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LA MESA – Senior Caden Thompson threw four touchdown passes, including two in the final 7:39 as No. 7 Helix rallied to beat No.
3 Granite Hills 42-31 on Friday night to win the Grossmont Hills League title. Helix (8-2, 4-0 Grossmont Hills) won its fifth straight game and ended the Eagles’ 19-game league winning streak.
The Highlanders had been the last team to beat the Eagles in league play, 49-35 in 2021. Granite Hills senior Zac Benitz became the CIF San Diego Section all-time completions leader and threw two touchdown passes to rally the Eagles from a 14-point deficit, but they committed too many big mistakes.
“It feels amazing. Gosh, I’m so proud of this team and so proud of how far this team has come,” Thompson said after a wild celebration on Senior Night.
“We had a little setback last year and I’m so glad that we turned it around.” Thompson threw a 23-yard touchdown pass to Jeremy Robinson with 7:39 left to give Helix a 35-31 lead and then hit Jacob Andrew-Johnson on a 29-yarder with 13 seconds left.
Thompson threw touchdown passes of 57 yards to Robinson Robinson and 77 yards to Andrew-Johnson in the first half. Helix’s Roderick Aguillard recovered two fumbles, both of whic h set up touchdowns.
Helix took a 28-14 lead early in the second quarter when Jace Sells blocked a punt and Denzel Griffin had a 32 yard scoop-and-score.
Benitez rallied the Eagles (7-3, 3-1) from a 28-21 deficit by throwing an 8-yard touchdown pass to Courtney Miller-Thompson with four seconds left in the second half and then a 6-yarder to Miller-Thompson to cap the first possession of the third quarter.
“Two super-competitive teams, two really well-coached teams, and we just made more plays at the end of the game,” Helix coach Damaja Jones said. The Eagles went up 31-28 early in the fourth quarter on a 29-yard field goal by Jacob Nunez.
Benitez, who ran for one touchdown, was intercepted in the end zone by LaMarquis Sutton with 5:40 left. Benitez went 14 of 22 for 165 yards to give him 855 and break the old record of 853 by former La Jolla Country Day quarterback Braxton Burmeister.
Benitez has 122 career touchdown passes. Burmeister holds the record at 127.
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