The @jserra.girlsflagfootball team continued its’ undefeated march toward a successful CIF-SS title defense, as the Lions upended the Edison Chargers 39-7 to win Pool A of the CIF-SS Open Division Playoffs on Wednesday at JSerra Catholic High School.

JSerra is now 26-0 on the season and will head into the semifinals round on Saturday against Huntington Beach.

The CIF-SS is scheduled to determine the game’s location on Thursday.

JSerra also stretches its nation’s best program winning streak to 54 straight games dating back to last season.

The Lions jumped into the lead less than two minutes into the game when sophomore quarterback Kate Meier tossed a 27-yard touchdown pass to sophomore Abby Vanderweerd to make it 6-0.

Senior Stella Day put an end to the Chargers ensuing drive when she intercepted a pass in the end zone.

JSerra marched down the field and a three-yard touchdown pass from Meier to sophomore Tessa Russell increased the Lions’ lead to 13-0 with 2:19 left in the opening quarter.

Edison responded with its lone score of the half with 8:42 left in the second quarter, but Russell’s second scoring reception from 30 yards out increased JSerra’s lead to 19-7.

The Lions defense stopped Edison’s next possession, and Meier capped JSerra’s final possession of the half with a one yard scoring run on fourth-and-goal to give the Lions a 25-7 advantage at the intermission.

Russell added her third touchdown reception of the game in the third quarter, when she snatched a 21-yard scoring pass along the sideline on fourth-and-goal to boost the lead to 32-7.

Senior Viv Devir capped the triumph for the Lions with a two-yard scoring reception with under two minutes remaining.

Meier finished 25-of-34 for 276 yards and has now thrown for 11 touchdown passes in two playoff games.

Vanderweerd caught a team-best six passes for 89 yards.

Sophomore Sterling Flores had a team-leading six flag pulls, while junior Anna Paquette had five flag pulls and a sack. ...

The @jserra.girlstennis team closed out action at the Trinity League Tennis Tournament on Tuesday at JSerra Catholic High School.

Senior Naomi Clarke and junior Isabella Geffre earned the top overall seed in doubles action and opened play with wins over Santa Margarita’s Allison Leung and Reese Murphy (6-1, 6-1) and Orange Lutheran’s Sabine Le and Ashley Winter (6-1, 6-0) to advance into the bracket’s final four.

The duo next battled Mater Dei’s Katherine Nguy and Sofia Huff (who defeated the Lions pair of junior Brookelyn Garcia and freshman Nina Yacko in the quarterfinals) in a back-and-forth semifinals showdown that ended with Clarke and Geffre falling by scores of 6-2, 5-7, 7-10.

Clarke and Geffre completed their tandem action in the tournament by rallying to defeat the Santa Margarita team of Katie Burton and Hudson Reed in the third-place match by scores of 2-6, 7-5, and 10-7.

Sophomore Paisley Crutchfield put forth a spirited run in singles action.

Crutchfield, who was seeded third overall in the bracket, defeated Mater Dei’s Elle Calvert (6-3, 6-2) and Orange Lutheran’s Skyden Koustas (6-0, 6-1) to advance to the semifinals round before falling to Orange Lutheran‘s Charlotte Kim by scores of 2-6 and 2-6.

Crutchfield closed out the tournament by defeating Santa Margarita’s Kate Terry by scores of 6-1 and 6-1 to officially secure third place.

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