Damien and Rancho Cucamonga football lose, leaving questions about playoff fate

Two shocking results unfolded in the final week of the high school football season Thursday night in the Baseline League. Rancho Cucamonga lost to Upland 17-14 and Damien fell to Etiwanda 51-36. It was Rancho Cucamonga’s first loss of the season, but did enough to earn a share of the Baseline League title with Upland. Damien’s loss drops it to third place in the league, which prompts questions about its playoff fate because the Baseline League’s top two finishers are the only teams that earn automatic bids to the playoffs. Damien (8-2) will hope to earn an at-large berth to…