Prep SCOREBOARD : HOW TOP 10 FARED

1. El Toro(7-0)

beat Irvine(5-2), 18-0, Thursday. 2. Capistrano Valley (6-1)

beat San Clemente (4-3), 42-21. 3. Tustin (7-0)

beat Saddleback (3-4), 28-10. 4. Esperanza (7-0)

beat Loara (3-4), 12-7. 5. Edison (6-1)

beat Westminister (2-4), 36-9. 6. Mission Viejo (6-1)

beat Dana Hills (3-3-1), 40-20. 7. Valencia (7-0)

beat Magnolia (1-6), 35-0. 8. La Quinta (7-0)

beat Kennedy (2-5), 38-7. 9. Huntington Beach (5-1)

Plays Santa Ana (0-6) tonight. 10. Irvine (5-2)

lost to El Toro (7-0), 18-0, Thursday. TOP PERFORMERS Cypress tailback Byran Dawson gained 64 of his 124 rushing yards and scored two touchdowns in the fourth quarter to lead the Centurions to a 15-7 victory over El Dorado in an Empire League game.

Angel Barrios ran for 196 yards in 22 carries and three touchdowns to help Buena Park stun La Habra, 54-0, for only its second Freeway League victory since 1983.

Tim Snowden completed 19 of 25 passes for 288 yards and three touchdowns in just over three quarters to lead Mission Viejo to a 40-20 South Coast League decision over San Clemente.

LATE HEROICS Estancia stopped Laguna Beach running back Jason Levinson on a two-point conversion run with 2:20 to play to preserve a 21-20 Pacific Coast League victory.

ODDS AND ENDS Item from the Tustin Booster club newsletter, inviting fans to the post-game party:

”. . . It’s your only opportunity to meet the Coaches during the season--at least the only time they appear to be mellow.” After Esperanza’s Clay King kicked a field goal in the first quarter for a 3-0 lead, the Aztec band began chanting, “Na-na-na-na, hey-hey-hey, goodbye.”

It wasn’t quite that easy.

The Aztecs needed an interception by Derek Reaves in the final 10 seconds to hold on to a 12-7 Empire League victory over Loara.

NOTEWORTHY Santa Margarita, which defeated Santa Maria 20-12, used three buses to go to Santa Maria and all three broke down en route. Originally the school had two buses, but one broke down in Carson and another bus had to replace it. The replacement bus broke down as well as the other original bus. Santa Margarita left for its game at 10 a.m. and did not arrive until 7 p.m. at Santa Maria, which is about 30 miles south of San Luis Obispo.

ON THE RECORD

“Having Tim herewas one of the reasons we were so jittery in the first half. The locker room was pretty teary before the game. It has been a bad week for us.”

--Mike Roark, Brethren coach, after his players wore patches on their jerseys in honor of teammate Tim Nichol, a running back who suffered a torn hear valve in a game last week. Nichol was hospitalized last weekend for observation and was released early this week. He was on the sidelines for Friday night’s 17-14 victory over Orange Lutheran.