Area football rankings: La Habra continues to top the list

LA SERNA BEATS WHITTIER

WHITTIER DAILY NEWS FOOTBALL RANKINGS
1. La Habra (7-1)
Highlanders just keep on rolling
2. La Mirada (5-3)
Plays for league title this week
3. La Serna (6-2)
Toyed with Cal before 64-33 win
4. Montebello (7-1)
Can clinch another Almont title this week
5. Sonora (7-1)
Playoff bid all but secured
6. St. Paul (5-3)
Got big win last week…can it get another?
7. Santa Fe (4-4)
Does it have a chance vs. La Serna?
8. California (2-5)
Playing for third now
9. Pioneer (6-2)
Playoff bid took a big hit last week
10. Whittier (4-4)
Can create some chaos this week
ALSO: 11. Schurr (3-5), 12. Whittier Christian (3-6), 13. El Rancho (0-8), 14. Cantwell (1-7)

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FSHA remains No. 1 in volleyball

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Diamond Ranch closing in one first league title in 10 years

FSHA remains No. 1 in volleyball
The Flintridge Sacred Heart volleyball team remained atop the San Gabriel Valley Newspaper’s Top 25 poll, but the way the season is going, the Tologs will need big victories to remain there. Westridge made its biggest move in the the poll, jumping nine spots with its five-game victory over Mayfield. Four previously unranked teams, including newcomers Wilson and Pioneer, joined the Top 25.

1. Flintridge Sacred Heart (19-7) Took down ranked Marymont in four (1)
2. Gabrielino (23-5) Already clinched share of Mission Valley League title (2)
3. San Gabriel (19-1-1) Shoved aside Bell Gardens in four games (5)
4. Glendora (16-6) Win on Tuesday clinches Palomares title (6)
5. Diamond Ranch (17-3) Nine consecutive victories (9)
6. Mayfield (19-5) Suddenly tied for first in Prep League (3)
7. Westridge (13-6) Huge five-game victory at Mayfield (16)
8. St. Paul (21-9) Should finish second in Camino Real (7)
9. St. Lucy’s (11-9) Chino Hills Thursday should decide second (8)
10. South Pasadena (17-3) Tigers suffer Rio Hondo setback to San Marino (4)
11. Maranatha (16-10) Whittier and Valley christians this week (10)
12. Bonita (21-8) Faces Glendora on Thursday (11)
13. Gladstone (22-6) Can clinch Montview with win on Tuesday (12)
14. La Serna (18-5) Can clinch Del Rio title Tuesday (13)
15. Whittier Christian (22-7) Needs to finish like how it started season (15)
16. Duarte (19-6) Destined for second place in Montview (14)
17. Monrovia (17-8) Can take over first with win vs. South Pas Tuesday (18)
18. La Salle (9-16) Lost to FSHA in three games (17)
19. Arcadia (10-11) Can hand Burroughs first league loss Thursday (unranked)
20. San Marino (19-5-2) Took out La Canada, South Pasadena in four (unranked)
21. Wilson (9-3) Tuesday’s match vs. Northview match likely to decide Valle Vista (unranked)
22. Pasadena Poly (6-8-1) Chadwick and Mayfield this week (20)
23. Los Altos (13-11) Took Diamond Ranch to four games (19)
24. South Hills (15-10) Setbacks vs. Ayala, Claremont (22)
25. Pioneer (6-8) Big wins vs. California, El Rancho (unranked)

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Matthew Marshall runs for 6 TDs as La Serna beats rival Cal for fourth consecutive season


