Roundup: See how all of San Diego’s high school football teams fared on Friday

It takes all three phases of the game — offense, defense and special teams — to upset a highly rated team.

Friday night, No. 5  Carlsbad High School (7-0, 2-0) rolled up 187 yards rushing and 188 yards passing in a 31-17 Avocado West League win over No. 3 Mission Hills (6-1, 1-1).

And the Lancers’ special teams were just that.

Darian Webb’s 18-yard punt return helped set up the first Carlsbad score. Ethan Meyerhoof had a 69-yard kickoff return to set up the Lancers at the Mission Hills 30 and a second-quarter score.

Liam Campbell’s 21-yard punt return put Carlsbad in position for Beckham Filippini to kick a 48-yard field goal on the final play of the first half.

“Mission Hills is a really good football team. I mean, really good,” said Carlsbad coach Thadd MacNeal. “But when you run the ball like we did tonight and throw it like we did, we’re tough to beat. But throw in the special teams play we got … long returns, a long field goal … we’re tough to beat.”

Top 10

No. 1 Lincoln 54, La Jolla 3: Junior Curtis carried nine times for 68 yards and scored three touchdowns for Lincoln (6-1) in a nonleague win. Kainan Manna completed 5 of 8 passes for 168 yards and one TD and also ran for a score. Nico Thompson had two catches for 86 yards, while Dareyen Bridges had two catches for 52 yards and a TD. King David Dunn had one catch for 73 yards and hauled in a two-point conversion. Jamari Sharrell had a 35-yard fumble recovery. La Jolla is 4-3.

Point Loma 14, No. 2 Cathedral Catholic 7: Point Loma tight end Leo Sahd caught a 29-yard touchdown pass from Henry Hauser midway through the fourth quarter to supply the winning score in the nonleague game. Boise State commit Romeo Carter intercepted a pass to secure the victory. Ryder Watson scored the Pointers’ first TD on a 2-yard run. Cathedral scored on a 6-yard run by backup quarterback Joshua Faraimo. Cathedral was without quarterback Brady Palmer (shoulder) and running back Honor Fa’alave-Johnson (concussion protocol). Point Loma is 7-0, while Cathedral falls to 5-2.

No. 4 La Costa Canyon 49, No. 7 San Marcos 35: Quinn Roth threw five touchdown passes for LCC, part of a 205-yard performance in an Avocado West League win. Coby Herman rushed 19 times for 163 yards and finished with three TDs. Zamar Reese scored all five San Marcos touchdowns. He rushed 20 times for 104 yards and caught six passes for 128. LCC forced four turnovers, including interceptions by Henry Mallory and Ford Mitchell.

No. 6 Granite Hills 29, No. 9 Mt. Miguel 16: Granite Hills (4-3, 1-0 Grossmont Hills) rallied from a 16-14 deficit to edge Mount Miguel (5-3, 1-1) in a Grossmont Hills League win. Davion Williams capped a 65-yard drive by running in from 4 yards out 40 seconds into the fourth quarter to give the Eagles a 22-16 lead. Noah Walker grabbed a 12-yard TD pass from Zach Benitez with 4:32 remaining to clinch the victory.

No. 8 Rancho Bernardo 24, El Camino 6: Gaige Weddle threw touchdown passes of 45 yards to Cristiaan Gonzalez and 19 yards to Hugo Gonzalez for Rancho Bernardo (7-0, 2-0) in the Avocado East League game. Weddle also had a 26-yard TD run. El Camino (2-5, 0-2) got a pair of field goals from Adam Spencer.

Torrey Pines 40, No. 10 Poway 22: Dominic Rocha scored on runs of 15, 10 and 4 yards as Torrey Pines (4-3) beat Poway (3-4) in the nonleague game. Logan Bonneau had a 47-yard TD run for the Falcons and Sonny Villegas scored on a 1-yard run. Blake Miller hit Kingston Bankston with a 30-yard TD pass. Logan Jorgensen had a 99-yard kickoff return for Poway as well as a 1-yard TD run. James Clifford had six tackles, two tackles for losses, a sack, a forced fumble and blocked a PAT.

