Yucca Valley coach Jeremy Johnson said visiting Costa Mesa tried to take away dynamic receiver Aiden Pope by double-teaming him in their CIF-SS Division 12 opening-round game Friday.

Perhaps they should've tried three guys. Pope scored three of the Trojans' six touchdowns as they rolled to a 43-17 win.

Pope opened the game with a 14-yard touchdown reception from Aiden Shannon and then scored the game's second TD on a 4-yard run.

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