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Blazing a trail none can follow
Los Angeles Times
|September 11, 2025
Sierra Canyon begins the season with three consecutive shutouts, including a 63-0 rout.
SPENCER PARHAM and the Trailblazers have blanked three opponents, with second stringers performing as well as first stringers when the bench is cleared.
Pow! Bam! Whack! Sierra Canyon has a defense in high school football that needs comic book treatment.
Call them "The Kaboom Squad." At any moment, whether it's a lineman, linebacker or defensive back delivering the blow, be prepared to be wowed.
With size, quickness and depth, the Trailblazers have shut out opponents for 12 consecutive quarters. The opponents haven't been bad: JSerra, Oaks Christian and Honolulu Punahou.
Will they go through their 10-game regular-season schedule unscored upon? Absolutely not. But the reason they have three shutouts in lopsided victories is that the second stringers are performing as well as first stringers when coach Jon Ellinghouse clears the bench.
Their 63-0 win over Oaks Christian, broadcast on Spectrum, only added to the Trailblazers' reputation.
This story is from the September 11, 2025 edition of Los Angeles Times.
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