De La Cruz, Boller Establish Records

Quarterbacks Robert De La Cruz of Cathedral and Kyle Boller of Newhall Hart high schools had record-setting performances Friday night in Southern Section quarterfinal playoff games.

De La Cruz passed for three touchdowns in Cathedral’s 28-18 Division XII victory over Rosamond, giving him a national-record 60 for the season.

Josh Floyd of Shiloh Christian in Springdale, Ark., established a national record last week when he threw his 58th touchdown pass. On Friday, Floyd threw one scoring pass in a 54-21 victory over Arkansas Baptist in the quarterfinals of Arkansas’ class-AA playoffs.

Cathedral competes in Division XII--the Southern Section’s second smallest 11-man football division. Shiloh Christian competes in Arkansas’s smallest division.

De La Cruz, a junior, completed 15 of 29 passes for 249 yards against Rosamond. De La Cruz has passed for 3,763 yards this season.

De La Cruz threw touchdown passes of 25 yards to Earvin Johnson and 14 and 24 yards to Julian Nava.

Boller, a senior, completed his first 14 passes and finished with 29 completions in 34 attempts for 441 yards and five touchdowns in Hart’s 51-12 Division II victory over La Canada St. Francis.

Boller’s season total is 4,503 yards, breaking the state single season-record record of 4,362 set by Chris Czernek of Newbury Park in 1995.

Boller has thrown 56 touchdown passes.

Boller is just 155 yards short of breaking the national record for single-season yardage set by Phillip Deas of Evangel Christian in Shreveport, La.

Boller completed passes to nine different receivers despite the absence of All-American Jerry Owens, who is out for the season with a broken leg. Jared Bazar had eight catches for 138 yards and a touchdown.