Senior defensive end Nusi Malani shows off the Nor Cal Division 1-A championship hardware, with teammates Nate Azzopardi, left, and Terence Loville, right.
For the second time in three years, the Serra Padres are Northern California football champions.
The Padres earned the CIF Northern California Division 1-A regional championship Saturday, overcoming the rain, the wind, and a mighty San Joaquin-Fresno team for a 28-18 victory at Freitas Field.
Serra scored two touchdowns in the opening four minutes, but it was a third-quarter pick-6 by senior cornerback Terence Loville that put the Padres in the driver’s seat with a 21-10 lead.
San Joaquin responded with a 11-play scoring drive to close it to 21-16, but Serra all but put the game away with a 14-play, 86-yard scoring drive, led by sophomore quarterback Dom Lampkin (198 total yards, including 14-of-17 passing for 160 yards) with passes of 6, 21, 19 and 8 yards before senior Jackson Lataimua scored on a 2-yard run with 3:47 to play.
With the win, Serra advances to the CIF Division 1-A State Championship Bowl. The Padres will face the winner of Saturday night’s Southern California regional championship between Oceanside and Corona del Mar-Newport Beach. The 1-A State Championship Bowl is scheduled to kick off at 4 p.m. this coming Saturday, Dec. 14, at Falcon Field on the campus of Cerritos College in Norwalk.
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