ANAHEIM – Cypress quarterback Aidan Houston threw a touchdown pass and ran for a TD, and the Centurions special teams scored a touchdown in a 31-14 win over El Modena in a nonleague football game Thursday at Western High.
Houston rushed for 82 yards, including a 47-yard touchdown run, and threw a 25-yard touchdown pass to Michael Hubbard.
Cypress, No. 11 in the Orange County Top 25, is 2-1. No. 24 El Modena dropped to 0-2.
Thirty-eight of the game’s 45 points were scored in the second quarter.
Centurions coach Rick Feldman said it was a typical game for Houston, a senior who was an Empire League most valuable player last season. He lamented the number of injuries incurred during the hard-hitting game.
“Aidan was outstanding as usual,” Feldman said. “Lost a starting tackle during the game. Shoot, we lost three or four guys during the game.”
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It was 24-14 at halftime. All 38 first-half points were scored in the final 8:40 of the second quarter.
Houston floated a pass perfectly to Hubbard in stride to get Cypress the game’s first points.
El Modena’s Greg Koutures returned the following kickoff 92 yards to the Cypress 7-yard line and two plays later quarterback Xzavior Guess connected with Trent Vallejos for a 1-yard touchdown pass to tie it.
Cypress regained the lead on a 47-yard touchdown run by Houston, who showed his breakaway speed and change-of-direction skills on the play.
Guess did his thing, too, flying for a 72-yard touchdown sprint to make it 14-14.
A Cypress punt was fumbled by El Modena on the return attempt, with Matthew Baldonado grabbing the bouncing football at the El Modena 10 and carrying it in for a touchdown and a 21-14 Cypress lead.
“Tyler White made the big hit,” Feldman said of the collision that forced the fumble. “And he’s a little kid.”
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