Huge Defensive Stop Sealed La Serna’s State Football Championship

MISSION VIEJO, Calif.—Securing the first state football championship in La Serna High School’s 62-year history essentially came down to one play. The Lancers, the pride of Whittier these days, had seen an eight-point lead narrowed to two when Grant of Sacramento used nearly 5½ minutes to drive 92 yards for a touchdown as the fourth quarter wound down in the CIF Division 2-AA championship game Dec. 8 at Saddleback College. The Pacers, who won the CIF Division 3-AA state championship last season, lined up for a two-point conversion attempt that could have tied the game with 2:17 left and potentially forced overtime. “We had our backs against the wall, but we weren’t giving in right there,” La Serna’s two-way senior star Owen Long told The Epoch Times. “We weren’t going to let that two-point conversion go in. I think we had like six of us in on the tackle.”...