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84-0: ‘It was form of unhappy, bro’
On one aspect, it felt as if the opponent was piling up factors that crossed the road of sportsmanship. On the opposite, the margin of victory underscored the disparity between soccer groups inside a league comprised of largely Contra Costa County faculties.
The ultimate rating Friday night time: Faculty Park 84, Ygnacio Valley 0.
For Ygnacio Valley coach Rae Jackson, the consequence was solely a part of the issue. In an interview with the Bay Space Information Group on Saturday night time, he stated, “I actually consider they had been attempting to place up 100 factors, man. After the sport, they went beneath the scoreboard they usually had been taking photos.”
Jackson famous that Faculty Park was operating gimmick performs on conversion makes an attempt, was referred to as for 4 extreme celebration penalties and stored attempting to attain even because the margin received out of hand.
“Hear, man, they had been operating trick performs on two-point conversions,” stated Jackson, who's in his first season as Ygnacio Valley’s head coach. “C’mon man. Trick performs on two-point conversions?”
Faculty Park athletic director James Keck disputed Jackson’s declare about gadget performs in an e-mail to the Bay Space Information Group on Sunday. “We didn't run any trick performs all sport,” he stated. The AD added, “It's by no means our intention in any athletic competitors to run up a rating or humiliate an opponent.”
Keck stated his soccer program itself is studying how you can win and luxuriate in success respectfully.
“We will likely be speaking with our staff about celebrating,” Keck stated. “Faculty Park has struggled for a number of years and is lastly constructing our program to a degree the place we are able to compete for league championships and hopefully past. As our soccer youngsters, who've skilled previous disappointment, start to expertise success, we have to information them on how you can win with grace. The sheer pleasure of successful must be assuaged with respect for our opponents.
“I've been on the opposite aspect of these lopsided wins as each a participant and coach and know the way it feels. I apologize to YV and their gamers in the event that they felt disrespected. Be assured that was not the intent and I'm proud to have YV at our stadium competing with the 19 younger males that had been there taking part in with coronary heart and dedication your complete sport.”
Faculty Park coach Travis Raciti, who's in his second season, stated Saturday morning that his staff strives to play with “class and respect.” All 45 gamers on his lively roster received into the sport and the clock ran constantly within the second half.
“Nothing however gratitude and admiration towards Ygnacio Valley as a faculty (my sister is a graduate and alum) as a soccer program and to their teaching employees and student-athletes,” Raciti wrote in a textual content.
Jackson is attempting to come back to grips with what unfolded for his staff, which is winless in eight video games this season and has been outscored 408-61. Ygnacio Valley is 0-3 within the Diablo Athletic League’s Valley Division.
“He might need thought that what he was doing he did it at school and style,” Jackson stated. “I simply know that with soccer, we train these males about life. What life is, when it comes to the way you take care of it. It was form of unhappy, bro. They had been up 50 within the first half, they usually form of knew that we weren’t at their degree.”
Faculty Park ran 23 offensive performs (12 runs, 11 passes), in keeping with Keck. Of its seven accomplished passes, six had been touchdowns. Faculty Park scored 12 touchdowns total, together with two by the protection on fumble returns and one other on particular groups, because it improved to 5-3, 3-0.
The loss was Ygnacio Valley’s twenty second in a row relationship to 2019.
Faculty Park has received 12 of the previous 14 video games and 4 in a row between the groups. The biggest margin of victory earlier than Friday for Faculty Park was 49-0 in 2018. Ygnacio Valley’s two wins in that stretch got here in 2017 (34-24) and 2008 (36-13).
“It was an disagreeable feeling for my younger males, who we’re attempting to show a sport that I really like a lot, that may assist them construction and deal with their life in the appropriate manner,” Jackson stated. “It was form of a tragic state of affairs.
“However to credit score my guys, they fought to the tip they usually fought as greatest as they might. There was a second late within the half after they did surrender. After which we had a halftime speak they usually got here out and had been capable of end the sport.”
— Joseph Dycus, Jesús Cano and Darren Sabedra
Clayton Valley: Grunt mentality is again
The second Clayton Valley’s season circled was in all probability within the two-week window earlier than the Jesuit of Carmichael sport. Coach Tim Murphy’s staff had dropped its third sport of the season, all by one rating, and had an additional week to arrange for Jesuit.
Murphy knew one thing needed to change.
“I snapped after the Turlock sport as a result of I used to be in all probability attempting to be just a little too affected person with this group,” Murphy stated, referencing the 35-33 loss. “I needed to put again the grunt mentality, they usually responded very nicely.”
Ever since this shift in teaching philosophy, the Ugly Eagles have seemed like the most effective groups within the Bay Space. Beginning with a 35-21 win at Jesuit, Clayton Valley has strung collectively 4 straight wins, all by double-digit margins.
At across the identical time that Murphy misplaced his endurance, the staff’s passing assault started to convalesce behind quarterback Christian Aguilar. Murphy stated that the shift from run-centric to an air-raid unfold took time, and possibly a bit an excessive amount of endurance.
