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Stone Does It All: Woodbridge Stuns Orange Lutheran 26-20 in Overtime

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26 minutes ago

November 2, 2026

Woodbridge players celebrate after Lauren Gagnier's end zone interception ends the overtime win over Orange Lutheran.

Photo by John Luciano, for OC Sports Zone

Woodbridge’s first trip to the Open Division produced a classic. The No. 6 seed Warriors rallied past No. 3 Orange Lutheran 26-20 in overtime on Wednesday, October 28, in the CIF Southern Section Open Division pool round at Orange Lutheran.

The night started badly. Woodbridge trailed 13-0 at halftime, fought back to lead 20-13 late, then watched Orange Lutheran tie the game 20-20 with about a minute left. “I was proud of the way our team responded when the game was not going our way,” Woodbridge coach Mark Thompson said.

In overtime, Woodbridge got the ball first and sophomore quarterback Delia Stone ran in the go-ahead touchdown on second down. Orange Lutheran’s answer died in the end zone, where Lauren Gagnier intercepted a fourth-down pass after a sack by Izzy Loui and two flag pulls by Laney Brucker backed the Lancers up.

Both teams had won their pool openers to set up the showdown. Woodbridge beat Downey 33-19, with Stone completing 26 of 39 passes for 256 yards and four touchdowns. Orange Lutheran beat Downey 16-12 in its own opener. “Woodbridge deserved to win that game, so all the credit goes to them,” Orange Lutheran coach Dennis Hester said.

Stone did a little of everything: 166 passing yards and a touchdown pass, 144 rushing yards and three rushing touchdowns, plus an interception on defense. Loghan Everett caught eight passes for 87 yards and a touchdown, and Brucker led the defense with 12 flag pulls. Orange Lutheran quarterback Alyssa McClure threw for 266 yards and three touchdowns in the loss, with Ava Harrison, Brynn Wessel and Mackenzie Reiland catching the scores. The win avenged Woodbridge’s 13-7 regular season loss to Orange Lutheran on August 31. The Lancers finish 17-5.

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

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6 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.