Upwardly Mobile Western High Set for CIF Football Semifinal Date

Plenty of people raised their eyebrows when they saw this season’s Western High School football schedule. Right off the top, representing a huge step up for the Pioneers from Anaheim, California, was an opening-night assignment opposite traditional powerhouse Los Alamitos. “Everyone thought I was crazy,” Western Coach Dan Davidson told The Epoch Times. “I promise, as soon as I put it out there, it was, ‘Why are you playing Los Al?’ Because I want to be Los Al. We can be Division 1. We can be Division 2. That’s where we want to be.” For now, the Pioneers are in the CIF Southern Section’s Division 5 playoffs, gearing up for a semifinal game at Orange Vista of Perris on Nov. 17. Western has won 11 consecutive games, including last week’s 49–19, second-round playoff victory over Apple Valley, since falling to Los Alamitos, 63–25, on Aug. 18....