NORTH HOLLYWOOD – In Friday night’s CIF Los Angeles City Section Division 1 first-round matchup fourth-seeded North Hollywood High’s football team ran past visiting Granada Hills 36-30 in history-making fashion. The win marked the first time in school history the Huskies (11-0) won a sectional game in Division 1. “I want to cry right now,” said North Hollywood coach Scott Faer.
“This feels unbelievable. Everybody doubted us because we’ve never been in the Division 1 bracket. I’ve got all the faith in the world in these guys.
They just fight day in and day out and always find a win to win.” On the game’s opening drive, North Hollywood showed the Highlanders what they could expect all night. The Huskies ran 10 plays and took 6:05 off the clock before Daylan Garcia capped the drive with a 3-yard rushing touchdown.
Their second drive provided more of the same, with the Huskies taking another 6:46 off the clock on a 15-play drive that ended with Omar Muhammed breaking off a 19-yard touchdown run. Four of their five touchdowns came on drives that lasted at least 5:53. The other saw them take over with less than a minute left in the first half.
Two passes and just 16 seconds later senior quarterback Nate Arlauskas connected with classmate Kelley Warburton for a 38-yard score. It marked the second time in the contest Warburton had a 38-yard receiving touchdown. Garcia added a second-half touchdown at the end of an 18-play drive that took more than nine minutes off.