The @jserra.girlsvb team opened play in Division 1, Pool 3 action at the Dave Mohs Tournament on Friday at Fountain Valley High School in Fountain Valley.

The Lions squared off with the San Juan Hills Stallions in a back-and-forth opening match.

JSerra opened with a 25-20 win in Set 1, before falling 8-25 in Set 2.

The two teams engaged in a high-spirited decisive third set, with the Stallions rallying for a 15-13 triumph and the match win.

Senior Makayla Ziegler had a team-best 15 kills.

Seniors Layla Graham and Rochelle Dous, along with junior Cassie Bartholomew each had four kills apiece.

Junior Kendall Stark had 25 assists, while fellow junior Madi Goodrich had 14 digs, both team-high totals.

JSerra matched up with West Ranch in their second match of the day, with the Wildcats forging a 25-20, 25-22 win over the Lions.

Ziegler had a team-high 10 kills, with Dous adding five kills.

Bartholomew and Graham each had four kills.

Stark added a team-leading 21 assists, with Goodrich accumulating a team-best eight digs. ...

The @jserra.football team made it back-to-back victories on Friday, as the Lions outlasted the Crean Lutheran Saints 37-29 in a spirited nonleague clash at Crean Lutheran High School in Irvine.

The Saints took the opening kickoff and drove down for the game’s first touchdown, but the Lions responded immediately on their first drive of the night.

Senior Will Fredericksen found a seam down the left sideline and burst into the end zone for a 21-yard rushing score to tie the game at 7-7.

Fredericksen put the Lions ahead 14-7 with 8:00 remaining in the second quarter, powering into the end zone from a yard out on 4th-and-goal.

JSerra increased the advantage to 21-7 with 3:56 left in the half, as senior quarterback Hayes Cloutier scrambled to his left and hit junior wide receiver Sam Fredericksen in the end zone for a five-yard scoring reception.

The Saints narrowed the deficit with a touchdown with 0:57 seconds remaining before halftime, but Cloutier and senior Clark Cokley (who had eight receptions in the first half) led the Lions into field goal range and senior Evan Leddy connected on a 37-yard attempt to give JSerra a 24-14 halftime advantage.

Cloutier and Sam Fredericksen dialed up their second scoring connection with 7:11 left in the third quarter with Fredericksen hauling in a 24-yard pass in the end zone to give the Lions a 30-14 lead.

The Saints cut the deficit to eight points with a touchdown with 10:18 remaining in the game.

JSerra faced 4th and 8 on the Saints’ 31-yard line on their ensuing drive.

Cloutier scrambled through the line, found a massive hole in the middle of the field, and scampered into the end zone to give the Lions a 37-22 lead with under seven minutes remaining.

Crean Lutheran narrowed the gap again to eight points with a touchdown with 2:34 left.

But Will Fredericksen punctuated a 100-yard night on the ground with two strong rushing first down to seal the victory.

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