La Habra’s football team rallied late but fell to undefeated Bakersfield Christian, 24-21, in the CIF Southern California Division 2-AA Regional championship Friday at Bakersfield Christian High.

Junior quarterback DJ Mitchell ran for a touchdown for La Habra to cut Bakersfield Christian’s lead to 24-21 with 1:08 remaining in the game.

La Habra (11-4) had all three of its timeouts and attempted an onside kick. A La Habra player recovered the ball but the ball did not travel 10 yards before the recovery, which resulted in Bakersfield Christian taking possession.

Bakersfield Christian (13-0) converted a third down to effectively end the game with La Habra having just one timeout remaining.

La Habra beat San Jacinto 27-13 last week to win the CIF-SS Division 4 championship. It was the eig

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