Don Ray Hall scored two touchdowns in Valencia’s 28-14 win over visiting Oaks Christian in the CIF Southern Section Division 5 championship game at Valencia High School on Friday night.
It was the first CIF Southern Section championship for Valencia High School. The Vikings were 0-5 in CIF Southern Section championship games entering Friday night’s game against Oaks Christian.
Hall’s second touchdown of the game, on a 97-yard kickoff return to start the second half, broke a 7-7 tie. He also scored a rushing touchdown in the first quarter.
Oaks Christian took a 7-0 lead before Hall tied the score with 2:23 to play in the first quarter.
Valencia and Oaks Christian went into halftime tied at 7-7.
Valencia’s Daniel Hernandez gave the Vikings a 21-7 lead, scoring on a 3-yard run with 9:00 to play in the third quarter.
Oaks Christian answered by scoring a touchdown to cut the lead to 21-14.
Giorgio Spriopoulos capped the scoring with a 10-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter.
Valencia heads to the CIF State Championships. The Vikings (8-4) will play Scripps Ranch from San Diego (12-1) in the Division 2-A Southern California Regional championship game on Saturday at Saddleback College in Mission Viejo. Kickoff is at 6 p.m.
Scripps Ranch is the second-place team from the Eastern League and won the San Diego Section Division 2 championship. Scripps Ranch shut out La Jolla, 42-0, in the San Diego Section Division 2 championship game.
Scripps Ranch is led by running back Jalen Shaw, who has rushed for 849 yards and scored 14 touchdowns, and wide receiver Conor Lawlor, who has 1,099 receiving yards and scored 17 touchdowns.
The winner of the CIF Southern California Regional Division 2-A championship game will play the winner of the Northern California Regional Division 2-A championship game between Manteca and Wilson on Dec. 11.
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