An initial glance wouldn’t reveal a whole lot in common between Southern California football programs at San Clemente High School and Sunny Hills in Fullerton.
The San Clemente Tritons, after all, were the top-ranked public school in Orange County this past season. They rolled through the very strong South Coast League undefeated, qualified for the highest level of the CIF Southern Section playoffs, Division 1, and finished with a 9–2 record.