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A look at what is hot this week in Orange County high school football.

REMATCHES: There are three county matchups in the first round of the playoffs that we have already seen: Laguna Hills vs. Marina, Aliso Niguel vs. Santa Ana and Pacifica vs. Trabuco Hills.

While all three of those games were decided by more than one touchdown, it’s important to remember that all six of these teams are better than they were in their first meeting.

Laguna Hills and Marina played each other in Week 0. The game was competitive until Laguna Hills quarterback Hayden McKenna left the game due to an injury that sidelined him for multiple weeks. Mitch Leigber had 352 all-purpose yards in that game for the Hawks. Marina had 444 yards of offense in the 33-20 win.

Aliso Niguel beat Santa Ana 48-35 in Week 3 and led 41-7 at the end of the third quarter. Kyle Kyckelhahn threw for 352 yards and five touchdowns in that game for the Wolverines and Caleb Peterson caught 11 passes for 156 yards. Santa Ana is a better team than it was back then but suffered a blowout loss to Orange in Week 10 for the Orange Coast League championship.

Trabuco Hills is riding high after beating Aliso Niguel 26-21 in Week 10 and earning a second-place finish in the Sea View League. In Week 1, the Mustangs beat Pacifica 44-34. The Mustangs forced three turnovers in that game, including two interceptions by Leo Butler. Pacifica running back Isaiah Blevins rushed for 215 yards in that game and a pair of touchdowns. Blevins also had a 95-yard kickoff return for a touchdown.

TAFISI GAUTA, GARDEN GROVE, DL: Last week, the Hot List listed numerous Orange County players who had broken or were on the verge of breaking school records. In Week 10, Garden Grove defensive lineman Tafisi Gauta had one sack, which gave him a school-record 14 sacks this season. Gauta, a 6-foot-3, 275-pound senior, has a sack in all but one game this season.

“He is a freak athlete who can do so many impressive things,” Garden Grove coach Ricardo Cepeda said. “For our defense, he creates many one-on-one matchups for the other players because he always gets double-teamed. It frees up our linebackers to make a lot of tackles.”

Gauta comes from an athletic family. His brother Peselao was an All-County lineman for the Argonauts in 2017. His brother Howard played at Loara on the 2010 team that reached the CIF-SS semifinal and his sister Lauga played volleyball at the University of Utah.

Garden Grove will play Palmdale in the first round of the Division 8 playoffs Friday.

RUNNING THE BALL: There is nothing a reporter loves more than fast-paced games with teams that run the football.

The running game has seen a resurgence this season. There are more 1,000-yard rushers in Orange County this season than there are 1,000-yard receivers, which seems out of the ordinary considering the popularity of the spread offense.

Two teams that love to run the ball, Sunny Hills and Tustin, will play each other in the first round of the Division 8 playoffs on Friday. The Lancers are led by running back Jun Ahn, who is eighth in the county with 1,339 yards and is one of just three players to have 20 rushing touchdowns or more. Sunny Hills runs the ball on 73 percent of its snaps and 68 percent of its total yards are on the ground.

Tustin features Matt Rodriguez who is sixth in the county with 1,498 yards and 19 touchdowns. The Tillers run the ball on 72 percent of their snaps and 67 percent of its yards are rushing yards.

This game is a reporter’s dream and will likely end before any other competitive game ends Friday.

TRAVIS ARENA, NORTHWOOD, WR: Few teams rely on a receiver the way Northwood relies on Travis Arena.

He has 81 catches, which is third in Orange County, and has caught over half of Northwood’s completions this season.

Arena has broken two Northwood records this season: receptions in a season (81) and receiving touchdowns in a season (14). Both records were previously held by current Capistrano Valley head coach Sean Curtis, who accomplished the feat in 2005.

“Travis would improve every team he would go to and increase their wins,” Northwood coach Paige Nobles said. “I would hate to try and defend Travis because he can hurt you so many ways. He is the most dominant receiver I have seen in a very long time.”

A major part of Arena’s success is due to his connection with quarterback Jaden Piazza, the leading passer in the Pacific Coast League who is averaging 196 yards per game. He also has 25 touchdowns.

“Much of Travis’ success and Jaden’s success depends on these two being on the same page with each other,” Nobles said. “These two are like Batman and Robin, peanut butter and jelly.”

GIULIO FERNANDES, EL TORO, LB: There has been a lot of chatter this week about whether El Toro (1-9 overall, 0-4 league) deserves to be playing in the postseason or not. The topic has been beaten to the ground and whether it is justified or not, El Toro has a playoff game Friday.

Instead of questioning the merits of the Chargers, I elect to highlight one of their standout players.

Middle linebacker Giulio Fernandes quietly leads Orange County in tackles this season. The junior has 138 tackles, including 81 solo tackles.

Fernandes has the third-most tackles for an El Toro player this decade behind Sam Whipple, who had 147 in 2017, and Brian Moreen, who had 171 in 2011, when the Chargers reached the CIF-SS Division 6 championship game. Fernandes is averaging nearly 14 tackles per game, which is higher than that of Whipple and Moreen.

LOS ANGELES — Clippers coach Doc Rivers said he hadn’t paid attention to criticism Wednesday in reaction to the news that Kawhi Leonard would miss Wednesday’s showdown with Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwuakee Bucks – but he understands: Fans want to see stars play.

“Listen, I am a fan of basketball as well, not just a coach, and so I feel for that, I understand that,” Rivers said before his team took the Staples Center court without Leonard, who had been ruled out – load management (knee) – and would be skipping the first game of a back-to-back for the second time this season, both times missing games broadcast nationally by ESPN.

“We obviously have to do what’s right by our players,” Rivers continued. “We have to; it’s our duty. And for a fan, it’s just, it’s really a tough one and there’s no answer.”

Under a conservative regimen last season with the Toronto Raptors, Leonard played 60 of 82 regular-season games. But he averaged 39.1 minutes in 24 playoff games and led Toronto to its first NBA title – defeating Milwaukee in the Eastern Conference finals along the way.

After this season began, Rivers and Leonard suggested that because the superstar wing is healthier than he was a season ago, he would miss fewer games due to load management. But Wednesday’s absence was his second in eight games so far.

“He feels great, but he feels great because of what we’ve been doing,” Rivers said. “He played a lot of minutes in the playoffs last year, so it’s not a health thing, really, (but) it is in some ways – we want him to just keep feeling better … it’s an 82-game schedule and guys are gonna miss games due to injuries, you know? And then due to injury prevention.”

Theoretically, Rivers said, there would be fewer load management scenarios if games were not scheduled on consecutive days. But even then, stars will miss games.

“It’s tough because sometimes you know guys get nicked and they shouldn’t play,” Rivers said. “There’s no way around it, there really isn’t. I’m not smart enough to have a solution to it. I’m just not.

“We haven’t had one minute of practice yet with that full team on the floor, not one minute,” Rivers continued. “Clearly it’s not the way you would plan it. But it’s the way it is and that’s, like, real life to me. I tell my guys that all the time, ‘Deal with it, it’s life, let’s figure it out.’”

