Lakewood improved to 4-0 and the Wilson Bruins had a nice (28-23) victory over a previously unbeaten Paramount squad Friday night.
But let's don't try to rationalize anything: The Moore League, as a whole, isn't a very good football league this season.
That point was driven home when, a) the Poly Jackrabbits were bopped around for the second time this season, this time by a Mission Viejo team (37-7) that was playing without its best player, b) Compton was hammered by Dorsey (47-6), c) Jordan was blanked by a Dominguez team (28-0) that had more quality offensive players on the sidelines with injuries that it did on the field, d) Cabrillo was smashed by a medicore Capistrano Valley team, and, e) Millikan was run over a rebuilding Fountain Valley squad, 56-7.
And to think that four teams from the league will advance to Pac-5's 16-team playoff (because of its seven-member status) while the other far-stronger leagues -- the Trinity, Serra, Sunset and South Coast -- are limited to three each because they have six or fewer members (the South Coast has just five).
*On the plus side, those were nice victories by Dominguez (especially considering its injuries) and St. John Bosco (37-15 over Loyola), who are definitely looking like the area's second and third best teams (in the wake of the Lakewood Lancers).
*Los Alamitos suffered its first loss (31-28) but, minus injured star running back Nick Richardson, the Griffins will be cut some slack.
Their final non-league tussle -- at Saddleback a week from Saturday night against Santa Margarita -- is also likely to end up in a loss of Richardson can't make a go of it.
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