Santa Ana football finds way past Mayfair in first round of playoffs

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SANTA ANA >> Both the Santa Ana and Mayfair shot teams wanted to predominate the tally crippled successful their CIF Southern Section playoff conflict Friday astatine Santa Ana Stadium.

In the end, it was Santa Ana’s Jason Costa who dominated successful the Saints’ 42-33 triumph implicit Mayfair successful the archetypal circular of the CIF-SS Division 6 playoffs.

Costa rushed for 272 yards and a touchdown connected 35 attempts. He added a 9-yard touchdown reception. Raymond Casillas besides had a large nighttime for the Saints (9-2), hauling successful 5 passes for 176 yards and 2 touchdowns.

Evan Tomich and Nick Adimora drove the Mayfair offense. Tomich completed 17 of 33 passing attempts for 174 yards and a touchdown. He besides added 2 rushing touchdowns. Adimora ran for 135 yards and 2 touchdowns connected 19 attempts.

Mayfair started efficiently. After 4 violative plays, Adimora dove betwixt 2 defenders into the extremity portion for a 9-yard touchdown tally and a 6-0 pb aft a missed other point.

Santa Ana countered, scoring touchdowns connected its adjacent 3 possessions. First, Raul Alvarez scored connected a 2-yard touchdown run, and past Torres recovered Casillas successful the level and Casillas dodged a tackle, streaking 34-yards to the extremity zone. That accrued the Santa Ana pb to 14-6.

As the 2nd 4th began, Torres connected with Costa, who was wide unfastened successful the country of the extremity portion for a 21-6 lead.

Mayfair refused to fto the Saints tally distant with game.

Facing fourth-and-3 adjacent midfield, Tomich ran up the mediate for 3 yards earlier uncovering an unfastened lane and moving a full of 38 yards for a Mayfair touchdown.

Mayfair scored again connected an Adimora 76-yard tally to creep wrong 1 point, 21-20.

But connected Santa Ana’s 3rd violative play pursuing Adimora’s touchdown, Casillas caught his 2nd touchdown walk from Torres, this 1 for 76 yards. That brought the Santa Ana pb to 28-20.

Mayfair began the 2nd fractional arsenic it did the first. On its archetypal possession, the Monsoons marched to the Santa Ana 2-yard enactment earlier Tomich ran successful for his 2nd touchdown to marque it 28-27

Santa Ana returned occurrence acknowledgment to a 38-yard circus drawback by Casillas. A fewer plays later, Costa ran successful his archetypal rushing touchdown of the crippled from 10 yards out, expanding Santa Ana’s pb to 35-27.

Santa Ana accrued its pb to 42-27 connected a 6-yard touchdown tally from Torres aft Mayfair failed to person a fake punt effort connected fourth-and-11 with 5 minutes near successful the game.

Mayfair scored erstwhile more, but it wouldn’t beryllium enough. With 2 minutes remaining, Tomich connected with Xzavier Smith for a 25-yard touchdown pass, but the extra-point effort was blocked, bringing the people to 42-33.