{"id":93724,"date":"2025-12-13T19:24:52","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T02:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=93724"},"modified":"2025-12-13T20:31:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T03:31:36","slug":"rio-hondo-run-ends-in-state-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=93724","title":{"rendered":"Rio Hondo Run Ends in State Final"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Elias Har scored the only touchdown for Rio Hondo Prep late in the fourth quarter. (Photo by Duane Barker). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Tim Peterson <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Mission Viejo) – Rio Hondo Prep fell behind 14-3 halftime and could never bounce back in a 35-10 loss to Sonora Saturday in the CIF Division 2A Final at Saddleback College.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Already down by 11 Sonora opened it up in the third quarter scoring on two drives to make it 28-3 heading into the fourth. The Wildcats coasted from there. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sonora drove 53 yards on seven plays on the first possession of the third. Tommy Sutton bulled in from the one-yard line to make it 21-3. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the next possession, Steven Moorfoot intercepted Rio Hondo Prep’s Yanick Diaz and Sonora was in business again at the Rio Hondo Prep 39. The Cats took advantage quickly finding the endzone seven plays later on another Sutton blast-again from a yard out. It was 28-3 with 1:34 left in the third quarter and although the fat lady wasn’t singing yet she could be seen warming up on the far sideline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nathaniel Shine fights for some yards for the Kares. (Photo by Duane Barker). <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In the fourth quarter the Wildcats added another score. After the Kares were stopped at their own 25-yard line Sonora used the short field for its final touchdown. Sutton capped the scoring with a 10-yard run- his third touchdown of the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sonora got on the board first on its first possession. After Rio Hondo Prep punted on its first series the Wildcats marched 70 yards with Cash Byington scoring on an eight-yard run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rio Hondo Prep answered with a march down to the Sonora 10-yard line but the drive stalled there and Easton Jara booted a 27-yard field goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sonora went up 14-3 with just over two minutes left in the second quarter when Brody Speer (cool name) got loose for a 67-yard touchdown run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Wildcats then took that lead into the second half, broke it open in the third quarter and went on to the victory. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Kare did offer a murmur of protest late in the game when Diaz hit Elias Har for a 46-yard score for the final tally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Kares’ defense makes a stop. (Photo by Duane Barker). <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Rio Hondo Prep was held to 115 yards rushing with Christian Lee leading the way with 54 carries and Nathaniel Shine had 38 yards on seven tries. Noah Penunuri, who wasn’t 100 percent coming into the game, injured his ankle in the first half and finished with 12 yards on six carries. Diaz threw for 184 yards and a touchdown with two interceptions. Sonora’s Morfoot had both interceptions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Sonora Speer rushed for 118 yards and a touchdown on seven carries and Byington ran eight times for 93 yards and a score. Sutton scored three times and ran for 40 yards overall. Sonora racked up 310 yards on the ground. Quarterback Eli Ingalls ran for 59 on 14 attempts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Kares ended the season with an overall record of 15-1 and a CIF Division 5 Title under its belt. For Sonora it was its second straight State Championship and the Wildcats competed the season with a perfect record of 15-0. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Elias Har scored the only touchdown for Rio Hondo Prep late in the fourth quarter. (Photo by Duane Barker). By Tim Peterson (Mission Viejo) – Rio Hondo Prep fell behind 14-3 halftime and could never bounce back in a 35-10 loss to Sonora Saturday in the CIF Division 2A Final at Saddleback College.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12816,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hsfootball","category-high-school-sports"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=93724"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93740,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93724\/revisions\/93740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=93724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=93724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=93724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}