EDITORIAL

It would have been hard to come up with a better story line than the

finale of Edison High School’s football regular season.

The league championship is on the line, and what school is standing in

the way? Archrival Fountain Valley.

In recent years, the Chargers might have come ever so close to eking

out the victory, only to just miss the win and the right to claim the

Battle for the Bell. This year there was no disappointment as Edison

rumbled to a come-from-behind 19-10 win.

With the victory, the 2001 Edison team earned its part in the school’s

storied football history by sharing the Sunset League championship, an

honor the team hadn’t tasted in 11 years. It then added to that history

last Friday by walloping St. John Bosco, 56-34, in the first round of CIF

Division I playoffs.

Next up is Bishop Amat High at 7:30 p.m. Friday, once again in the

friendly environment at Orange Coast College.

Everyone who cheered on Edison during the raucous win over Fountain

Valley -- not to mention those who didn’t -- should set aside those few

hours Friday night to root them on, again, as they attempt to charge

through the CIF playoffs and win the team’s fourth division championship.

They’ve earned that support.

Go Chargers!