PHOTOS: Dana Hills captures overtime victory over Irvine in wild PCL opener

Christian Guarascio carries the ball for Dana Hills Friday night against Irvine. (Photos courtesy Jim Tomlin).

Dana Hills High School football team captured a wild 50-49 overtime victory over defending league champion Irvine Friday night in the Pacific Coast League opener for both teams at Irvine Stadium.

“It’s a big win for our program; Irvine has been the best team in our league, beating them is a big deal to us,” said Dana Hills Coach Tony Henney on Saturday.

“We went for two at end of first OT; (we) thought (it was) better to try and be better than them on one play.”

To see the slide show, click on the first photo:

Dana Hils captain (from left) Ethan Torbert, Christian Guarascio, Blaize Bolter and Johnny Owen head out for the coin toss.

Irvine captains (from left) Harry Soltes, Solomon Carrillo, Alex Godinez and Joseph Tierney head out for the coin toss.

Christian Guarascio of Dana Hills dives over for the winning PAT.

Irvine's Nathan Sasaki makes a catch against Dana Hills.

Dana Hills quarterback Connor Vernon hands off to running back Christian Guarascio.

Deacon Moss kicked seven point afters for Irvine.

Irvine Coach Tom Ricci guides his team Friday night.

Chase Berry of Dana Hills tries to get past Ian Hew of Irvine.

Deacon Hill of Dana Hills gets ready for a kick with holder Brayden Muir.

After Irvine (4-4, 0-1) scored to go ahead 49-42 in overtime on a quarterback sneak by Joseph Tierney, Dana Hills (6-2, 1-0) countered when Chase Berry hauled in a 25-yard TD screen pass. Christian Guarascio then ran off tackle to the left for the 2-point conversion and the victory, setting off a celebration on the Dana Hills sidelines.

Guarascio was the leading rusher for the Dolphins with 164 yards on 38 carries and three touchdowns. Chase Berry had five catches for 125 and three touchdowns and three kick returns for an additional 107 yards.

Noah Kucera hauled in eight catches for 128 yards.

Quarterback Connor Vernon completed 14 of 27 passes for 259 yards and four touchdowns. Nate Depierro had one touchdown catch.

Tierney, the Irvine quarterback had quite a game, completing 13 of 19 passes for 297 yards and two touchdowns with one interception. Tierney also rushed for 99 yards on eight carries and two touchdowns.

Deacon Moss was Irvine’s leading receiver with seven catches for 140 yards and one touchdown. Ian Hew had three catches for 79 yards and a touchdown.

Evan Hasegawa was Irvine’s leading rusher with 171 yards on 23 carries and three touchdowns.

Moss also kicked seven point afters for the Vaqueros.