72 Responses to “East Bay football leaders — 10/22”

1. Panther Fan Says:
   October 22nd, 2009 at 3:44 pm

   I think there is a typo for Demetrius Brown Ryan’s stats. It says 1 TD. Actually he has 11 rushing TD’s and 1 KR TD, for a total of 12 TD’s. I’m pretty sure it is just a typo. Maybe you can correct it if you get the chance. He’s being ignored enough by colleges, he could use the help.

   Thanks guys for doing this.

2. Jimmy Durkin Says:
   October 22nd, 2009 at 3:47 pm

   You’re correct Panther Fan. I just noticed that and corrected in on my master file a few minutes ago and made the correction here as well now.

3. Panther Fan Says:
   October 22nd, 2009 at 3:53 pm

   Pretty amazing that Galvin is where he is and didn’t even play last week. Yikes!

4. Jimmy Durkin Says:
   October 22nd, 2009 at 3:56 pm

   Very true. Although he actually is even in the games column with most everybody else, since Berkeley has played 7 games and most have only played 6. Still impressive nonetheless.

5. Panther Fan Says:
   October 22nd, 2009 at 4:00 pm

   No worries Jimmy. Thanks much. As I said, it is so great that you all do this. Especially for a kid like D who is “flying under the radar” as the SF Chron states. That’s ok – he’s been under-rated for years and keeps proving people wrong.

6. matadors Says:
   October 22nd, 2009 at 4:28 pm

   passing receptions…. second highest average yards is not taylor king or james taylor but actually james king.

7. Jimmy Durkin Says:
   October 22nd, 2009 at 4:35 pm

   Thanks Matadors. I didn’t think his name was Taylor, but I just copied over from our DFAL stats. I’ll see that it gets corrected there as well.

8. runslikethewind Says:
   October 23rd, 2009 at 8:01 am

   The sad and sick thing is Sites, the 3rd leading receiver overall, was a freshman at Monte Vista before having to leave to go to Dougherty. Just think if we would have had him along with McGovern. Who knows, he might have made up the 7 point difference Vs DLS… So our talent pool gets watered down and we STILL have to compete against the boundaryless behemoth. It’s time for the WCAL to add a new team.

9. junior Says:
   October 23rd, 2009 at 9:22 am

   Unless Sites can play D line- MV had no chance to beat a team that rushed for over 500 yards against them. MV’s defense is too soft and they are in danger of losing two more EBAL games.

10. runslikethewind Says:
    October 23rd, 2009 at 9:33 am

    Junior… True That.

11. Catchwhat youcant Says:
    October 23rd, 2009 at 10:19 am

    McGovern scored 12 TDs. 11 rec, and he picked up a fumble and scored in the Livermore game. Didn’t earn that one, but right place at right time. This is great that you do this for the boyz! Thank you.

12. PERKIN Says:
    October 23rd, 2009 at 10:25 am

    Runslikethewind, it sounds like your running away from DLS.

13. Catchwhat youcant Says:
    October 23rd, 2009 at 10:50 am

    I love DSL is in the EBAL. We either need to get better, or get out of the way. They’ve pushed all EBAL teams to adopt this mentality. The NCS champship run through Spartanville.

14. BigO Says:
    October 23rd, 2009 at 11:13 am

    Junior – You focus too much on stats and not enough on the game itself. MV could have beaten DLS in that game – in spite of its defense.

15. Jimmy Durkin Says:
    October 23rd, 2009 at 11:16 am

    Catchwhat Youcant,
    You’re correct about the 12 TDs. That gives him 72 points, which leaves just shy of making the leaderboard. I’m guessing he’ll be up here soon though.

16. Big Joe Says:
    October 23rd, 2009 at 11:23 am

    Big O, MV beat DLS???? The Spartans left 2 touchdowns on the field. They shut down one of the state’s leading QB’s in the second half. They had 540 total offensive yards. MV could only muster 300 yards, way off their 475 yd. average. What does De La have to do to show you Danville people how to finish a game? The last time MV beat DLS was 1987, that will be the LAST time.

17. BigO Says:
    October 23rd, 2009 at 11:29 am

    Runslikethewind:

    I go back and forth on DLS in the EBAL. On the one hand, it forces everyone else to step up their game. But on the other hand, nobody can keep reloading like they do.

