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Jets 13, West Valley 0
Jalen Murphy returned an interception for a touchdown and Marian Garret ripped off a 47-yard run to lead the Jets. The Rebels were turned away at the end of the 1st half when Malques Stoval was tackled at the Jet 1-yard line after running for 60 yards as time expired.

Highland Gold 18, Palmdale 0
Big plays were the difference as Highland handed Palmdale their 1st loss of the season in the title game. Jarius Bishop scored from 20-yards out following an early Falcon turnover. The next score didn't come until the 1st play of the 4th quarter, when Bishop scored again, this time from 33-yards out. Jacob Bowman put the icing on the cake with a 50-yard run with 4 minutes left.

Palmdale 22, Highland Red 7
One of the powerhouse teams of Golden League Youth Football, the Palmdale Falcon Jr Midget squad capped another perfect season with another win, and another title. Corey Finister got things going on their 1st possession of the 2nd quarter. bursting up the left sideline for a 50-yard scoring run to put Palmdale up 8-0. A Marc Cisneros interception set up another Finister score. A half back pass from Willie Washington to Marc Cisneros gave the Falcons a 22-0 lead. Delron Jones TD reception with 47-seconds left allowed the Bulldogs to avoid the shutout.

By Staff writer J. Facey
Littlerock 39, Rosamond 7
The Lobo's exacted some revenge on the team who spoiled their otherwise undefeated season by beating the Rosamond Roadrunners in the title game. Christian Bush scored four times for the winners, and Ken Adams scored on a catch and run. LaCarlis Moore had the Runners lone score.

The Lancaster Jets had hopes for their fourth title of the day, but the Highland Red Bulldogs had other ideas. A Bulldog “Red” team had never won a Super Bowl title, but they got won in a battle between the 3rd and 4th place teams in the division.

The key performance of the day was the running of Bulldog back Chris Jones, who scored on runs of 64, 3, and 30 yards. The lead was 13-0 after Jones 2nd score midway through the 4th quarter, but the Jets jumped right back into the game when Deonze Blue capped a long drive with a rushing TD over left tackle, making the score 13-6.

The Jets appeared to grab the onside kick that followed, but it was awarded to the Bulldogs because a Jet player had touched it before it went the required 10-yards. That set up Jones final scoring run of the day, a 30-yard sprint up the right sideline that essentially ended any chance of a Jet comeback.

Both teams finished the regular season with 8-2 records, tied in 3rd place. They both pulled off upsets of the #1 and #2 seeds to advance to the title game.

The game of the day was the 4 pm affair, which saw the Bulldogs take the title in overtime 16-14. The difference in the game was a missed extra point by the Falcons.

Highland Red came into the playoffs as the third place team, and won three straight playoff games to finish the year at 11-2. The Falcons also took the long route to the title game after finishing in 4th place in league. They end the season with an overall record of 9-4.