Green Chargers are bowl-bound

A season-long domination of the opposition has resulted in the Huntington Beach Pop Warner Jr. Pee Wee Division Green Chargers reaching the Orange Empire Conference Orange Bowl title game.

Another shutout was posted in the second-round of the playoffs Saturday, as Huntington rolled past the Norwalk Black Titans, 32-0, in the second-round of the Division II playoffs.

The win advances the undefeated Green Chargers to the division’s Orange Bowl on Saturday, where they will take on the undefeated Brea Green Bengals at 9 a.m. at Tesoro High.

A swarming Huntington defense, headed by Jesse Kuet, Matt McKenzie, Tyler Warren, Trevor Loflin, Andrew Mickle, Seth Shearer Fox, Sam Doxakis, Charles Mendola, Roman Smith, Alan Vogelsang and Steven Tovatt, completely shut down Norwalk. The unit posted its 11th consecutive shutout victory of the season.

A 40-yard touchdown run by Trevor Borkowski gave the Green Chargers a 6-0 lead in the first quarter. In the second quarter, a 10-yard scoring run by Steele Escobedo, a 45-yard TD run by Robert Rice and a point after run by Treavon Coley sent Huntington into the half with a 19-0 lead.

In a 12-second span at the outset of the second half, the Green Chargers further put away Norwalk when Borkowski returned a fumble 60 yards for a touchdown and Coley scored on a pass play to make it 26-0.

At the 6:56 mark of the third quarter, Borkowski scored again and for the ninth time this season, the mercy rule went into affect after Huntington went up, 32-0.

Doxakis finished the game with four sacks and Mickle, Smith, Loflin and Peter Russo continually harassed the Norwalk offense.

In other playoff action:

Jr. Midget Division

Huntington 14,

Saddleback 0

Huntington scored both of its touchdowns in the second half of play and the Green Chargers (7-1) shut out the league’s highest scoring team in the opening round of the Division I playoffs.

The win advances the Green Chargers into a 5 p.m. Saturday matchup against No. 1-seed La Mirada (9-0) in Anaheim. The winner of that contest moves on to the division’s Orange Bowl game.

A defensive struggle resulted in a scoreless first half, where Huntington’s defense held Saddleback’s potent offense to minus-six yards.

The high-powered Bears mustered just 19 yards of total offense in the game.

The Green Chargers got their offense on track at the start of the second half and used a 63-yard, seven-play drive — capped by a 29-yard touchdown run by Adam Spies — to take a 6-0 lead.

In the fourth quarter, Huntington put together an 11-play drive that covered 72 yards and this time, Christopher Ogilvie did the scoring honors from a yard out. The conversion by Cameron North made it 14-0.

Leading the Huntington defense was Spies with six tackles, one a loss for 25 yards and another a quarterback sack. Eric Vogelsang had four tackles and a sack, three of Steven Springer’s five tackles resulted in negative yardage, Josh Peth had four tackles and Chris Dubois had three tackles, including a potential TD-saving tackle on a hitch pass that went for a two-yard loss.

Pee Wee Division

Huntington 13, Lakewood 7

Andrew Shoup scored on a 10-yard run, Jordan Pizzica scored on a dazzling 50-yard punt return and the defense turned in another strong performance, as the Gold Chargers defeated the Black Lancers for their second straight game.

Jr. Mighty Mite Division

Huntington 32,

Montebello 0

Trevor Blake scored his first touchdown of the year, Nicholas Warren, Travis Burleson, Alec Lowman and Johnny Siebel also reached the end zone and the Green Chargers’ defense blanked the Blue Sharks.

Gavin Shobe and Michael Frankeny also made key contributions on offense and Shane Reardon, Brian Kelly and Karson Ayres made big stands on defense.