    Not just the boundary issue, but while they are the same size as other EBAL schools, since they only have boys, so they are really twice as large.

    For example, MV and SRV combined have approx. 2000 boys. Imagine if those teams were combined.

18. Big Joe Says:
    October 23rd, 2009 at 11:35 am

    That sounds good, would still loose to De La on a yearly basis.

19. BigO Says:
    October 23rd, 2009 at 11:37 am

    Big Joe:

    You can cite all the stats you want. Nevertheless, the bottom line is it was a 7 point game and MV left scoring opportunities as well.

    DLS won a close game. No one disputes that. I think the game was too close for your comfort so you have to look for stats to make DLS seem better than it is this year.

    By the way, there are plenty of Danville people on DLS.

20. junior Says:
    October 23rd, 2009 at 11:44 am

    Over 500 yards rushing is just a tiny refelection of how a game was played aparently. That being said, those of you who saw the DLS/MV game live know what I am talking about. DLS physically manhandled MV. MV had players stumbling to the sidelines all night. No way MV can hang with the Spartans from either a physical or conditioning stand point.

    Mustang fans need to focus on the rest of your EBAL schedule instead of DLS. Teams know they can run the ball right down your throat. You have got trouble ahead.

21. outsider Says:
    October 23rd, 2009 at 11:49 am

    Interseting that Cal does not have any players on the leader boards except the quarterback near the bottom of the passing stats. Yet they rank fifth in offense.

22. Big Joe Says:
    October 23rd, 2009 at 11:53 am

    Bye the way, the WCAL didn’t want De La Salle back then. They spanked Bellarmine, St. Ignauis and Riordan, yearly beat Mitty, St. Francis and Serra. Some of these teams didn’t want them on their schedule, the league is already tough, didn’t want De La to hang another loss on their records. Bye the way, the boundaryless teams are more than you would imagine. Berkeley High has been pulling from Richmond and Oakland for years and in ALL sports. Four St. Liz basketball players ttransfered to BHS in the 70′s after getting thrown out of school. Their track teams recruited sprinters out of Oakland, I know of several.
    All the Catholic schools have no boundaries. Miramonte has had many atheletes from Pinole for water polo and swimming for years, Ken Dorsey, former QB came from outside their area. The Napa teams pull kids from Vallejo. Don’t even ask about SoCal teams, they all do it. Lot’s of parents will send their kids outside their area for public schools if the school is under acheiving and run down. Sorry, that’s a parent’s
    choice. If some of these schools don’t want to loose these kids, clean up your mess. It doesn’t take state funding to have fundraisers, pick up the garbage and
    paint. Further more, the students who contribute to these messes should be required to do it during PE.
    Parents could also volunteer and the teachers who complain ought to pitch in too. A little less laying on the couch on Sunday mornings watching the pitful Raiders and get a clean-up committee going. What’s wrong with the players and coaches having some fundraisers? They got Sunday off too.

23. runslikethewind Says:
    October 23rd, 2009 at 12:22 pm

    Big Joe,
    Not to rile you up too much, and I appreciate what DLS has become because a LOT of it is due to nothing more than vision and HARD WORK… BUT, There is no boundary that inhibits DLS. What you are bringing up is the OCCASIONAL transfer by a public school kid to another public school. Yes, it does happen. Probably on every football team there are 1 or 2, but not a teams worth. Coach Lad does an awesome job with the kids who CHOOSE to go to DLS, there is NO argument there. Hands down they are the finest program in the area. MV has all the amenities that DLS has, and all the parental support, but they are still limited in enrollment by geography.

    That is why DLS will always have an edge over everyone where they participate in a league of public shools.

    You have to admit that this is true…
    And if it is true, it does create the need for an equitable solution.

    The easiest way is to separate them out among their own “kind” (that sounds so horrible and segregationalist – yikes, totally not I want to mean).

    There should be a private school division and a public school division. They could play each other all they want in a preseason/non-league setting.

    I know, I know… it’s the same old song / but with different meaning since you been gone…

24. runslikethewind Says:
    October 23rd, 2009 at 1:06 pm

    Big O, actually DLS has around 1000 boys, so it is roughly the equivalent of SRV. They’re doing it with roughly the same size enrollment (maybe a couple of hundred less actually). It’s just that they can pull them from anywhere.

