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Los Alamitos underclassmen laid down their helmets, one by one, on the five-yard line.

Griffins’ junior running back Kamden Tillis was already overcome by emotion, the reality of a 42-21 defeat to San Diego Cathedral in the Division 1-AA regional final sinking into Los Alamitos as the players said goodbye.

“I hate this moment,” said Los Alamitos coach Ray Fenton, who led his program to a 12-3 record and a Southern Section Division 2 title.

Tillis, along with his fellow juniors, sophomores and freshmen, embraced each senior on the goal line. Hug after hug. Words of brotherhood overpowering the sensations of a crushing defeat.

“I loved them to death,” Tillis said of the Griffins’ s

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