For those who attended the Battle for the Bell, or who read about it last week, Ben Beck's 99-yard kickoff return for a touchdown proved to be the difference.
Estancia High beat Costa Mesa, 15-13, after Beck took one back for the second time in as many weeks. None of those two returns compare to his return from a serious right foot injury last year.
Getting back on the field to play special teams, or wide receiver and free safety wasn't automatic for Beck.
The player who outran the Mustangs to the end zone last week couldn't go at full speed in last year's rivalry game. Beck said last year's game against Costa Mesa was his first back from a Lisfranc foot injury suffered in the fifth game of the season.
"It wasn't fully healed," said Beck, referring to when he came back from the injury in which ligaments that supported his midfoot tore. "I was just hesitant."