Photos by Josh Thompson
Football:
One week after dropping a showdown at Rancho Cucamonga to decide the Baseline League championship, the Chino Hills football program hosted Mira Costa in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 3 playoffs.
The Mustangs scored first, but the Huskies got starring roles from a number of its athletes to secure a 42-35 victory over the Mustangs.
Two-sport stud Andrew Baldomino has been fighting his butt off to return from injury had his biggest game of the season.
Baldomino finished with a game-high 12 tackles.
The CHHS senior also forced a fumble and recovered a fumble.
Jacob Jimenez, also a star football and baseball player, did his part in the win.
Jimenez carried the ball 25 times for 125 yards.
That included TD runs of 16, 5 and 2 yards.
Alex Medyn completed 13-of-20 for 115 yards.
Medyn didn’t toss a TD pass, and he was picked once.
Medyn did have 33 rushing yards on eight carries.
Azari Warren had a monster role in the CHHS win.
Warren had a 92-and-90-yard kickoff returns for scores.
The first came on the opening kick of the second half, and the second happened with just over a minute remaining in the third quarter.
Warren had 237 yards on three returns.
Noah Ahari went 4-for-4 on extra-point attempts, and he booted field goals of 31 and 28 yards.
Dawaun Nettingham totaled nine tackles for the Huskies and Noah Curtin finished with eight.
Ashton Bateman, Ryan Mata, Turner O’Dell and Troy Reams had six tackles apiece.
Reams also had one sack.
Warren backed up his special teams’ excellence with four tackles.
Up next: The Huskies travel to Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks in a quarterfinal round contest.
The Knights (6-5) secured a 44-28 victory over their visitors from Laguna Beach.
Quotable:
Chino Hills senior, Andrew Baldomino: “As a team, we reacted very well to the Rancho Cucamonga loss last week. We used the film to see where we were at as a program and what adjustments we needed to make. We had an amazing week of practice before the Mira Costa game. Everyone was dialed in and wanting to keep this thing going. This was one of my best football games. I didn’t want this to end. I had a forced fumble and recovered a fumble, and I felt like this was going to be a great game. Azari Warren gave us a ton of momentum with his two kickoff returns for touchdowns. Jacob Jimenez is always giving 100-percent and he’s always trying to get a first down to move the chains. Everyone played their part. But we have areas we need to get better. I’d like to see us fix some minor mistakes. Our ability to fight back when we’re down and play under pressure is what makes me most proud about this group.”
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Box Score:
MC: 7-7-14-7-(35)
CH: 10-11-21-0-(42)
Records: Mira Costa (7-4); Chino Hills (9-2)
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