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Anthony Garcia (24) of the La Serna Lancers celebrates with a teammate after scoring a touchdown during Friday’s CIF football playoff game against the St. Francis Golden Knights at Cal High School. (Photo by Robert Huskey for Whittier Daily News)
LA SERNA 38, ST. FRANCIS 35
WHITTIER — La Serna High School may have finished second in the Del Rio League and wasn’t considered one of the favorites for the CIF-SS Southeast Division football championship, but the Lancers, who won it last season, believe the title is theirs until someone takes it away from them.
They continued to live by that motto on Friday.
Enrique Pacheco threw for 112 yards and two scores, including the game-winner in the fourth quarter, and La Serna advanced to the division semifinals for the fifth consecutive season with a 38-35 victory over top seed St. Francis at California High School.
Anthony Garcia rushed for 143 yards and a touchdown and Ruben Rios had 77 and a score for the Lancers, who improved to 10-2 and will travel to Crescenta Valley for next week’s semifinals.
Miles Bryant, in place of injured Jeremiah Martin, threw for 267 yards and four touchdowns, and Dylan Crawford had five receptions for 136 yards for St. Francis, which finished 11-1.
— Stephen Ramirez
NORTHVIEW 42, MONTEBELLO 24
MONTEBELLO >> It’s been 26 years since Northview last appeared in a CIF-Southern Section semifinal game.
It’s now official. Northview started slowly but turned on the offense in the second quarter and defeated host Montebello, 42-24, in a Mid Valley Division quarterfinal game.
The Vikings, who defeated Montebello for the second time this season, won their seventh in a row and improved to 11-1. Montebello ended its season at 7-5.
The Vikings, who last won a CIF title in 1987, were led by running backs Alex Camacho and Elijah Grijalva with two touchdowns each.
— John Sherrard
NEXT WEEK’S SCHEDULE
SOUTHEAST DIVISION
SEMIFINALS
Friday
La Serna vs. Crescenta Vally, site TBA, 7:30 p.m.