La Jolla Country Day School’s drive toward a state football title ended Dec. 2 with a 41-21 road loss to Banning High of Wilmington in the CIF Southern California Regional Division 5-A championship game.
Banning controlled the game with a relentless rushing attack, and the offense scored on all seven of its possessions.
La Jolla Country Day defenders (in white) tackle Banning ball carrier Steven Perez.
(Gil Castro-Petres)
The Pilots (9-6) won their first Southern California regional championship and advanced to the state finals next weekend.
The Banning defense was up to the task of containing the Torreys’ vaunted offense, which scored 73 points in a rout of Grossmont in the San Diego Section Division III championship game Nov. 25.
La Jolla Country Day (left) and Banning High of Wilmington line up during the CIF Southern California Regional Division 5-A championship game Dec. 2.
(Gil Castro-Petres)
The Torreys fell behind 21-0 in the second quarter and never really threatened.
They had won six consecutive games going in and finished the season 11-4.
— David Rice is a contributor to the Daily Breeze, a MediaNews Group sister paper of the La Jolla Light. Light staff contributed to this report. ◆
