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John Gazzaniga threw for 151 yards and two touchdowns for Santa Margarita in a 42-7 win over Leuzinger Friday at Saddleback College.
Trent Mosley led Santa Margarita (4-1) in receiving with 96 yards and a touchdown. The sophomore added a rushing touchdown, his league-high 19th touchdown of the season.
Gazzaniga and Skylar Lendsey added rushing touchdowns for the Eagles, and freshman Elijah Robinson had a touchdown reception.
Noah Sulick led the Eagles defense with nine tackles and Logan Hirou had an interception, his fourth of the season. Sulick and Levar Talley each forced fumbles.
In other games Friday:
Capistrano Valley 35, El Toro 18: Capistrano Valley quarterback Tommy Acosta used his legs to beat El Toro.
The junior rushed for 181 yards with four touchdowns and had 103 yards passing with a score. Freshman Talon Spencer had a touchdown reception for Capo Valley (5-0).
Jack Mckelvy threw a touchdown pass to Noah Williams for El Toro (1-4).
Brea Olinda 35, Fullerton 26: Nathan Aceves ran for over 180 yards with three touchdowns for Brea Olinda (4-1) in a comeback win over Fullerton.
Fullerton (2-3) led by 12 points in the third quarter.
Cullen Doyle threw for over 150 yards and had a touchdown pass for Brea Olinda. Rene Gonzales added a rushing touchdown and Isaak Rivas-Melendez had an interception.
Ryan Reger threw for over 300 yards and had four touchdown passes for Fullerton. Aidan Zavala had two interceptions.
Crean Lutheran 28, Northwood 7: Ben Byszewski threw for 236 yards with three touchdowns for Crean Lutheran in a home win over Northwood.
Luke Doyle had two touchdown receptions for Crean Lutheran (3-1) and Taurian Nash had a rushing touchdown. Carter Jones led the Saints’ defense with 11 tackles. Tyler Parker and Anthony Jones each added a sack.
Ocean View 34, Bolsa Grande 7: Ocean View had four rushing touchdowns in a home win over Bolsa Grande.
Jayden Trujillo had a big game for Ocean View (3-2) with 131 yards rushing and a pair of touchdowns. On defense, he led the team in tackles and added a sack.
Gaige Prichard and Frankie Armenta added rushing touchdowns for the Seahawks. Armenta connected with Oswaldo Lozano for a passing touchdown.
Ethan Nguyen threw a touchdown pass to Eddie Zarate for Bolsa Grande (3-2).
— Michael Huntley
Anaheim 14, Loara 7: Junior running back Diego Benitez scored on two shorts runs for the Colonists (2-3) in a win over the Saxons (0-4) at Glover Stadium.
Colonists coach Lanny Booher said Joshua Meza and Deric Bojorquez led the defensive effort. Anaheim has one senior starter on defense and two senior starters on offense.
Anaheim has a bye before playing its Orange League opener against Century on Sept. 30 at Glover Stadium.
Yorba Linda 38, Simi Valley 21: Trevor Webb and Jake Lopez had touchdown receptions and Cole Nerio led the running attack for the Mustangs (3-2) in their win over the Pioneers (3-2) at Yorba Linda High.
Fullback Blake Herrin added a touchdown for Yorba Linda. The Mustangs have a bye this week. They play nonleague game against Canyon at El Modena High on Sept. 29.
Estancia 14, La Quinta 3: Riley Witte threw two touchdown passes to Joseph Zarate for the Eagles (3-1) in a nonleague home win over the Aztecs (3-2).
Ryan Carrasco and Roberto Moreno had seven solo tackles each and Brandon Bettinghausen had five solo tackles for Estancia. The Eagles play an Orange Coast League home game Friday against Santa Ana.
— Steve Fryer
