Thanks to Harry Joe for stats/game info, David Guerrero for video highlights & Tim Lunney for the photos
Football:
The Rio Hondo Prep victory tour resumed on Saturday night at Sofi Stadium.
The Kares cruised to a 47-29 victory over Brentwood to secure a second consecutive Gold Coast League championship.
Dating back to 2024, RHP has won their last 12 regular season games and 18 of their last 19.
Don’t let the final score mislead you.
Rio Hondo Prep scored the game’s first 21 points, and they led 44-7 before Brentwood scored three TDs in the third and fourth quarters.
RHP had a 361-88 advantage on the ground.
Noah Penunuri gained 174 yards in spite of carrying the ball just seven times.
Penunuri had TD runs of 20, 81 and 41 yards.
Deven Gomez carried the ball seven times for 61 yards, and Christian Lee totaled 54 yards on six carries.
Gomez scored on a 6-yard TD run early in the third quarter to give the Kares a 44-7 lead.
Nathaniel Shine (4-for-34) and Matt Montez (9-for-30) combined to carry the ball 13 times for 64 yards.
Yanick Diaz completed 5-of-15 for 91 yards.
Diaz had TD passes of 6 and 53 yards to Lee and Shine, respectively.
Diaz was picked twice (Robert Sullivan & Jagger Nathan).
Tyler Dang had a pair of receptions for 18 yards.
Dang also had two tackles and picked a pass.
Aiden Delgadillo led RHP with six tackles, while Troy Seto, Calogero Chico and Lee had five tackles apiece.
Ethan Lo and Penunuri tallied four tackles each.
Up next: RHP will host Santee on Thursday at 7 in the regular season finale.
The Falcons (6-3) decimated their visitors from Maya Angelou Community on Friday.
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Box Score:
R: 21-9-17-0-(47)
B: 0-7-16-6-(29)
Scoring:
R: Noah Penunuri 20 run (Easton Jara kick)
R: Noah Penunuri 81 run (Easton Jara kick)
R: Christian Lee 6 pass from Yanick Diaz (Easton Jara kick)
B: Roman Lacgalvis 32 pass from Ben Mikail (Jagger Nathan kick)
R: Noah Penunuri 41 run (Easton Jara kick)
R: Team safety
R: Nathaniel Shine 53 pass from Yanick Diaz (Easton Jara kick)
R: Deven Gomez 6 run (Easton Jara kick)
B: Ben Mikail 1 run (Mikail pass to Dean Pretlow)
R: Easton Jara 33 FG
B: Roman Lacgalvis 1 pass from Ben Mikail (Mikail to Robert Sullivan)
B: Brendan Bowman 6 run (pass failed)
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Gold Coast League Standings:
Rio Hondo Prep (9-0, 2-0)
Viewpoint (7-2, 0-1)
Brentwood (6-3, 0-1)
Week 10 Schedule:
Viewpoint at Brentwood
Santee at Rio Hondo Prep
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