EAGLES SCORE ON EVERY OFFENSIVE POSSESSION SAVE FOR GAME-ENDING KNEEL DOWN IN HANDING LOYOLA ITS WORST DEFEAT IN SCHOOL HISTORY

Before a smattering of fans in West Hills on Friday night Chaminade scored on every one of its offensive possessions save for a game-ending kneel down in a 52-0 demolition of Loyola which constituted the worst loss suffered by the Cubs in school history.

After forging a dominant 38-0 halftime lead, the Eagles tacked on another 14 points after intermission in what only can be characterized as an ignominious defeat in a Mission League contest that effectively eliminated Loyola (4-5, 1-4) from any shot at consideration for an at-large berth in the CIF Southern Section playoffs which get underway on November 7.

Chaminade was simply bigger, faster, stronger and more athletic than a Cub team that many hoped would give the Eagles formidable resistance before the opening kickoff.

Loyola fumbled on the first offensive play of the game after a 13-yard run, and the Eagles immediately went 34 yards in five plays, scoring on a 10-yard run at the 9:44 mark of the first quarter to start a scoring avalanche of epic proportion.

Chaminade kicked a 42-yard field goal with 41 seconds left in the first quarter to increase its lead to 10-0, and thereafter imposed its will scoring four more first half TDs on take-no-prisoners drives of 57, 80, 70 and 70 yards, which included a 70-yard TD run and a 60-yard scoring pass.

Meanwhile, the Cubs’ other first half possessions ended in a turnover on downs, four punts and the expiration of time.

With a running clock in the second half the Eagles scored on 56 and 72-yard drives. Unofficially, Chaminade amassed over 500 yards of total offense while Loyola mustered less than 140.

Indeed, the Cubs demonstrated laudable determination in their first eight games after many of their starters transferred, but the law of averages finally caught up with them in what by any account was a dismal, disheartening defeat.

Loyola will host the state’s third-ranked team, Sierra Canyon (9-0, 4-0), in its final Mission League contest of the season on Halloween. That is a scary matchup as the undefeated Trailblazers trounced Chaminade 45-14.

MISSION LEAGUE STANDINGS

Sierra Canyon has secured the Mission League title. Chaminade has sewed up second place even if it loses to rival Notre Dame next Friday. The winner of the Serra - Bishop Amat game will secure itself a third place finish.

On Friday Sierra Canyon routed Bishop Amat, 40-0; Serra blasted Notre Dame, 35-16; and Loyola was plastered by Chaminade, 52-0.

The conference standings going into the final games of the regular season are as follows:

Sierra Canyon (9-0, 4-0)

Chaminade (5-4, 3-1)

Bishop Amat (5-4, 2-2)

Serra (4-5, 1-3)

Notre Dame (4-5, 1-3)

LOYOLA (4-5, 1-3)

LOYOLA ALUMNI AWARDS DINNER HONORS TWO FORMER CUB FOOTBALL STARS

On November 15, Loyola will hold its annual Alumni Dinner. Two of the three honorees are former Cub football stars, ANTHONY BARR ‘10 and KEVIN BENDER ‘91.

After a sterling career at Loyola, BARR was an All-American linebacker at UCLA and won the Lott Impact Award as the best defensive player in collegiate football as a senior. He went on to a sterling career in the NFL, where he was a four-time All-Pro linebacker for the Minnesota Vikings.

BENDER was an All-CIF Division I and All-Southern Section defensive end for the Cubs’ 1990 CIF Southern Section Division I championship squad.

Make plans to attend what promises to be a great celebratory evening at Loyola on November 15th. Reserve your reservation at the link below.

CUBS IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Below is the list of Loyola graduates on college football teams in 2025 according to published collegiate rosters:

JAKE ARELLANO '24, DB, Bentley University

CHAD BAILEY ‘20, DB, Bentley University

BROCK BOJORQUEZ ‘25, DB, Johns Hopkins

COLIN CRUCE ‘22, OL, Bowdoin

KHALIL CUEVA ‘24, WR, University of San Diego

JEFFREY JOHNSON ‘21, TE, Cal

LUKE HARRISON ‘24, OL, University of San Diego

CONNOR KLEIN ‘25, LB, Cornell

SHAWN LIN '22, DL, Columbia

LEIGHTON LINE ‘23, DL, Cal Lutheran

JOSHUA LONG ‘21, TE, Eastern Michigan

TAHJ OWENS '22, DB, Princeton

JACK PARIS '23, DL, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

RYAN QUINTANAR '20, LB, USC

XAVIER RICE ‘23, QB, Duquesne

ISAIAH SANDERS, ‘24, LB, UC Davis

PATRICK SODL ‘22, LB, Columbia

ZAKHARI SPEARS ‘21, DB, Idaho

HENRY STICKLER ‘22, WR, SMU

JACK SUSNJAR ‘23, OL, USC

JOE TATUM ‘22, QB, Texas

SCOTT TAYLOR '25, LB, UCLA

RYAN TURK ‘24, OL, Dartmouth

DESI VALDES ‘25, DB, Pasadena City College

CHAMP WESTBROOKS ‘24, OL, Arizona State

ALEX WHITMAN ‘22, WR, Notre Dame

CEYAIR WRIGHT ‘21, DB, Nebraska

SAM YOON ‘22, OL, UCLA

2025 LOYOLA VARSITY FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

8-22 Cathedral (L 36-14)

8-29 @ Millikan (Long Beach) (W 35-25)

9-5 Mount Miguel (L 21-0)

9-12 @ Hamilton (Los Angeles) (W 42-21)

9-19 St. Francis (W 9-3)

10-3 @ Notre Dame* (L 35-10)

10-9 @Serra* at SoFi Stadium (W 13-10)

10-17 Bishop Amat* (L, 30-14)

10-24 @ Chaminade* (L, 52-0)

10-31 Sierra Canyon*

*Denotes Mission League game