Milwaukee coach Mike Budenholzer said he empathized with what the Clippers are dealing with. He and his staff face a similar challenge in keeping Antetokounmpo – the reigning league MVP – healthy and at his best.

GEORGE BACK ‘VERY, VERY’ SOON

The Clippers could be at full strength – with the services of All-Star wing Paul George for the first time – soon, Rivers said.

“He’s very eager,” said Rivers, who said George, who is recovering from offseason shoulder surgeries, could possibly participate full bore in the Clippers’ next full practice, likely Saturday.

“He tried to slip in the last couple of practices, he tried to just like sneak in one possession – unsuccessfully. But it’s good. You can see he’s worked all this time, he wants to play. He’s eager, he’s close, and I think all of us are looking forward to it.”

USC announced that it will hold a news conference on Thursday morning to introduce its new athletic director. Wednesday night’s release did not name the new athletic director, but all indications are that it will be Cincinnati A.D. Mike Bohn, 58.

University President Carol L. Folt will lead the introduction, which will take place at 10 a.m. at the John McKay Center.

Bohn is the ninth athletic director in USC history, but just the second without previous ties to the university. He succeeds Lynn Swann, the former USC receiver who held the A.D. position since 2016 before resigning in September. Dave Roberts, a special adviser to Folt, served as USC’s interim athletic director following Swann’s resignation.

Swann was the third USC football player in a row to hold the position, succeeding Pat Haden (2010-2016) and Mike Garrett (1993-2010).

Bohn, on the other hand, is a career athletic administrator. The former Kansas football and baseball player earned a master’s degree in sports administration from Ohio University and got his start helping to coordinate ticket sales and fundraising at Air Force.

In 1999, Bohn was named the athletic director at Idaho. He served there until 2003, helping guide the department to the Division I-A ranks.

He then spent two years as athletic director at San Diego State before being hired by Colorado in 2005. Bohn led the Buffaloes’ transition to the Pac-12. He oversaw three football coaching searches, hiring Dan Hawkins (16-33 in his time at CU), Jon Embree (4-21) and Mike MacIntyre (20-49).

But Bohn was informed in 2013 that Colorado wanted to go in a different direction, citing a desire to increase fundraising. Bohn offered his resignation but gave a speech at a Colorado hotel during which he passed out a seven-page outline of his accomplishments in Boulder.

In 2014, Bohn was hired at Cincinnati. His tenure included an $86-million renovation at Nippert Stadium, the Bearcats’ football stadium, and an $87-million renovation of Cincinnati’s basketball stadium, Fifth Third Arena.

Bohn hired one football coach at Cincinnati, Luke Fickell in 2016. In his third year at Cincy, the former Ohio State defensive coordinator has the Bearcats (7-1) at No. 20 in the College Football Playoff rankings that were released on Tuesday.

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Seems like just yesterday the high school football season started.

Now we’re a blink of an eye away from the playoffs starting.

In one more blink, the OCVarsity Football Student Sections Top 25 Rankings will be announced.

That’s why the smart Orange County student sections will be be going all out in the playoffs. They want to lock in their spot in the rankings before the season comes to an end. (And in the playoffs, the season can come to an end fast.)

But there are other sections that still need a wake-up call. Really?

The season is almost over, they’ve been silent or quiet all season, and now they’re on the verge of being left out of the O.C. Top 25 rankings.

We’ve been saying it all year: You want your student section to be noticed, you have to be active on social media. Use the hashtag #ocvfans on all of the videos and photos of your section on Twitter and Instagram.

It also helps to send it to me on Twitter (@MAlvarez02) and Instagram (@mannya2).

Hopefully these “sleepy” sections will listen to some smart advice.

But just in case, we’re calling out some of them in this week’s Manny Challenge.

La Habra Clan: The Highlanders are looking to make a run for a CIF-SS Division 3 title, and they are going to need the Clan’s help.

The Clan has seemingly been in incognito mode this season, but they need to come out of their shell on Friday when Capistrano Valley comes to town.

The Capo Valley Cage has traveled well before, so the Clan should be prepared for the Cage to invade their home.

Perhaps the Clan has been showing up to the games, but they are forgetting to show off how much school spirit they have.

The Clan used to be the best at sharing their student section on social media.

Time to return to the top Clan.

Yorba Linda Stable: I remember a few years ago when I talked to the Stable. They knew how to market themselves and were considered one of the best sections around.

Those were good days.

The Mustangs host CItrus Hill of Perris in the opening round of the Division 5 playoffs on Friday, and the Stable needs to show up and help their football team.

Like the Clan, this could be a situation where the Stable is simply doing a bad job of marketing. Or maybe the Stable doesn’t care about being ranked in the O.C. Top 25.

I think I’ll have my answer on Friday night.

Cypress CypHype: I’ve seen the CypHype during basketball and baseball seasons. It’s a fantastic student section, but we haven’t seen them on social media at all this season.

It’s time for the CypHype to do some social media work. Or maybe they should drop “Hype” from their name.

Maybe call it CypMeh?

How can you call it Hype when you don’t hype it up on social media like the big boys?

Cypress shouldn’t have trouble staying undefeated Friday as it takes on Huntington Beach in the first round of the Division 7 playoffs.

But it would still be helpful for CypHype to show up. And it’s not too late to break into the Top 25.

Take the Manny Challenge Cyp…Hype?

Sunny Hills Lancer Nation: Lancer Nation is a crazy student section. We mean, it was a crazy section.

We haven’t heard a word from Lancer Nation this season, even though Sunny Hills is having a fantastic season.

We know the Lancers take on Tustin on Friday in the first round of the Division 8 playoffs.

Will we finally see life from Lancer Nation? Or should we close this case and give another student section a chance?

Time to answer up Lancer Nation.

Brea Olinda Den: We have seen a little bit here and there from the Den this season. But we need a lot more from the Den before we would consider ranking it in the O.C. Top 25.

Brea Olinda, looking to return to the CIF Finals in Division 9, has a home game against Lakewood on Friday.

The Den needs to show up, support the Wildcats as they start their playoff run and get busy on social media.

Or the Den can stay silent and allow another section to have its spot in the prestigious OCVarsity Top 25 Student Section rankings.

It’s your decision, Den. Are you going to take the Manny Challenge?

LOS ANGELES — Kawhi Leonard wasn’t in the lineup for one of his patented fourth-quarter reprieves, but the Clippers did a good impression of it, pulling within two points of the Milwaukee Bucks with seconds remaining before Giannis Antetokounmpo and his high-octane, pace-pushing teammates slipped away with a 129-124 victory Wednesday at Staples Center.

Leonard had the night off Wednesday, sticking to his injury avoidance plan, out for the second time this season on account of “load management (knee),” and the Bucks managed to fend off the Clippers’ spirited effort sans superstar.

