SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO — JSerra’s youth and inexperience was costly Friday in a thrilling 34-31 loss to Damien in a nonleague game at JSerra High.

The Lions (0-2) took the lead in the final minute of the game after backup quarterback Gino Wang engineered a 96-yard scoring drive to put JSerra ahead 31-27 with 54 seconds left in the game.

Damien (2-0) answered with an 80-yard touchdown drive to win the game. Quarterback Isaiah Arriaza ran for an 8-yard touchdown with three seconds left in the game to give the Spartans a 34-31 lead.

The scoring drive was aided by two crushing penalties by JSerra’s defense. Midway through the drive, Dylan Brown intercepted a pass for JSerra, but the play was negated by a roughing the passer penalty on the Lions.

Later in the drive, JSerra committed a costly p

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