The cham­pi­onship game at Faith Bap­tist ignit­ed rival emo­tions, with fans seg­re­gat­ed on oppo­site sides of the field. Jim Per­ry, pres­i­dent of the South­ern Sec­tion of the Cal­i­for­nia Inter­scholas­tic Fed­er­a­tion, sat alone at the far end of the field, clutch­ing the “Cham­pi­ons 2022” plaque, ready to present it to the vic­to­ri­ous team. As the sec­ond half com­menced, Faith Bap­tist emerged from half­time moti­vat­ed but faced a daunt­ing task, trail­ing by four touch­downs. Their coach­es inject­ed belief in their play­ers, urg­ing them to repli­cate their pre­vi­ous come­backs.

How­ev­er, the Cubs’ strat­e­gy includ­ed a seam­less exe­cu­tion of onside kicks, even when lead­ing. Jory Valen­ci­a’s insis­tent kick sur­prised many, lead­ing to a suc­cess­ful recov­ery by Dar­ius Zarem­b­ka. Their cel­e­bra­tion sparked dis­be­lief on the Faith side­lines, dimin­ish­ing their renewed hopes. Coach Jor­dan Ollis of Chad­wick, who had lost to both teams, qui­et­ly admired the Cubs’ relent­less ener­gy, even miss­ing their star play­er, Felix Gon­za­les, who was side­lined due to injury.

The Cubs show­cased their remark­able skill and prepa­ra­tion through­out the game, over­pow­er­ing Faith Bap­tist with a blend of runs and pass­es. Trevin Adams, the Cubs’ quar­ter­back, was par­tic­u­lar­ly impact­ful, exem­pli­fy­ing the iron-man foot­ball style. With each play, he demon­strat­ed his agili­ty, scor­ing mul­ti­ple touch­downs and mak­ing crit­i­cal inter­cep­tions, astound­ing spec­ta­tors and coach­es alike.

While Faith Bap­tist man­aged two touch­downs in the third quar­ter, show­cas­ing their poten­tial, the Cubs were relent­less, com­plet­ing the quar­ter ahead with a stag­ger­ing score of Cubs 64, Faith Bap­tist 26. Dis­cus­sion lin­gered among offi­cials regard­ing the run­ning clock due to the score dis­par­i­ty, with Coach David­son empha­siz­ing the edu­ca­tion­al val­ue of both win­ning and los­ing.

Despite the impend­ing defeat, he stood firm on allow­ing the play­ers to com­pete ful­ly. The fourth quar­ter ini­ti­at­ed, and even with the clock run­ning, the Cubs added to their score, cul­mi­nat­ing in their resound­ing vic­to­ry. With mere sec­onds left, Faith Bap­tist attempt­ed a final play, but the Cubs’ dom­i­nance was unques­tion­able. As the score­board flashed the final score of Cubs 80, Faith Bap­tist 26, jubi­la­tion erupt­ed among the Cubs, seal­ing their cham­pi­onship tri­umph .