The Clippers – who surely missed Leonard’s 29.3 points, 7.3 rebounds and 5.7 assists – remain, at their core, a plucky, proud group. And they came to play Wednesday, as if no one told them that, without either All-Stars Leonard or Paul George, against the Eastern Conference power, they weren’t supposed to win.

Landry Shamet’s fourth 3-pointer of the fourth quarter helped the Clippers close to within 126-124 with 23 seconds left, but the Bucks’ Khris Middleton sank a pair of free throws, JaMychal Green’s 3-point attempt was blocked, Lou Williams’ missed and Antetokounmpo was fouled and made a free throw to seal it.

The Clippers (5-3) fell to 0-2 without Leonard, whose Raptors went 17-5 without him last season on their way to their first NBA title.

For the Bucks to escape with the road victory, it took a typically stout effort from Antetokounmpo; the reigning NBA MVP finished with 38 points and 16 rebounds, nine assists – and a career-high-tying four 3-pointers.

It also required another prolific 3-point shooting effort from his teammates, including six from George Hill and four from Kyle Korver.

Even then, the Clippers made it interesting.

After being limited by foul trouble when the Clippers lost the first game they played without Leonard in Utah, Harrell had a career-high 34 points, including eclipsing 3,000 points with his first bucket of the evening, to go with 13 rebounds. Williams also had 34 points, and guard Patrick Beverley flexed for 20 points, 10 rebounds and a pair of steals.

“I’m sure they’re like, ‘No, sit, we don’t need you,’” Rivers said, joking, before the game. “Obviously it’s better when everybody plays, when Paul plays and Kawhi and Lou, when you’re completely healthy and playing, it’s clear you’re a better team.

Korver delivered a gut punch from the top of the arc going into halftime, draining a 3 pointer that sent Milwaukee into the break with a comfortable 70-59 lead.

The Clippers trailed 9-0 to start but worked their way back behind a combined 34 first-half points from Harrell and Williams, who scored 14 of his 18 opening-half points in the second quarter.

The Clippers were within 36-33 when the Bucks dashed off an 8-0 run in 55 seconds, courtesy of back-to-back 3-pointers by Hill and Korver, and a couple of Antetokounmpo free throws.

Hill buoyed the Bucks early, making all of five of his 3-point attempts in the first half, when the rest of the Bucks went 7 for 24 from deep to open the game.

More to come on this story.

Giannis pulls up and BURIES his 4th triple of the night! #FearTheDeer

: @ESPNNBA pic.twitter.com/TgFy7GcDQf

— NBA (@NBA) November 7, 2019

OAKLAND, Calif. — Philip Rivers sat motionless at his locker, never blinking until he was asked to speak to the media.

The Chargers’ quarterback was trying to process what went wrong on the final drive Thursday night against the Oakland Raiders.

Rivers had no real answers for his latest shortcoming with the game on the line. He’ll never get another opportunity to rally in Oakland.

“We had eight snaps and no yards,” Rivers said. “We had zero yards. That sums it up.”

The Raiders gave the Chargers the final four snaps after a defensive holding penalty, but the offense went nowhere as they fell 26-24 Thursday night at RingCentral Coliseum.

Heading in the direction of light sabers, Gorilla costumes and a sea of black jerseys, the Chargers had a parting gift for the Raiders’ famed “Black Hole.”

Rivers celebrated, but he celebrated too early after his team scored the go-ahead touchdown late in the fourth quarter.

The Raiders were the ones who provided the final goodbye after rookie running back Josh Jacobs scored the winning touchdown on an 18-yard run with 1:02 left in the game. With the Raiders moving to Las Vegas next season, the Oakland fans were able to see a frustrated Rivers walk off the field for the last time.

Rivers celebrated too soon after connecting with running back Austin Ekeler for a 6-yard touchdown with 4:02 in the fourth quarter.

Rivers had another chance to answer in front of the Black Hole, but like he’s done many times this season in similar situations, he threw a desperation pass that was intercepted by Raiders safety Karl Joseph with 20 seconds to play. It was Rivers’ third interception of the night as the Chargers dropped to 4-6 on the season and saw their two-game winning streak snapped.

After starting the season with an overtime victory against the Indianapolis Colts, the Chargers have lost their six games this season by one score.

The stalled final drive in Oakland now joins the other failed last-minute drives against the Detroit Lions, Denver Broncos, Pittsburgh Steelers and Tennessee Titans.

Despite the recent shortcomings, the Chargers assumed they would march down the field for the game-winning score.

“Go win that’s it,” Chargers center Scott Quessenberry said. “That’s the only thing that was (going through my mind). I don’t think there was any doubt in any of our minds that we were gonna go win, but we came up a little bit short.”

Rivers went 17 of 31 for 207 yards, two touchdowns and three interceptions. Running back Melvin Gordon rushed for 108 yards on 22 carries.

Gordon outdueled Jacobs, but he got the better end after crossing the end zone for the game-winning touchdown.

“Josh Jacobs is a bad boy,” Chargers defensive tackle Damion Square said. “So if you look at it from just the overall work of the day from the run standpoint, we did pretty good.”

The Chargers held the Raiders to 278 yards with 78 coming on the ground, but they couldn’t get a stop when it mattered.

A missed extra point attempt after Jacobs’ touchdown left the Raiders with a two-point lead, so the Chargers took possession at their 25 yard line with 1:02 to play, needing a field goal to win. But Rivers failed to complete a pass on seven attempts, getting the lone first down on a penalty.

The Raiders squandered a 10-0 advantage, but were able to regain the lead in the final seconds of the first half. Raiders quarterback Derek Carr connected with fullback Alec Ingold for a 9-yard touchdown to take a 17-14 lead at halftime.

The Chargers took a 14-10 lead after Gordon scored a 3-yard touchdown run with 4:14 in the second quarter. It was Gordon’s fourth touchdown in the past three weeks, with three coming on the ground. Gordon didn’t find the end zone in his first two games of the season, which didn’t start until Week 5 because of a contract dispute.

After a disastrous first quarter, the Chargers’ offense got going on a 16-play drive that started on their 23-yard line and ended with a 2-yard touchdown catch from tight end Hunter Henry to trim the Raiders’ lead 10-7 with 8:24 in the second quarter.

It was a nightmarish start for the Chargers, who found themselves down 10-0 with 6:02 in the first quarter. At that point, Rivers was intercepted twice by Raiders safety Erik Harris, who returned the second one 56 yards for a touchdown. Harris returned his first interception 55 yards and kicker Daniel Carlson did the rest with a 40-yard field goal to give the Raiders a 3-0 advantage.

Harris nearly had a third interception, but the Raiders were called for offsides and Gordon was able to score on the following play.

The Raiders came into the game with one of the worst pass rushes statistically, only managing 15 sacks in eight games. But they sacked Rivers twice in the first quarter, and applied frequent pressure on him in the pocket.

After two interceptions in his first five attempts, Rivers finished the game 17 of 31 passing for 207 yards with 2 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, for a passer rating of 57.5.

