1958--Orange County's third oldest league, and the first to be created to handle the county's growth of the 1950s, the Freeway League opened with five schools: Buena Park, La Habra, Orange, Rancho Alamitos and Western. Orange won its first league championship in 22 seasons by sweeping the competition.
1983--La Habra's meeting with Sunny Hills in the Southern Section Central Conference championship game held great promise: Only six weeks before, La Habra had defeated the Lancers, 14-12, when Will Segovia passed for a touchdown with three seconds to play. The victory sent the Highlanders on to the Freeway League championship, but Sunny Hills turned the tables in the section final. Sparked by Mike Muras' 165 yards and two touchdowns rushing, and aided by six La Habra turnovers, Sunny Hills won, 29-0, for its first section championship.
1999 IN REVIEW
After losing its first four games, La Habra won its next six, including all five of its Freeway League games. The Highlanders defeated Troy, 16-15, in Week 7, in what proved to be the decisive game, as Josh Herrera scored on a seven-yard run with less than five minutes to play to give La Habra the come-from-behind victory. . . . Herrera was named the league's most valuable player, after rushing for 2,088 yards in 11 games and scoring 15 of the Highlanders' 19 touchdowns in league play. . . . La Habra was surprised by Western, 27-7, in the first round of the Division IX playoffs. Troy defeated Savanna in the first round before falling to eventual champion La Verne Bonita in the quarterfinals.
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League Overall STANDINGS W L T W L T TP PA La Habra 5 0 0 6 5 0 270 246 Troy 4 1 0 9 3 0 331 229 Sonora 3 2 0 5 6 0 228 263 Buena Park 2 3 0 4 6 0 208 242 Fullerton 1 4 0 5 5 0 272 172 Sunny Hills 0 5 0 2 8 0 113 297
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Leaders
Statistics include regular season games only
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PASSING Att CP TD Yds Parker, Buena Park 288 122 17 2,118 Oliver, Troy 138 74 9 1,214 Echaves, Fullerton 168 81 11 1,119 Parra, La Habrady 116 36 8 613
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RUSHING Att Yds Avg TD Herrera, La Habra 289 1,910 6.6 23 Murray, Troy 271 1,680 6.2 23 Shepard, Sunny Hills 198 1,070 5.4 4 Lopez, Fullerton 144 805 5.6 9
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RECEIVING Rec Yds Avg TD Rivera, Buena Park 45 916 20.4 7 Flamenco, Buena Park 37 700 18.9 7 Ahlberg, Troy 33 507 15.4 4 Welch, Troy 22 500 22.7 3
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