In seasons such as this one, when De La Salle plows through upper-echelon non-league competition with sights on the state’s top prize, the East Bay Athletic League portion of the schedule rarely provides much resistance.

So it was Friday night at Amador Valley for the Bay Area News Group’s top-ranked team.

Jayden Nicholas returned the opening kickoff 80 yards for a touchdown. Brayden Knight followed with a 30-yard TD pass to Dylan Scott. Then Knight threw a 15-yard scoring pass to Landon Cook.

The first quarter was only half over.

De La Salle went on to win 56-13 to run its record to 7-0. The Spartans have three regular-season games left before what will likely be a two-game section playoff run and then another shot at capturing the state’s Open Division championship for the first time

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