Avocado East League

Oceanside 23, Del Norte 14: Anthony Barquinero threw for 128 yards and a touchdown to Kymani Nua, who had four catches for 79 yards for Oceanside (3-4, 1-0). Neke Letuli rushed 23 times for 110 yards and a TD for the Pirates. Del Norte is 3-4, 0-1.

Central League

Coronado 38, Clairemont 8: Chase Jenkins scored a pair of touchdowns and Jake Nelson, Deklan Shann and Sean Bryant all found the end zone for the Islanders (4-2, 1-0). Clairemont is 1-7, 0-2.

Canyon Hills 22, Kearny 14: Makai Fields-Cook scored touchdowns on runs of 6 and 4 yards, leading Canyon Hills (4-3, 2-0). For Kearny (3-4, 0-1), Kai Nguyen had a 45-yard run that set up his 1-yard scoring run. His 42-yard pass to Jayvon Peterson set up a 2-yard TD by Mathieu Reeves.

City League

Mission Bay 28, Mira Mesa 10: Trey Arnold threw two touchdown passes to Jayden Marcelino and one each to Sean Lander and Nestor Bautista as Mission Bay improved to 8-0, 2-0. For Mira Mesa (3-4, 0-2), Kamari Black caught four passes for 140 yards. Niko Cato had 12 tackles, including five for loss.

Patrick Henry 49, Hoover 28: Zaiden Gravely caught six passes for 82 yards for Patrick Henry (3-5, 1-1), five of which went for touchdowns. Madin Gardini completed 13 of 19 for 200 yards and five TDs. Calvin Glenn carried eight times for 113 yards and two TDs and caught five passes for 66 yards. For Hoover (3-4, 0-2), Hez Manuel completed 12 of 23 passes for 221 yards and three TDs. Abdul Abdallah had four catches for 116 yards and two TDs.

Coastal League

Santa Fe Christian 42, Classical Academy 7: Dax Labrum threw touchdown passes of 51 yards to Micah Jones and 4 yards to Luke Lessa as SFC (8-0, 1-0) rolled. Brady Berg, Joshua Husmann and Owen Baker all scored on the ground, and Eion Scott returned an interception 40 yards for a score. Classical Academy fell to 2-6, 0-1

Eastern League

San Diego 31, St. Augustine 0: Kye Cooper, normally a wide receiver, had rushing touchdowns of 5, 5, and 60 yards for San Diego (5-2, 1-1). Esteban Herrera had three sacks as San Diego limited St. Augustine to 163 yards of offense. For St. Augustine (2-5, 1-1), Vince Smith passed for 96 yards and Pai Polamalu rushed for 51.

Grossmont Hills League

Helix 41, El Capitan 21: Lee Norman-Lester rushed for three touchdowns and Donte Wright added two as Helix (2-6, 1-1) snapped a four-game losing streak. Wright also intercepted a pass, and Jordan Lindley added a rushing TD. El Capitan fell to 4-4 and 0-2.

Grossmont Valley League

West Hills 17, Valhalla 7: West Hills (2-5, 2-0) forced five turnovers and used a balanced offense to win its second straight. Junior quarterback Evan Dill passed for 97 yards and had 30 of the Wolf Pack’s 137 rushing yards. Zack Marticorena and Jacob Romeo each scored rushing TDs and Christian Slojkowski drilled a 40-yard field goal. Michael Ware, Scotty Miller and E.J. Lee picked off passes for West Hills. Valhalla (1-6, 0-2) dropped its sixth straight.

