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Moreno Valley enters 2026 with more than one headline program. Valley View is the defending CIF-SS Division 11 champion. Moreno Valley High has stacked winning seasons. Canyon Springs has 17 wins in two years. Rancho Verde has a championship builder with city roots. Vista del Lago is drawing national attention while developing talent at home. Coaching, football IQ and athletic ability are spread across the city — and that should make this season special.

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By Zapora Sap Impact Award Feature The room was already full of noise when Coach Moe began to speak. But then he said a name, and the room changed. There was a shift in the air a collective pause as if every person in attendance felt what was coming before they fully understood it. Coach Moe spoke not of stadiums or scores, not of championships or banners, but of a man he had met who loved Moreno Valley as deeply as he did, a man who believed in the city not for what it is no