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Murrieta Valley's 55-38 victory over Norco was officially forfeited due to an ineligible player, dropping the Nighthawks to 4-6 heading into Friday's CIF Division 3 home playoff opener against Crespi. Vista Murrieta's season ended without a playoff berth for the first time in 22 seasons.
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Murrieta Mesa hosts unbeaten-in-league Centennial and Vista Murrieta hosts Chaparral on Thursday, Oct. 29, to close the Big West Conference-North Division regular season after both Murrieta schools dropped Week 9 games.
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Murrieta Valley swept Temecula Valley 3-0 on Friday to clinch the Southwestern League girls volleyball title, finishing 8-1 in league play, and now faces a CIF Division 2 quarterfinal against Orange Lutheran on Tuesday, Oct. 27.
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The Oct. 19 IE Varsity rankings show Murrieta Valley steady at No. 12 after its 28-20 win over Vista Murrieta, Murrieta Mesa holding at No. 9 despite a blowout loss, and Vista Murrieta dropping to No. 19 on a three-game skid heading into Week 9.
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Vista Murrieta volleyball swept Murrieta Mesa at the frosh, JV and varsity levels on Oct. 7, while Iri Chen's 33 and Wren Saithong's 36 powered girls golf to wins over both Murrieta Mesa and Murrieta Valley during the week of Oct. 5–10.
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The Oct. 12 IE Varsity football rankings show Murrieta Mesa jumping two spots to No. 9 after its historic 26-21 win over Vista Murrieta, while Murrieta Valley dropped to No. 12 following a 42-20 loss to top-ranked Centennial.
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Tyler Holman's overtime field goal lifted the Broncos past El Camino 24-21, while girls golf went 3-0 behind Wren Saithong's 34 and cross country competed at the Grit and Grind Invitational.
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IE Varsity's Week 6 football rankings drop Murrieta Valley to No. 6 after a blowout loss, while Vista Murrieta holds at No. 14 and Murrieta Mesa stays at No. 11, setting up tough Big West Conference-North Division openers Thursday and Friday.
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Vista Murrieta hosts nationally ranked Corona Centennial on Thursday, Oct. 1, Murrieta Valley travels to Chaparral the same night, and Murrieta Mesa visits Norco on Friday, Oct. 2, as all three Murrieta programs open Big West League football play.
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Murrieta Valley junior left tackle Vincent Shields holds nearly 20 scholarship offers, including from Alabama, Ole Miss and Texas A&M, after switching from defensive end just two years ago. The four-star Class of 2028 recruit and the Nighthawks open Southwestern League play Thursday against Chaparral.
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San Clemente stayed unbeaten with a 42-13 rout of Murrieta Valley on Friday, while Vista Murrieta held off Oceanside El Camino 24-21 for the Broncos' second consecutive win heading into Southwestern League play.
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Outside hitter Summer Tukua's 22 kills powered Murrieta Valley past Chaparral in five sets Monday, giving the Nighthawks sole possession of first place in the Southwestern League ahead of Wednesday's home match against defending champion Temecula Valley.
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Vista Murrieta's Zane Posty posted a 14:41 personal record at the Woodbridge Cross Country Classic, finishing fourth out of 321 runners and moving to third all-time in school history, while the Broncos also picked up first Southwestern League wins in girls volleyball and girls golf.
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