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St. Anthony senior running back Sone Aupiu has a calm demeanor to him.

He’s polite, family-orientated, and grateful for the season he is having.

When the playoff brackets were first released, St. Anthony was pretty sure they would see a familiar opponent again in the playoffs.

It is indeed true as the Saints (8-4) hit the road for the second straight week to face Del Rey League opponent Salesian (9-3) in the CIF Southern Section Division 10 Semifinals. Game is scheduled to start at 7 p.m.

This St. Anthony football season has been defined by the nearly unstoppable rushing attack led by Sone Aupiu, but that wasn’t the case on Friday night in the first round of the CIF Southern Section Division 10 playoffs.

The St. Anthony Saints earned the right to host a first round CIF Southern Section Division 10 playoff game tonight, but they won’t be able to play at Clark Field where they broke ground on a new athletic facility on Thursday.

After decades of planning and fundraising, St. Anthony High School officially broke ground Thursday on the new athletic facility being built at Clark Field where the Saints have practiced and played multiple sports since 1946.

The St. Anthony football team had one way to guarantee a playoff spot – beat Harvard Westlake Friday night in the regular season finale.

The Saints (6-4, 3-1) did just that as they defeated the Wolverines 53-23 to secure a second-place finish in the Del Rey League and playoff spot.

Without their best player and a slew of other injuries, St. Anthony’s Del Rey League game at Mary Star of the Sea on Friday was an opportunity for other Saints to step up.

On the first play of the third quarter in Friday’s Del Rey League opener, St. Anthony senior running back Sone Aupiu ran into two defenders near the line of scrimmage

There is no historic football rivalry between St. Anthony and Marina High School. The teams haven’t played since 2016–a 48-21 Saints win that year–and have only met twice since 2004. But when the teams square off tonight at 7 p.m. in Huntington Beach, there will be plenty of history on the opposing sidelines.