Carpinteria played a solid first half and led Hueneme 14-7 in their Citrus Coast League football game at Memorial Stadium on Friday night.
But the Warriors got burned by a couple of big plays in the third quarter, and Hueneme pulled way to a 32-14 victory.
Carpinteria got a defensive touchdown when Diego Hernandez recovered a muffed punt in the end zone for a 7-0 lead in the first quarter. Vincent Rinaldi kicked the PAT.
Hueneme responded with a 35-yard touchdown pass from Ethan Neos to Manuel Ortiz. Pablo Rangel’s PAT tied the score at 7-7 at 10:28 of the second quarter.
The Warriors took the lead back, 14-7, on a 16-yard Diego Mendez run and Rinaldi PAT at 4;55 of the second quarter.
The Vikings stepped up in the second half. Neos passed 75 yards to Ortiz to tie the score and Kevin Weaver followed with a 55-yard run to put Hueneme in the lead for good, 20-14.
Weaver added a 1-yard run and Isaac Basua scored on a 13-yard run in the fourth quarter.
Carpinteria falls to 1-4 and 0-3 in league.