RANCHO CUCAMONGA — On the surface, this was a playoff mismatch between the top-seeded team in Division 2 and the team that finished third in the top-seeded team’s league.

Yet the actual difference between Chino Hills and Etiwanda was much closer: a single game that was decided by a goal.

The rematch wasn’t as close.

Host Etiwanda never trailed, holding top-seeded Chino Hills scoreless in the fourth quarter in a 12-7 victory Tuesday in a CIF Southern Section Division 2 second-round match

Etiwanda (20-6) advances to host Los Alamitos in the quarterfinal Friday.

“We made a concerted effort to play harder defense, press harder on defense. We wanted to force them to beat us in deep,” Etiwanda coach Kyle Smolinski said. “And we were confident we could cover them.

“I think this is the best

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