Barons Rout Marina, Hope for Playoff Berth

Fountain Valley scored 35 unanswered points and held Marina to 93 yards in total offense as the Barons closed out the regular season with a 38-7 Sunset League victory Thursday at Westminster High School.

Fountain Valley (5-5 overall, 2-3) took sole possession of fourth place in the league standings and remains in contention for an at-large berth in the Southern Section Division I playoffs.

The loss proved damaging to Marina (6-4, 1-4), which with a victory could have made things fairly easy for the Division I selection committee.

Marina held a 7-3 lead with 4 minutes 42 seconds left in the first quarter after Beau Brown connected with Adam Hayward on a 23-yard touchdown pass.

But the Barons scored 14 points in a 19-second span later in the quarter to take the lead for good.

Casey Clark found Chad Triplett for a 37-yard scoring pass as the Barons regained the lead, 10-7, with 1:34 left in the quarter.

Then Fountain Valley’s Thomas Salue recovered a fumble deep in Viking territory, and Kjelf Johnson scored on the next play, a four-yard run.

Parris Moore, who led the Barons with 128 yards rushing in 16 carries, added a five-yard touchdown run midway through the second quarter.

Vincent Nguyen intercepted two passes for the Barons, returning the first 37 yards for a touchdown.