Orange Lutheran victory over Los Alamitos is complete

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Blake Hyepock completed 16 of 20 passes for 179 yards and two touchdowns, both to Blake Ayles (pictured left) to lift No. 6 Orange Lutheran (5-0) over No. 18 Los Alamitos (3-1) Friday at Cal State Fullerton.

Lutheran’s 31-8 victory was thorough in the battle between two of the Southland’s top teams.

Hyepock, hammered on the first play of the game and fumbling for a 13-yard loss, got his revenge by marching Lutheran downfield on its first two possessions for touchdowns. The first, covering 75 yards, ended with a 17-yard pass that split three defenders that Ayles caught in the end zone. The second drive went 68 yards, and though Hyepock had a 20-yard completion, the big play was Ricky Pemasa’s 42-yard run. Tyson Seneca scored from the one.

After a short punt, Lutheran added to its lead 25 seconds before the half, completing a 40-yard drive on Pemasa’s four-yard run. James Rammelsberg connected on a 35-yard field goal in the third to stretch the lead to 24-0 before Los Alamitos put together its only scoring drive, which ended with Clark Evans passing 18 yards to Darryl Jenkins.

Early in the fourth quarter, Hyepock completed a 73-yard drive with an eight-yard pass to the 6-foot-4 Ayles, who out-jumped the defender in the end zone.

Before Los Alamitos started playing its reserves, it gained 179 yards passing and only nine yards rushing against the Lutheran defense. Evans passed for 75 yards on the one scoring drive.

- Martin Henderson

--Image by Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times