Roundup : Riddle Runs Rancho Alamitos to 9-7 Victory Over Costa Mesa

Dana Riddle rushed for 317 yards in 37 carries to lead Rancho Alamitos High School to a 9-7 victory over Costa Mesa in a nonleague football game Friday at Garden Grove High School.

Riddle scored Rancho Alamitos’ only touchdown on a 95-yard run in the first quarter. Playing inside linebacker, he also gave Rancho Alamitos two points with a fourth-quarter safety.

“He had a 48-yard run called back because of holding in the third quarter,” Rancho Alamitos Coach Mark Miller said. “It’s too bad we had so much called back or he could have had 400 yards.”

Costa Mesa scored on a 56-yard pass from Duby Ostina to David Phillips in the second quarter.

In other nonleague games:

Fullerton 21, Whittier 0--The Indians (2-0) scored two first-quarter touchdowns and used a strong defensive effort in front of 2,100 at Cal High.

Early in the first quarter, Fullerton fullback Marcus Roberson ran 75 yards with a short pass from Rene Arias for the first touchdown. Later in the first quarter, tailback Chris Escalera ran five yards on an option play for the second touchdown.

Arias completed a three-yard pass to Bobby Patel for the final score midway through the second quarter.

The defense “did a superb job stopping the run all night long,” Fullerton Coach Reginald Hill said.

Troy 46, El Dorado 0--Chad Brasington scored three touchdowns to lead the Warriors (2-0) in front of 2,000 at Fullerton High School. Brasington scored on runs of 35, 11 and four yards and finished with 75 yards rushing. Quarterback Greg Windle threw a pair of touchdown passes, both to wide receiver Ryan Russell. Windle connected with Russell on a 30-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter. The two teamed again on a 17-yard scoring play in the second quarter. Eldon Davis also scored two touchdowns on runs of one and four yards. Troy forced seven turnovers in posting its second consecutive shutout. El Dorado is 0-2.

Esperanza 20, Barstow 6--Senior tailback Lance Brown ran for two touchdowns at Valencia High School. Brown finished with 128 yards in 12 carries.

Mayfair 26, Garden Grove 9--Quarterback David Partin completed five of 15 passes for 69 yards and two touchdowns and fullback Marvin Morton rushed for 102 yards in 18 carries as Mayfair won its second consecutive game. Garden Grove is 1-1.

Walnut 20, Magnolia 9--Linebacker Dave Flores, a 5-foot-5, 150-pound junior, led a stingy Mustang defense with a 85-yard interception return for a first-quarter touchdown to pace the visitors in a nonleague game at Western High School. Flores also had a fumble recovery as the Mustangs held Magnolia to minus 35 yards rushing.

For the Sentinels (0-2), senior running back caught four passes for 97 yards and Magnolia’s lone touchdown. Magnolia quarterback Elliott Parker was nine of 16 for 168 yards, but had two interceptions, including the one by Flores.

On offense, visiting Walnut (1-1) featured a balanced rushing attack which ran up 183 yards and saw four players gain more than 40 yards apiece. Corona del Mar 9, Marina 0-- Fullback Jerrott Willard caught a 10-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Todd Kehrli and kicked a 44-yard field goal to account for all of Corona del Mar’s scoring at Davidson Field.

In eight-man nonleague football:

Claremont-Garden Grove 34, Ambassador Baptist 8--Eric Tessaorre scored three touchdowns and had nine rushes for 82 yards to lead visiting Claremont. Claremont was in control the whole way and had a 26-0 lead at halftime.