Dudden went to work in the fourth quarter.

Dudden beat Riverside’s defense on a 21-yard touchdown run with 7 minutes to play, then led Saddleback 97 yards before hitting Joseph Walden near the right pylon for the game-tying touchdown with 40 seconds remaining in regulation.

Riverside linebacker David Lene ended the first overtime by intercepting Dudden, but Clark ran 9 yards for a score to give Saddleback the lead in the second overtime.

On the final possession, Riverside ran a pair of short-yardage plays before Doolittle’s final two pass attempts fell incomplete into the end zone.

Doolittle finished 20 of 41 for 331 yards with three touchdowns. He was intercepted twice, and now has seven interceptions through four games.

Last-second TD lifts La Quinta football past Saddleback in CIF-SS playoffs – Orange County Register

Tony Ramos — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 11:23:11 +0000

Cooper Starnes scores the go-ahead touchdown with 45 seconds remaining as La Quinta pulls out a victory in the first round of the Division 14 playoffs.

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Originally Published: November 8, 2024 at 12:25 AM PST

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