PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE FOOTBALL : Tran Rushes for 317 Yards, Costa Mesa Rolls

Costa Mesa’s Binh Tran took control of the game Thursday night on the first play and the Mustangs routed Laguna Beach, 58-20, at Newport Harbor.

Tran scored the first of his four touchdowns when he took the handoff from quarterback Ryan Taylor and ran 63 yards down the sideline 31 seconds into the game. Tran carried 18 times for 317 yards, which ties him with Dana Riddle of Rancho Alamitos for the 10th best rushing performance in Orange County history. He also holds the sixth spot with 333 yards in 1992 game. Tran came out of the game with 6:47 left in the third quarter.

“Our offensive line finally clicked for me,” said Tran, who had touchdown runs of 63, 76, 27 and 96 yards. “This is the first time we’ve had everybody back and healthy.”

The Mustangs (3-2-1, 1-0) scored five times in the first half. Taylor completed six of seven passes for 90 yards and a touchdown. After Adam McNally recovered a fumble on the Artist 48, Taylor completed a 13-yard pass to Corey Sides with 2:20 remaining in the first for a touchdown. Dwane Crenshaw had a one-yard touchdown run with 9:45 remaining in the half, to give the Mustangs a 21-0 lead and Tran ran in his second touchdown with 6:39 left. Bryan Luxembourger made the score 31-7 at the half on a 26-yard field goal.

Laguna Beach (1-5, 0-1) was out of sync all night. On the opening kickoff of the second half, Liam McDonagh fumbled the fair catch on the Artist 33 and three plays later, Tran ran it in from 27 yards out.