TWO-MINUTE DRILL

Costa Mesa High football coach Jeremy Osso was suspended by the school for the Mustangs’ 21-14 Orange Coast League win over Calvary Chapel Friday night.

Osso said rather than sit at home obsessing about the game, he went to watch Canyon High — where his brother, Gabe, is an assistant coach — defeat Tustin.

Osso said he received periodic text messages updating him on the Mustangs from a lower-level coach , then returned to the school after the game to speak with his staff about the game.

Most notable, he said, was a change in noise level on the Mustangs’ sideline.

“I’m used to hearing [Osso] yelling back and forth,” Lepper said after the Costa Mesa victory. “Tonight it was a lot quieter on the sideline. I could hear my dad yelling at me.”

DiChirro did not even play football for the Lightning, he played water polo and was the junior varsity team’s leading scorer he said.

But his dad played football and in his first junior varsity game of the season, DiChirro said he recorded seven tackles and three sacks.

With an injury to noseguard Stephen Deverian the 5-foot-8, 178-pound DiChirro found himself inserted into the varsity starting lineup in the third game of the season against linemen much bigger and more experienced. DiChirro has started every game since.

“It’s like a little mouse in a world of cats and dogs,” DiChirro said after the Sea Kings’ 13-12 Pacific Coast League loss to University Thursday. “After a couple of games, I can’t lie, I got confident. My speed overcomes the bigger players.”

And Alejandre was just that all game long for the Eagles.

Alejandre carried the ball a season-high 35 times for 122 yards, including 18 attempts in the second half in the Eagles’ 21-14 Orange Coast League loss.

A reverse went from Laguna Beach’s Zach Smith to Max Hilburn, who pitched it back to quarterback Charley Bowman. Bowman then found receiver John Snedeger 31 yards downfield, setting up the Breakers’ first touchdown.

Senior running back Tom Folks gained two yards on third-and-two, senior fullback Austin Ray plowed up the middle for six yards on third-and-five, senior receiver Ford Noe made a leaping 28-yard catch from junior quarterback Hunter Alder on third-and-18 and Alder hit junior tight end Ali Meshkin on a post pattern for a 21-yard gain on third-and-10.

Other than Mike Morley’s two touchdown runs, the Eagles had two drives end via interception and two via lost fumbles.

Eagles Coach Brian Barnes said both fumbles, both committed by the same player, may have been aided by the player’s inability to feel and squeeze his hand, after being hit on the funny bone.

An Estancia field-goal attempt also hit off the right upright with 7:38 left in the third quarter.

“I told our line that I thought we needed four TDs to win this game,” Monarch said. “If we pound four or five yards a pop, I said we’ll get our four scores and we’ll probably have about 70% of the time of possession.”

The Lightning’s rushing attack surpassed expectations and reached the end zone six times.