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Granada Hills Goes to Grab Bag

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Granada Hills High went to its bag of tricks on its second touchdown drive of the fourth quarter to rally for a 14-13 victory over El Camino Real in a West Valley League game on Friday night at Granada Hills.

Michael Chang scored for the Highlanders on a halfback-option pass from Robert Ortega with 13 seconds to play and Gilbert Chavez kicked the game-winning extra point.

Gene Wei set up the touchdown, running a fumblerooski 36 yards to the El Camino Real 25.

A pass interference penalty moved the ball to the El Camino Real 12 with 31 seconds remaining,

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Aaron Perez of Granada Hills (6-2, 2-1 in league play) intercepted a third-down pass by Jeremy Boyle on the El Camino Real 38 to preserve the victory.

The Conquistadores (1-7, 0-3) took a 7-0 lead with 3:17 left in the second quarter on an 87-yard pass play from Boyle to Terrish Weston. Christopher Pfeiffer’s extra-point kick was blocked.

Bryan Wilson cut the lead to 13-7 with 11:10 remaining on a 10-yard run. Wilson finished with 146 yards in 13 carries and Ortega gained 122 yards in 19 carries.

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Boyle completed eight of 18 passes for 148 yards and Weston had five receptions for 115 yards.

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