Playoff Scoreboard (November 22-23)

[M.C. fan]

Rocklin beat Manteca 30-7

Thunder excellent job!! Good Luck versus Grant next Friday!!

 

[larry legend33]

I was at the SRV win tonight over CN. The Wolves’ defense played a fantastic game. The rain pretty much dampened offenses in both the SRV-CN & DLS-Pitt games, but SRV’s defense stepped up and pitched a shutout. At 0-0 from their own 6 in the 4th quarter, CN had one of their only offensive bright spots breaking out for a 45 yard run to midfield, only to be shut down again by Jones & co.

SRV will definitely have their work cut out for them next week at Pitt, but they have revenge on their minds after losing to Pitt in this game a year ago. Pitt will be the odds on favorites next week, but if SRV can keep it close in the first half (a big if), they’ll have a chance.

Way to battle the elements. I watched from home!
A few things on this one.
1. What a battle. Both teams played basically a scoreless game until the near end. The better team did win.
2. That is probably the best defense CN has ever heard. (at least in the top 2) There defense was a true "OPEN" level D. Unfortunately, there offense was more at the D2-D3 level.
3. Newman had 4-5 facemask personal foul penalties during this game that really hurt them. They were pretty sloppy on offsides a few times as well. SRV played a more disciplined game.
4. Gentry almost broke 2 runs but just couldn't stay in bounds.. We needed a few big plays from him.
5. Young Frosh "LT" struggled at times throwing a wet ball. He has some very bright years ahead of him.

Hats off to SRV but Newman proved they were a formidable opponent at this level. Think about this... Newman beat ODOWD 58-0 and they are playing for the D2 champ.... I think MC and CN would have cruised in that division. Bummer it ended like that but a great season.
SRV has a heck of a team. Good luck against PITT. Jones is an NFL type talent.

 

[1315]

They got stopped on 4th and medium but the zebra called PI…ball looked to be thrown behind the receiver too

It was obvious on NFHS feed. When a DB is not looking back and physically interrupts the WR ability to come back for the ball, it’s an easy call. Unfortunate for the DB, but it’s the right call.

BTW, I’ve personally seen how a selection of 4-5 dry balls can make or break a game. 2-3 with one kid with two towels = poor preparation. The rain never let up….it affected the Lancers and the ‘Cats, equally.

 

[PittPride90]

Who's #1 for PITT?

Juju Walls- UCLA commit

 

[rwccaptain42]

Congratulations to Grant in beating St. Mary’s! One heckuva game, despite a very inept officiating crew which made several bad calls or missed calls for BOTH teams. But, as a member of the chain gang I had to keep quiet. And I will continue to keep quiet about it because I don’t want to take away from the performance Grant made to win the game. It just wasn’t St. Marys night to win. Again, kudos to Pacer Nation!

I knew it was not going to be a good night for the Rams when the chain we had to work with was not properly secured to the pole on one end and needed tape to secure it, the one thing the line judge was later able to help with after a couple of possessions from both teams. The chain also was missing the clip. Normally the school provides one (already on the chain when we get to it) but also the line judge has one with him that we use and he reminds us to return it to him. Not last night! The line judge did not have a clip and we sent one of our chain gang members to go look for one in the storage room but he could not find one. Fortunately, we did not have to use the chain for any measurements. However, we as the chain gang should have inspected the chain much earlier before the game started. Instead, we checked just before the National Anthem and when we discovered the issues with the chain we failed to get the attention of the officiating crew. Next thing you know, the ball was being kicked off. So it really was really our fault. We should have screamed, request for time to fix it, and then moved on. Again, our fault.

Note:,there was some rain, but not as much as I expected. I would say it wasn’t much of a factor as I don’t recall any fumbles.

Nice confession for a public school kid. Penance is 20 pushups 20 sit-ups. You are forgiven and thanks for your service 🙏