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TOP PERFORMERS

Mission Viejo quarterback Tim Snowden completed 20 of 25 passes for 278 yards and four touchdowns to lead the Diablos to a 35-6 victory over Schurr in the first round of the Division III playoffs.

Villa Park High School senior halfback Gary Bladow rushed for 196 yards in 17 carries to lead the Spartans to a 48-28 victory over Esperanza in the first round of the Division III playoffs. Bladow scored three touchdowns, including a 40-yard sprint up the middle in the second quarter that erased a 14-6 Esperanza lead.

NOTEWORTHY

Herb Hill’s 31-year coaching career came to end Friday night as his Loara High School football team lost to Santa Ana, 3-0, in the first round of the Southern Section Division III playoffs. Hill is Orange County’s all-time winningest coach with a record of 191-111-11. He coached 28 years at Loara and three at Rancho Alamitos.

UPSETS

La Mirada marched 78 yards in 14 plays late in the game for the winning touchdown, stunning previously unbeaten Estancia, 15-12, in the first round of the Division VI playoffs.

James Jackson scored two touchdowns and recovered a fumble in the final four minutes to help Dominguez stun Los Alamitos, 18-15, in the first round of the Division III playoffs.

ON DEFENSE

Corona del Mar wide receiver/defensive back Warren Johnson has had three interceptions this season--one in Friday night’s 10-0 victory over Pacifica--but Johnson, who had five in last year’s playoffs, said he’s ready to pick up his pick count. “I didn’t have one deep pass to me during league (play),” Johnson said. “But now they’re gonna start passing deep. So I’m gonna get ‘em.”

ODDS AND ENDS

Coy Collins, Loara High School’s star running back, missed Friday’s Southern Section Division III playoff game because of a deep thigh bruise. Collins, who gained 1,666 yards during the regular season, was injured in last week’s Empire League finale against El Dorado. Without Collins, the Saxons lost, 3-0, to Santa Ana.

Sunny Hills, the top-seeded team in the Southern Section Division VI playoffs, sacked Kennedy quarterback Vince Church five times and recorded four tackles for losses in a 28-0 first-round shutout.

It only got worse for Troy, which was held to four yards total offense in the first half of its Division VI playoff game against Western. In the second half, Troy was held to only two, and the Warriors lost, 13-0.

ON THE RECORD

‘Oh, God. I thought I was going to kill myself for that fake punt. We came into the game thinking that we’re not going to hold anything back. We threw everything at them but the kitchen sink.’ -- Roger Takahashi, La Quinta coach, on the Aztecs’ trick plays, some of which worked and some of which didn’t in a 19-14 victory over Valencia.

‘There were some big holes out there tonight. I just tried to read the blocks and make the right moves.’ -- Shane Sherman, Edison running back, who ran for 153 yards and two touchdowns in the Chargers’ 20-10 Division I playoff victory over Crespi.

‘I was concerned coming in. I didn’t know how we’d react after such an emotional loss last week that cost us the league championship and the county championship.’ -- Bob Johnson, El Toro coach, after second-ranked El Toro had beaten Gahr, 43-8, in the first round of the Division III playoffs, one week after a 22-21 loss to Capistrano Valley.

‘I told our kids to be prepared for something tough.’ -- Ken Sutch, Paramount coach, after his defending Division III champions struggled to hold off El Modena, 13-3.