Cleveland High School pulled out a fourth-quarter victory Thursday night to defeat Fairfax 14-7 in a City Section Division II semifinal game at Taft.
Cleveland (5-8) trailed 7-6 at halftime. The Cavaliers finally took the lead on a pass from quarterback Domenic Fuentes to JJ Fuentes (unrelated) after a teammate tossed the ball. Domenick also ran for a touchdown in the first quarter for a 6-0 lead.
In the championship game on Nov. 28, Cleveland will play the winner of Friday's other semifinal game between Marshall and San Fernando.
Domenic Fuentes suffered a dislocated elbow in Week 0 against Harvard-Westlake. He returned in a reserve role near the end of the regular season, but he stayed on the field in the final two playoff victories.
“He leads us,” coach Mario Guzman said.
Fairfax finished 4-9.
Boys Basketball
Moorpark 77, Country Canyon 42: Sophomore Logan Stotts scored 40 points in Moorpark's season-opening win. His father, JT, was a two-time Foothill League basketball player of the year and played professional baseball as a third-round draft pick of the Oakland Athletics in 2001. There is no doubt that Logan shares his father's athletic talent.
Loyola 84, King/Drew 26: Matthai Carter led the Cubs 2-0 with 14 runs.
Brentwood 79, Ventura 39: Sophomore Ethan Hill finished with 23 points and 21 rebounds in 3-0 Brentwood. AJ Oko had 10 assists.
Santa Margherita 75, Francis Parker 39: For the road win, the Eagles (2-0) got 20 points each from Kayden Bailey and Brayden Kayman.
Heritage Christian 55, Milken 54: Despite Grayson Coleman's 30 points, Milken lost to Ty Lazenby. Ashton Javaheri added 15 points for Milken.
Observation deck 68, peninsula 60: Luke Jacobs scored 24 points to help his team come back from a 16-point second-half deficit.
St. Francis 77, Cantwell Sacred Heart 60: Luke Paulus finished with 28 points for St. Francis. Will Allien scored 16 points and Sheriff Millogo added 13 points and 15 rebounds.
Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 77, La Mirada 60: NaVorro Bowman Jr. scored 26 points in the Knights' 2-0 lead.
Shalhevet 60, Muir 39: Yakov Lieberman scored 14 points for Shalhevet.
Bishop Alemany 71, Blair 52: Austin Acey scored 25 points for the 2-0 Warriors.
Girls basketball
Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 74, Village Christian 42: MaZia Randolph had 21 points and 11 rebounds for the Knights, who played without Hamily Arenas (stress fracture).