FINAL: The @Raiders defeat the Chargers to improve to 5-4! #RaiderNation #LACvsOAK

(by @Lexus) pic.twitter.com/36qiRNcJZH

— NFL (@NFL) November 8, 2019

Vera Awaida pulled her two sons in for a tight embrace.

With tears in her eyes, she faced hundreds of people looking toward her, with candles illuminating their faces at Los Cerritos Park on Thursday night.

They stood where her oldest son, daughter-in-law and grandson spent their last moments together, before a suspected drunken driver fatally struck them as they were walking home one week ago.

“I wouldn’t be standing here,” Vera Awaida said to the crowd, “without your support and your love.”

About 400 people gathered to honor and remember Joseph “Yousef” Awaida, 30, Raihan Dakhil, 32, and their 3-year-old son Omar, who were plowed by an SUV driven by a suspected drunken driver on Halloween night, as they were walking on a sidewalk at the park in Long Beach’s Bixby Knolls area.

Joseph Awaida died Oct. 31, on the night of the crash. Omar Awaida died on Saturday, and Raihan Dakhil was pronounced dead a day after her son’s death.

The subsequent deaths of the family – beloved and cherished by many in the Long Beach community – has left folks in disbelief and frustration at how they could’ve been wiped out in a single tragic incident.

At the Thursday night vigil, sadness hung in the air as people looked at the dozens of flowers and candles where those they loved had died. Folks, many with tears in their eyes, hugged one another and exchanged reassuring smiles.

Parents held their small children, some of whom knew Omar, as they looked at the candles among the crowd with curious faces.

“We love Omar,” one woman said to a small boy holding a candle in the crowd.

In front of those who knew the family, several local officials offered their condolences at the vigil.

“This is a Long Beach family who has gone through an incredible tragedy this past week,” Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia said.

Although it had been a tragic week, Garcia said there has been a lot of love among the community.

“We’re all with you,” he said to the Awaida family.

Also among officials was Long Beach Police Chief Robert Luna, who said the department had heavy hearts for the victim’s families.

“This incident should never have happened,” he said.

This was the second vigil officials had attended this week, Luna noted.

Officials on Tuesday also joined the families of the 12 shot at a Long Beach Halloween party shooting in the Rose Park neighborhood last week – where three died and nine were injured – two days before the Awaida family’s tragedy struck.

“Such sadness in our city,” said Megan Kerr, a Long Beach school board member who lives near the Awaida family. “It feels so heavy in the air that it seeps into our skin.”

Despite his grief, Dafer Dakhil – Raihan Dakhil’s uncle –thanked the community.

Before Omar Awaida and Raihan Dakhil died, about a thousand people on each of the three days came to the hospital, to support the family as they were still in critical condition, he said.

More than $400,000 had been raised by Thursday night to help the family with funeral and medical expenses.

“I can’t tell you how difficult it would have been without your support,” he said to the crowd.

Here at the Los Cerritos Park, where a vigil in honor of the family of 3 killed in a suspected DUI crash on Halloween night at this site is about to begin pic.twitter.com/R75qfSgRZb

— Emily Rasmussen (@rasmussenreport) November 8, 2019

The family of three that night enjoyed trick-or-treating and then went to the home of Cecilia Ramos – Awaida’s aunt – just north of Los Cerritos Park, according to Ramos. They were walking home to their nearby condo, just south of Los Cerritos Park, when they were struck by the driver, she said.

“They were 100 steps from their front door,” Ramos said Thursday morning.

The suspected driver, 20-year-old Carlo Navarro of Long Beach, stayed at the scene and was arrested that night on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, among other DUI-related charges. He was released on $100,000 bail the following night, but was taken back into custody on Tuesday for unrelated misdemeanor charges from an earlier suspected burglary crime.

Navarro was being held on $500,000 bail. He was scheduled to be arraigned on the misdemeanor charges on Thursday morning, but the date was pushed back to next month.

Chief Luna said officials are doing everything they can to hold Navarro “accountable for his role in this tragedy.”

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As the final seconds began to tick toward victory Thursday night, Huntington Beach boys water polo coach Sasa Branisavljevic shook clinched fists toward his bench with the zest reserved for a deeper emotion breaking the surface.

The Oilers not only defeated rival Orange Lutheran 11-5 in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs, they celebrated their first victory against the Trinity League champion since the Lancers stunned the Oilers in the 2016 Division 1 final.

Yes, Huntington Beach also earned a degree of revenge at Santiago Canyon College.

“We did want to avenge for those guys (in 2016),” said Huntington Beach senior goalie Jacob Pyle, who made 17 saves to lead the Oilers (18-8). “In my eyes, and all the guys who are now seniors, those are legends. We look up to them. We want to be like them.”

Huntington Beach’s performance against the fourth-seeded Lancers (16-10) was a stellar start.

The Oilers supported the UC Irvine-committed Pyle with seven field blocks, a swift counterattack and fast-starting power play.

Huntington Beach never trailed and used a 4-0 run in the third period to race into Wednesday’s semifinal against defending champion Harvard-Westlake, an 11-3 winner against Mater Dei.

While some might have expected a closer score Thursday, Branisavljevic said he wasn’t surprised because his team executed so well.

“Everything was on point,” said Branisavljevic, who acknowledged that the 9-7 loss in the ’16 final still stings.

Chase Dodd paced Huntington Beach’s offense with four goals while center James Rozolis-Hill added three.

Dodd also marked high-scoring Riley Catino, who had two goals before fouling out in the fourth. Catino helped the Lancers beat the Oilers 13-12 earlier this season.

Huntington Beach converted four of its first six chances with the extra attacker and finished 4 for 10. The Oilers held Orange Lutheran to a 2-for-8 effort on the extra man and received field blocks from Cooper Haddad, Ethan Crooks (three assists), Dodd, Rozolis-Hill and DJ Simpson among others.

“We had a great season,” Orange Lutheran coach Steve Carrera said. “We came into the season ranked 14th.”

Also in Division 1:

Newport Harbor 11, Oaks Christian 8: Eli Liechty scored five goals at Corona del Mar to lead the Sailors (24-3), who will play Loyola in the semifinals Wednesday. Loyola defeated defeated Santa Margarita 9-6.

OAKLAND, Calif. — Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers took snaps from Scott Quessenberry, a center making his third career start Thursday night. On Rivers’ right side stood offensive tackle Trent Scott, who made his first career start at the position.

Protecting Rivers’ blindside was rookie offensive tackle Trey Pipkins, who had nine career offensive snaps coming into the AFC West game against the Oakland Raiders at RingCentral Coliseum.

The Chargers probably didn’t envision three backup offensive linemen playing most of the snaps for a Week 10 road match, but injuries have been the norm for them this season, and they took a toll once more in Thursday night’s 26-24 loss to the Raiders.

Pipkins was thrust into the game after two-time Pro Bowl left tackle Russell Okung injured his groin on Rivers’ first interception with 12:05 left in the first quarter.

