The Eagles ran headfirst into powerhouse Homestead last Friday night at Fremont's Diesner Field in Sunnyvale. And the Mustangs, with their sights set firmly on a run for the championship in the El Camino Division of the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League, steam-rolled Los Altos 63-34.

The win helped the Mustangs improve to 5-0 in the division and to 7-1 for the year. Los Altos, meanwhile, slipped to 0-4 in league play and to 1-7 for the season.

Homestead finishes the league season this week in a big game at Cupertino. The Mustangs and Pioneers will match perfect division records in the game, and the winner will no doubt lock up no worse than a share of the El Camino Division crown.

Cupertino pounded Lynbrook 49-21 last week to improve to 4-0 in the division and to 7-1 for the season. The Pioneers still have a Nov. 15 date with Fremont.

The 7:30 p.m. game on Nov. 8 against Cupertino will mark the end of the league season for the Mustangs. They wrap up the regular season the following week in a non-league game against Milpitas at Diesner.

Will Faules had another big week for the Mustangs last Friday against Los Altos. The speedster scored five touchdowns on runs of 41, two, 12, 90 and 80 yards.

Garren Strong found his way to the end zone twice for the Mustangs, scoring on a 62-yard run and a 63-yard pass from Craig Maynard.

Tim Strombel ran for a score and also flipped a 20-yard TD toss to Cephus Brown. Eric Dodge rounded out the scoring with nine extra point kicks.

Jeff Tucker, Richard Scott, Brown, Josh Baquette, Daniel Sizemore, Sean Carey, Max Kinderman, Graham Nayler and Eddie Sumpter were defensive leaders for Homestead in the win.


Fremont falls

It was a long day for Fremont, too. The Firebirds traveled to Mountain View for an afternoon game but lost a lopsided 35-0 decision.

Fremont, 2-2 in the division and 3-5 for the year, will try to get back on the winning track this week. The Firebirds host Lynbrook on Nov. 8, 7:30 p.m., at Diesner Field. It will be homecoming night for Fremont.

The Vikings come in with a 1-3 record in league play and a 1-7 mark overall. Their only win this season came against Los Altos.


Tie for Homestead f-s

The Homestead and Los Altos frosh-soph teams fought to a 15-15 tie on Friday.

David Nguyen ran back a pass interception 83 yards for a touchdown and fullback Robert Ricana scored on a 4-yard run to lead the Homestead attack in the game. Quarterback Gareth Pack ran in for a 2-point conversion.

Ricana led all ground-getters with 74 yards on eight carries. Frank Hernandes supported with 34 yards on three carries, and Moberg had 32 yards on nine carries.

Tim Kimball led the defensive effort with 12 tackles. Craig Moberg finished with eight, Ricana and Greg Jackson had five apiece, Branden Morales and Ryan Lechner each had three and Ricky Gross added two. Jackson recovered a Los Altos fumble.