(Whittier, CA) The El Rancho Dons punched their ticket to the CIF Division 11 finals outlasting the San Gorgonio Spartans 28-21 in a hard-fought battle Friday night at Cal High School needing every inch of their final drive of the night to get the win.
El Rancho head coach Adrian Medrano put the ball in the hands of his two workhorses on the night, Diego Diaz and Phoenix Navarro and his offensive line to drive 86 yards on nine plays with Diaz busting across the goal line from five yards away with the go ahead score and leaving just 2:19 left to play.
The Don defense took it from there forcing a fourth and long for the Spartans on their own 12 with :52 left to play…