Grossmont 46, Santana 6:  Tyler Holmes had passing and rushing touchdowns for Grossmont (6-1, 2-0), which led 38-0 at halftime. Jonah Martinez caught a TD pass and Isaiah Lababit added a rushing score. Kai Jones returned a fumble 75 yards, Colton Burke added another fumble recovery for six points and Kaiden Ong returned an interception for a touchdown. Santana (4-3, 1-1) was led by defenders Jordyn Gillise (10 tackles and a sack) and Maddox Eso (8 tackles, recovered fumble).

Monte Vista 27, El Cajon Valley 0: Dupree Flenoid rushed for 97 yards on 14 carries, scoring once, to lead Monte Vista (4-3, 1-1) over El Cajon Valley (2-5, 0-2). Quarterback Derrick Taylor scored on two short runs and passed for another as the Monarchs snapped a two-game losing streak.

Imperial Valley League

Holtville 32, Central 27: Enrique Armas, the section’s leading rusher, collected 340 yards on 41 carries and a pair of touchdowns as Holtville moved to 6-1, 1-0 in league. Alonso Cuevas passed for 140 yards and a pair of TDs. Santiago Cerezo intercepted his team-leading fourth pass of the season. Central slipped to 6-2, 0-2.

Imperial 38, Calexico 6: Leading 13-6 at halftime, Imperial (8-0, 2-0) dominated the second half against Calexico (3-3, 0-2).

Desert League

Palo Verde Valley 20, Vincent Memorial 14: Palo Verde Valley (4-4, 1-0) snapped a three-game losing streak while Vincent Memorial (0-6, 0-1) lost its 10th straight game dating to 2024.

Metro Mesa League

Mater Dei Catholic 35, Otay Ranch 9:  Jordan Dumaran rushed for 206 yards on 21 carries and scored three touchdowns to lead Mater Dei Catholic (5-3, 2-0) to its fourth straight victory. Larell Parker had four catches for 115 yards and a TD, while quarterback Jayden Blondin was 6 of 11 for 127 yards and three TDs. Visi Nava led the defense with solo tackles and a sack. Otay Ranch (3-5, 1-1) saw its two-game winning streak snapped.

Palomar League

Valley Center 31, Mt. Carmel 27: Braylon Mitchell threw touchdown passes of 7 and 6 yards to Jesse Morales and had a 2-yard TD run for Valley Center (3-5, 2-0). Joeisha Ryan Tirado had a 1-yard TD run and Bryan Penaloza booted a 30-yard field goal. Trevor Taumoepeau had TD passes of 75 and 38 yards for Mt. Carmel (3-5, 0-2).

Ramona 35, San Pasqual 14: Tim Paredes had touchdown runs of 58, 7 and 2 yards and caught a 27-yard TD pass as Ramona (4-4, 2-0) beat San Pasqual (4-3, 0-1). Ryan Shaw completed 11 of 14 passes for 177 yards. Robert Renteria was 20 of 34 for 241 yards for San Pasqual (4-3). Marcus Rocha caught eight passes for 87 yards.

Sunset League

Maranatha Christian 56, Victory Christian Academy 14: Ryan Niguadula had a pair of rushing touchdowns, returned a punt for a score and intercepted a pass for Maranatha (6-1, 3-0). Aaron Tasin threw for 58 yards and a TD and rushed three times for 112 yards and a score. Shane Piester threw for 34 yards and had 55 yards rushing and a TD. River Contreras ran four times for 74 yards and two scores. Victory Christian falls to 2-5, 2-2.

O’Farrell Charter 35, Tri-City Christian 0: Dakobi Coleman completed 11 of 22 passes for 126 yards and three TDs and rushed 10 times for 52 yards and two scores for O’Farrell (3-4, 2-1). Oscar Jones caught two passes for 30 yards and two TDs and Evan Kelly caught three passes for 53 yards and a score. Tri-City Christian is 0-7, 0-4.

Non-league

University City 49, Madison 45: Quentin DeMara passed for 484 yards and four touchdowns and rushed for 83 yards for University City (5-2). Deshaun Hille caught 10 passes for 209 yards and rushed for 59 yards and three TDs. Dez DeMara caught six passes for 83 yards and one TD. Madison is 2-5.

