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Dorsey’s 74-16 victory over Cleveland in the first round of the City Section football playoffs last Friday set a school record for points in a game. The previous record, 72, was established against Narbonne in 1988. . . . Roosevelt’s four-set victory over top-seeded Chatsworth in the City Section Division 4-A girls’ volleyball final Saturday at Occidental College was its first since moving up to the major division in 1987. . . . Garfield senior Eddy Sanchez was a surprise winner at the City Section boys’ cross-country final Saturday at Pierce College, running the 3.1-mile course in 15 minutes 42 seconds and upsetting Belmont junior Manuel Lopez. . . . Loyola’s Mike Vanis extended his season rushing total to 1,104 yards after gaining 152 yards in the Cubs’ 38-22 victory over Fountain Valley in a Southern Section Division I football playoff opener Friday. . . . Paced by a sweep in the singles’ matches, Bell upset Carson, 6-1, in the City Section 3-A girls’ tennis final Friday at the Studio City Racquet Centre. Aida Lugo, Belmont’s No. 1 singles player, defeated Carson’s Anna Lissa Bentulan, 6-3, 6-3, to lead the Eagles to their first title. . . . Crenshaw, the defending boys’ basketball champion in the City Section, opens the season at perennial Southern Section power Riverside North on Wednesday night at 7. . . . Bell, trailing, 3-0, got a break when Birmingham’s Lavon Rockett fumbled. Juan Hernandez scored from seven yards out with 2:59 to play, giving the Eagles a 7-3 victory in the first round of the City 3-A playoffs.