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Simi Valley Team Headed for Regional Championship Game

Nov 30, 2018

The football team at Grace Brethren High School, Simi Valley, Calif., is headed for the CIF-State Division 2AA SoCal Regional championship game Friday night at Cal Lutheran.  The Ventura Star reports that the team is focused on winning a state title. A portion of that story appears below. Click here to read the complete story. Grace Brethren High School is a ministry of Grace Church, a Charis Fellowship congregation in Simi Valley (Jordan Bakker, pastor).

Grace Brethren ready to make a statement after winning another CIF football title

Grace Brethren’s Stanley Taufoou scores the Lancers’ first touchdown during their 26-14 win over Corona del Mar in the CIF-SS Division 4 championship game Saturday … Show more JOE LUMAYA/SPECIAL TO THE STAR

The red-hot Grace Brethren High football program now plays with escalated stakes.

Two consecutive CIF-Southern Section championships — including last week’s Division 4 crown via a 26-14 victory over Corona del Mar — and one state runner-up berth isn’t enough for the Lancers, coach Josh Henderson says.

Grace Brethren (12-2) now has its sights set on the program’s first CIF-State Bowl Championship.

“We do,” Henderson said. “Winning a Southern Section championship is a big, big deal for us and a great achievement. But once the state playoffs come into the picture, it becomes the biggest goal for us. We want to win a state championship.”

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