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In a driving rain, there was no simple way to stop the Garfield rushing attack on Friday night at Southwest College.

Even without their star tailback, the Bulldogs scored six touchdowns — all on the ground — to defeat host Palisades 42-21 in a City Section Open Division quarterfinal playoff game.

Zastice Jauregui scored five times for the fifth-seeded Bulldogs (9-2), who earned a shot at No. 1-seeded Carson in the semifinals next week.

“Carson took us out last year so we’ll be trying to get payback,” Jauregui said.

Replacing Ceasar Reyes, who injured his knee early in the East L.A. Classic against Roosevelt and did not play in Garfield’s regular-season finale against Eagle Rock,

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