Foothills Sentry - October 2024

Foothills Sentry Page 18 OCTOBER 2024 COMMUNITY SPORTS BY CLIFF ROBBINS AND CHAD CLINE Canyon Head Football Coach Phil Hughes, left, presented Renee Medrano, center, with a framed picture of her son Armando, Aug. 23, in a pre-game remembrance. Armando, a 2023 CHS graduate, played on the football team all four years; he passed on Feb. 4, the result of fentanyl poisoning. Vivian Siegal, right, a family friend, stood by. Canyon Head Coach Phil Hughes presented the Medrano family with Armando’s helmet autographed by the Comanche football team. Baylee Backoff, Canyon High School quarterback, finds a receiver open against Valencia High. Orange running back Allen Malahki (5) gets stopped by the Foothill defender. Foothill won the game, 55-35. Malahki has 100 total yards on the season. Gino Marchetti, the quarterback from Foothill High School, hands off to Nathan Gouvion. Gouvion rushed for 119 yards. Katy Cott from Canyon High School gets outside against Foothill. Matt Gomez from El Modena High School scores against Mission Viejo High.