LA SERNA 64, CAL 33
WHITTIER — East Whittier will again be painted La Serna High School red.
Matthew Marshall rushed for 226 yards and six touchdowns and the Lancers won the Mustang Trophy rivalry game for the fourth consecutive season with a 64-33 victory over California on Saturday at Pioneer High School.
Anthony Garcia rushed for 61 yards and touchdown and John Ceballos threw for 119 and a score for La Serna, which improved to 6-2 overall and 3-0 in the Del Rio League. The Lancers moved into a first-place tie with Santa Fe, which they face here next Friday.
Robert Leos rushed for 140 yards and a touchdown for the Condors, who slipped to 2-6 and 1-2.
La Serna, after falling behind 33-28 in the third quarter, outscored Cal 36-0 to close the game.
Marshall, after running for three touchdowns in the first half, rushed for two more in the second to give La Serna a 43-33 lead during the middle of the third quarter. He followed an 82-yard kickoff return by Anthony Garcia with a 10-yard run for a 36-33 lead at 7:22. He then went 68 yards up the gut for the 10-point lead at 3:30.
John Ceballos made it 50-33 with a 39-yard pass to Jonathan Wise at 2:28.
Cal had taken a 33-28 lead on a 23-yard run by Andrew Reyes at 11:17 and a 74-yard run by Leos at 7:44.
La Serna’s Matthew Marshall: “I owe it all to the line. When the line goes, we go. They are the heart and soul. We say backs lead the way, but backs can lead without the line. When we were down, it was about eliminating the mistakes. We just took off.”
— Stephen Ramirez

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Friday Final: St. Paul knocks off Salesian to create some chaos in Angelus League; Santa Fe beats Pioneer to set-up possible title showdown with La Serna; Montebello, La Habra keep on rolling

 (Photo by Shilah Montiel for Whittier Daily News)

(Photo by Shilah Montiel for Whittier Daily News)

ST. PAUL 24, SALESIAN 17

SANTA FE SPRINGS — St. Paul High School’s playoff quest is alive and well.
Isaiah Lemos returned a kickoff 93 yards with 40 seconds left and the host Swordsmen stayed in the postseason hunt with a 24-17 victory over Salesian on Friday in an Angelus League game.
Greg Nevarez rushed for 102 yards and two scores for St. Paul (5-3, 2-1). The win keeps the Swordsmen tied for second with Cathedral. St. Francis defeated the Phantoms, 31-14, on Friday. Harvard-Westlake, which hosts La Salle tonight, is the leader at 2-0.
The game looked like it might go to overtime after the Mustangs (4-4, 1-2) drove 83 yards and tied it at 17 on a 25-yard field goal by Christian Renteria with 54 seconds to play.
Lemos then took the kickoff at his 7, slanted left before eluded three tacklers at about his 40 and headed down the sideline for the winning points.
Salesian, which got 116 yards passing from Robbie Blosser, got a 20-yard kickoff return by Justin Manyweather to the 50 before a personal foul moved it to the St. Paul 35. The Mustangs advanced it to the 28 before Blosser threw incomplete in the end zone with no time left.
St. Paul built took a 17-7 lead in the third quarter on a 40-yard run by Nevarez with 2:56 left. Salesian countered with a 63-yard run my Manyweather to make it 17-14 with 2:41 left in the quarter.
St. Paul led 10-7 at halftime, opening and closing the half with scoring drives.
— Stephen Ramirez
LA HABRA 62, FULLERTON 13
FULLERTON — And the streak goes on.
The La Habra High School Highlanders easily won their 45th consecutive Freeway League game over the last nine years, defeating host Fullerton 62-13 Friday night at Fullerton District Stadium.
Quarterback Eric Barriere tied a career high with seven touchdown passes. He also threw for seven last season against Sonora.
The senior threw for 346 yards, all in the first half, and completed 20 of 31 passes.
Three different receivers caught two touchdowns each for La Habra, which has won six CIF titles since the 2002 season, including four in a row from 2007-10.
La Habra’s Eric Barriere: “We wanted to build up the confidence in our receivers this week and show everyone we are a very balanced team. (Our league winning streak is) pretty crazy. Forty-five games is a lot, kowing that we haven’t lost a league game yet. Our main goal this year is to win CIF. Everybody has been working really hard towards that goal.”
— John Sherrard
ROUNDUP
Santa Fe 27, Pioneer 7: Santa Fe High School remained on track to the Del Rio League championship by defeating Pioneer, 27-7, on Friday night. The Chiefs (4-4, 3-0) forced six turnovers and built a 27-0 lead to extend their winning streak against the Titans (6-2, 1-2) to more than a decade. Robert Lucia returned an interception 15 yards for a score and Chris Ramsey hit Anthony Valdivia for a 22-yarder en route to a 17-0 halftime lead. Edward Cisneros, who rushed for 119 yards, scored on a 25-yarder in the third quarter.
— Teren Guerra
Schurr 20, Bell Gardens 17 (OT) — The running game of Efren Velez and Anthony Varela propelled the Spartans to a huge Almont League victory at Montebello High. It put the Spartans (3-5, 2-1) right back in the league title race with the Braves (5-3, 2-1). Both trail undefeated Montebello with two games to play. The Spartans’ defense stuffed the Braves on their overtime try, a sack knocking Bell Gardens out of field goal range. Velez carried the ball three times to get a first down and Varela carried the ball twice to get inside the 5. On fourth down, Pedro Moreno kicked his second field goal of the game, a 19-yarder for the win; his 28-yarder with 23 seconds to play forced the overtime.
— Angel Gutierrez
Montebello 37, San Gabriel 8 — The Oilers (7-1, 3-0) scored 27 points off of four first-half interceptions en route to a 30-0 halftime lead in an Almont League game. The win was the Oilers’ 13th consecutive league victory. Quarterback Ryan Rivera threw for 194 yards and scores of 19, 29, and 36 yards.
— Rudy Ramos

