Playoff bound

The Costa Mesa Pop Warner Jr. Pee Wee Green team is headed to the

playoffs, but it wasn’t easy.

The Mustangs had to come up with a defensive stop against Yorba

Linda in the final 10 seconds and they got it to pull out a 7-6 win

over Yorba Linda.

On fourth down with less than 10 seconds left and Yorba Linda deep

in Mustangs’ territory, Yorba Linda’s quarterback threw a pass but

Brett Farthing jumped in front of the receiver and batted the ball

away to preserve the win.

Costa Mesa’s defense played staunchly all day with Eric Brown

sacking the quarterback twice and Chris Gute adding an interception.

Jacob Folsom dove across the goal line to score Mesa’s lone

touchdown and Gute added the extra point.

Folsom also threw a 15-yard pass to Brown for an crucial first

down.

In Mighty Mite action:

* Mustangs 27, Seahawks 8

The Mighty Mites won their first game of the season Saturday,

beating the South Coast Seahawks, 27-8.

Sho Watanabe scored two touchdowns and Adam Spies and Jack

Jeffries each scored one touchdown for Mesa. Luis Gomez scored on a

two-point conversion and had an interception for the Mustangs.

Costa Mesa’s defense was led by Hans Anderle, Michael Scheidt,

Roberto Ramirez, Joe Suzuki, Kyle Goss and Austin Abernathy, who had

a fumble recovery.

Strong support came from the offensive line of Ken Suzuki, Michael

Rodriguez, Nick Dawson, Tre Le Ele and Nick French.