It's tried and tested against rested and relaxed.

While Moorpark and El Camino were clubbing each other into overtime of a Southern California regional quarterfinal for the ages Saturday, Mount San Antonio was home and dry by halftime of its quarterfinal with Antelope Valley.

The Mounties, behind a 32-point second quarter that featured four of quarterback Kevin Craft's five first-half touchdown passes, led 49-0 at halftime. Craft, who was 13-of-21 passing for 201 yards and four scores in the second quarter alone, didn't take a snap in the second half.

Yet the Moorpark College football team, seeded No. 7, feels it can pull off a second straight upset in the Southern California regional playoffs in tonight's semifinal against No. 3 Mount SAC at Hilmer Lodge Stadium in Walnut.

After eliminating the Mission Conference's American Division champion last week, the Raiders (9-2) can match the school record for wins — and earn a berth in its first Southern California title game next week at either No. 1 Bakersfield or No. 4 College of the Canyons — with a win over the Mission's National Division champion.

"After beating El Camino, there's no doubt that we can beat them," said Moorpark receiver Conrad Meadows. "We've got all the confidence in the world that we can run through the playoffs and make it to state."

"We feel like we can play with the best of them," said quarterback Bryan Randolph.

The Raiders aim tonight is to make Craft, a former San Diego State quarterback and his father, offensive coordinator Tom Craft, the former SDSU head coach, work just a little bit harder tonight.

"They have a great quarterback," said Bittner. ""But we have a very good secondary, so we match up pretty well.

"I'm anxious to see how it plays out."

El Camino quarterback Boo Jackson, who was leading the state with a 189.5 passing rating, managed to complete only 10 of 31 passes last week against the Raiders secondary led by safety Wiston Juene and cornerbacks Anthony Evans and Sam Hollis.

The trio combined for 10 pass breakups. Juene added 16 tackles, the most by a Moorpark defender this season.

There are two offenses in this game. These two teams combine to average 78.8 points per game. Neither team has lost since September, combining to win their last 11 games.

Randolph and Meadows combined for scoring strikes of 83 and 72 yards in the quarterfinal.

"He just steps up in big-time games," said Randolph. "The second half of the season especially, he's been giving us big-time performances in every game.

"I feel like with the receivers we have, we can beat anybody."

Randolph has thrown for 11 touchdowns and just two interceptions in Moorpark's last six games.

"You would think a freshman quarterback going in against El Camino would be scared, but he kept his poise," said Meadows of Randolph.

"He's definitely maturing."

And primed.

"Their (defense) is mostly man coverage," said Randolph of Mount SAC's secondary. "That gets me excited. It looks like it's going to be another shootout."

Meadows has caught two touchdowns in a game three times this season.

Mount SAC has yet to allow an opposing receiver more than one score.

Moorpark has allowed three touchdown passes once this season, the 58-21 pounding of Compton. Craft has throw for three scores six times, even doubling it with six-TD performances against Mount San Jacinto and Cerritos.

Whichever team can buck those trends will be lining up in the SoCal title next week. Moorpark would love to resume its historic and respectful rivalry against top-ranked Bakersfield before more than 12,000 fans at Memorial Stadium next week.

"I'm hoping that we can get there," said Bittner. "It's a tough row, but we'll take it one game at a time."