At least on this night, not having an effective passing game shows that the Spartans still have a way to go to get close to the CIF Open Division championship level of St. John Bosco and Bosco’s league rivals from Mater Dei. Their front seven on defense, however, could end up being equal to many of the best in school history. For St. Francis, we’ve now watched the Lancers along with WCAL rivals Valley Christian and San Mateo Serra and it looks like the preseason hunch about them being the best in CCS was correct.
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What We Learned: DLS-St. Francis
FB: Upset Special of Week
Each week on Thursdays, we’ll pick one game involving a team in the Top 50 of our state rankings that we think has the best chance to suffer an upset loss. We’ll see if we can nail a few of them during the season. Picking 70 percent of wins is easy for any prep writer. But just stick to upsets and it’s not so easy.
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More FB Player of Week Nominees
Some of these could still be written up later on in the season as a NorCal/SoCal Player of the Week because the only rule we have for players of the week is that no one can be chosen more than once. Note: Nominations accepted each week at markjtennis@gmail.com.
Micah Barnes (Kennedy, Richmond): On just 10 passing attempts, hit on eight for 290 yards and five TDs as Eagles beat Oakland Tech 43-12. Larry Washington Jr. also had four catches for 174 and three and rushed for 105 yards on 15 carries.
Travis Benham (Archbishop Riordan, San Francisco): The one and only Pat the Stat (Riordan and WCAL statistician Patrick Segurson) provided this one. In 42-7 win by Crusaders over Salesian of Richmond, Benham broke a school record by passing ro 410 yards. That he did it on just 11 passes is what was more remarkable. Segurson had Benham 9 of 11 for 410 and five TDs. In the first half alone, he went 7 of 8 for 307 yards and four TDs. Individually, Je’Lani Clark had five catches for 193 yards and two TDs while Max Mezie had 2 for 155 and two.
Spencer Corona (Menlo-Atherton, Atherton): Great all-around game with 12 catches for 184 yards, including a 30 yard touchdown, plus five touchbacks on five kickoffs, a made field goal, two PATs, three tackles and two passes defensed. M-A lost to Archbishop Mitty of San Jose 30-23.
Trent Free (Saint Vincent de Paul, Petaluma): Making his first start, the junior led the Mustangs to a road win over Northern Section Portola 28-6. Free threw for 353 yards and three touchdowns on 12 of 25 passing in a contest that was scoreless at halftime.Throwing for 293 yards in the second half on 7 of 10 passing, Free completed touchdown passes of 90, 70, and 12 yards. The yardage total represents the most by a Saint Vincent player since 1998.
Alex Jung (Sunny Hills, Fullerton): Rushed 27 times for a school record 407 yards and a school record six TDs in 40-3 triumph vs. Dana Hills (Dana Point). Alex also had a school record with a 97-yard TD run.
Dino Kahaulelio (Cardinal Newman, Santa Rosa): He came to play in 48-34 loss to St. Mary’s of Stockton. According to stats from our own Harold Abend, Dino came to play with 14 tackles, two sacks, one forced fumble and one blocked punt.
Rocky Katoanga (El Camino, Oceanside): Linebacker with D1 offers reported with 18 tackles in Wildcats’ 29-22 win against Rancho Bernardo.
Chance Nolan (Paloma Valley, Menifee): Completed 20 of 30 for 359 yards and four TDs during 35-30 triumph over Valley View (Moreno Valley). Three of the TDs went to junior Koale Schroeder.
Dominick Norris (Vista del Lago, Folsom): Rushed for 304 yards and scored four TDs in team’s 50-28 victory against Ponderosa of Shingle Springs.
Bryce Peterson (Downey, Modesto): In a wild 74-49 contest with Patterson in which the Knights led 52-35 at halftime, Peterson connected on 26 of 33 passes for 364 yards and three TDs. He also scored on a run and on a reception.
Francisco Remigio (Schurr, Montebello): Caught 10 passes for 202 yards and two TDs as the Spartans throttled Garfield of Los Angeles 46-14.
Skyler Taylor (La Habra): On just 14 carries, Skyler rose up for 289 yards and seven TDs as Highlanders pounded Tesoro (Las Flores) 45-14.
John Torchio (Campolindo, Moraga): Converted WR went 20 of 27 for 407 yards and one TD and rushed for 109 yards and three TDs in 47-28 win vs. St. Ignatius of San Francisco.
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NEW Sac-Joaquin Sec Top 20
Once again, since the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section is the one for our home base in Stockton, we’ll put together a weekly Top 20 for that section this season. Oak Ridge, Granite Bay and Manteca all get big scares but all three avoid upsets. Watch the FOX40 Final Quarter on Fridays at 11 p.m. for all the highlights and to see our latest SJS Top 5 List.
Del Campo RB Greg Cabral piled up more than 2,400 yards as a junior. Photo: Hudl.com.