25. ROEPER Says:
    October 23rd, 2009 at 1:08 pm

    I remember De La playing St. Francis & Mitty & Serra now but did they play Bellarmine & all the other schools in the WCAL? If so when? It had to be sometime in the 90′s I’ve kept track of De La in the 2000′s. If it was the 80′s that was kind of before my era. What were the scores? Was the WCAL as good as it is now?

26. Jimmy Durkin Says:
    October 23rd, 2009 at 1:09 pm

    Runslikethewind is correct. For schools that are boys only (or girls only for that matter), the listed enrollment is double what the actual enrollment is. So you can take their enrollment figure of 2096 and cut that in half.

27. BigO Says:
    October 23rd, 2009 at 1:38 pm

    Thanks for the correction. Runslikethewind is right on in his comments. Separation of church and state! The state sponsored championship should only include public schools. Private schools can get together and fund their own post season.

    Any given year a public high school can rise up, but they don’t have the deph and can’t reload every year. Just think if one NFL exempted one team from the salary cap, but not the others.

    FYI, the WCAL has always been this good. If I remember right, St. Francis was the perennial CCS power during the seventies. With competition from larger public schools like Saratoga, Los Gatos, Oak Grove and Leland.

28. runslikethewind Says:
    October 23rd, 2009 at 2:08 pm

    BigO, you’re one smart dude. Thanks for adding intelligence to this forum… Blog? whatever it’s called… Great analogies w/ the NFL cap thingy.

    Okay,
    So how do we fix it?
    Oh right, we don’t… No one cares enough. We just keep on going like we always do.

    Doesn’t Texas have the separation thing going? I think they did? How’s that working for them? There may be an effective model out there we could look at?

    You know, if a local public school could beat DLS, say, oh every 5 years, it probably wouldn’t be such a big issue.

    Some of the public schools they have lost to out of section have been pretty shady at best (Bellevue, Centennial)

29. renegades10 Says:
    October 23rd, 2009 at 2:20 pm

    if the wcal schools were closer to DLS it would make much more sense and it would happen. but logistically traveling to the san fran and san jose area schools at least four times during the year makes no sense. and DLS can’t be put into a league with the other private schools in the area because they would run right through them. Imagine DLS playing Berean Christian, Valley Christian, St. Mary’s, SPSV. They would get kicked out again in a few years just like the BVAL did. the whole move to the EBAL was for competitive purposes not just for football but for all sports. and it makes sense because all the schools are on the 680 corridor. plenty of public schools seem to do just fine year to year. Grant, LB Poly, Mission Viejo have done well for years.

30. THE WHISTLE Says:
    October 23rd, 2009 at 2:27 pm

    I think the EBAL schools are glad to have DLS in the league. I remember writing about it when they first were put in the league and one of the coaches said, “We pop off about being the best league in the section, so it makes sense for them to be here. If you want to be the best, you have to beat the best. Let’s get after it.”

    That’s the way you handle it instead of whining and crying…shut up about the private vs. public school. What’s next, breaking down the economic advantages?? I don’t hear the Livermore people whine about the Danville schools and the money which that area has…Lace em up and play the game, plain and simple.

31. renegades10 Says:
    October 23rd, 2009 at 2:30 pm

    in regards to centennial their coach is a class act. the instance you are referring to is in regards to their quarterback from last year. he transferred in his senior year. but he had been at two different schools before that and transferred for different reasons. not coach logan’s fault. no shady business going on there. bellevue is a different story you are right on that one.

32. runslikethewind Says:
    October 23rd, 2009 at 3:19 pm

    renegades10 – you’re right on.

    It’s funny, no one ever says that Berean, St. Mary’s, SPSV, St Liz, Salesian, O’Dowd and VC Dublin are UNDERPERFORMING.

    In actuality they kind of are.

    They have EVERY advantage DLS has but can’t measure up. It’s another testament to how good Coach Lad really is. Before he got there DLS would have fit nicely in a league like the one mentioned above. No way now. Funny though, because those schools have every advantage DLS does.