Christian 16, Scripps Ranch 15: Kaleb Runkle completed 18 of 27 passes for 171 yards and a TD for Christian (2-5). Kai Rosier caught seven passes for 86 yards and a score. Malachi Sayles scored on a 42-yard run and Parker Armstrong threw a 72-yard touchdown pass for Scripps Ranch (4-3)..

Morse 22, Crawford 13: Superior Garror rushed 29 times for 139 yards and two touchdowns and threw for 60 yards and a score for Morse (4-3). For Crawford (1-6), Khalid Ali rushed 20 times for 183 yards and a TD. Damian Monroy intercepted a pass.

Westview 17, Escondido 16: Westview (3-4) scored a fourth-quarter touchdown for the win. Escondido is 2-5.

Olympian 55, Castle Park 13: Olympian (6-1) bounced back after suffering its first loss of the season last week by topping Castle Park (1-6).

Eastlake 21, Sweetwater 19: Juan-Pablo Navarette returned two kickoffs for 80-yard-plus touchdowns to lead Eastlake (3-4) past Sweetwater (3-5). A 65-yard TD pass from Tyler Balko to Santi Aleta proved to be the margin of victory.

Bonita Vista 55, Mar Vista 6: Six Bonita Vista players — Kenneth Watson, AJ Cortes, Ta’Vyon Moore, Anthony Lopez, Lucas Cortes and Isaiah Jimenez — scored rushing touchdowns as the Barons (3-4) won their third straight game. Cole Margets returned an interception, his sixth of the season, for a TD. Mar Vista (3-4) fell for its fourth straight loss.

Montgomery 36, San Ysidro 0: Isaiah Mena-Malijan completed 17 of 23 passes for 235 yards and two touchdowns and rushed for 40 yards and a score to lead Montgomery (5-2) past San Ysidro (4-3).Qassim Williams caught five passes for 101 yards and rushed 12 times for 56 yards and another score, while Marquis Benton added a touchdown receiving. Issac Espinosa led the defense with 11 tackles and an interception for a touchdown. Vili Trollinger had 11 tackles, while Jayden Hawkins had seven tackles and forced a fumble.

Bishop’s 53, Chino Don Lugo 0: Cash Herrera threw for 174 yards and three touchdowns for Bishop’s (6-1). Nick Pfister had two catches for 67 yards and a score. Zed Horney had three catches for 62 yards and a 45-yard TD. Joshiayah Bryant had two catches for 44 yards and a 27-yard TD. Jacob Poppelwell’s only catch was a 20-yard TD. Don Lugo is 1-6.

Rock Academy 42, Orange Glen 7: Alec Endicott threw for 115 yards and found Iman Oredi and Quentin Uhland for touchdowns for Rock (4-3). Zayden Campbell had 15 carries for 104 yards and a TD. Evariste Oredi had 12 tackles and three tackles for losses. Orange Glen falls to 1-5.

Hilltop 42, Southwest-San Diego 14: Hilltop (4-3) reeled off 35 straight points to top Southwest-San Diego (3-4). Lajuan Johnson rushed for 142 yards and a pair of touchdowns and threw two TD passes. Leo Mendoza added 104 yards on the ground, scoring once. Damian Moreno had 14 tackles and a 49-yard interception return for a TD.

Calipatria 48, Somerton (Ariz.) 3:  Calipatria (4-2) has scored 186 points during a four-game winning streak. Somerton falls to 0-7.

Army-Navy Academy 41, Escondido Charter 2: Jacob Eastley had two touchdown catches and intercepted a pass for Army-Navy (6-1). Vincent Letterman scored on a 65-yard run. Escondido Charter is 2-5.

8-man

Nonleague

Rancho Cucamonga United Christian Academy 46, West Shore 14

Borrego Springs 46, Horizon Christian 16

Don Norcross, Steve Brand, Breven Honda and Bernie Wilson contributed to this report.