LAGUNA SPORTS UPDATE By Frank Aronoff | LB Indy

Breakers then stunned the home crowd when Nick Rogers had a classic

66-yard touchdown run for a score ,

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and the ensuing Blackhawk drive was

lost on a fumble at the Breaker 22 .

FOOTBALL ( 9-3 , 3-0 ) Laguna Shocks # 1 Seed La Quinta

41-16 , Hosts Semi ’ s Laguna survived the nearly 3-hour Friday drive to La Quinta and surprised the Blackhawks on their own field with a stellar performance on both sides of the ball . The victory advances Laguna to the D-9 Semifinals to be played at Laguna on Friday , Nov . 18 , 8 p . m . at Guyer Field . The opponent , Norte Vista ( 9-3 ), from Riverside advanced with a 33-27 overtime victory over Garden Grove . The Braves are a running team and

Laguna Game Captains against La Quinta . From left to right , Micah Chavez (# 54 ), Jeremy

Kanter (# 22 ), Myles Freeman (# 2 ) and Sam Garwal (# 5 ))

From that point , the momentum as all Laguna as the Breakers controlled the final period . Individual Statistics Rushing : Rogers 17-108 , Kollock

7-10 , Team 2- ( 9 )

Passing : Kollock 34-25-0 365 yards 4 TD ’ s . Fourth best individual game performance

Receiving : Rodriguez 7-111 , Swanson 4-54 , Rogers 3-38 , Donaldson 2-15 , Mulkay 4-87 , Freeman 4-58 , Garwal 1-2

Interceptions : Rounaghi 1-9 Fumbles : Garwal recovered 2

will be a real challenge for the Breaker defense . The two schools have previously met twice back in the late 80s with the Braves taking both contests ( 23-0 and 29-22 ). Laguna has made it to the semifinals 11 times and last hosted a semifinal game in 2011 , losing to Corona del Mar before an overflow crowd at Guyer Field . Breakers have only advanced to the finals three times , 1946 , 1952 , and 1962 with their only championship , a 20-0 win over Barstow in 1946 .

At La Quinta last Friday , the two

squads exchanged punts after each team having a three-play possession when Laguna struck paydirt first . Jackson Kollock hit Jackson Rodriguez for a big 28-yard pass play , picked up nine yards in runs from Nick Rogers , then another Jackson to Jackson bomb for a 39-yard score .

La Quinta moved 40-yards on their possession , but the Breakers forced the Blackhawks to settle for a field goal . Laguna then marched 80-yards to score on a Kollock to Ryner Swanson pass play to complete the

first quarter scoring . La Quinta then returned the favor with their own 68-yard drive , scoring early in the second period , and the teams traded touchdowns until halftime .

Breakers opened the second half with an on-side kick recovery but could not take advantage of the opportunity . La Quinta looked like they would get back into the game quickly but turned the ball over on downs at the Laguna 20 and missed a 35-yard field goal on their second drive to the Laguna 18 .

Punt Returns : Rodriguez 1-4 Kick-off Returns : Rodriguez 4-55 yards Punting : Rodriguez 3-117 39.0 average Records set : Sophomore passing – season Jackson Kollock on attempts , completions , yards , TD passes .

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