    Honestly I don’t mind DLS in the EBAL. It does afford them the best opponents to play in the area (with all due respect to Berkeley, Pitt, and now Deer Valley too and a few others I may have missed).

    Whistle – Livermore Vs MV is a Public Vs Public school issue. You play with the kids you have in YOUR area. In that case, you need to have a little Coach Lad in you and find a way. If you’re not good, get good. Drill, train, practice… get better. It’s even ground… do the best you can.

    It’s as even ground as DLS Vs O’Dowd, Salesian, SPSV, or any other private school: You have the same means, you have the same advantages… now get good, get better, raise your program to DLS standards because you have NO EXCUSES not to… and why do I need to shut up about the public Vs private school issue? Are we hoping it goes away?

33. BigO Says:
    October 23rd, 2009 at 3:31 pm

    Whistle: Nobody is crying about anything – just stating the obvious. I don’t have a problem with DLS in the league and most people I know welcome the challenge – BUT I do have a problem when DLS fans bragging their superiority over public schools when they operate under different rules.

    The public schools that can regularly compete with private schools are in large metro areas, like San Jose (Oak Grove, Los Gatos) Sacramento (Grant) and LA. In comparison, the tri-valley is too small area to overcome the private school advantage.

    By the way, football isn’t the only sport and Livermore has had great wrestling and baseball teams. They have the same opportunity to put a good program together as anyone else (look at what Granada has done). They operate under the same rules as the other public schools.

34. THE WHISTLE Says:
    October 23rd, 2009 at 3:34 pm

    Runs — nah, I wasn’t saying you need to shut up, I was saying the schools needs to shut up and worry about playing the game…These boards are for people like you and I to discuss these things…what kills me is when a team gets beat, then complains .. step up and work at it.. De La Salle doesn’t win every single sport all the time, except football. It’s more about Lad and the program, than the school in general. If it was just private, then O’Dowd, etc, would always win as well. Then again, 30 years ago, O’Dowd did always win basketball it seemed, but that was when they had the great coach. in this day and age, you can bring players in from other cities (it is possible) even if you are a public school.

35. BigO Says:
    October 23rd, 2009 at 3:43 pm

    If anyone can solve the public / private issue, they should be working on the middle east issue – not the EBAL. It’s still fun to debate it.

    So I’ll add some fuel to the fire:
    1) Coach Lad is undeniably an excellent coach, but to my knowledge, he doesn’t coach any other sport. Yet DLS is at the top in almost every sport. Why? because they can draw athletes from all over! and

    2)Since the economics was mentioned, DLS certainly attracts $$$ from sales etc. due to its reputation. Maybe there should be revenue sharing with the league.
    Plus they don’t have to fund all the girls’ programs.

    Don’t try telling me about public school support. I can tell you that all sports progams pay their own weight from fees charged to participants.

36. BigO Says:
    October 23rd, 2009 at 3:51 pm

    I haven’t seen Cal play – any insights into tonight’s game against Amador?

37. outsider Says:
    October 23rd, 2009 at 4:25 pm

    Cal vs Amador game should be close judging by the games they have played so far. Similar styles of play. Should be very physical. I am a Cal fan but am giving Amador the edge. Partly because I think they have played and beat harder teams so far and partly because I don’t want to jinx Cal. I think it will come down to which team is more on their game. If Cal can get all their offensive weapons going and their defense plays well they will be tough to beat by any team in the EBAL with the possible exception of De La Salle.

38. runslikethewind Says:
    October 23rd, 2009 at 4:26 pm

    BigO, Renegades10, and THE WHISTLE.

    Thank you for the discussion. You guys are some pretty bright dudes… and as usual, answers were offered, sense was made, and yet we will continue to see Private Vs Public and attempt to believe that all is well.

39. Paydirt Says:
    October 23rd, 2009 at 4:34 pm

    BigO, Lots of good analogies. So it’s all a religious issue: in the middle-east and in private vs. public. Sounds like racial/religion profiling and enrollment/boundary profiling. Humor aside, there is no “solution” because the system (administrators) do not add value when creativity is required. Putting DLS in the EBAL was the lesser of evils…

40. Paydirt Says:
    October 23rd, 2009 at 4:38 pm

    Cal and Amador are evenly matched and it will come down to who capitalizes on turnovers. Saw Cal beat SRV and Amador’s win over Monte Vista, and these are two equally matched physical teams.

