El Diamante leads Tulare 35-7 at halftime on four Earl Rhodes touchdown runs in front of 6,500 people at a packed Visalia’s Community Stadium on Friday in the Central Section Division II football championship game.

Tulare had the ball at midfield with 15 seconds left in the first half. Tried a fourth-down flea-flicker pass by Jake Rufert that was intercepted by Justin Jeffries.

In Bakersfield in the Division I final, Clovis West leads Bakersfield 9-6.