Loyola charges past Edison

Mike Sciacca

Edison High had to feel pretty good about jumping on defending

champion Loyola Friday night in the first-round of the CIF-Southern

Section Division I football playoffs, its early lead putting the host

Cubs in a hole.

But Loyola, which has not lost a first-round playoff game in 19

years, stormed back from a 7-0 deficit to take control and eventually

win, 28-14, at Glendale High.

The loss ended Edison’s season at 6-5.

It was a season of “what ifs” for the Chargers, who lost their

final three games. Four of their losses came by a touchdown or less.

Edison had several chances to pull off an upset of the Cubs, but

its inability to cash in inside the red zone and turnovers squelched

those opportunities.

“It’s kind of the story of our season,” Edison Coach Dave White

said. “We played good and we played hard, but we had too many

turnovers and we couldn’t score inside their 10-yard line.”

Chargers quarterback Brian Shrock and Adam Goodman teamed up on a

touchdown pass in the first quarter to give Edison an early 7-0 lead.

Shrock accounted for 350 yards of total offense.

“Last year, this team surpassed expectations and this year, we

didn’t meet them,” White said. “We have a lot of young players on

this team.

“I told the kids that if you’re always reaching your goal, then

you’re not setting them high enough. This team tried to reach its

goals and to me, that’s success. I’m very proud of these kids.”

In girls’ golf, Marina’s Jennifer Osborn finished third overall at

the CIF State Championships at Red Hill Country Club in Rancho

Cucamonga.

Osborn shot a two-over-par 74.

In CIF girls’ volleyball, Huntington Beach joined Edison in the

semifinal round of the Division II-AA playoffs, but the Oilers were

eliminated by Mater Dei, 17-25, 25-20, 25-15, 25-17, at the

Huntington gym.

The Oilers, an at-large entry from the Sunset League, rolled in

the first game over the favored Monarchs, the Serra League champion

and top-seed in the division.

Huntington was led by Felicia Ciarelli with 12 kills and Laura

Ball had 10 kills.

In CIF girls’ tennis, Edison’s season came to an end in the

Division II quarterfinals in a 13-5 loss to Marlborough. The Chargers

couldn’t recover from being swept in singles play.

In doubles action, Edison’s top team of Lauren Boyer and Carly

Spreeman earned a sweep, and the No. 2 team of Vi Truong and Lauren

Okine won two of three sets.

“It was fitting that Lauren Boyer swept her last match,” Edison

Coach Nick Friendt said. “She finishes this year with a record of

51-7.”

Edison, the No. 3 entry from the Sunset League, finished 14-9.

The Chargers were one of three Sunset teams to advance to the

quarterfinals, joining Los Alamitos and Fountain Valley.

Marlborough was the Sunshine League champion.