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Football: Fountain Valley 40, Marina 14

Sunset League: Fountain Valley matches last year's win total, but it gets tougher going forward.

Fountain Valley didn’t get its first Sunset League victory of 2012 until the last week of the regular season. This year, the Barons got it in the first week of league. Under new coach Ray Fenton, the Barons figure to do even better, but it gets tougher from here on out.

Score: Fountain Valley 40, Marina 14

Key Stats: Scott Schultz passed for 118 yards and rushed for 70 yards and three touchdowns, of 8, 63 and 1 yards, all in the first quarter. Fountain Valley gained 332 yards on the ground to Marina’s 28.

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Pivotal Moment: By the time Schultz crossed the goal line for the third time, this one was in the bag.

Records: Fountain Valley (5-1 overall, 1-0 in Sunset League), Marina (1-5, 0-1)

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Notes: Travis Hood scored on runs of 2 and 26 yards, the latter with 8:30 left in the third quarter to take a 40-0 lead. … The other score for Fountain Valley came on Isaiah Davis’ 9-yard run early in the second quarter. … This was the third time this season Fountain Valley scored 40 or more points. It’s the second week in a row it has held an opponent to 14 points or less. … Fountain Valley plays at Huntington Beach (3-3, 0-1), which lost to Edison, 48-6. … Marina will play host to Los Alamitos (5-1, 0-1) at Westminster. 


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