ANTHONY BELL carries the ball for Bolsa Grande vs. Arroyo Grande (GGUSD photo).

Sam Thomson threw three touchdown passes as the Edison Chargers bounced back from last week’s defeat to dominate the Lakewood Lancers 31-0 on Friday night.

All three of those scoring passes were to Matthew Auau. The Chargers are 2-1 and will next face Palos Verdes (2-1) on Friday, Sept. 12.
Edison is the top-ranked team in our High Five.

Two area teams remain undefeated. Rancho Alamitos ran up a 28-7 halftime lead and went on to defeat Anaheim 35-17 on Friday to improve to 2-0.

La Quinta and Bassett of La Puente fought to a 6-6 tie. The Aztecs are 1-0-1.

In other games on Friday night, Pacifica (2-1) defeated Northwood of Irvine 20-14 and Ocean View (1-1) won a close one, edging Buena Park 28-27.
Orange (2-1) squeezed by Los Osos 15-7.

Two undefeated area high school football teams are unbeaten no longer after Thursday’s games.

In a clash of our High Five second- and third-ranked teams, Huntington Beach beat Western 48-7 to drop the Pioneers to 2-1. The Oilers are 2-1 now.
Los Amigos (now 2-1) lost 23-7 to University High of Irvine.

Garden Grove fell to 0-3 as the Argonauts lost 48-31 to Santa Ana. The red-and-white continue to show a powerful offense with a struggling defense, having been outscored 118 to 88 so far.

Grove will have a week off, and then try to get a win on Friday, Sept. 19 hosting University High of Irvine (1-1).

Other Thursday scores:
• Arroyo Grande 34, Bolsa Grande 17
• Santiago 26, Savanna 13.