Laguna Hills look sharp as it defeats Segerstrom

LAGUNA HILLS - After a grinding victory against rival Trabucco Hills in its opener, Laguna Hills followed up a victory against rival Trabucco Hills with a solid 28-17 triumph against Segerstrom on Friday night at Laguna Hills High.

Senior Derrick Browning led the effort for the Hawks (2-0) with 120 yards on 21 carries. His efforts led to two Hawks touchdowns in second quarter.

In the first quarter, quarterback Robert Refsnyder started the scoring with a 42-yard touchdown run. The second quarter was all Browning as he set up a 1-yard touchdown run by Matt Giovinazzo with runs of 23 and 21 yards and then caught a 74-yard pass from Refsnyder that set up a 4-yard touchdown pass to Giovinazzo.

Following a Jaguars (1-2) field goal, Laguna's Shawn Tucker took the kickoff 97 yards back to the other end zone.The Jaguars got their scoring from two touchdown catches from Nic Calhoun in the fourth quarter after being shut down by the stingy Hawks defense for much of the game.

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