Heritage Beats Lakeside; Paloma Valley Loses in OT

Isaiah Morrow rushed for 148 yards and two touchdowns and Sione Takitaki rushed for 121 yards and two scores Friday night to lead the Heritage High School football team to a 48-21 victory over host Lakeside.

The win sets up a showdown with Elsinore High next Friday for the Sunbelt League title. Both teams are 4-0 in league play. That game will take place at Heritage beginning at 7 p.m.

Quarterback Mat Bradshaw passed for 63 yards for the Patriots, including a 27-yard touchdown pass to Jacori Pace. Matt Palmer added to the winning cause with a 22-yard interception return.

In another game involving a Menifee high school football team, Paloma Valley lost a 21-14 decision to visiting Temescal Canyon.

Temescal Canyon tied the game at 14-14 with a 24-yard touchdown pass from Sean Trimble to Kanan Castro with two minutes remaining. Paloma Valley (6-3, 1-3) had a chance to pull out the victory, but Diego Reutter missed a 27-yard field goal attempt with two seconds left.

Dawson Lindeman scored the only touchdown of overtime for Temescal Canyon. On the next possession, Lindeman recovered a Paloma Valley fumble to preserve the victory.