Split City : Valley-Area Teams Win 2 of 4 Championship Games

The Valley region earned a split in four high school football championships games played Friday. El Camino Real dominated Carson and won the City Section 3-A Division title, 42-0, in the first half of a doubleheader at the Coliseum. In the second game, San Pedro defeated Taft in the 4-A Division final for the second consecutive year, this time by a score of 24-9. In the Southern Section, Notre Dame also lost a final for the second year in a row. The Knights led by a point until Blake Bigelow kicked his fourth field goal of the game, from 28 yards out, with 19 seconds left to give Arroyo Grande the Division III title, 19-17. Paraclete came out on top in a two-point game, 8-6, over Banning in a Division XI contest. Quincy Wright of El Camino Real was the individual standout, rushing for 172 yards and four touchdowns. The El Camino Real defense forced four turnovers. Stories, C1, C11-13