Youth flag football: Davis rallies to win championship

Scott Knox made a 58-yard touchdown pass to Chris Earnest with 1:36

left in the game to lift the City of Costa Mesa Davis A youth flag

football team over San Clemente, 15-12, in the championship game of the

Orange County Tournament.

Knox connected with Larry Puente Jr. early in the first quarter to

give Davis a 6-0 lead. The game was tied, 6-6, at halftime.

The Davis defense led by Miles Resnick and Hui Luu added a safety to

put Davis ahead, 8-6, going into the fourth quarter.

San Clemente answered with a touchdown to take a 12-8 lead with five

minutes left in the game, but Knox connected with Earnest three and a

half minutes later to secure the win for Davis.

Davis defeated Saddleback Valley, 24-19, and Santa Ana, 21-0, before

taking on San Clemente.

In other flag football action:

* In the B Division, Killybrooke had a strong effort against Garden

Grove, but fell, 12-0. Killybrooke won Costa Mesa’s B Division to advance

to the tournament.

* In the C Division, the California Packers defeated Santa Ana, 18-12,

but went on to lose in the final seconds to Laguna Hills, 18-13.