VALLEY CENTER — When friends Braylon Mitchell, Jesse Morales and Joeisha Ryan Tirado entered Valley Center High School, they vowed to find a road to a CIF football championship before they graduated.

The Jaguars won a league championship two years ago, but the path to a San Diego Section title was elusive.

A promising senior season went wildly off course, and the injury-ravaged Jaguars were 1-5 after a forfeit loss to Carlsbad and a 61-28 beatdown at Imperial the next week.

Finally healthy in Week 7, Valley Center found the right route to a title.

The Jaguars beat Escondido and Mt. Carmel, suffered a “slap-the-face” 49-7 loss to San Pasqual and then pulled off a 29-27 upset of Ramona that gave the Jaguars a share of the Palomar League championship with San Pasqual and Ramona.

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