Pipkins played 48 career games during his time at the University of Sioux, a Division II program from South Dakota.

The Chargers took a gamble when they drafted Pipkins in the third round of this year’s draft, but they had a long-term plan for the 6-foot-6 offensive tackle.

He was supposed to receive a “redshirt” rookie season, but plans changed after Okung went into the blue medical tent Thursday.

Okung missed the first seven games of the season because of a pulmonary embolism. He injured his calf in his return game against the Chicago Bears, but it didn’t cause him to miss games.

Starting right tackle Sam Tevi was inactive because he injured his knee last week against the Green Bay Packers. Starting center Mike Pouncey sustained a season-ending neck injury in Week 5 against the Denver Broncos. Right guard Michael Schofield and left guard Dan Feeney were the last remaining starting offensive linemen on the field.

The Chargers could have played Scott at left tackle when Okung went out, but they opted for Pipkins, who has received most of his practice snaps at left tackle. Scott had seven starts at left tackle while Okung was sidelined to start the season.

QUICK RETURN

Chargers defensive end Melvin Ingram injured his shoulder toward the end of the first half. He was in the locker room when Raiders quarterback Derek Carr found fullback Alec Ingold for a 9-yard touchdown to give the Raiders a 17-14 with 20 seconds left in the half.

Ingram returned to the field for the start of the second half. Ingram recorded two sacks in the first three quarters.

Ingram missed three games this season because of a hamstring injury. He’s been one of the Chargers’ best defenders since returning in Week 8 against the Chicago Bears.

WILLIAMS SHUT OUT EARLY

Chargers wide receiver Mike Williams didn’t record a catch in the first half. His first reception didn’t come until late in the third quarter, when he grabbed a 45-yard catch.

Williams had three catches and a career-high 111 receiving yards last week against the Packers. But he came into Thursday without a touchdown. Last season, Williams recorded a total of 11 touchdowns.

MEBANE PLAYS

Starting nose tackle Brandon Mebane returned after a three-game absence because of a knee injury.

He started next to defensive tackle Damion Square, who filled in while Mebane was sidelined. Linebacker Denzel Perryman was activate after not practicing this week with a knee injury.

Thursday’s results and the upcoming schedule for the CIF-SS boys water polo playoffs.

BOYS WATER POLO 

DIVISION 1

First round

Thursday’s results

Huntington Beach 11, Orange Lutheran 5

Harvard-Westlake 11, Mater Dei 3

Newport Harbor 11, Oaks Christian 8

Loyola 9, Santa Margarita 6

Semifinals, Nov. 13

At Wm. Woollett Jr. Aquatic Center, Irvine

Harvard-Westlake vs. Huntington Beach

Loyola vs. Newport Harbor

DIVISION 2

Saturday’s quarterfinals

Los Alamitos at Palos Verdes, 2 p.m.

Foothill at Corona del Mar, 5 p.m.

Woodbridge at Mira Costa

Riverside Poly at San Clemente

DIVISION 3

Second round

Thursday’s results

Long Beach Wilson 16, Ventura 7

Schurr 7, South Pasadena 6

Notre Dame/Sherman Oaks 11, El Toro 9

Beckman 9, Capistrano Valley 5

Westlake 11, Redondo Union 7

Northwood 10, Costa Mesa 9

Santa Barbara 10, Edison 6

Los Osos 18, Santiago/Corona 6

Saturday’s quarterfinals

Long Beach Wilson at Schurr

Beckman at Notre Dame/Sherman Oaks

Northwood at Westlake

Santa Barbara at Los Osos

DIVISION 4

Second round

Thursday’s results

JSerra 10, Yucaipa 3

El Segundo 12, Thousand Oaks 9

Pacifica 10, Esperanza 6

Brentwood 17, Troy 5

Yorba Linda 8, Millikan 5

El Dorado 12, La Habra 10 (2OT)

Chadwick 8, ML King 7

San Juan Hills 13, Glendora 7

Saturday’s quarterfinals

El Segundo at JSerra

Pacifica at Brentwood

El Dorado at Yorba Linda

Chadwick at San Juan Hills

DIVISION 5

Second round

Thursday’s results

Mission Viejo 15, Long Beach Poly 9

Camarillo 14, Culver City 9

Brea Olinda 10, Pasadena Poly 7

Palm Desert 17, Great Oak 10

Trabuco Hills 14, El Modena 8

Temecula Valley 9, Canyon 7

Burroughs/Burbank 13, Marina 11

St. Francis 19, Buena Park 7

Saturday’s quarterfinals

Mission Viejo at Camarillo

Palm Desert at Brea Olinda

Temecula Valley at Trabuco Hills

Burroughs/Burbank at St. Francis

DIVISION 6

Second round

Thursday’s results

Crespi 22, Fontana 4

South Torrance 12, Warren 9

Whittier 16, Western 9

Los Altos 11, Paloma Valley 7

Valencia 21, Pioneer 4

Baldwin Park 10, West Torrance 7

Garden Grove 8, Torrance 5

Redlands 10, Ramona 6

Saturday’s quarterfinals

Crespi at South Torrance

Whittier at Los Altos

Valencia at Baldwin Park

Garden Grove at Redlands

DIVISION 7

Saturday’s quarterfinals

San Gorgonio at Rancho Mirage

San Bernardino at Arroyo Valley

Santa Ana at Moreno Valley

Ontario at Sierra Vista

House members summoned Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg to Washington, D.C., and grilled him — harshly — about his plan to create a new currency, Libra.

“Why should we trust you?!” asked Congressman Mike Doyle.

I liked it when Zuckerberg said, “I actually don’t know if Libra’s going to work, but I believe that it’s important to try new things.”

He was right. That’s very important.

The Libra would make it easier to transfer money anywhere in the world. It also promises stability. Its value would be based on a basket of currencies from different countries, which would protect Libra owners from inflation in any one country.

It’s an idea that deserves a try.

But it may never be tried because the clueless politicians’ threats of punitive regulation scared off many of its supporters.

Politicians want to crack down on Libra “because they’re threatened by it,” says tech reporter Naomi Brockwell in my new video. “This is going to be competition for the U.S. dollar. Government doesn’t like competition.”

Governments also like to control any money that we might use.

“Want to send money to Russia to a family member; it’s going to be censored. You want to send money to a relief effort in Venezuela; it’s going to be censored,” says Brockwell. But if you use a cryptocurrency like Libra or Bitcoin, “your money will get through. That’s an incredibly powerful tool that gives people the freedom to spend their money where they want to spend it.”

Bitcoin is harder to stop than a currency like Libra would be because Bitcoin doesn’t emanate from one company or government mint. There’s no one owner of Bitcoin or most other cryptocurrencies.

“It is the first currency that is decentralized,” Brockwell points out. “That’s why it’s still around, because they haven’t been able to have these hearings, haven’t been able to call the CEO of Bitcoin and say, ‘cease and desist!’ There is no server to unplug, no company to shut down, no CEO to throw in jail, so it persists! That’s really exciting.”

