The Valencia football team ended its season with a 45-38 loss to Scripps Ranch of San Diego in the CIF State Regional Division 2-A Championship game at Saddleback College in Mission Viejo on Saturday night.
The two teams swapped leads four times in the second half before Scripps Ranch pulled away in the fourth quarter.
Giorgio Spiropoulos scored two rushing touchdowns and Duhron Goodman caught two touchdown passes for Valencia, which won its first CIF Southern Section championship a week earlier against Oaks Christian.
Scripps Ranch (13-1) took a 17-0 lead in the first half before Valencia (8-6) scored its first touchdown of the game. Goodman caught a 33-yard touchdown pass just before halftime. Scripps Ranch led 17-7 at halftime.
Valencia scored three touchdowns in the third quarter to take a 28-24 lead.
Goodman cut the lead to three points with his second touchdown catch of the game in the third quarter. He scored on a 16-yard pass with 7:54 to play in the third quarter.
Scripps scored a touchdown in the third quarter to take a 24-14 lead. But Spiropoulos scored his first touchdown with 3:59 to play in the third quarter to cut the Scripps Ranch lead to three points again.
Spiropoulos scored his second touchdown at the end of the third quarter to give Valencia its first lead of the game, 28-24.
Scripps Ranch took the lead back, scoring a touchdown in the fourth quarter to take a 31-24 lead.
But Valencia answered with a touchdown by Don Ray Hall to take a 35-31 lead with 9:04 to play in the game.
Scripps Ranch followed by scoring 10 unanswered points to take a 45-35 lead.
Valencia ended the scoring with a field goal with 2:22 to play in the game.
Scripps Ranch quarterback Jax Leatherwood completed 18-of-26 passes for 438 yards and five touchdowns.
Scripps Ranch plays Wilcox High School in the CIF State Division 2-A championship game.
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