This year looks to turn the BVAL league into a war zone...Antioch, Freedom, Pittsburg Liberty and even Heritage seem to be well stocked for the 2015 season. Deer Valley did well in the passing at LMC and they showed a lot of speed, but every thing else is in question...the new coach has pumped new life into Deer Valley, so we are eager to see how Deer Valley performs..
How do the teams stack up....Right now it looks like this:
Antioch
Freedom
Pittsburg
Liberty
Heritage
Deer Valley
But Antioch, Freedom and Pittsburg bring a lot to the table which means what was just listed may not hold much water....Liberty and Heritage can not be over looked and Deer Valley has to prove its self.
ANTIOCH......Sports Nagee Harris, the terror of Antioch, he is supported by Kobie Beltram and Ryan Tayne and the D has five returning and so does the O.....Which means the fur could fly when this team goes into action...Now last year, Antioch visited Foothill in a playoff game and ran into a buzzsaw, the line play and a smart operated offense wasted little time ramsacking the Panthers.....So the Antioch team needs to be solid on
defense and give Harris plenty of room to breakout. last year, Antioch went 7-5 while the Jv's went 5-4-1 and the freshman team did poorly at 1-7....Antioch plays host to Acalanes on 8-28 and in last years contest Antioch got by Acalanes 30-28.
FREEDOM.....Has the one -two punch of Joe Sweeney and Ronnie Rivers which includes six on defense and six on offense which makes Freedom a very dangerous team to deal with...On top of this, the JV's went 8-1 and the Freshman went 9-1....With this Jv team moving up, Freedom can fill any holes and have plenty left over....Last season Freedom went 7-5, so they need to clean up the rough spots as it appears there were several let downs.
Freedom will host Tracy at 7 P.M.., so there is a big test on the horizon for Freedom..
PITTSBURG......The Pirates will enter the 2015 season with a young offense, but these guys will have to step it up as they play host to California on 8-28 who won last seasons contest 19-7....The O has four returning and the D has five which give the Pirates a strong defense....A few names that come up are Jordan Parker,Charles Ramirez and Saia Fonongalon...Pittsburg also has a strong JV team moving up at 8-2 plus a freshman team at 7-3
LIBERTY......Had a big year last season going 9-3, but lost some of their fire power to grad, but hope to fill in the spots from a JV team that struggled at 4-6....Still as an anchor, the offense has three returning and the defense has three also....The Lions will be counting on Fazion Graham, Brandon Hoctor and Trevor Robinson.
At the LMC passing tourney, Liberty went two-two,but there were some bright spots and one of them was getting by DLS 2-1, but DLS was using every body so the score may not have any meaning, although it sure gave Liberty a real lift......Liberty opens the season by playing host to Central of Fresno at 7 P.M..
HERTIAGE.....The Patriots had a rough year last season going 5-6 but things are looking up as the JV's went 6-4 as did the freshman at 6-4..this season the offense sports five returning and the defense has four...Heritage will be counting on David Letuligas;enoa, Erra Magalei and Ty Mack to beef up the team....Last season, Heritage caught Liberty by surprise with a strong defense and won 15-12...At the passing tourney at LMC, Heritage came on strong at the start and dumped CVC 4-1...After that round, Heritage struggled the rest of the way loosing the last three contests....Heritage opens the 2015 season by invading Amador Valley at 7 P.M. The Don's enter the season will stocked, so the Patriots have their hands full right at the start.... .
DEER VALLEY.......DV is the mystery team as they have a new coach so there is very little known about them except they have a lot of speed and did very well at the LMC passing tourney, going 3-1..the new coach has pumped new life into this team, but a lot of work needs to be done or DV could turn into the league whipping boy......Last season DV went 4-6 and the JV's went5-4-1 and the freshman finished at 4-5.
Deer Valley opens the season with a tough start by traveling to Granada, this will be a serious test and the game is atr 7 P.M. One other thing, a lot of players played musical chairs going from one team to another, so the fortunes of some of the BVAL teams could change depending on the outcome......