Digital currencies “live” on thousands of individuals’ computers, so no government can stop them by pressuring any one company.

That’s a reason they’re valuable.

When Bitcoin started, it was worth virtually nothing. But two years ago, the price of one bitcoin reached $19,891. Then it crashed to $3,192. As I write, the price is $9,390.

That volatility deters many people from using Bitcoin as money, but to those of us who don’t trust governments, Brockwell points out: “It is the only suitable money for free people.”

Of course, many disagree.

“I think it’s a gigantic classic pump and dump scheme,” says investor Peter Schiff. “There’s nothing to give Bitcoin value.”

It’s “a bubble,” vulnerable to attacks from governments. “They can get banks and financial institutions to make it very difficult for Americans to use it.”

Schiff doesn’t claim we should count on dollar bills because he doesn’t trust politicians either. He suggests people buy gold to hedge against politicians’ irresponsibility.

“Gold has worked for thousands of years,” says Schiff. Unlike Bitcoin, “gold has actual value. A huge industry needs gold: jewelry … consumer electronics, aerospace and medicine.”

I’ve hedged against the dollar by buying both gold and Bitcoin. My Bitcoin investment did better. But Schiff says I’m a fool if I don’t sell it now.

Even when currency is stable, government can use its power over currency to censor people.

“The government decided that they didn’t want WikiLeaks to receive donations, so they froze transactions,” observes Brockwell. But they couldn’t stop Bitcoin.

She says government has had “a monopoly on the money supply for a very long time, and now consumers finally have a choice. You can send Bitcoin peer-to-peer to someone on the other side of the world almost instantly at very low cost, and it can’t be censored. That’s incredibly powerful.”

It is.

Alternatives to government monopolies are very good things.

John Stossel is author of “No They Can’t! Why Government Fails — But Individuals Succeed.”

There are few phrases in California politics that invoke as much passion as the words “high-speed rail.” The ambitious transportation infrastructure project seeking to move passengers from Los Angeles to San Francisco in two hours and 40 minutes, and ultimately connect San Diego to Sacramento, has become a centerpiece of public debate.

The project has drawn controversy for its significant cost overruns while also inspiring recognition of our real need for viable mass transit in our state. Although the debate around high-speed rail is ongoing in the Capitol, we’d like to explore the realities of the project and ask a question — can we use transit dollars in a smarter way?

The history of California’s high-speed rail project began in 1996 when the Legislature formed the California High-Speed Rail Authority. Nearly a decade later, in 2008, California voters passed Proposition 1A, which authorized the issuance of $9 billion in bonds for the initial funding of the project.

Subsequently, the federal government made an additional $8 billion available in 2009, $2.25 billion in 2010, and $4 billion in 2011. Construction of the high-speed rail project officially started in Fresno in early 2015. That year the Legislature and then-Gov. Jerry Brown  passed a bill allocating 25% of California’s annual cap-and-trade funds towards construction.

We’re highlighting this history to bring attention to two key facts.

First, high-speed rail is the result of efforts spanning more than two decades, with support repeatedly affirmed by the Legislature.

Second, with a current price tag of nearly $80 billion, there’s a lot of money on the table. Given this enormous expense we suggest that it’s worth exploring ways to get a greater return on our investment.

With minor changes to the Merced to Bakersfield line, such as delaying electrification and reexamining the route, we could save between $5 and $6 billion. Those billions could instead be invested in other rail projects, including crucial projects between Burbank and Anaheim, which could create a much more efficient rail system.

Greater investment in trains running from Burbank to Anaheim will help millions of riders get where they need to go quickly. The cost savings could also translate to significantly lower ticket prices for riders. In the process, we could take thousands of cars off the road every day — making life easier for everyone along that span of Interstate 5.

Metrolink already services 1.8 million riders annually, with 30-minute intervals during peak hours. Metrolink recently suggested that that an investment along the lines of what we are proposing can double the ridership with new, high-speed electric trains. Greater frequency, fewer delays and faster service. As a result, more people could rely on Metrolink for their transportation needs.

We are considering high-speed rail projects at a time when air quality across the state, particularly in the South Coast basin, is getting worse.

This would be achieved by reducing car dependency, traffic congestion and the long commutes between affordable housing and job centers. Investing in urban population centers such as Los Angeles and the Bay Area is a more effective way to achieve these goals.

What we’re proposing isn’t to replace high-speed rail, but to be smarter about how we spend public funds on passenger rail service overall.

This proposal is in the early stages, but it is something we’d like you to think about. A $5 billion investment that has a bigger bang for every single dollar in terms of ridership, affordability for consumers and emission reductions is an opportunity the state should seriously consider.

Tom Daly represents California’s 69th Assembly District. Laura Friedman represents the 43rd Assembly District.

Whenever legislators propose a law, analysts review the arguments for and against the measure. Appropriations committee staffers determine any possible financial consequences of the bill. These reports are always useful and usually thorough, but there’s one thing they often overlook: the likely unintended consequences of any new proposal.

If state officials considered such potentialities, Californians might not be saddled with the effects of a well-intentioned 2017 law designed to make public records accessible to Californians with disabilities by this year. As the Sacramento Bee reported, however, Assembly Bill 434 actually is making such records less accessible to all Californians.

The measure, which passed without any “no” votes, requires state agencies to certify that their web-based records are in compliance with federal and state accessibility standards. That means including such website features as screen readers to, for instance, help visually impaired people apply for jobs and review other documents.

It’s extremely important to bring the state’s websites into further compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, but the process has been problematic. The high costs and time-intensive nature of converting all existing records into accessible ones has led many state agencies to simply remove millions of documents from their websites.

As the Bee explained, some “departments are choosing to permanently take down documents rather than pay to make them machine-readable or otherwise accessible.” That means that no one — disabled or otherwise — can now view them. It’s a clear, unintended consequence of the new law, but that loophole should have been foreseeable.

State departments interviewed by the Bee say that they intend to repost most of them, but that can take a long time. It’s unclear whether many of the state’s historic records — arguably some of the most fascinating information on their websites — will ever have enough viewers to warrant reposting. The newspaper gave one example of why old records are so important: Reporters regularly referred to them to put recent fires in historical context.

This is an unacceptable failure of state government, which does a notoriously poor job of maintaining the public’s websites. In 2003, California adopted federal website accessibility standards and then increased its requirements in 2006. “Despite the growing use of government services online and the state’s accessibility requirements, the departments’ websites we reviewed during this audit are not fully accessible to persons with disabilities,” according to a state auditor’s report in 2015. The report prompted the new legislation.

Why should they exempt themselves from the spirit of California’s open-records and disability access laws because they didn’t budget enough time or money to comply? We’d hate to see what would happen if, say, a business used that excuse with a state agency.

