West-coast Showdown:

COSTA MESA — In the last three seasons, it has been known as the Battle for the Bell, the Beach Bowl and, this year, the West-Coast Showdown.

But moments after Orange Coast College drove 70 yards on 11 plays for the winning touchdown with 30 seconds left to claim a 16-13 football triumph over district rival Golden West Saturday at OCC, Pirates sophomore receiver Cameron Hall, whose 45-yard catch and run was the big play on the decisive march, had another lofty title to throw out.

“Beating Golden West is almost like [winning] the Super Bowl,” said Hall, who hauled in a Taylor Hughes pass on a crossing route and bounced off a would-be tackler near midfield before being chased out of bounds at the Rustlers’ 14-yard line with just more than one minute remaining to help set up the winning score. “It’s unbelievable.”

Those not on the OCC sideline might have been forgiven for abandoning belief that the offense could find the end zone, after the Pirates (3-0), ranked No. 22 in the state, drove into Rustlers’ territory on seven of their first eight possessions, but only managed to come away with three Ryan Casano field goals.

Hughes was responsible for terminating possessions that had reached the Golden West 14- and 19-yard lines, both times throwing interceptions to deflate about 2,500 Pirates’ rooters on the visitors’ side.

Hughes, who finished with 234 passing yards and converted a fourth-and-one situation with a two-yard sneak on the winning drive, said his ill-fated passes deflated even him.

“I scared everybody there for a minute,” Hughes said of his two interceptions. “I got kind of down on myself there, but the team held me up. Everyone was saying ‘Stay in it. Stay in it. We’re coming back. We’re going to get the ball back.’ ”

Trailing, 13-9, OCC took possession after a short punt on its 30-yard line with 5:52 left.

After Hughes’ aforementioned sneak simultaneously moved the ball to the OCC 41, as well as the chains, he was sacked for a three-yard loss. He then flipped a screen pass to freshman running back Ray Holley, who got back to the original line of scrimmage.

Then, Hughes, well protected most of the evening, hit Hall, his favorite target, for 45-yard decibel-inducing yards.