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#5 Bellarmine 42, St. Ignatius 6: Troy Martig connected on two touchdown passes to Kyle Macauley, Devon Buenrostro ran for an 80-yard score and Vincent Fernandez added another TD run — all in the first half — as Bellarmine (9-1, 6-1) clinched at least a tie for the West Catholic Athletic League title at San Jose City College. Kela Butler rushed for a touchdown for St. Ignatius (1-9, 1-6). St. Francis (8-1, 5-1) can claim a co-title with a win over Riordan (7-2, 4-2) at 1 p.m. Saturday at CCSF.
#16 Mitty 38, Sacred Heart Cathedral 27: Despite touchdown passes from Ronan Murphy to James Williams (79 yards) and Sean Fewer (69) and a 3-yard TD run by Jamar Williams-Sheppard, Sacred Heart Cathedral (1-9, 0-7) couldn’t pull the upset over Mitty (6-4, 3-4) at Kezar Stadium.
Sacred Heart Prep-Atherton 27, Menlo School-Atherton 15: Mason Randall completed 12 of 20 passes for 230 yards and two touchdowns as SHP (7-3) defeated l Menlo (6-4) at Sequoia-Redwood City. Nick O’Donnell had seven catches for 144 yards and a score for the winners. Charlie Ferguson rushed for 88 yards and a touchdown for Menlo.
AAA: Roel Marania threw for 188 yards and four touchdowns, two going to Jacquez Williams-Chish, who also rushed six times for 129 yards and two more scores as visiting Lincoln (7-3, 5-1 AAA) clinched second place with a 49-14 win over Galileo. David Loville caught three passes for 108 yards and two scores and Min Zaw rushed for 88 yards and a score for the winners, who will take on Balboa (5-4, 4-2) in the first round of playoffs Thursday. Galileo finished 1-9 and 1-5. ... Balboa defeated Lowell 36-0. … Burton (2-8, 2-4) moved into the fourth and final playoff spot with a 21-14 win over Washington (1-8, 1-5). Burton will play league champion Mission (7-3, 6-0), which had a bye Friday.
North Coast Section playoffs
Division I: Ronnie Jones rushed for four touchdowns to lead seventh seed Amador Valley-Pleasanton (8-3) to a 50-21 road win over 10th-seed San Leandro (6-5). … Justin Locklear scored on a 3-yard run with 2:36 to play, lifting eighth-seed California-San Ramon (7-4) to a 15-14 home win over ninth-seed Logan-Union City (7-4). … Ronnie Rivers, son of former NFL running back Ron Rivers, rushed 21 times for 237 yards and three scores, leading sixth-seed Freedom-Oakley (7-4) to a 37-12 win over 11th-seed Dublin (7-4). … Montaz Thompson scored on a 41-yard run on his team’s first play from scrimmage as fifth-seed and host Pittsburg (9-2) took a 28-0 lead en route to a 56-20 win over Dougherty Valley-San Ramon (6-5).
Other NCS games: Harold Tidwell rushed for 150 yards and scored three first-half touchdowns as host Concord (7-4), the No. 3 seed, defeated Hayward 56-0 in Division II play. … Maxwell Brown threw for 190 yards and three touchdowns in the first half as No. 9 Windsor (7-4) pulled off a surprising 44-9 D-II win at No. 8 Pinole Valley (6-5).
Homicide postpones SJS game: A Sac-Joaquin Section first-round Division II game was postponed after a Grant-Sacramento player was shot and killed Friday while driving to a team meeting. According to the Sacramento Bee, starting senior cornerback Jaulon Clavo died at UC Davis Medical Center after being shot in the neck. The victim and two other Grant players were in a car driving back to school at the time of the attack. Another Grant player, senior fullback Malik Johnson, was shot in the arm and sustained non life-threatening injuries. The game between top-seed Grant (9-1) and visiting Beyer-Modesto will be rescheduled next week.
