Prep SCOREBOARD

TOP PERFORMERS

Mission Viejo’s Tim Snowden completed all 12 of his pass attempts for 208 yards and four touchdowns--including two to Doug Roberson--to lead Mission Viejo to a 42-12 victory over Long Beach Jordan.

Rob Johnson completed 15 of 22 passes--to seven receivers--for 180 yards and two touchdowns as El Toro opened its season with a 41-0 victory over Wyoming Valley West in Pennsylvania.

Vince Church rushed for 255 yards in 25 carries, scored on runs of 79, 30 and 29 yards and on a 32-yard pass play. He also stopped a Cypress drive with an interception in Kennedy’s 26-14 victory. Church’s performance overshadowed a 290-yard, two-touchdown passing performance by Cypress’ Gabe Garcia.

Junior Eric Ayala returned the opening kickoff 88 yards for a touchdown, then a punt 84 yards for a score and also had a one-yard touchdown run in El Dorado’s 34-9 victory over Century.

LATE HEROICS

Mike Castleberry sacked Corona’s Gary Graves at the Santa Ana Valley 40 on the final play of the game to preserve a 14-14 season-opening tie.

NOTEWORTHY

Carlos Lopez scored the first varsity football points in Century history, on a 30-yard field goal in the first quarter, but the Centurions dropped a 34-9 decision to El Dorado.

Despite being outgained, 234-138, in total yardage, Sonora presented new coach Terry Cox with a victory in his debut at the school, a 16-8 decision over Canyon.

ODDS AND ENDS

Booster clubs traditionally have collected funds at high school football games through 50-50 raffles or drawings for an automobile or vacation, but Troy High School’s band boosters have devised an unusual method of earning money this season.

The boosters are staging a “Guess the Weight of the Band” drawing throughout the season with the drawing scheduled for Nov. 2. Fans are being asked to guess the combined total weight of 43 band, 31 drill and 11 tall flag members.

The $1 drawing includes the weight of the band’s instruments. Student Lee Barron offered this helpful tip for those who play. “My tuba weights about 30 pounds,” he said.

ON THE RECORD

‘It’s sweet to beat one of the best programs in Orange County. I have a lot of memories from when I played there. I looked out there and saw (Mater Dei’s) red helmets with the three (white) stripes and it brought it all back to me.’

--Eric Patton, Capistrano Valley coach who played linebacker at Mater Dei in the 1960s, on getting an 18-15 victory over his alma mater.