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If Pacific Grove has aspirations about getting back to the Central Coast Section Small Division football finals, it needs another option in its offense.
Another dimension.
Look no further than quarterback Daniel Connors, who completed 11-of-18 passes for 152 yards and a touchdown in the Breakers playoff opening win over Soquel.
Not staggering numbers. But Connors was sharp when it mattered, hitting his first four passes as Pacific Grove scored on its initial drive.
And on the eventual game-winning drive that broke up a 7-7 tie, he completing all three of his attempts, including a perfectly thrown 17-yard touchdown pass to Jeff Snyder.
On the Breakers first two scoring drives, it was their ability to move the ball in the air that opened up holes for 1,600 yard rusher Ian Hesse.


Talk about repeating history.
Palma's 20-14 loss to Los Gatos Friday is the same exact score when the two teams faced off in the 1996 playoffs - the only other meeting between the football powers, who have a combined 20 CCS titles.
To take it a step further, Palma found itself staring at a 14-0 deficit. Eleven years ago, it was trailing 20-0 before making a game out of it.