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- Updated: November 7, 2026
Zach Waters tackles Rancho Buena Vista on Friday.
2026 EAST COUNTY PREP FOOTBALL
CIF SAN DIEGO SECTION — DIVISION IV FIRST ROUND
No. 7 seed WEST HILLS 24, No. 10 seed RANCHO BUENA VISTA 14
By Dave Dickens
EastCountySports.com
SANTEE — When Rancho Buena Vista finally got within reach in the fourth quarter, West Hills went back to the player who had put the game out of reach in the first place.
Evin Dill ran for 114 yards and a touchdown, then helped run out the clock after the Wolf Pack recovered a late onside kick. West Hills built a 24-point lead and held off the Longhorns, 24-14, Friday night in the first round of the CIF San Diego Section Division IV playoffs.
Dill carried 17 times and completed 6 of 12 passes for 84 yards, accounting for 198 yards of offense. Marcus Leath ran five times for 81 yards and a touchdown, Evan Dorris added a scoring run, and Bryce Robertson made all three extra points and a 26-yard field goal.
The Wolf Pack (8-3) rushed for 229 yards on 39 carries and advanced to face No. 2 seed Maranatha Christian in the quarterfinals Friday, Nov. 13.
Three drives, three touchdowns
West Hills scored on three of its four first-half possessions, putting together touchdown drives of 80, 71 and 50 yards. The defense gave up just 16 yards and one first down before halftime.
Leath finished the opening drive by taking a pitch from Dill around the left side for a touchdown with 7:56 left in the first quarter. Rancho Buena Vista lost yardage on a bad snap on its first possession and wound up punting.
Dill went to the air on the next drive, finding Chuck Rosolino for a first down and EJ Lee-Fields for eight yards. A defensive holding penalty helped move the Wolf Pack to the Longhorns’ 28. West Hills carried the drive into the second quarter, where Dill found Rosolino along the right sideline on third down to set up first-and-goal at the 4.
Dill kept it for two yards, then Dorris took the handoff left and scored from the 2. Robertson’s kick made it 14-0 with 10:21 left in the half.
The Longhorns struggled to give quarterback Van Piercy time to connect downfield. Lee-Fields and Leath made stops on a series that ended with pressure and an incompletion on third-and-long, sending Rancho Buena Vista’s punt team back onto the field.
West Hills threatened again when Dill escaped pressure on third-and-14 and found Leath for a 32-yard gain. That possession ended with a missed field goal, but the Wolf Pack got another chance after a punt. Dill connected with Rosolino downfield, and an unnecessary roughness penalty put the ball at the 13. Dill broke through several tackles up the middle on the next play, scoring with 1:30 left in the half for a 21-0 lead.
A stop at one end, a 40-yard run at the other
Leath forced a fumble on the first play of the second half, and Scott Miller recovered it. West Hills came away without points, and Rancho Buena Vista put together its first serious scoring threat on its next possession.
The Longhorns reached the West Hills 3, but a bad snap sent them back to the 25. Their fourth-down try ended with West Hills taking over at its own 1.
The Wolf Pack gained a yard on first down. On second down, Leath took a handoff from the 2 and broke free for 40 yards. An unsportsmanlike conduct penalty moved West Hills into Longhorn territory, and Dill, Leath and Lee-Fields helped get the Pack inside the 10.
Robertson converted from 26 yards with 1:08 left in the third quarter. West Hills had turned a goal-line stand at one end into a 24-0 lead at the other.
Longhorns make a late push
Rancho Buena Vista (5-6) started its first scoring drive at its own 1. Piercy finished it with a 20-yard touchdown run with 8:04 left.
The Longhorns got the ball back at their 35 and moved into West Hills territory on completions to Isaiah Simmons and Mason Imoto. Facing fourth down at the Wolf Pack 34, Piercy found Ashton Mills to keep the drive alive.
Piercy then hit Imoto in the left corner of the end zone for a 16-yard touchdown, cutting the lead to 24-14 with 3:39 to play.
West Hills recovered the ensuing onside kick. Dill broke loose for another first down, and the Wolf Pack ran out the clock in victory formation.
Piercy completed 13 of 28 passes for 151 yards. Mills led the Longhorns with five catches for 82 yards, and Imoto caught two passes for 28 yards and the touchdown.
Leath makes his touches count
Marcus Leath needed only six offensive touches to gain 113 yards. He averaged 16.2 yards on five carries and added the 32-yard catch after Dill escaped pressure on third-and-long. His two biggest runs gave West Hills its first touchdown and the room it needed to get out from its own goal line.
Leath also finished with four tackles and forced the second-half fumble. Chuck Rosolino led the Wolf Pack with three catches for 42 yards and added five tackles. Evan Dorris rushed seven times for 19 yards, including the two-yard touchdown.
Lee-Fields leads the stops
EJ Lee-Fields led West Hills with 12 tackles, eight of them solo. Zach Waters had five tackles, three for loss, including two sacks. Scott Miller added four tackles, a sack and the fumble recovery.
The Wolf Pack recorded seven tackles for loss and three sacks, with the sacks costing Rancho Buena Vista 39 yards. The Longhorns entered averaging 30.7 points per game and were held scoreless through three quarters.
Score by quarters
Rancho Buena Vista — 0 · 0 · 0 · 14 — 14 West Hills. — 7 · 14 · 3 · 0 — 24
Quarterfinal lookahead — Maranatha Christian awaits
No. 7 seed WEST HILLS (8-3) vs. No. 2 seed MARANATHA CHRISTIAN (8-2)
Friday, Nov. 13 · 7 p.m.
West Hills goes on the road to face a rested Maranatha Christian team coming off a first-round bye. The Eagles went 5-0 in their regular-season home games and averaged 33.0 points scored and 12.2 allowed.
Quarterback Colin Leonard averages 125.0 passing yards per game. Sawyer Bryant gives him a target averaging 65.3 receiving yards, and running back Ryan Niguidula averages 74.2 on the ground. On defense, Kason Lozano averages 7.3 tackles and Harrison Boehning averages a sack per game.
West Hills brings a ground game averaging 195.9 yards per game and a quarterback who has topped 100 rushing yards in three straight games. Dill gained 105 against Valhalla, 108 against Monte Vista and 114 against Rancho Buena Vista. Leath’s five carries Friday showed what the Pack can do when defenses have another runner to account for on the edge.
The opening possessions will matter. West Hills dictated Friday’s first half by sustaining drives and forcing punts. Against an Eagles team that averaged 33 points, keeping Leonard and Bryant on the sideline will give the Wolf Pack a chance to do it again.
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