Big dose of Mosley keeps Eagles rolling

Receiver in on every play of first quarter as his four scores carry Palmer, Santa Margarita to Division I title

- BY ERIC SONDHEIMER

ISAIA VANDERMADE, right, records one of his three sacks in Santa Margarita's 42-7 win over Corona Centennial on Friday night.

(Photographs by CRAIG WESTON For The Times)

Looking comfortable and confident playing catch on Friday night at the Rose Bowl more than 90 minutes before the Southern Section Division 1 championship football game, Trent Mosley of Santa Margarita High, wearing a USC bandana, knew exactly what was about to happen to Corona Centennial. Given the green light to put on a show, Mosley got the ball on every Santa Margarita offensive play in the first quarter.

There were was a 65-yard reception on a short pass. There was a two-yard touchdown run out of wildcat formation. There was an 80-yard touchdown catch. By halftime, the USC-bound Mosley had nine catches for 201 yards. Santa Margarita registered a first-half knockout that Centennial could never recover from in a 42-7 victory before a crowd of close to 8,775.

“Jaw dropping,” is how Mosley’s brother, injured receiver Grant Mosley, described his brother's performance.

He added a 91-yard touchdown reception in the third quarter and a one-yard touchdown run, giving him four touchdowns on the night and 10 catches for 292 yards.