Irvine’s Deacon Moss has a big punt return Friday night against University. (Photos courtesy Jim Tomlin, For OC Sports Zone).
Irvine High School’s football team topped University 42-7 Friday night at Irvine Stadium to win the Pacific Hills league title on senior night and homecoming.
Irvine (7-3, 3-0) had already clinched a share of the league title with a win over Beckman last week.
Coach Tom Ricci’s Irvine team leveraged a two-man wrecking crew to account for 34 of its 42 points.
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Junior running back Brandon Figueroa scored three first half touchdowns on runs of 7, 32 and 30 yards. Versatile junior Deacon Moss scored on a 55-yard punt return and a 16-yard pass reception and kicked four extra points.
Sophomore quarterback Sina Saferzadeh ran for a two-point conversion and threw a pair of touchdown passes, the second one on a 48-yarder to senior Chase Russom. Moss had 101 all-purpose yards.
University’s only score came on a second quarter 5-yard pass from senior Blaine Anderson to senior Brooks Beckmann. Senior Jonathan Soto had 144 all-purpose yards for University.
The Trojans (4-6 overall, 1-2 in league) are hoping for an at-large berth in the CIF playoffs. Teams that have .500 overall records get first priority in filling out CIF playoff brackets.
—Courtesy Daryl Bogard, For OC Sports Zone
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