Rueda’s Kick Rescues Anaheim

Oscar Rueda kicked a 26-yard field goal with 1 minute 9 seconds to play, giving Anaheim High School a 16-14 nonleague victory over Cypress Thursday night at Western High.

The Colonists (1-3) had missed an opportunity to go ahead with 4:06 left when running back Robert Jones was stopped on a two-point conversion attempt after an eight-yard touchdown run by Che Garcia that had made the score 14-13. But linebacker Say Iemsisanith recovered a fumble by Cypress running back Bryan Dawson at the Centurion 24-yard line to set up the winning field goal.

Cypress (1-3) had taken a 14-7 lead on Dawson’s five-yard run with 9:19 to play. Dawson scored Cypress’ other touchdown on a one-yard run in the second quarter.

Limited to two first downs in the first half, Anaheim opened the third quarter with a nine-play, 61-yard drive that was capped by Garcia’s 13-yard touchdown run. Garcia finished with 77 yards in 11 carries, all in the second half.

Cypress quarterback Gabe Garcia completed nine of 18 passes for 151 yards to lead the Centurions.