Roundup: Davis High wins first WAC game; Turlock, MC, Central cruise to victories
There’s nothing like the comfortable confines of Modesto Junior College for the Davis High football team.
The Spartans (1-3, 2-5), which had lost four straight games entering their Western Athletic Conference matchup Friday against Lathrop, jumped out to a 28-14 halftime lead and cruised to a 55-28 victory over the other Spartans (2-2. 2-5).
Combined with an earlier 43-6 victory over Franklin, Davis is now 2-0 at MJC.
Friday’s victory was the first WAC win for the Spartans, who moved into the league after the break-up of the Modesto Metro Conference.
Between the second and third quarters, Davis scored 42 points. The Spartans play their season finale at MJC against Ceres on Oct. 26.
Los Banos 47, Johansen 12: Dasani Tate completed 16 of 21 passes for 225 yards and five touchdowns to lead the Tigers to a bounce-back win after a tough loss last week to Mountain House. Tate connected with Landon Ramos for four touchdown receptions of 22, 11, 41 and 8 yards at Johansen High. Ramos finished with six catches for 88 yards. The Vikings dropped to 1-3, 2-5.
Pacheco 59, Ceres 6: Dom Gomez scored on touchdown runs of 35, 32 and 18 yards as the Panthers won their fourth consecutive game to improve to 6-1 overall and 4-0 in the WAC. Ceres is 1-3, 1-6.
Mountain House 31, Beyer 0: The undefeated Mustangs (4-0, 7-0) rolled to a home victory over the Patriots (0-4, 0-7).
Central California Athletic League
Turlock 38, Modesto 13: The Bulldogs (2-0, 4-3) pulled away from the Panthers (0-2, 4-3) in the second half in the game at Downey High.
Lucas Curtis rushed for two touchdowns and caught two touchdowns as the Bulldogs ran for 262 yards and limited Modesto to just 76 yards on the ground.
Turlock quarterback Brock Paslay completed 12 of 16 passes for 143 yards and two touchdowns — 30 and 4 yards to Curtis, who also had scoring runs of 21 and 6 yards.
Alonzo Rodriguez connected with Jaquile Ingram on a 4-yard scoring play with 20 seconds left to bring Modesto to within 24-13 after two quarters. However, Turlock’s regular starting quarterback, Jonah Kosakiewicz, scored on an 11-yard run in the third quarter and the Panthers never got closer.
It was Modesto’s second straight loss after four straight victories. Turlock pulled into a tie with crosstown rival Pitman atop the CCAL standings.
Valley Oak League
Central Catholic 60, Weston Ranch 13: Dawaiian McNeely opened the game with a 99-yard kickoff return as the Raiders scored 53 points in the first quarter against the Cougars, which only suited 15 players.
McNeely added a 6-yard TD run and Dalton Durossette threw two touchdown passes as both teams agreed to a running clock starting in the second quarter. That’s when Central Catholic (4-0, 7-1) pulled its starters. Weston Ranch fell to 0-3, 0-7.
Central Catholic coach Roger Canepa could not confirm, but believed the 53 points in the opening 12 minutes was a school record.
The Raiders have a bye next week before finishing out the regular season against Kimball and Oakdale.
Asked about his team’s plan for the bye week, Canepa said: “We’re going to practice. We’re going to clean some things up and get healthy and rested.”
Trans-Valley League
Modesto Christian 46, Livingston 7: Hayden Sauser threw for three touchdowns and Isaac Schinmann had two rushing touchdowns (15 and 5 yards) as the Crusaders (4-0, 8-0) got past the Wolves (0-3, 1-6) in a game where highly-recruited lineman Xavier Carlton was ejected.
Sauser completed touchdown passes of 6 and 27 yards to Johnny Williams and a 35-yarder to Jose Hernandez, who also scored on a 37-yard rushing touchdown.
The Crusaders travel to Hilmar next week. After that, it’s a bye week before its regular-season showdown with unbeaten Ripon (3-0, 7-0) in Salida.
Hilmar 49, Hughson 7: In a game some felt could be close, the Yellowjackets (2-1, 6-1) had an easy time with the Huskies (2-2, 5-3). Hughson jumped out to a 7-0 lead in the first quarter, but Hilmar dominated the rest of the way as running backs Isaac Sharp (170 yards, 2 TDs) and Justin Rentfro (2 TDs) had big nights.
Wide receiver Bryan Millan had three receptions for 130 yard and two TDS. The Hilmar defense limited the Huskies to minus-1 yard rushing.
Escalon 48, Riverbank 0: The visiting Cougars (1-2, 5-2) prepared for its big matchup next week at home against unbeaten Ripon by cruising past the Bruins (0-4, 2-6). Ripon did not play on Friday.
Central California Conference
Patterson 38, Central Valley 35: Patterson quarterback Patrick McCleery completed 12 of 19 passes for 230 yards and two touchdowns as the Tigers (3-1, 5-3) held off the Hawks. Patterson built a 38-21 lead in the third quarter after McCleery hit Moses Ruelas on a 15-yard TD pass. The two combined for a 34-yard score in the second quarter.
However, CV’s Isaiah Hildago scored his third touchdown of the game in the fourth quarter to cut Patterson’s lead to three, but the Hawks couldn’t get closer.
Pattersons hosts Merced, The Bee’s No. 2 large school team, on Friday. The Bears beat Buhach Colony 55-14 on Friday.
Southern League
Ripon Christian 49, Gustine 0: Michael Kamps rushed for 212 yards and scored three touchdowns as the visiting Knights (4-0, 7-0) remained undefeated with a big victory over the Redskins (2-2, 4-3). RC led 35-0 at halftime.
Leading 7-0 in the first quarter, the Knights increased the lead to 21-0 thanks to fumble recoveries for touchdowns by Drew Van Vliet (26 yards) and Sean McGovern (46 yards). Gustine’s Brandon Garbez rushed for 107 yards. The Knights, who have outscored their opponents 291-51, host Mariposa next week.
Denair 35, Orestimba 28: The visiting Coyotes improved to 3-1, 6-1 with the victory over the Warriors at Newman. Denair remained in a tie for second place with Waterford (3-1, 6-1), which defeated Mariposa 42-14.
Waterford 42, Mariposa 14: Wildcats quarterback Michael Vivo helped host Waterford build a 20-0 lead at the half with two passing touchdowns and another on the ground. Mariposa also turned the ball over three times in the first two quarters.
This story was originally published October 5, 2018 at 11:46 PM.