The hopes of a CIF football title unfortunately went by the wayside and quickly last Friday, Dec. 11 at Qualcomm Stadium, as The Bishop’s School dropped a 55-20 decision to rival Francis Parker in the Division V championship. Down 14-0 early in the first quarter, Bishop’s would watch Parker go on to score 41 more points on the day, in securing its second straight section title. Junior Kenny Brookins (14 carries/127 yards rushing) scored on runs of 10, 6 and 21 yards for the Lancers. Alec Fisher rushed for 260 yards and two touchdowns for Bishop’s (8-5), which fell 55-24 to Parker in the regular season. “The game obviously did not go the way we wanted,” Bishop’s head coach Joel Allen said. “Parker has a great team and played a nearly perfect game. Having played them once already this season, we knew what type of team that they had and were not surprised in how well they played. I was very proud of our team in the way that they handled themselves. They continued to play hard throughout the whole game.” In his first year at the helm of the Knights, Allen said he was happy with the results. “As a first-year head coach, I would consider this a great season,” Allen said. “The kids continued to battle throughout the entire season, even with all the injuries that we had to some of our best players. I think that next year’s team will have benefited form this experience of being in a championship game and hope that the loss will make them work even harder in the off-season. I am very proud of our kids and what they accomplished this season.”