De La Salle vs San Ramon Valley

[Cal 14]

The mark of a competitive upcoming game is seeing people make predictions on both sides of the coin. Don't know how many of those choosing SRV are doing so because they really think the Wolves will win or whether they just want to see DLS lose.

For me, it mostly comes down to two factors:

1. SRV may be without their starting RB. This could hurt their balance a bit on offense.

2. There's always a "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me" thing with the Spartans. They have a tendency to come up big in big situations just when you want to count them out. I think it will be a very close game and may come down to the wire, but I'm going with DLS 24-21.

That said, I wouldn't be too upset to see the Wolves take this one. Natural tendency to root for the underdog, as long as they're not going up against my team.

Just hope the game lives up to the hype and no one gets hurt.

 

[FBAddict]

There is no record of a DLS loss to SRV in the 43 plus years of history as cited below.

It is easier to find years DLS had a perfect record than to the find the years DLS has lost. I scanned the book called When the Game Stands Tall to find the early records of DLS. And then I switched to Maxpreps / CalPreps to complete the win/loss journey 2005 onward. These are the recorded losses or ties.

Bob Ladouceur started coaching DLS in 1979. He changed the make up for high school football in Northern California if not beyond.

Record - Losses or ties only
1979
California 3 DSL 0
Salesian 32 DLS 0
Moreau Catholic 26 DLS 24

1980
Riordan 24 DLS 14
St. Patrick 24 DLS 21

1981
College Park 19 DLS 17
Salesian 21 DLS 17

1982
First undefeated season (NCS 2A Champ)

1983
Salesian 24 DLS 13
Miramonte 13 DLS 7 (NCS 2A playoffs)

1984
Skyline 22 DLS 21
NCS 2A Champ

1985
undefeated season (NCS 2A Champ)

1986
undefeated season (NCS 3A Champ)

1987
Monte Vista 14 DLS 13 (NCS 3A playoffs)

1988
undefeated season (NCS 3A Champ)

1989
St. Francis 35 DLS 14
El Cerrito 14 DLS 13
(NCS 3A Champ)

1990
undefeated season (NCS 3A Champ)

1991
Pittsburg 35 DLS 27 (NCS 3A playoffs)

Streak starts 1992 - 2003 Champ of NCS 3A and 4A playoffs

2004 (Ladouceur suffers heart attack New Year's Eve 2003)
Bellevue 39 DLS 20 End of streak
Clovis West 30 DLS 12
Palma 7 DLS 7 tie
Mission Viejo 17 DLS 14
Clayton Valley 17 DLS 17 tie
(NCS 4A Champ)

2005 (Calpreps data)
Clovis West 7 DLS 0
Mission Viejo 36 DLS 26
(NCS 5A Champ)

2006
(NCS 4A Champ)
Canyon Country 27 DLS 13 (SBG D1)

2007
Undefeated (NCS 4A and SBG D1 Champ)

2008
Don Bosco Prep 23 DLS 21
(NCS D1 Champ)
Centennial 21 DLS 16 (SBG D1)

2009
Don Bosco Prep 30 DLS 6
Lakeland 31 DLS 30
(NCS D1 and SBG Open Champ)

2010
Undefeated (NCS D! and SBG Open Champ)

2011
Aquinas 30 DLS 6
(NCD D1 and SBG Open Champ)

2012
Undefeated (NCS D! and SBG Open Champ)

2013 Bob Ladouceur retires and Justin Alumbaugh new HC
(NCS D1 and RBG Open Champ)
St. John Bosco 20 DLS 14 (SBG Open)

2014
Undefeated (NCS D1 and SBG Open Champ)
The SBG game with Centennial may have been DLS's highest total scoring game DLS history - DLS wins 63-42

2015
Trinity 26-21
(NCS D1 and SBG Champ)

2016
East 23 DSL 21
(NCS Open Champ)
St. John Bosco 56 DLS 33 (SBG Open)

2017
Bishop Gorman 34 DLS 7
(NCS D1 Champ)
Mater Dei 52-21 (SBG Open)

2018
(NCS Open Champ)
Mater Dei 35 DLS 21 (SBG Open)

2019
Aquinas 24 DLS 14
(NCS D1 Champ)
St. John Bosco 49 DLS 28 (SBG Open)

2021
St. Francis 31 DLS 28 (First NorCal loss 30 years)
St. Frances Academy 42 DLS 28
(NCS Open Champ)
Folsom 28 DLS 27 (RBG D1-AA)

2022
Serra 24 DSL 21
Folsom 24 DLS 20
St. Mary's 45 DLS 35
(NCS Open and RBG D1-AA Champ)
Lincoln 33 DLS 28 (SBG D1-AA)

2023
DLS 4-2 facing SRV 6-0 in just a few hours

 

[THEOC89]

There is no record of a DLS loss to SRV in the 43 plus years of history as cited below.

It is easier to find years DLS had a perfect record than to the find the years DLS has lost. I scanned the book called When the Game Stands Tall to find the early records of DLS. And then I switched to Maxpreps / CalPreps to complete the win/loss journey 2005 onward. These are the recorded losses or ties.

