Football Recap: Mission Viejo Diablos vs. San Clemente Tritons
Mission Viejo put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They strolled past the San Clemente Tritons with points to spare, taking the game 23-7. The 23-point effort marked the Diablos' lowest-scoring game of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
The critical scores for Mission Viejo came from Cash Semonza, Bryan Lujano, and Hinesward Lilomaiava.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Mission Viejo's defense and their 10.5 sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Jayden Hill and Kane Nolte, who racked up seven sacks between them. Hill also set a new season high mark in total tackles with ten. Jaden Williams was another major factor on D, picking up 1.5 sacks, making 12 total tackles (4.0 for loss), and defending two passes.
Mission Viejo's victory was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 8-0. As for San Clemente, their loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 4-4.
Mission Viejo will host Edison at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Mission Viejo's defense has only allowed 9.9 points per game this season, so Edison's offense will have their work cut out for them. As for San Clemente, they will head out to face off against Los Alamitos at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. San Clemente is facing Los Alamitos at the right time seeing as Los Alamitos is stuck on a three-game losing streak.
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