FACTS AND FIGURES : The 10-Year Record

A survey of the performance of Century League teams from 1985-96 in league, nonleague and Southern Section playoff games:

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LEAGUE GAMES Yrs W L T Pct Ch Santa Ana 3 14 1 0 .933 3 Villa Park 10 30 19 1 .610 3 El Modena 10 28 20 2 .580 3 Foothill 10 28 20 2 .580 3 Orange 7 15 18 2 .457 2 Canyon 10 15 31 4 .340 0 Santa Ana Valley 10 13 34 3 .290 1

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Ch denotes league championships, including co-championships

NONLEAGUE GAMES

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vs. division or higher 86 95 1 .475 vs. lower divisions 63 48 6 .564 vs. non-Section 1 0 0 1.000 Totals 150 143 7 .512

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Records are for all league teams against opposition in same or higher divisions, in lower divisions, and non-Southern Section teams

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PLAYOFFS Yrs W L Pct Ch Santa Ana 3 4 3 .571 0 Foothill 5 6 5 .545 0 Santa Ana Valley 1 1 1 .500 0 Villa Park 7 6 7 .462 0 El Modena 7 4 7 .364 0 Orange 3 1 3 .250 0 Canyon 4 0 4 .000 0 Totals 22 30 .423 0

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Ch denotes section championships

1996 in Review

Foothill clinched its third league title in four seasons with a convincing victory over Canyon in the regular-season finale. Both teams entered the game with 4-0 league records, but Foothill’s Franklin Haynes rushed for 185 yards to lead the Knights, who held the Comanches to 30 yards of offense.

Foothill boasted the league’s top quarterback and running back. Tyler Lang completed 55% of his passes for 2,025 yards and 24 touchdowns and Haynes rushed for 1,615 yards and 14 touchdowns.

El Modena clinched third place with a 15-14 victory over Villa Park in the final week, stopping the Spartans at the Vanguard 33 with less than a minute remaining. Canyon finished second behind the twin-brother combination of quarterback Craig and wide receiver Chad Scott.

Villa Park’s Dache Dameron rushed for 1,113 yards, but the Spartans lost five of six games decided by seven points or less.

Foothill was the only league team to advance past the first round of the playoffs. Newport Harbor eliminated Foothill in the second round, 27-18. In the first round, El Modena lost to eventual Division V champion Santa Margarita, 51-6, and Canyon lost to Tustin, 41-21.

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League Standings W L T Foothill 5 0 0 Canyon 4 1 0 EL Modena 3 2 0 Orange 2 3 0 Villa Park 1 4 0 Santa Ana Valley 0 5 0

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Overall Standings W L T TP PA Foothill 9 3 0 365 197 Canyon 7 4 0 210 235 EL Modena 4 7 0 138 316 Orange 4 6 0 161 275 Villa Park 3 7 0 183 204 Santa Ana Valley 0 10 0 144 468

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Leaders

Statistics include regular-season games only

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PASSING Att Cp TD Yds Lang, Foothill 182 97 20 1,612 Starr, Orange 191 101 5 1,529 Silvas, SA Valley 194 91 14 1,275 Cr. Scott, Canyon 128 72 8 1,043 M. Garcia, El Modena 133 71 1 835 Jackson, Villa Park 86 58 2 552

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RUSHING Att Yds Avg Haynes, Foothill 147 1,496 10.1 Dameron, Villa Park 167 1,113 6.7 Williams, El Modena 191 867 4.5 Tarkeshian, Canyon 140 682 4.9 Perry, Orange 78 379 4.9 Newman, Foothill 65 302 4.6 Wann, Villa Park 68 294 4.3 Montgomery, Canyon 39 265 6.8 Soto, Orange 62 257 4.1 Bobo, Santa Ana Valley 83 227 2.7

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RECEIVING Rec Yds Avg Deason, Orange 51 874 17.1 Save, Santa Ana Valley 49 723 14.8 Ch. Scott, Canyon 34 399 11.7 Hall, Foothill 31 639 20.6 Concolino, Foothill 25 420 16.8 Edmisten, El Modena 22 214 9.7 Perry, Orange 21 268 12.8 Mariner, Foothill 20 334 16.7 Sherrill, El Modena 20 199 10.0 Fort, Santa Ana Valley 18 248 13.8

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SCORING TD FG XP Pts Haynes, Foothill 12 0 0 72 Deason, Orange 9 0 0 54 Hall, Foothill 9 0 0 54 Williams, El Modena 8 0 4 52 Concalino, Foothill 5 0 13 43 Tarkeshian, Canyon 7 0 0 42 Bartlett, Santa Ana Valley 6 0 2 38 Dameron, Villa Park 6 0 2 38 Walker, Canyon 0 6 15 33 Mariner, Foothill 5 0 2 32

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