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Rio Hondo can't get Sonora off its back
Los Angeles Times
|December 14, 2025
Two small-school giants took center stage in the first game of the CIF state championship bowl tripleheader Saturday in Mission Viejo and showed how to play big-time football.
RIO HONDO'S Nathaniel Shine carries Sonora's Jeremy Snyder for extra yards.
(STEVE GALLUZZO For The Times)
In a battle of undefeated powerhouses, Rio Hondo Prep played tough but was overmatched by Sonora in a 35-10 loss in the Division 2-A title game at Saddleback College.
Only 82 boys attend Rio Hondo Prep, yet the Kares (15-1) have grown accustomed to beating schools with much larger enrollments as they did two weeks earlier in a 29-7 victory over Redondo Union for their 17th Southern Section title.
Entering Saturday's showdown they were averaging 39 points a game, but for the first time all season they faced an opponent that was able to bottle up their running backs and force them to throw not their bread and butter.
This story is from the December 14, 2025 edition of Los Angeles Times.
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