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ANAHEIM >> Katella entered Friday night’s CIF-SS playoff crippled with the extremity of stopping St. Anthony’s moving game.
While the Knights did that, they had nary reply for the Saints’ passing game.
Conor Hochburg threw for implicit 350 yards to pb St. Anthony to a 48-17 triumph implicit Katella successful the CIF-SS Division 10 quarterfinals astatine Glover Stadium.
St. Anthony (8-4) volition play astatine Del Ray League foe Salesian connected Friday, Nov. 19 successful the semifinals. Salesian defeated St. Anthony 43-41 connected Oct. 14.
“We wanted to halt their tally game,” Katella manager Juan Viramontes said. “That was our fig 1 thing. They switched it connected america by throwing the ball, which benignant of confused our antiaircraft backs a small bit.
“We had them connected fourth-and-long a mates of times. Our guys conscionable weren’t successful sync. If you marque those mistakes, bully teams are going to capitalize and that’s what they did.”
Hochburg completed 21 of 28 passes for 356 yards with 4 touchdowns. Tyler Henry caught 5 passes for 127 yards and 2 touchdowns to spell with a 98-yard kickoff instrumentality for a touchdown.
Katellas (6-6) trailed lone 6-3 and had been stopping the Saints discourtesy aboriginal successful the contest. But facing third-and-18, the Saints responded with a 45-yard walk to Henry.
The Saints went for different heavy walk connected fourth-and-long and connected with Henry again for a 35-yard touchdown pass.
“We’ve had a batch of occurrence connected our tally game,” St. Anthony manager Raul Lara said. “In bid for america to beryllium much successful, our walk crippled needs to beryllium amended and that’s what happened tonight. That’s what’s happened the past 2 weeks.
“Conor is starting to recognize the discourtesy overmuch amended and he’s knowing what I’m trying to get going here. It seems similar we’re peaking astatine the close time. Hopefully the occurrence continues.”
Katella scored its archetypal touchdown successful the 4th fourth connected a 42-yard tally by backmost Daunte Bell.
The Knights added different touchdown run, from 24 yards by Aaron Ruiz, but St. Anthony got the past people connected Henry’s kickoff instrumentality for a touchdown.
“That’s each from signifier and moving hard,” Henry said. “It has truly paid disconnected from the offseason and it paid disconnected tonight.”
St. Anthony’s Ryan Norrid caught 5 passes for 92 yards and Kweku Claybook caught 4 passes for 70 yards and a touchdown.
Sone Aupiu rushed for 55 yards connected 15 carries to spell with 2 scores for the Saints.
Gabe Dawson led the Katella discourtesy with 75 yards connected 9 carries.
“We knew we were going to person a pugnacious preseason,” Viramontes said. “We played immoderate pugnacious schools. I conscionable told my kids to bent successful determination and enactment strong. We person a batch of juniors coming back. I anticipation that they consciousness similar they beryllium successful the playoffs. I cognize that they do. We’re going to travel backmost adjacent play and marque it to the finals.”
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