Santa Margarita stuns Corona Centennial; Trent Mosley shines

Santa Margarita’s Trent Mosley scored three TDs in the first half to anchor a stunning victory over Corona Centennial.

Santa Margarita wide receiver Trent Mosley scored four touchdowns in a 34-14 win at Bakersfield-Liberty last season / Photo: Joe Bergman

The score required a double take Friday night.

Santa Margarita rolled Corona Centenntial 31-15 in a stunning victory that sends the Huskies to 0-2 after a loss to No. 1 Mater Dei last week.

Centennial (0-2) came into the game ranked No. 6 in the latest SBLive Top 25 rankings. Santa Margarita (1-1) was No. 10.

Santa Margarita lost to Mission Viejo 35-7 last Saturday, but showed resilience in a huge win Friday night over nationally-ranked Centennial with 5-star recruit Husan Longstreet starting at quarterback.

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Wide receiver Trent Mosley shined, scoring three touchdowns in the first quarter to give the Eagles a mind-boggling 24-0 at halftime. Mosley, a standout junior prospect with offers to USC, Notre Dame and Alabama, scored on receiving touchdowns of 51 and 67 yards. He also punched in a 1-yard rushing TD.

Mosley finished with nine catches for 217 yards. Santa Margarita QB John Gazzaniga threw two touchdowns. Longstreet, a Texas A&M commit, completed just eight passes on 17 attempts for 79 yards, with two interceptions and a lost fumble.

Santa Margarita’s Trent Mosley /

The first score was on a bubble screen, and the second was on a slip screen - showing off Mosley’s run-after-catch ability.

Santa Margarita opened up the game to a 31-0 lead after Jaion Smith scored on a short yardage TD in the third quarter.

Centennial did avoid being shutout for the firs time since 1998 when Dominick Catalano hit Dylan Waller for an 8-yard touchdown connection to make it 31-7. The Huskies defense pitched in to make it 31-15 after a pick-six from Augus Sanders. But it was too little too late.

Press-Enterprise reporter Eric-Paul Johnson tweeted that Husan Longstreet was subbed out after the first two offensive series before Catalano came in. The two rotated throughout the game.

Lightning in a bottle. Trent Mosleypic.twitter.com/25m1KctrQz

— Tarek Fattal (@Tarek_Fattal) August 31, 2024

The Huskies had four turnovers and four possessions that ended on turnover on downs.

“This is 100% about coaching, so this result is entirely on me,” Centennial coach Matt Logan told the Press-Enterprise. “Santa Margarita outplayed us, they outcoached us … they out-everythinged us today. I know we’re better than this. And if a team isn’t playing up to its potential, that’s on the coach.”

Centennial is 0-2 for the first time since 1998, according to Eric-Paul Johnson.

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