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Huge Defensive Stop Sealed La Serna’s State Football Championship

Huge Defensive Stop Sealed La Serna’s State Football Championship
La Serna High School's senior defensive back Jayden Northrup (2) at the CIF Southern Section football championship against Corona Del Mar in Whittier, Calif., on Nov. 24, 2023. Arnold Leos Graphics
Dan Wood
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MISSION VIEJO, Calif.—Securing the first state football championship in La Serna High School’s 62-year history essentially came down to one play.

The Lancers, the pride of Whittier these days, had seen an eight-point lead narrowed to two when Grant of Sacramento used nearly 5½ minutes to drive 92 yards for a touchdown as the fourth quarter wound down in the CIF Division 2-AA championship game Dec. 8 at Saddleback College.

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Dan Wood is a community sports reporter based in Orange County, California. He has covered sports professionally for some 43 years, spending nearly three decades in the newspaper industry and 14 years in radio. He is an avid music fan, with a strong lean toward country and classic rock.
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