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Little bit late, but had to get the story for the print edition done.

Total yards: Los Osos 184, Upland 363.
Rushes-yards: Los Osos 21-133, Upland 37-217
Passing yards: Los Osos 51, Upland 146
Att-Com-Int: Los Osos 7-21-1, Upland 9-15-0
Turnovers: Los Osos 2, Upland 3
Penalties: Los Osos 5-40, Upland 10-76

Individual
Passing
Los Osos: Blake Loncar 7-21-1-51.
Upland: Justin Nunes 9-15-0-146.

Rushing
Los Osos: Cody Rogina 16-113, Kori Grant 2-9, Loncar 9-7
Upland: Corey Sims 10-91, Walkeem McDonald 8-69, Gianni Olivas 9-39, Cole Chapman 8-25

Receiving
Los Osos: Matt Sallis 2-22, Sean Alston 2-12
Upland: Dilan Clark 3-3, Aaron Hale 2-13, Gianni Olivas 2-6, Anthony King 1-71

Gianni Olivas just scored on a 3-yard run with 2:01 left, putting Upland up 19-7 after the Highlanders missed the 2-point conversion. The Highlanders marched 78 yards on 10 plays, all on the ground, to get the score. So barring a miracle - and considering that the Los Osos offense hasn't scored on Upland in 7-plus quarters, that's exactly what it would take - Upland is set to win its first CIF crown since 2000.

The Highlanders are looking to choke Los Osos out at this point, as they have used the running of Corey Sims, Walkeem McDonald and Gianni Olivas to move from their own 22 to the Los Osos 17 with 3:00 left. Sims just broke a 20-yard run to get the Highlanders in the red zone and Los Osos is in time-out mode. A score here pretty much seals this up with Upland up 13-7.

Los Osos got a couple first downs on its first drive of the second half, but a sack by Gianni Olivas on Blake Loncar left the Grizzlies in a 3rd-and-long situation which they could not convert.

Upland now has its first second-half possession with the game tied 7-7 and 8 minutes left in the third.

This is what I got right now. Second half about to start.

First downs: Los Osos 5, Upland 6
Total yards: Los Osos 75, Upland 163
Rushes-yards: Los Osos 12-45, Upland 17-99
Passing yards: Los Osos 30, Upland 64
Att-Com-Int: Los Osos 5-14-0, Upland 5-9-0
Turnovers: Los Osos 0, Upland 2
Penalties-yards: Los Osos 4-30, Upland 7-51

Individual

Passing
Los Osos: Blake Loncar 5-14-0-30
Upland: Justin Nunes 5-9-0-64

Rushing
Los Osos: Cody Rogina 8-39, Blake Loncar 3-3, Victor Smith 1-3
Upland: Corey Sims 7-56, Walkeem McDonald 4-25, Gianni Olivas 3-17, Cole Chapman 1-1, Aaron Hale 1-1, Justin Nunes 1-(-1)

Receiving
Los Osos: Sean Alston 2-12, Matt Sallis 1-9, Zach Martin 1-6, Rogina 1-(-3)
Upland: Dilan Clark 3-33, Kenneth Lawler 1-23, Olivas 1-8

This is what I got from the people actually keeping track of this stuff:

Upland - 6 first downs, 139 total yards

Josh Nunes - 7 for 17, 63 yards, 2 INTs
Davion Fleming - 8 rushes, 64 yards, 1 TDs
Gianni Olivas - 2 catches, 20 yards

Rancho Cucamonga - 7 first downs, 168 total yards

Greg Watson - 6 of 9, 74 yards; 4 carries, 21 yards, 1 TD
Charles Saseun - 2 carries, 49 yards, 1 TD
Irshad Stolden - 2 catches, 42 yards

Also, junior center Gary Berwick apparently broke his leg in the second quarter, which obviously puts him out of commission for the rest of the game. Rancho has already had a couple of high center snaps in his absence, so its something that bears watching in the second half.