Live updates recap: Orange Lutheran outlasts St. Frances in high school football battle

Orange Lutheran pulls off a gritty win over St. Frances in nationally ranked showdown

Nebraska QB commit TJ Lateef leads Orange Lutheran against St. Frances Academy (Maryland) on Friday, Sept. 6, 2024. / Tarek Fattal

Undefeated high school football teams from the East and West coasts collide Friday night at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, California.

Orange Lutheran hosts St. Frances Academy (Maryland) at 7 p.m. PT Friday, Sept. 6.

St. Frances Academy (2-0) enters the game ranked No. 12 in the national SBLive/SI Top 25, while Orange Lutheran (2-0) is No. 21.

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Live stream: You can watch St. Frances Academy vs. Orange Lutheran live on the NFHS Network

Follow along below for live updates once the game starts, with the kickoff scheduled for 7 p.m. PT / 10 p.m. ET at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, California.

FINAL: Orange Lutheran 15, St. Frances Academy 13

FOURTH QUARTER UPDATES

Huge fourth-down conversion on a Lateef QB sneak, and Orange Lutheran tries to bleed the clock with less than two minutes remaining.

TOUCHDOWN ST. FRANCES! Wayne Henry gets a huge pick-six on an interception thrown by TJ Lateef. It's Orange Lutheran 15-13 with 6:25 left.

FUMBLE! Good-looking St. Frances drive stalls with a fumble on a big play by Orange Lutheran's Christian Panapa. Orange Lutheran ball on its own 11, 10:09 left, leading 15-6.

TOUCHDOWN ORANGE LUTHERAN: TJ Lateef sneaks in from 1 yard out after a big 39-yard catch-and-run by Jae Nembhard to start the quarter. Lancers get the two-point conversion and it's 15-6 Orange Lutheran with 11:42 left.

3RD QUARTER UPDATES

END OF 3RD QUARTER: Orange Lutheran 7, St. Frances 6

INTERCEPTION! Benjamin Alefaio gets the pick and Orange Lutheran takes over on its own 42, leading 7-6 toward the end of the quarter.

St. Frances forces a punt and will try to put a long drive together to take the lead. Panthers are at their own 18 with just over two minutes left in the quarter, trailing 7-6.

TOUCHDOWN ST. FRANCES! Orange Lutheran's 25-yard field goal attempt is blocked and Bryce Deas returns it all the way to the end zone. But the extra point is blocked so Orange Lutheran still leads 7-6.

Teams trade punts, Orange Lutheran ball on its 43 with 8:23 left.

St. Frances boots it out of the end zone, so Orange Lutheran starts the second half at its own 20 leading 7-0.

2ND QUARTER UPDATES

HALFTIME: Orange Lutheran 7, St. Frances 0

TURNOVER ON DOWNS! St. Frances goes for it on fourth and goal from the 3, and the pass falls incomplete. Still 7-0 Orange Lutheran with 14 seconds left in the half.

Jae'oyn Williams gets a huge fourth-down conversion. He's been at quarterback this whole drive for St. Frances, which is on the Orange Lutheran 30 with just over two minutes left.

INTERCEPTION! Blake Woodby picks off TJ Lateef in the end zone. St. Frances ball on its own 20, 5:09 left trailing 7-0.

FUMBLE! Orange Lutheran takes over on the St. Frances 25, 7:15 left leading 7-0. Talanoa Ili forced the fumble.

Roughing-the-passer penalty gives life to St. Frances, which gets a first down instead of fourth. But the Panthers follow that up with two holding penalties. They're on the Orange Lutheran 25 with 7:26 left.

TOUCHDOWN ORANGE LUTHERAN! TJ Lateef to Tyler Hennessy from 5 yards out for the first score of the game. It's 7-0 Orange Lutheran, 9:03 left in the half.

TJ Lateef finds Aaron Ia for a 30-yard reception to the 20 on the first play of the quarter, but an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty sends it back to the 35.

1ST QUARTER UPDATES

END OF 1ST QUARTER: Orange Lutheran 0, St. Frances 0

Amazing catch by Jeremiah Koger but he's just out of bounds. St. Frances has to punt it right back. Orange Lutheran gets the ball back and a 17-yard gain to end the quarter at midfield.

Orange Lutheran punts into the end zone and it's St. Frances ball again on its own 20, just over two minutes left in the quarter. Still 0-0.

TURNOVER ON DOWNS! Orange Lutheran takes over on its own 30 after St. Frances' fourth-down pass falls incomplete. It's 0-0, 8:02 left.

We are underway! St. Frances starts with the ball on its own 20 after a booming Orange Lutheran kickoff.

PREGAME

St. Frances boasts one of the nation’s elite defensive units with SEC commits Blake Woodby and Bryce Deas (both Auburn) and Darrion Smith (Tennessee), along with Joppatowne (Maryland) transferZion Elee (defensive end), arguably the nation’s No. 1 junior.

Through 27 career games, senior QB TJ Lateef (Nebraska commit) has thrown 38 touchdown passes and is closing in on 5,000 career passing yards. He's also rushed for nine touchdowns. Senior linebacker Armando Figueroa has anchored the defense through two games this year with four sacks.

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-- Mike Swanson | swanson@scorebooklive.com | @sblivesports

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