“I believe it occurred after we received our highway win at Jesuit,” star receiver Daven Amos stated about how lengthy it took for the offense to come back collectively. “From there, we began rolling and that’s once I felt like we clicked on offense.”
After a 49-14 win towards California on Friday, the Ugly Eagles set their sights on Monte Vista.
Clayton Valley performs host to De La Salle on Nov. 4 to shut the common season — a matchup that might resolve who's a High 2 seed within the NCS Open/Division I playoffs and who may drop to No. 3 — however Murphy isn’t wanting past subsequent week’s sport.
“They’re adequate to beat us, and that’s all now we have to be involved with,” the longtime coach stated.
— Joseph Dycus
De La Salle: Good replace after a daunting scene
After De La Salle’s third landing Friday night time, one in every of its gamers, junior Kaleo Augustin, was injured on the kickoff. He stayed down for a number of minutes as EMTs had been referred to as to the staff’s subject.
Augustin ultimately received up, walked to the stretcher and was taken by ambulance to a hospital. Earlier than the sport towards Monte Vista ended, he rejoined his teammates on the sideline.
“They cleared me at Kaiser and my dad drove me again to look at the remainder of the sport,” Augustin stated Saturday.
X-Rays had been damaging and he had full motion, in keeping with coach Justin Alumbaugh.
“He’s going to be again subsequent week, fortunately,” Alumbaugh added. “He’s been like a scout staff dynamo. He’s one in every of our guys. He needed to guarantee that we put the appropriate scout guys in.”
De La Salle beat Monte Vista 41-3.
— Darren Sabedra
Former Gunn coach retains successful
Jason Miller may simply be a miracle man on a soccer subject. The Southern California native took over a struggling Gunn program in 2018 and led the Palo Alto college to a 25-10 report and two Santa Clara Valley Athletic El Camino Division championships.
The Titans had been 8-2 final fall.
He stepped down final spring after 4 seasons to take over one other struggling program, Bellflower, and has labored miracles once more along with his double-wing offense. He turned the Los Angeles-area college right into a league champion with an 8-2 report.
Bellflower was 3-20 within the earlier three seasons.
Sadly for Gunn, it has not been capable of maintain the outcomes that Miller achieved. The Titans are 0-8 and needed to forfeit a sport on Oct. 14 towards Sequoia as a result of they didn't have sufficient wholesome gamers to play. On the sphere, Gunn has been shut out six instances and outscored 332-10.
— Darren Sabedra
Piedmont: Accomplished now, however not perpetually
Piedmont has canceled the rest of its season due to low numbers however plans to subject a staff subsequent season. The Highlanders haven't performed since Sept. 23 towards St. Mary’s-Berkeley.
The JV season will proceed.
“We already had the entire sophomores that had been bodily capable of play varsity up with us,” coach Jordan Seiden instructed the Bay Space Information Group in an e-mail. “I used to be not going to play youngsters that weren't prepared for it. That’s reckless and harmful and I'd not put anybody’s youngster in that state of affairs.”
For the seniors whose highschool careers are being lower quick, Seiden stated the college is planning to have fun them in the course of the JV sport towards Kennedy-Richmond on Nov. 4.
“Their coach, Greg Marshall, graciously provided to play the sport at Piedmont and make it an evening sport (if we're in a position to take action) to make it as memorable as attainable regardless of not having the ability to play a full season,” Seiden stated.
Keep tuned.
— Joseph Dycus
Reside Oak: Jordan Fuentes makes use of his imaginative and prescient
Jordan Fuentes ran the ball 33 instances for 249 yards and two touchdowns in Reside Oak’s 42-14 rout of Lincoln-San Jose, and he was not in a rush on any of these carries.
“I’m affected person, and I let the blocks develop and let my line do what they do greatest,” Fuentes stated. “They seal off their guys and I simply run based mostly off what they’re doing. They make reads and cuts straightforward for me.”
Lots of these profitable carries got here off a play referred to as “Stretch,” a scheme through which the linemen block horizontally and Fuentes received to choose which gap he ran via. Coach Mike Gemo referred to as that play time and again, and Fuentes was not bothered by the massive workload.
“In my thoughts, I don’t suppose I’m ever drained,” Fuentes stated. “I simply suppose that I've to run, that now we have to play and get this win. I’m form of like a machine on the sphere.
— Joseph Dycus
Peek forward to Week 10
Friday
Bellarmine (3-5) at St. Francis (5-3), 7 p.m.: St. Francis has received the previous six Holy Struggle video games towards Bells.
Pittsburg (7-1) at Heritage (6-2), 7 p.m.: Pittsburg closing in on one other Bay Valley Athletic League title.
Granada (4-4) at Foothill (5-4), 7 p.m.: Foothill clinches EBAL Valley Division crown with a win.
Mt. Eden (5-3) at Berkeley (5-3), 7 p.m.: This one has MVAL/WACC Mission Division title implications.
Las Lomas (4-4) at Campolindo (8-0), 7 p.m.: Las Lomas can transfer right into a tie for first place with the upset.
The King’s Academy (6-2) at Sequoia (8-0), 7 p.m.: Winner captures PAL/SCVAL El Camino Division crown.
— Darren Sabedra