41. Big Joe Says:
    October 23rd, 2009 at 5:41 pm

    I like the blog, we’re getting everyone’s opinion. De La Salle ran over the WCAL in the late ’80′s and early 90′s. They continued with Mitty and St. Francis up until the early 2000′s. Some of those 2000 games were fairly close, 2 touchdowns or less. The previous ones were some serious blowouts, that includes Bakersfield, Merced, St. Mary’s of Stockton, Nevada Union, all top programs during the day.

42. ashawndaus woods #1 Says:
    October 23rd, 2009 at 8:08 pm

    I did not know encinal ran a version of the wing T haha…hmm this is a good game

43. James Says:
    October 23rd, 2009 at 9:23 pm

    closer game than those Encinal fans thought it was gonna be. =p

44. 925 Says:
    October 23rd, 2009 at 9:29 pm

    LOL at the Concord Clayton Valley score. 50-20? did that game just get out of hand or is CV’s defense playing terribly.. I wanna know where this Concord offense was vs SRV j/k

    and wow MV/Foothill is closer than I thought. I thought Foothill wasn’t for real after straight losses to Granada and SRV. I know Sweeney’s Falcons never stay down for long, but man did they look overwhelemed against the run.. more of a bad MV start than Foothill playing a more complete game I think..

45. Dutch B Says:
    October 23rd, 2009 at 9:36 pm

    Pittsburg leading Deer Valley, 27-21 in the 3rd qtr. I have been a proponent of Pittsburg seizing the BVAL this year.

46. HAAL Player Says:
    October 23rd, 2009 at 9:51 pm

    San Leandro blew out San Lorenzo tonight 48-7.

47. 925 Says:
    October 23rd, 2009 at 9:56 pm

    nah DV beat Pitt. DV looks like an undefeated team..

48. Mike Says:
    October 23rd, 2009 at 10:31 pm

    MV on a 3 game losing streak. not good they have had injuries, defensive problems, slow starts etc.. semi-embarrasing loss on nat’l tv(in some areas, not like espn2 and dls lakeland). home field advantage does mean anything.

    don’t look now, but Amador is in 2nd place, California 3rd, and San Ramon Valley 4th place!
    De La Salle 5-2 (4-0) beat AV, MV, SRV, Granada
    Amador Valley 6-1 (3-1) beat Cal, MV, Granada, lost DLS
    California 4-3 (3-1) beat SRV, Granada, Livermore, lost to AV
    San Ramon Valley 5-2 (2-2) beat Foothill, Livermore, lost Cal, DLS
    Foothill 5-2 (2-2) beat MV, Livermore, lost to SRV, Granada
    Monte Vista 4-3 (1-3) beat Livermore, lost to DLS, AV, Foothill
    Granada 3-4 (1-3) beat Foothill, lost to Cal, AV, DLS
    Livermore 2-5 (0-4) lost to SRV, Cal, MV, Foothill

49. Mike Says:
    October 23rd, 2009 at 10:37 pm

    toughest remaining schedule is Foothill, so time will tell if this upset snapped their losing streak.
    The Falcons still have Amador, California, and De La Salle. home games against AV & DLS
    next is San Ramon, I don’t expect the Wolves to stay high for long, since they host both Monte Vista and Amador.

    Surprises; Amador is in control of their own fate as far as getting the toughest games out of the way. SRV (2-2), Livermore (0-4), and Foothill(2-2) remain.
    Cal High no longer unbeaten in league. played the easy early schedule, now we’ll see how the grizzlies fare against upcoming Foothill, Monte Vista, and De La Salle.
    San Ramon goes on the road to Granada, but the Mats lost their QB and seem to be falling..I wouldn’t say home games against the 2nd place team and your rival are a helpful either

50. Stuart Says:
    October 23rd, 2009 at 10:43 pm

    Nice win by FH tonite over MV. Great drive by Mannion to win the game. MV’s defense again pretty porous. MV could end with 4+ losses – they still have to play Cal, SRV, and Granada – quite a fall from grace.

