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Late Lateral Lifts Newport Harbor Past Woodbridge 26-21 and Into the Open Division Final

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30 minutes ago

November 2, 2026

The Newport Harbor team poses on the field after its 26-21 semifinal win over Woodbridge.

Photo by Giovanni Castillo (@gios_media) via Newport Harbor Girls Flag Football

Newport Harbor is going to the Open Division final, and it took one of the boldest plays of the season to get there. The Sailors beat Woodbridge 26-21 on Saturday, October 31, in a CIF Southern Section Open Division semifinal at Newport Harbor.

The lead swung all afternoon. Scarlett Guyser threw a 3-yard touchdown pass to Skylie Cid on the final play of the first half to give Newport Harbor a 20-14 edge at the break. Woodbridge answered in the third quarter after a Naomi Tase interception, with Delia Stone hitting Loghan Everett for a 5-yard touchdown and a 21-20 lead.

The winner came with 5:33 to play. Guyser took off up the middle and, just before her flag was pulled, lateraled the ball to Cid, who raced the final 30 yards for the go-ahead touchdown. Woodbridge drove one more time, marching 15 plays and converting two fourth downs, one on a pass interference call and one on a tipped 14-yard completion from Stone to Everett. The Warriors reached a first down at the 16 with 1:40 left, but with 57 seconds remaining Guyser batted away Stone’s fourth-down pass in the end zone, and the Sailors ran out the clock. The win made it a season sweep: Newport Harbor also beat Woodbridge 20-7 back on August 24.

Guyser finished with 20 completions for 185 yards and two touchdown passes. Cid caught six passes and scored twice, including the game winner. Stone closed her season with 29 completions for 229 yards and three touchdown passes for Woodbridge, which finishes 24-5. Newport Harbor (23-4) meets top seed JSerra in the final on Saturday, November 7, at Huntington Beach High School.

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James Clemens Gets the Hardest Draw in 6A: A Playoff Trip to Hewitt-Trussville

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7 minutes ago

November 2, 2026

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James Clemens players in action during the Jets' Oct. 20 win over Mae Jemison.

Photo by 100Shotz Media via James Clemens girls flag (@jchsgirlsflag) on Instagram.

Every bracket has a draw nobody wants, and in Class 6A it belongs to James Clemens. The Jets travel to Hewitt-Trussville on Tuesday, Nov. 3 at 6 p.m. for a first round playoff game, a road trip confirmed on Hewitt-Trussville’s official athletics schedule.

James Clemens, from Madison, won six of its 14 games and closed the regular season the right way, with a 6-0 shutout win at Columbia on Oct. 27. The Jets’ wins include a 36-6 rout of Bob Jones, a 35-0 shutout of St. John Paul II, a 31-13 win over Mae Jemison on Oct. 20 and an 18-0 shutout of Hazel Green. The losses show the gap the Jets have to close. Gadsden City beat them 36-6 on Oct. 22, and Sparkman edged them 13-6 on Oct. 13.

Hewitt-Trussville is the standard on the other sideline. The Huskies are one of the powers of the 6A bracket, and the program’s flag account still points to the inaugural state title it won in 2021, before flag became an official AHSAA championship sport.

Three of the Jets’ six wins were shutouts, so the defense has traveled before. The game is also one of eight first round matchups in the Class 6A bracket, while eight other teams, including Spain Park and Smiths Station, sit out the week on byes and wait for the winners.

For James Clemens, the math is simple. The Jets have already shown they can pitch a shutout and score in bunches against their own level. Tuesday asks them to do it in the hardest building in the bracket.