State Championships: Top Defensive Performers

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game. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Holani and the rest of Santa Margarita's front seven made it very difficult for De La Salle to move the ball and the Eagles were sending him on blitzes all night. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:acf/evaluation-block --> <!-- wp:embed {"url":"https://twitter.com/MitchBookLive/status/2000076661635600709?s=20","type":"rich","providerNameSlug":"twitter","responsive":true} --> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://twitter.com/MitchBookLive/status/2000076661635600709?s=20 </div></figure> <!-- /wp:embed --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block 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--> <!-- wp:paragraph {"placeholder":"Add evaluation here...","className":"text-gray-700"} --> <p class="text-gray-700">Morfoot had 9 tackles, a sack and two interceptions for Sonora in its impressive 35-10 win over Rio Hondo Prep to win the Division 2-A State championship. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:acf/evaluation-block --> <!-- wp:embed {"url":"https://twitter.com/WCPSacramento/status/1999954521657921662?s=20","type":"rich","providerNameSlug":"twitter","responsive":true} --> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://twitter.com/WCPSacramento/status/1999954521657921662?s=20 </div></figure> <!-- /wp:embed --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block 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