SAN CLEMENTE — San Clemente threw a monkey wrench into the Alpha League championship race by beating previously undefeated Los Alamitos 28-9 Friday at San Clemente High.

Los Alamitos (8-1, 1-1) entered Friday as one of the six remaining undefeated teams in Orange County. The Griffins are ranked No. 6 in the county Top 25 poll and San Clemente (5-4, 1-1) is ranked No. 12.

San Clemente’s coaches and players saw multiple news clippings of media members talking about next week’s game between Los Alamitos and Mission Viejo deciding the Alpha League championship. The Tritons felt they were being overlooked and that feeling fueled them during the week.

“There was a lot of talk about them and Mission (Viejo) next week and our kids took that personally,” San Clemente coach Jaime Ortiz said. “Tha

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