Lawmakers need to force state agencies to budget enough money so they can quickly comply with the law and set a timetable for compliance that keeps old records online as they roll out accessibility upgrades. Access to public records is fundamental to government oversight and accountability. It’s not optional. They also need to do a better job assessing the potential consequences of any new proposal. The latest law certainly was good in concept, but this result seems entirely predictable.

LOS ANGELES — Down $50,000, but richer a valuable victory against a Western Conference foe, the Clippers rallied to defeat the Portland Trail Blazers 107-101 on Thursday at Staples Center.

Debuting their throwback orange-and-black-tinged Buffalo Braves jerseys, the Clippers improved to 6-3 – and Clippers coach Doc Rivers to 900-661, becoming the 13th coach in NBA history to coach teams to 900 victories.

His Clippers squad got it done with more fourth-quarter magic.

Trailing by six entering the final period, Kawhi Leonard – back in the lineup after sitting out Wednesday’s loss to Milwaukee – put his head down and went to work. He got to the bucket and pulled up comfortably midrange, putting the Clippers back in front when he rattled in a jumper to make it 94-93. He scored 18 of his 27 points in the final period.

And he looked out for Montrezl Harrell, who chased his career-high 34-point performance Wednesday against the Bucks with 15 points on Thursday, including 10 in the final period.

In the end, Lou Williams’ show-stopping shot-making and Patrick Beverley’s dogged defense also helped settle things.

Williams (26 points) hit a fallaway shot to make it 100-98 with 58.9 seconds left then promptly drained a 3-pointer with 32.5 seconds left to make it 103-99 before Leonard closed it out with four free throws as fans chanted “M-V-P! M-V-P!”

Down the stretch, Beverley blocked a Damian Lillard drive, ripped down a rebound and defended a long Lillard 3-point attempt that would have brought Portland back within one point.

The Clippers held the Blazers to a season-low 37.5 shooting percentage and kept both Lillard and CJ McCollum (22 points apiece) off the scoreboard in the final quarter. That’s when Anfernee Simons scored 16 of his 17 points, including Portland’s first 12.

In a rough-and-tumble opening half, Montrezl Harrell, Skal Labissiere and Patrick Patterson all hit the deck following collisions. In Patterson’s case, he went down just before the half after being kicked in the face by CJ McCollum on a jump shot. After the Portland guard was assessed a Flagrant 1 foul, Patterson made one of two free-throw attempts to send the Clippers into the half with a 47-40 lead.

The Clippers were 1 for 11 in the first half, but they held Portland to 32 percent shooting and forced them into more turnovers (nine) than assists to create separation of as much as 11 points early.

Portland pulled even at 56-56 on a Hassan Whiteside free throw with 7:33 to go in the third quarter. The quarter ended with the Trail Blazers pouring in 36 third-quarter points – almost as many as they had for the entirety of the first half – and leading, 76-70.

More to come on this story.

Kawhi Leonard TAKES OVER with 18 PTS in the 4Q pic.twitter.com/o0GOeKHeRq

— NBA (@NBA) November 8, 2019

LOU WILLIAMS FROM DOWNTOWN!@LAClippers up by 4 with 31.7 remaining on TNT. pic.twitter.com/yPwHhURhcU

— NBA (@NBA) November 8, 2019

Rare air for @DocRivers.

Congrats, coach! pic.twitter.com/PyeKG4BIL6

— LA Clippers (@LAClippers) November 8, 2019

Robbers staged a smash-and-grab robbery Thursday night at a Macy’s fragrance counter at the MainPlace Mall in Santa Ana.

Three men smashed glass display cases and made off with perfume just before 8 p.m., according to the Santa Ana Police Department.

The suspects put the bottles into duffel bags and left via the store’s south doors to an awaiting early 2000s silver Nissan Altima, police said.

The suspects “were last seen leaving the parking structure northbound onto Main Street and out of sight,” Santa Ana police Cmdr. Joe Marty said

An officer with the Cypress Police Department was arrested in Garden Grove on suspicion of sexually assaulting a woman early Friday.

Garden Grove police responded to the 5500 block of Ludlow Avenue after a woman called the department at around 3:45 a.m.

Police said the woman and officer met at a nearby bar and drove together to his residence, and once there, she was sexually assaulted.

When Garden Grove officers arrived, the off-duty Cypress officer initially refused to open the door or answer any phone calls. But officers were able to persuade him to eventually come out of his residence and he was arrested.

Authorities said Cypress police officials are assisting Garden Grove detectives.

The Garden Grove Police Department didn’t immediately release the name of the arrested officer. The Cypress officer was placed on administrative leave until an internal affairs investigation is completed.

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OCVarsity is getting ready to cover the “Signing Day” news and events around Orange County on Wednesday, Nov. 13.

On that day, athletes in nearly all sports will have their first chance to sign a National Letter of Intent to play college athletics.

OCVarsity will have reporters and photographers covering the news and happenings throughout the day, but we’re also looking for help from you and your school. If you know of an athlete who will be signing with a college during this signing period, please let us know by emailing preps@ocregister.com.

Football is the only sport that is not allowed to sign at this time. We’ll have coverage of football’s signing days when they happen in December and February, and we’ll also be covering the Signing Day for the other sports in April.

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See all of the Register’s photos from an exciting night of high school football action in Orange County on Friday, Nov. 8.  Go to the OCVarsity pages to see all of our coverage — game stories, scores, analysis, updates and more.

LOS ANGELES — Seeing Dwyane Wade sit courtside was a comfort, Erik Spoelstra said, but it could be better.

Wade was wearing a red and black track suit, sitting on the baseline near the Miami Heat bench. Retirement in Los Angeles seems to suit him, if not his former team.

“If you print this, I’d rather have him in uniform,” Spoelstra deadpanned to the press prior to tip-off. “That’d be good, right? He’s gonna sit right by our bench. So I’m gonna let him take one of our huddles.”

As things stand, the Heat have a pretty good team anyway, getting out to a 6-2 start entering Friday night’s game against the Lakers. With new star Jimmy Butler anchoring the franchise, Spoelstra still has a shooting guard to lean on.

Wade visited with the team on Friday afternoon, squeezing in facetime with Miami and his old team after they flew in the night before from Phoenix. He’s moved residences to Southern California, and his son Zaire Wade is a senior standout on the court for Sierra Canyon High alongside Bronny James.

While Spoelstra knew Wade would come in support of the Heat, with whom he enjoyed 15 NBA seasons, the Miami coach also knew Wade would likely cheer on his close friend James, at least a little bit.

“Ah look, I get it,” he said. “But LeBron always looked better in red and black.”

The LeBron in purple and gold isn’t so bad, either, Spoelstra admitted. Going into the game, James was averaging the highest assist total (11.1) of his career and leading the league. Spoelstra coached James to two of his four league MVP awards, but he was more scorer than dish-giver for his best Heat teams.

“Every year he’s doing something that’s just ridiculous, that you can’t explain,” Spoelstra said. “That’s why he’s the best player in the game.”

