Central East wins CIF state title 42-28 over Pacifica

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Central East bushed Pacifica 42-28 to clinch the CIF State Division 1-A championship.

It's the 2nd authorities rubric successful programme past pursuing erstwhile the past Central Grizzlies bushed Sierra Canyon to win the D1-AA crown successful 2019.

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The Bengals person won back-to-back Central Section championships nether caput manager Kyle Biggs and 5 successful the past 8 years. ""It was a large crippled and i'm conscionable truly arrogant of the mode we battled and came through," Biggs told Spectrum Sports aft the game. "I'm arrogant of my guys." Biggs improves his coaching grounds to 107-21 successful his 10th play astatine Central East.

Leading Pacifica 35-28 with 4:12 to play, Biggs decided to spell for it connected 4th and 3 astatine his ain 48. Junior backmost Jelani Dippel lofted a heavy shot to EJ Morgan and the Cal signee came down with a singular implicit the enarthrosis drawback to determination the chains.

Shortly after, Arizona signee Brandon Smith ran successful his 3rd touchdown of the crippled to widen the Bengal lead.

Bayon Harris, a inferior who holds the programme grounds for receiving yards, came down with 11 catches for 174 yards and a touchdown. He besides had a 90-yard touchdown called backmost for holding. Dippel finished the nighttime throwing for 371 yards and 2 touchdowns and besides ran successful a touchdown.

The Bengals decorativeness the play with a grounds of 14-1.

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