HOW THE TOP TEN FARED
1. La Habra (7-1) def. Fullerton, 62-13
2. La Mirada (5-3), idle
3. La Serna (5-2) vs. California, tonight, 7 p.m.
4. Montebello (7-1) def. San Gabriel, 37-8
5. Sonora (7-1) def. Troy, 41-26
6. St. Paul (5-3) def. Salesian, 24-17
7. Santa Fe (4-4) def. Pioneer, 27-7
8. California (2-5) vs. La Serna, tonight, 7 p.m.
9. Pioneer (6-2) lost to Santa Fe, 27-7
10. Whittier (4-4) def. El Rancho, 21-14 (Thursday)
OTHER SCORES
Schurr 20, Bell Gardens 17, OT
Village Chr. 29, Whittier Chr. 27
Verbum Dei 60, Cantwell-Sacred Heart 30

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Thursday Final: Whittier keeps fading playoff hopes alive with win over El Rancho

Anthony Rios of Whittier tries to outrun Jordan Jimenez of El Rancho. Whittier went in leading at halftime 14-6 in Del Rio League action between the Whittier Cardinals and the El Rancho Dons, Thursday, October 22, 2015 at Pioneer High School. (Correspondent photo by Chris Burt/Sports)

Anthony Rios of Whittier tries to outrun Jordan Jimenez of El Rancho. Whittier went in leading at halftime 14-6 in Del Rio League action between the Whittier Cardinals and the El Rancho Dons, Thursday, October 22, 2015 at Pioneer High School. (Correspondent photo by Chris Burt/Sports)

WHITTIER 21, EL RANCHO 14
WHITTIER — The Whittier High School offense could not get untracked in the second half.
So the Cardinals relied on the defense until the offense could find a little bit of momentum in a 21-14 victory over visiting El Rancho in a Del Rio League game on Thursday night at Pioneer High.
The winless Dons had the ball twice inside the red zone, but failed to score, giving the Cardinals their first league victory.
“We needed to make some big plays and we made them on defense fortunately,” Whittier coach Vicko Ancich said “The guys were working hard. We had great pressure and a great attack.”
Whittier (4-4, 1-2), which had trouble running the ball, broke a 14-14 tie with 8:28 to play by running the ball. Quarterback Dylan Salcido kept it on nearly every play, rushing the ball five times on the 10-play, 72-yard drive. He threw his third touchdown pass of the game to Anthony Rios, who made a one-handed grab of the 13-yarder.
— Keith Lair

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