Spoelstra was interested, too, in the pairing James is enjoying with Anthony Davis, who he said makes a very natural fit. James has a way of blending into what a roster needs, but Spoelstra believes Davis’ game actually fits James’ natural skills well.

“I think that’s part of his genius, is he’s able to morph into whatever he needs to be to bring out the best out of the other players,” he said. “And I think his connection with (Chris Bosh) was pretty natural, and this just fits like a glove with LeBron and A.D., the way they work together. Their skill sets complement each other.”

BRIEFLY

Veteran point guard Rajon Rondo missed his eighth consecutive game to start the season with a calf strain. The Lakers were planning to ramp up Rondo’s activity in practice this week, but they listed him as doubtful following Thursday’s practice. The team did not shoot around on Friday morning before the game.

The legend @DwyaneWade on this season’s @MiamiHEAT squad & his 2003 classmate @KingJames! pic.twitter.com/Gk4N28AwLd

— NBA (@NBA) November 9, 2019

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Scores from the CIF-SS football playoff games Friday, Nov. 8.

O.C. SCORES & STATS

FOOTBALL SCORES

CIF-SS

DIVISION 2

Sierra Canyon 35, Santa Margarita 21

Vista Murrieta 24, Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 21

Long Beach Poly 27, Orange Lutheran 24

Rancho Cucamonga 49, Murrieta Valley 14

Chaminade 47, Norco 44

Upland 27, Oaks Christian 17

Rancho Verde 26, Gardena Serra 20

San Clemente 17, Valencia 7

DIVISION 3

Corona del Mar 49, Corona Santiago 0

Cajon 42, St. Francis 14

Tesoro 28, Cathedral 6

Alemany 39, Paraclete 34

La Habra 42, Capistrano Valley 3

Edison 42, Heritage 27

Lawndale 27, Los Alamitos 21

Grace Brethren 42, Westlake 38

DIVISION 4

Paramount 60, El Toro 10

Hart 34, Chaparral 23

San Juan Hills 39, Murrieta Mesa 25

Loyola 7, Palos Verdes 0

Villa Park 39, Great Oak 8

Downey 12, La Mirada 7

Camarillo 34, Damien 28

DIVISION 5

Culver City 34, Bishop Diego 6

Chino Hills 42, Mayfair 12

St. Paul 38, El Modena 0

Yorba Linda 28, Citrus Hill 0

Glendora 49, Lompoc 17

Etiwanda 35, Diamond Ranch 28

Aquinas 20, Oak Hills 7

Oxnard 40, St. Bonaventure 13

DIVISION 6

Ayala 42, Los Osos 28

Crespi 49, Dos Pueblos 14

Citrus Valley 55, Silverado 21

Oxnard Pacifica 35, Mira Costa 10

La Serna 56, Warren 29

Los Altos 17, St. Margaret’s 7

San Jacinto 28, Apple Valley 21

Kaiser 16, Redondo 3

DIVISION 7

Serrano 23, Canyon Country Canyon 7

Burbank 40, Don Lugo 20

Ventura 38, Northview 35

Cypress 35, Huntington Beach  8

Temecula Valley 38, Placentia Valencia 0

Carter 58, Elsinore 54

West Ranch 35, Quartz Hill 6

Long Beach Wilson 54, Fullerton 0

DIVISION  8

Sunny Hills 21, Tustin 14

Riverside Notre Dame 21, Grand Terrace 14

Trabuco Hills 24, Garden Grove Pacifica 10

San Gorgonio 25, Anaheim Canyon 21

Palmdale 18, Garden Grove 0

Aliso Niguel  21, Santa Ana 6

Palm Desert 34, Temescal Canyon 14

Santa Barbara 44, Gahr 0

DIVISION 9

Foothill 45, Troy 7

San Dimas 49, La Salle 20

North Torrance 42, El Dorado 0

Palm Springs 51, Hillcrest 29

Monrovia 41, Santa Fe 0

Newport Harbor 35, St. Anthony 32

Lakewood 35,  Brea Olinda 34

Highland 58, Bonita 28

DIVISION 10

Crescenta Valley 20, Peninsula 11

Eisenhower 48, Big Bear 17

Katella 14, Summit 12

Segerstrom 52,  Pomona 14

Riverside North 33, Montebello 7

Orange 48, San Marino 7

Simi Valley 37, Western 32

Norte Vista 46, Rancho Mirage 20

DIVISION 11

Linfield Christian 47, Beaumont 42

Pasadena 47, Cerritos Valley Christian 31

Chaffey 22, Claremont 20

Muir 21, Brentwood 6

El Rancho 29, Compton 9

Hemet 48, Arroyo 20

Ontario Christian 41, Riverside Poly 14

Marina 42, Laguna Hills 8

DIVISION 12

El Monte 60, Ocean View 21

Nordhoff 56, Glenn 24

Jurupa Hills 42, Coachella Valley 20

Rio Hondo Prep 41, Northwood 22

Moreno Valley 41, Artesia 14

Adelanto 41, Ontario 0

Orange Vista 35, Yucca Valley 14

Oak Park 45, Maranatha 13

DIVISION 13

Alhambra 49, Diamond Bar 21

Santa Ana Calvary Chapel 28, Santa Ana Valley 20

Cantwell Sacred Heart 31, Rim of the World 22

Ramona 35, Rosemead 28

Fillmore 47, South Pasadena 27

Esperanza 45, Rancho Alamitos 3

Santa Monica 23, St. Bernard 0

Inglewood 49, Banning 2

DIVISION 14

St. Pius X-St. Matthias 41, Garden Grove Santiago 3

Ganesha 71, Workman 43

Mary Star 47, Fairmont Prep 12

Vista del Lago 55, Cornerstone Christian 7

Portola 33, Capistrano Valley Christian 19

South Torrance vs. Trinity Classical at Canyon HS (Saturday, 6 p.m.)

Sierra Vista 68, Riverside Prep 0

L.A. CITY

DIVISION I

First round

Eagle Rock 26, Sylmar 13

Locke 21, Granada Hills 20

Grant 38, Fairfax 34

El Camino Real 21, Dorsey 8

Venice 42, Bell 7

Westchester 54, Arleta 35

Los Angeles Roosevelt 21, Cleveland 19

Reseda 40, South Gate 0

DIVISION II

Franklin 49, Verdugo Hills 7

Los Angeles Marshall 16, Chatsworth 7

Los Angeles Wilson 33, South East 16

Jefferson 39, Los Angeles Hamilton 13

Manual Arts 54, Monroe 0

Granada Hills Kennedy 27, Los Angeles University 13

Torres vs. Chavez

Canoga Park 35, Fremont 0

DIVISION III

Marquez 35, Rivera 7

Legacy 44, Hawkins 0

Panorama 28, Mendez 14

Washington 60, Los Angeles 12

Lincoln 42, Contreras 0

Bernstein 50, Los Angeles Jordan 0

Sun Valley Poly 47, Angelou 20

Gardena 40, Hollywood 0