Football: Mission Viejo 35, Trabuco Hills 0

A week after dismissing Tesoro, 37-7, in what figured to the deciding game for the South Coast League championship, Mission Viejo stamped its ticket into the Southern Section Pac-5 playoffs Friday as the league's No. 1 team.

This is the Diablos' 12th league title in 14 years, their fifth in a row. The success coincides with the arrival of Bob Johnson as coach in 1999.

Even if Mission, ranked No. 1 in Orange County and No. 2 in the section, loses next week at El Toro, it holds the tie-breaker over Tesoro.

Going into the game, Trabuco still had a chance to win the league title, but the Mustangs—despite their first 4-0 start since 1992—have no chance of making the playoffs.

Score: Mission Viejo 35, Trabuco Hills 0

Key Stats: Ian Fieber passed for 310 yards and four touchdowns. He had three passes intercepted.

Pivotal Moment: Once Trabuco Hills was down by 14 points on Fieber’s 16-yard pass to Modster, the Mustangs had to have known they were in a hole. But three minutes later, with 6:20 left in the half, Fieber connected on a 28-yard score to Connor Hill for a 21-0 lead. Modster’s a playmaker, but when the guy who’s not a playmaker is scoring, you’re in deep trouble. And Trabuco was.

Records: Mission Viejo (9-0 overall, 3-0 in the  South Coast League, Trabuco Hills (5-4, 1-2)

Notes: Fieber passed for touchdowns of 33, 16 and 20 yards to Sean Modster, and 28 yards to Connor Hill. … The first scoring pass completed a seven-play drive to open the game. … Modster may have had the most impressive stat line of the night. He caught seven passes for 127 yards. … Rome Innocenzi rushed 11 times for 103 yards, and Daniel Marx 11 for 72 for the Diablos. … In addition to the passing scores, Tony Williams scored from 5 yards midway through the third quarter for a 28-0 lead. … Tommy Kelley completed 12 of 24 for 173 yards passing for Trabuco Hills. … The Mustangs mounted no ground game at all against the stiff Mission defense. James Pierce had a team-high 3 yards. Kelley lost 29 and Jordan Hettinger lost 12. …  Trabuco Hills has lost four of its last five games. It ends the season next week at home against San Clemente. ... In the preseason, Trabuco was picked to be Mission's primary challenger for the league title.