San Clemente vs. Murrieta Valley: Live score, updates, highlights from California high school football game
originally appeared on The Sporting News

San Clemente hosts Murrieta Valley on Friday in another installment of an annual CIF-Southern Section non-league football series that never disappoints. 

If you’re looking for live scores and updates, you’ve come to the right place. Scroll down for a pregame overview followed by live scoring and results from kickoff to postgame.

Pregame

If we’ve said it once, we’ve said it a million times – San Clemente can never be counted out at home no matter the team it’s hosting. Look no further than 2021 when the Tritons suffered one of the more jarring regular season losses in recent program history, a 42-0 road demolition at the hands of Edison (Huntington Beach), before coming home and shocking higher-ranked Murrieta Valley 21-20 in the final minutes. With losses to Tustin and La Costa Canyon on the season, San Clemente is a fairly heavy underdog here, but it also has three quality wins already over Riverton (UT), Chaparral, and Chino Hills. No. 19 Murrieta Valley is coming off two blowout wins after starting with a 28-26 win over Rancho Cucamonga and 56-35 loss to Servite, and it could really use even more momentum before starting Big West – Upper play next week.

Live score, updates, highlights

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2ND QUARTER:

Q2: Murrieta Valley takes over on a Joseph Rodriguez interception.

1ST QUARTER:

Q1 – San Clemente 7, Murrieta Valley 6: The Nighthawks respond quickly on a touchdown from Ty Isaia to Caden Brown.

Q1 – San Clemente 7, Murrieta Valley 0: San Clemente capitalizes on the pick and strikes first as Eiler King finds Shane Kiley in the corner of the end zone.

Q1: San Clemente’s Jaxson Rex ends the first drive of the game by grabbing an interception.

San Clemente vs. Murrieta Valley start time

• Date: Friday, Sep. 26
• Time: 7:00 p.m. PT

The opening kickoff is set for 7:00 p.m. PT on Friday, Sep. 26. The game will be played at San Clemente High School.