    What was score of AV game?- Mike above says they won tonite

51. yo Mama Says:
    October 23rd, 2009 at 10:50 pm

    Closer game with St. Mary’s than Encinal anticipated.

52. Big Joe Says:
    October 23rd, 2009 at 10:56 pm

    Some De La highlites and stats from the game. George A. son’s had a tough game tonite with the old man on the Granada sideline- looks like he might be helping with coaching. The running back got all his yds in the second half against 3rd team DLS defense. He still was held out of the end zone. In the 1st half he might have had 25 yds. The DB got cooked for a 35 yd. sideline bomb, receiver had him beat by 5 yds. The half time score was 56-00. The DLS second team had the last 2 tds before half, starters pulled 5 minutes before half with a 42-00 lead. It was surprising that Granada did not empty their bench and allow those kids to play, had starters in to the end, must be trying to pad running back’s stats. The De La 2nd and 3rd teams were laying leather out there against Granada running back. De La is getting stronger. It was nice to pull Ward before half, he would have had another 250 yd. game.

53. Yo Mama Says:
    October 23rd, 2009 at 10:59 pm

    Granada could have had George suited up tonite and it would have still been a massacreeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

54. old former meddling coach. Says:
    October 23rd, 2009 at 11:09 pm

    Well Yo mama, Yes and No. Yes St.Mary’s Came to play and they played hard but we were our own worst enemy tonite. Many mistakes and many penalties so don’t try to put too much on it. But still we got the win. I guess you’ll be looking for St.Pats to do the thang now huh? Jet Pride!

55. Murphy1 Says:
    October 23rd, 2009 at 11:13 pm

    If Atkinson was the real deal for Granada, the QB issue should be no big problem. 56-0 at half does not bode well for them. Let’s see if MV plays well and shuts them down like most ebal teams have. MV needs to pull out a win in order to stay alive for playoffs. Both teams need to play well and bring their A game in order to earn back some respect. GHS could bounce back at any time.

    Good for AV. They have no respect for a long time. Nice to see a underdog pull out the tough wins and good losses.

    Livermore only hopes to knock of GHS in the big rivalry game. They need to set the bar a bit higher but they sometimes pull of a surprise win for pride.

    Cal and SRV always seem to get the job done in the home stretch to make it into the playoffs. Let’s see how this race plays out.

56. Yo Mama Says:
    October 23rd, 2009 at 11:15 pm

    I heard over 200 yds in penalities, but over 550 yds. in total offense. Most coaches would take that. Encinal is still in the driver’s seat. How was the field condition. Lots of folks say the field is an advantage- is that true? Ferndale used to water the field down against opponents for years.

57. jberger4hesiman Says:
    October 23rd, 2009 at 11:37 pm

    justin berger, wr at srv has way more td’s and yards than that!!!!

58. ryan Says:
    October 24th, 2009 at 12:18 am

    amador 35 cal 24
    amador was getting beat at half 21-7 but outscored them in the seceond half 28-3…..turay was really shut down tonight seems he can be stopped. however cals fb is a monster tough to tackle and fast. but amador pulled it out in the end behind stancil and there defense

59. FHSFan Says:
    October 24th, 2009 at 12:42 am

    Nice comeback Falcons! What a game tonight.

60. ryan Says:
    October 24th, 2009 at 12:48 am

    fhsfan how did foothills defense do against mv?

61. 2210 Says:
    October 24th, 2009 at 2:50 am

    FH gave up over 500yds on D tonite. Another bad start for MV then they come all the way back and go soft on D again in the last 2 minutes. They held FH to 6 total points in the 2nd and 3rd qrt.

