Grant has never been shy when it comes to playing underclassmen. This many on one team is pretty crazy tho. Outside of a few seniors, majority of the playing time is coming from freshman and sophomores.
Section Finals Scores
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the refs called an good game ... solid crew ..... the umpire from that crew was my youth football coach 30 + years ago
New coaches are doing a better job at keeping the jr pacers players.
yes well coached .... they didn't panic ... not sure how many fumbles they had but the turnovers really did them in ... i think i saw at least 2 fumbles
Indeed you
You summed it up perfectly! Big time plays! The composure on the touchdown winning drive is amazing! Like something out of a movie!
Yes, I think you are right. There were a couple of Rocklin turnovers. I feel like the turnovers were off set by there great defense tho. They forced at least 3 Grant turnover on downs. Two of them, if I am recalling it right, they were in the scoring position before the Rocklin D shut them down. The Rocklin fumbles came on two big running plays that put them in Grant territory before losing the ball.
For me, hopefully, the coaching staff addresses the deep ball. Too many times this year have the opposing receivers been seen running past the Grant db's for big scoring plays. Rocklin capitalized on this as well last night.
Folsom wins that game. By 10-14 points . SRV had been beaten by Pitt each of the last four years in the playoffs. They really wanted that game, and had a chance to win it
PITT is going to put up points on Folsom, I think it’s going to be a tight game and somewhat of a shootout…..
But Folsom has such a huge advantage at QB that will be the difference in the game….
Should be a great game! Pitt plays a physical brand of football to go along with their speed and skill players. Pitt won’t be intimidated as they have gone thru a pretty tough schedule this year.
I don’t know Pitts QB has been absolutely lights out last 2 years if he had Lyons size he would be a top 5 QB in nor cal and D1 prospect
Yep, Lyons won the game for Folsom last year. More specifically, his legs won it
He’s improved alot from last year. Pitt had success against Folsom last year running the football. If Pitt can hit a few big pass plays, which they’ve been able to do this year, it improves their chances. But Lyons is the difference
PItts QB is very good at the HS level but he's 5"7 in cleats. Bummer but getting any looks beyond Juco will be tough.
What makes Folsom dangerous right now is the emergence of there 6"5 TE Toupu. He just flipped to USC and that will be likely home for Ryder as well. This kid has been a monster with 11 receiving TD's on the season thus far. Folsom needs to take care of Oak Ridge tonight who is playing very well but won't have the horses to stay with the bulldogs in the 2nd half.
What makes Folsom dangerous right now is the emergence of there 6"5 TE Toupu. He just flipped to USC and that will be likely home for Ryder as well. This kid has been a monster with 11 receiving TD's on the season thus far. Folsom needs to take care of Oak Ridge tonight who is playing very well but won't have the horses to stay with the bulldogs in the 2nd half.
Carmel offense looked really good. They had mismatch on the lines and WRs towered over the Aptos DBs. Though Carmel QB played well except for a couple really bad deep throws. He threw to spots really well and had a nice spin and arm. If Carmel can step it up on defense they could go far in the lower divisions. It seems the defense steps it up at half - not sure if it is they are slow starters or coaches make players just really well at half or they just play harder to close the game with all the two way players. In any event they win this game 9 out of ten even if Aptos figured out how to field kickoffs and reduce turnovers. Aptos had little defense against the passing attack and difde pretty will on line given how undersized they are. Carmel has a few really exceptional skill players and linemen. Will be interesting who they match up against in the regional game. I've seen Carmel play a couple times before and they brought their A offense and second half their D defense went up to a B+.
Interesting strategy for Golden’s team. He onside kicks on just about every kickoff, and doesn’t seem to mind giving up a short field for the chance to generate an extra possession or two per game. He just plans to outscore you and wants the ball back as often as possible. It’s worked so far and they have a very complete offensive game. If you get more than one score behind them you aren’t catching up, and if you are up 2 scores that still isn’t a safe lead.
The Padres will be a tough out in States.
One thing that was clear was that Carmel did not belong in DIII. Similar to Palma last year. It's becoming the charity dvision.
John Devine reported the PCAL has proposal for 2 A leagues. Seems that will really water down the division. Looks like programs are complaining about the Gab getting most of the playoff picks, but teams don't want to step up to the A league.
