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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