#5 Bellarmine 42, St. Ignatius 6: Troy Martig connected on two touchdown passes to Kyle Macauley, Devon Buenrostro ran for an 80-yard score and Vincent Fernandez added another TD run — all in the first half — as Bellarmine (9-1, 6-1) clinched at least a tie for the West Catholic Athletic League title at San Jose City College. Kela Butler rushed for a touchdown for St. Ignatius (1-9, 1-6). St. Francis (8-1, 5-1) can claim a co-title with a win over Riordan (7-2, 4-2) at 1 p.m. Saturday at CCSF.
#16 Mitty 38, Sacred Heart Cathedral 27: Despite touchdown passes from Ronan Murphy to James Williams (79 yards) and Sean Fewer (69) and a 3-yard TD run by Jamar Williams-Sheppard, Sacred Heart Cathedral (1-9, 0-7) couldn’t pull the upset over Mitty (6-4, 3-4) at Kezar Stadium.
Sacred Heart Prep-Atherton 27, Menlo School-Atherton 15: Mason Randall completed 12 of 20 passes for 230 yards and two touchdowns as SHP (7-3) defeated l Menlo (6-4) at Sequoia-Redwood City. Nick O’Donnell had seven catches for 144 yards and a score for the winners. Charlie Ferguson rushed for 88 yards and a touchdown for Menlo.
AAA: Roel Marania threw for 188 yards and four touchdowns, two going to Jacquez Williams-Chish, who also rushed six times for 129 yards and two more scores as visiting Lincoln (7-3, 5-1 AAA) clinched second place with a 49-14 win over Galileo. David Loville caught three passes for 108 yards and two scores and Min Zaw rushed for 88 yards and a score for the winners, who will take on Balboa (5-4, 4-2) in the first round of playoffs Thursday. Galileo finished 1-9 and 1-5. ... Balboa defeated Lowell 36-0. … Burton (2-8, 2-4) moved into the fourth and final playoff spot with a 21-14 win over Washington (1-8, 1-5). Burton will play league champion Mission (7-3, 6-0), which had a bye Friday.
North Coast Section playoffs
Division I: Ronnie Jones rushed for four touchdowns to lead seventh seed Amador Valley-Pleasanton (8-3) to a 50-21 road win over 10th-seed San Leandro (6-5). … Justin Locklear scored on a 3-yard run with 2:36 to play, lifting eighth-seed California-San Ramon (7-4) to a 15-14 home win over ninth-seed Logan-Union City (7-4). … Ronnie Rivers, son of former NFL running back Ron Rivers, rushed 21 times for 237 yards and three scores, leading sixth-seed Freedom-Oakley (7-4) to a 37-12 win over 11th-seed Dublin (7-4). … Montaz Thompson scored on a 41-yard run on his team’s first play from scrimmage as fifth-seed and host Pittsburg (9-2) took a 28-0 lead en route to a 56-20 win over Dougherty Valley-San Ramon (6-5).
Other NCS games: Harold Tidwell rushed for 150 yards and scored three first-half touchdowns as host Concord (7-4), the No. 3 seed, defeated Hayward 56-0 in Division II play. … Maxwell Brown threw for 190 yards and three touchdowns in the first half as No. 9 Windsor (7-4) pulled off a surprising 44-9 D-II win at No. 8 Pinole Valley (6-5).
Homicide postpones SJS game: A Sac-Joaquin Section first-round Division II game was postponed after a Grant-Sacramento player was shot and killed Friday while driving to a team meeting. According to the Sacramento Bee, starting senior cornerback Jaulon Clavo died at UC Davis Medical Center after being shot in the neck. The victim and two other Grant players were in a car driving back to school at the time of the attack. Another Grant player, senior fullback Malik Johnson, was shot in the arm and sustained non life-threatening injuries. The game between top-seed Grant (9-1) and visiting Beyer-Modesto will be rescheduled next week.