(After results of Saturday, Sept. 2)
(Previous rank in parentheses)
1. (1) St. Mary’s (Stockton) 2-0
2. (2) Folsom 2-0
3. (3) Oak Ridge (El Dorado Hills) 2-0
4. (6) Granite Bay 2-0
5. (5) Manteca 2-0
6. (7) Oakdale 2-0
7. (4) Del Oro (Loomis) 1-1
8. (8) Inderkum (Sacramento) 2-0
9. (9) Rocklin 2-0
10. (11) Sacramento 2-0
11. (10) Jesuit (Carmichael) 0-2
12. (12) Central Catholic (Modesto) 1-0
13. (13) Vacaville 1-1
14. (14) Grant (Sacramento) 1-1
15. (16) Franklin (Elk Grove) 2-0
16. (15) Capital Christian (Sacramento) 2-0
17. (18) Antelope 2-0
18. (17) Elk Grove 0-2
19. (20) Del Campo (Fair Oaks) 2-0
20. (19) Whitney (Rocklin) 1-1
Teams That Have Losses: Vacaville (lost 24-23 to Oak Ridge); Del Oro (lost 30-13 to Timpview of Utah); Grant (lost 24-0 to Rocklin); Jesuit (31-21 to Granite Bay & 55-9 to Folsom); Elk Grove (31-18 to Inderkum & 28-14 to San Mateo Serra); Whitney (lost 24-10 to Granite Bay).
Big Games This Week (involving both teams from the section): Folsom at Oakdale; Central Catholic at St. Mary’s; Rocklin at Whitney; Grant at Capital Christian;
Note of the Week: The score was 52-35 at halftime when Downey of Modesto was playing Patterson last Friday. The Knights ended up winning 74-49. According to the Modesto Bee, that’s the fifth time they’ve scored 70 points or more since head coach Jeremy Plaa came in prior to the 2011 season. Bryce Peterson completed 26 of 33 passes for 364 yards and three TDs for Downey. He also scored on a TD run and caught a TD pass.
FB: Upset Special of Week
Each week on Thursdays, we’ll pick one game involving a team in the Top 50 of our state rankings that we think has the best chance to suffer an upset loss. We’ll see if we can nail one or two of them during the season. Picking 70 percent of wins is easy for any prep writer. But just stick to upsets and it’s not so easy.
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Sac-Joaquin Section Top 5: QBs
We are happy to announce that for the fifth straight year the CalHiSports.com web site and Cal-Hi Sports will be part of the weekly Final Quarter high school football show on Friday nights on the FOX 40 station in Sacramento.
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SF-Oakland Sec FB Players To Watch
We weren’t completely, 100 percent done with our tour of the state with preseason all-section, all-area teams when we got done with the San Gabriel and San Fernando Valley teams last week before the first games of the 2017 season were played. For that, we need to touch on a few key returnees for the CIF Oakland and San Francisco sections.
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NEW Sac-Joaquin Sec FB Top 20
Once again, since the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section is the one for our home base in Stockton, we’ll put together a weekly Top 20 for that section this season. Biggest wins last week were by St. Mary’s of Stockton, Del Oro of Loomis, Granite Bay, Sacramento and Whitney of Rocklin. Watch the FOX40 Final Quarter on Fridays at 11 p.m. for all the highlights and to see our latest SJS Top 5 List.
(After results of Saturday, Aug. 26)
Anthony Bradley helped Sac High beat Folsom last season. Photo: Paul Muyskens.
1. St. Mary’s (Stockton) 1-0
2. Folsom 1-0
3. Oak Ridge (El Dorado Hills) 1-0
4. Del Oro (Loomis) 1-0
5. Manteca 1-0
6. Granite Bay 1-0
7. Oakdale 1-0
8. Inderkum (Sacramento) 1-0
9. Rocklin 1-0
10. Jesuit (Carmichael) 0-1
11. Sacramento 1-0
12. Central Catholic (Modesto) 1-0
13. Vacaville 1-0
14. Grant (Sacramento) 0-1
15. Capital Christian (Sacramento) 1-0
16. Franklin (Elk Grove) 1-0
17. Elk Grove 0-1
18. Antelope 1-0
19. Whitney (Rocklin) 1-0
20. Del Campo (Fair Oaks) 1-0
Teams That Have Losses: Grant (lost 24-0 to Rocklin); Jesuit (31-21 to Granite Bay); Elk Grove (31-18 to Inderkum).
Big Games This Week (involving both teams from the section): Folsom at Jesuit; Oak Ridge at Vacaville; Granite Bay at Whitney.
Note of the Week: Section teams went 3-0 in games against teams from the West Catholic Athletic League of the Bay Area. The WCAL is traditionally the best league in the Bay Area. Last week, Manteca topped Valley Christian of San Jose 22-20, St. Mary’s ran past Serra of San Mateo 41-13 and Sac High beat Archbishop Mitty of San Jose 47-21.