62. NCS Says:
    October 24th, 2009 at 1:42 pm

    Well Concord is for real after there dismantling of Clayton valley 56 to 20 (Concord have scored 100) and not only is now the Fav in the DVAL but has to be a strong contender for a high side in NCS

    Clayton Valley just lost too much talant from last years team(Levine & Cole, etc) and will struggle the rest of the year, limp into the playoffs and be 1 and done

63. Prep Fan Says:
    October 24th, 2009 at 2:26 pm

    AV’s defense didn’t beat Cal, it was their offense and a lot of key turnovers. Cal’s offense was its own worst enemy. Cal moved the ball at will against them. Cal was ahead 21-7 and moved the ball to the 11 yard line, when they fumbled the snap and AV took advantage of the TO. The next time Cal got the ball, they moved it inside the 30 and again fumbled the snap and AV pounced on it. Neither time did AV force the fumble, but they sure took advantage of the opportunities. The next time Cal moved the ball into AV territory again, and had 2nd and 1 from about the AV 40, but an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty (something said getting up after the tackle?) moved them back 15 yards and derailed that drive. AV’s offense came alive in the 2nd half, and they avoided turnovers, while Cal gave them the two fumbles along with 2 INTs. The first INT was a tipped ball that should have been caught by the Cal receiver that the AV defender made a nice grab of, and the last one at the end was forced by the AV defender hitting Kaehler as he threw after Cal had moved the ball to about midfield.

    The game reminded me of the AV-DLS game, only in reverse. AV was down big at the half and came back. Cal took the lead again, only to have AV take advantage of TOs to score 2 late TDs and make a close game into an 11-point win. It was a great game. AV deserved the win, but Cal outgained them in both rushing and passing yards. AV won the all important TO battle and the game.

64. FOOTBALL PHENATIK Says:
    October 24th, 2009 at 4:48 pm

    Welcome Back Rickey! Run Rickey Run!!!

65. ProudAVFan Says:
    October 24th, 2009 at 5:01 pm

    Like they say, at the end of the day that a WIN is a WIN! Boys did an awesome job of coming back and refocusing in the second half. Another great game to watch under Friday Night Lights. Underestimate the Dons?? It’s about time they get some respect.
    Stop whining about the MV game. MV had ample chances to come back with the “go ahead”, but couldn’t do it especially in OT!! Good luck Amador for the rest of your season!

66. old former meddling coach. Says:
    October 24th, 2009 at 5:13 pm

    Yo mama,The field was for the most part dry and not too bad. At least by our standards Jet Pride!

67. Prep Fan Says:
    October 24th, 2009 at 8:56 pm

    Why do people feel the Dons were underestimated? They came in ranked #4 in the East Bay, were favored at home against Cal and beat them. Kyle B. had them ranked very high in league in his preseason predictions. They played great games against both DLS and MV, and have pretty much earned everyone’s respect. Who is underestimating them? Just because they have not fared well the past couple of seasons doesn’t mean people don’t think their present team isn’t solid. While I didn’t think they would play right with DLS or MV, I knew they would be a good team this year as they had Turray and Stancil coming back.

68. Panther Fan Says:
    October 25th, 2009 at 3:40 pm

    Yo Mama – the field was fine. Encinal doesn’t need to water a field down to slow down an opponents D – their defense does that without gimmicks.

    Go Panthers!

69. Dutch B Says:
    October 25th, 2009 at 5:25 pm

    Hypothetically speaking. Who would win between Amador Valley and Tracy ? They are ranked #4 and #9 respectively among D-I north teams.

    What is a shame is that these teams, despite being only 25-miles apart. Will never play each other in the post-season.

    I think a playoff system needs to be implemented. Get rid of the sections. Create a NorCal playoff.

    Have 4-regions, within each region have 4-districts. With each district having 4-playoff qualifiers. This can be done for each enrollment classification.

    SoCal could have a similiar format. Then the champs of the NorCal play the SoCal champs.

70. bhsfan Says:
    October 25th, 2009 at 10:48 pm

    i can agree with somewhat of the format

71. bhsfan Says:
    October 25th, 2009 at 10:56 pm

    the real problem is adult egos and not wanting to think about the kids. california have too many restrictions, they need to look at how texas do thier playoffs, and plus they also start the season like a week or 2 earlier. ncs ccs and all these sectoins make some much money off the kids with the section championship and would not get any with a similar way of play offs like texas.our kids deserve it. this bowl thing is like the bcs it has many flaws and it seems to have favorites.

72. the G.O.A.T. Says:
    October 26th, 2009 at 12:29 pm

    i played ball in texas 17-5A
    u cant have the same system cuz
    the good teams r concentrated in one area if u
    win regionals i n texas u deserve 2 be there out here
    it could be some school in shasta some where playing farmers LOL

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