Bob Ladouceur started coaching DLS in 1979. He changed the make up for high school football in Northern California if not beyond.

Record - Losses or ties only
1979
California 3 DSL 0
Salesian 32 DLS 0
Moreau Catholic 26 DLS 24

1980
Riordan 24 DLS 14
St. Patrick 24 DLS 21

1981
College Park 19 DLS 17
Salesian 21 DLS 17

1982
First undefeated season (NCS 2A Champ)

1983
Salesian 24 DLS 13
Miramonte 13 DLS 7 (NCS 2A playoffs)

1984
Skyline 22 DLS 21
NCS 2A Champ

1985
undefeated season (NCS 2A Champ)

1986
undefeated season (NCS 3A Champ)

1987
Monte Vista 14 DLS 13 (NCS 3A playoffs)

1988
undefeated season (NCS 3A Champ)

1989
St. Francis 35 DLS 14
El Cerrito 14 DLS 13
(NCS 3A Champ)

1990
undefeated season (NCS 3A Champ)

1991
Pittsburg 35 DLS 27 (NCS 3A playoffs)

Streak starts 1992 - 2003 Champ of NCS 3A and 4A playoffs

2004 (Ladouceur suffers heart attack New Year's Eve 2003)
Bellevue 39 DLS 20 End of streak
Clovis West 30 DLS 12
Palma 7 DLS 7 tie
Mission Viejo 17 DLS 14
Clayton Valley 17 DLS 17 tie
(NCS 4A Champ)

2005 (Calpreps data)
Clovis West 7 DLS 0
Mission Viejo 36 DLS 26
(NCS 5A Champ)

2006
(NCS 4A Champ)
Canyon Country 27 DLS 13 (SBG D1)

2007
Undefeated (NCS 4A and SBG D1 Champ)

2008
Don Bosco Prep 23 DLS 21
(NCS D1 Champ)
Centennial 21 DLS 16 (SBG D1)

2009
Don Bosco Prep 30 DLS 6
Lakeland 31 DLS 30
(NCS D1 and SBG Open Champ)

2010
Undefeated (NCS D! and SBG Open Champ)

2011
Aquinas 30 DLS 6
(NCD D1 and SBG Open Champ)

2012
Undefeated (NCS D! and SBG Open Champ)

2013 Bob Ladouceur retires and Justin Alumbaugh new HC
(NCS D1 and RBG Open Champ)
St. John Bosco 20 DLS 14 (SBG Open)

2014
Undefeated (NCS D1 and SBG Open Champ)
The SBG game with Centennial may have been DLS's highest total scoring game DLS history - DLS wins 63-42

2015
Trinity 26-21
(NCS D1 and SBG Champ)

2016
East 23 DSL 21
(NCS Open Champ)
St. John Bosco 56 DLS 33 (SBG Open)

2017
Bishop Gorman 34 DLS 7
(NCS D1 Champ)
Mater Dei 52-21 (SBG Open)

2018
(NCS Open Champ)
Mater Dei 35 DLS 21 (SBG Open)

2019
Aquinas 24 DLS 14
(NCS D1 Champ)
St. John Bosco 49 DLS 28 (SBG Open)

2021
St. Francis 31 DLS 28 (First NorCal loss 30 years)
St. Frances Academy 42 DLS 28
(NCS Open Champ)
Folsom 28 DLS 27 (RBG D1-AA)

2022
Serra 24 DSL 21
Folsom 24 DLS 20
St. Mary's 45 DLS 35
(NCS Open and RBG D1-AA Champ)
Lincoln 33 DLS 28 (SBG D1-AA)

2023
DLS 4-2 facing SRV 6-0 in just a few hours

College Park actually beat DLS in 1981!!!…. I luv it!!!…. 🤣

 

[Bluedog2]

College Park actually beat DLS in 1981!!!…. I luv it!!!…. 🤣

I don't remember the year, but DLS beat SRV 50-49 and the wolves were inches of pushng on the ground to win but lost......There isn't any record of SRV beating DLS....In the early years of DLS they were just fining how to win and recruit for the future...

 

[concrete17]

........There isn't any record of SRV beating DLS....In the early years of DLS they were just fining how to win and recruit for the future...

......and in the really, really early years when Lad was an assistant to Indiana Jones in Central America on a quest for a lost Mayan temple, he (Lad) ran into Eidson, a Peace Corp volunteer who was coaching the local youth in a ancient game of Pok-A-Tok where the losers were traditionally put to death. Lad was impressed by Eidson's defensive coaching skills that helped keep his players alive. Over a couple of Aguas de Chaya (the local beveridge of choice) Lad convinced Eidsen to join and to hook up with him back in the Bay Area to coach High School sports once his Corp tour was completed.
...........And the rest is History, along with Eidson's developed defensive skills, Lad took his disciplined lessons learned from the wily Indiana Jones while confronting crocs, bandits and thieving jewel competitors in search of the ultimate prize