Rio Hondo Prep players signal a touchdown scored during the fourth quarter of the Division 3-A Southern California Regional against Poway at Poway High School in Poway on Saturday, Dec. 07, 2024.

(Photo by Libby Cline Birmingham) LONG BEACH — Rio Hondo Prep’s football team came as close as you can to winning a state championship, coming up a yard short in a gut-wrenching finish.

Rio Hondo Prep has 71 boys enrolled in its school, and 43 students play in the Kares’ football program. They all play multiple sports, building connections all year long beyond the gridiron.

It's clearly the case in the CIF 3-A state high school football championship. Rio Hondo Prep (13-1) makes running the football an art form, and enters the state finals with 4,591 yards and 64 ...

POWAY – Rio Hondo Prep is a small private Christian high school in Arcadia. Enrollment: barely 100. Seventy-one of the students are male, and 44 of them play varsity football. But what the Kares ...

Rio Hondo Prep’s run-heavy offense and Noah Penunuri delivered another dominant playoff performance, and the Kares also got a clutch performance from quarterback Yanick Diaz to keep their dream ...