Centennial squeeks past Clovis West

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Corona Centennial strung together its most important drive of the season midway through the fourth quarter, then made its biggest defensive stop, resulting in a 31-24 victory that set up a showdown with top-ranked Mater Dei next Thursday at Santa Ana Stadium.

Ryan Bass ended the game-winning drive by scoring on a two-yard touchdown run with 6:47 left in the game. Bass started the drive with his two longest runs of the game, covering 24 and 19 yards. He finished with 143 yards and a touchdown in 26 carries.

Centennial’s defense then came up big when it needed to most, stopping Clovis West short of the first-down marker near midfield on fourth and two.

Still, Centennial Coach Matt Logan, who recorded his 100th victory in 10 1/2 seasons at the school, saw plenty of room for improvement.

‘We made some bad mistakes out there,’ he said. ‘We are inexperienced, we only had four starters back on offense.’

At least the second-ranked Huskies had the same offensive line for consecutive games for the first time this season.

- Dan Arritt