Paloma Valley Offense Kicks into High Gear, 35-12

Paloma Valley High School compiled 407 yards total offense and led from start to finish Friday night en route to a 35-12 football victory at Tustin High.

Quarterback Raine Pohaku Kaheaku-Paiva ran for 109 yards and a touchdown and passed for 116 yards as the Wildcats improved their record to 2-2. Demarco Prewitt rushed for 112 yards and two scores.

The game also featured a 100-yard kickoff return by the Wildcats' Fred Lundy in the second half.

Paloma Valley scored first when Prewitt ran 6 yards for a score and Derek Davis added the PAT kick. Tustin fought back with a 27-yard touchdown pass from Alema Pilimai to Aramie Faletoi, but Bryan Camacho's PAT kick was blocked by Ashton Morgan, preserving the Paloma Valley lead at 7-6.

Kaheaku-Paiva scored on a 17-yard TD run to widen the Paloma lead, but Tustin came back with a touchdown of its own and trailed by only a point again at 14-13. But Lundy's record kickoff return gave the momentum back to the Wildcats, and they never gave it up.

Next Friday, Paloma Valley is at home against Temecula Valley.