Northwood football players come out to the field for Saturday’s regional bowl game. (Photo: Fernando M. Donado, For OC Sports Zone).
Northwood’s football team, which captured the CIF Division 11 title last weekend (the first football crown in the school’s history) was out to earn a berth in next weekend’s state final.
The Timberwolves hosted Righetti Saturday at Irvine Stadium.
CIF Central Section 7 champion Righetti wins 14-7 and moves on to face Sacred Heart, which defeated University Prep 20-0 in the Northern California Bowl game.
Highlights from earlier:
Righetti 14, Northwood 7 (FINAL)
—Righetti takes a 7-0 lead on a 41-yard TD run by Elias Martinez with 11:57 left in the second quarter.
—Northwood got to the Righetti 31 late in the second quarter but could not convert on fourth down and fumbled with 23 seconds left.
—-In the fourth, Northwood has the ball on Righetti 38 following a fake punt which earned Northwood first down. Righetti stopped Harper on 4th and 1 at the 27.
—-Righetti scored on an18-yard TD by Bradley Spence. Northwood answered with a TD run by Eugene Miyata with 2:05 left. Northwood was unable to recover an onside kick.
—-Righetti fumble, Northwood recovers on Rigehtti 42. 1:44 left.
—Righetti intercepts in end zone with 1:00 left. Northwood has no timeouts left. Righetti runs out the clock and heads to the state finals next weekend.
GAME STORY: Righetti ends Northwood’s bid to reach state final
FEATURE: Despite loss, Coach JC Clarke enjoyed the journey
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