By Scott Galetti, Staff Writer

LA CAÑADA - In its fourth consecutive game against a strong opponent, St. Francis High School's football team once again found itself an underdog when it hosted Loyola on Thursday night.
The Golden Knights were forced to play without starting quarterback Austin Heyworth, who left the game with an injury midway through the second half. But even with everything seemingly going against them, there was no need to fear for the Golden Knights for three quarters.
Unfortunately for St. Francis, Loyola only needed one quarter to do some serious damage.
Anthony Barr scored a pair of touchdowns, including a 2-yard run with 1:08 remaining, to give the Cubs a come-from-behind, 21-20 victory over the stunned Golden Knights in front of an overflow crowd at Friedman Field. Barr finished the game with 85 yards and two touchdowns on 20 carries to lead the Cubs (4-3).
St. Francis (3-4) appeared to be sending the game into overtime when junior backup Justin Sciarra hit Dietrich Riley for a 12-yard touchdown with no time remaining on the clock.
Sean McGuinness, however, was wide on the extra-point try to send Loyola players into a frenzy and the Golden Knights into stunned silence.
"We were contemplating going for two there at the end, but there was an agreement that there's overtime," St. Francis coach Jim Bonds said. "Hindsight is 20-20; maybe you go for two and don't put that pressure on your kicker, but we thought we'd kick the point and take our chances in an extended period."
Sciarra did his best to lead St. Francis to an upset by running an efficient offense in the first half. He finished the game 7-of-13 for 67 yards and a touchdown. And running back Evan King collected a pair of touchdowns in the first half for the Golden Knights.
"I'm just proud of our guys," Bonds said. "We're playing without Austin Heyworth 99 percent of the game and Justin Sciarra stepped in and did a great job. We had to simplify the offense quite a bit for him, but he's a gutsy guy."
St. Francis held the ball for much of the first half on one series and drove 60 yards in nearly nine minutes, but came up empty when McGuinness missed a 25-yard field goal.
Chris Sember gave the Golden Knights the ball right back, though, when he intercepted a Stephen Rokus pass and returned it to the Loyola 9. Three plays later, King dove into the end zone with his first touchdown to give the Golden Knights a 7-0 lead.
St. Francis linebacker Anthony Lombardo recovered a Will Partridge fumble to give the Golden Knights the ball again. After Riley rambled 45 yards to the Cubs' 2, King got his second touchdown to give the Golden Knights a 14-0 halftime lead.
Riley led St. Francis with 107 yards on 20 carries. He also added two catches for 18 yards and a score.
The Golden Knights forced four Loyola turnovers to keep themselves in the game.