Roundup: Davis closes in on perfection. Central Catholic nears title. Waterford stunned
The Davis High football team is one win away from completing a perfect regular season.
The Spartans rolled past Johansen 48-12 on Friday night to improve to 9-0 overall, 6-0 in the Western Athletic League.
Davis can close out the perfect regular season Thursday night, when the Spartans play Ceres (5-4, 3-3), which lost 21-20 to Mountain House on Friday. Davis beat Mountain House 43-7 on Sept. 17.
The Spartans are 1 1/2 games ahead of Los Banos (4-4, 4-1) in the Western Athletic Conference. The Tigers have played one fewer game because their contest with Johansen was canceled due to COVID-19 protocol.
Central Catholic 38, East Union 27: The Raiders trailed by one at halftime but rallied in the second half to maintain sole possession of first place in the Valley Oak League at 5-0. Central Catholic should have no problem closing out the outright league title next week against Sierra (1-8, 1-4).
Mountain House 21, Ceres 20: The visiting Bulldogs lost a WAC heartbreaker at Mountain House.
Pacheco 40, Beyer 12: The Patriots remained winless on the year, falling to 0-9 overall and 0-6 in the WAC.
Pitman 43, Modesto 28: The Pride improved to 3-5 overall, 2-2 in the Central California Athletic League with the comfortable win. Pitman can play spoiler next week against Downey (4-0 CCAL), which will be playing for an outright league title next Friday night.
Oakdale 62, Weston Ranch 0: The Mustangs (6-2, 3-2 VOL) had no problem taking care of the Cougars (0-6, 1-9). Oakdale will host rival Manteca (7-2, 3-2) next Friday night at The Corral.
Hilmar 65, Modesto Christian 0: The Yellowjackets (7-2, 3-2) had an easy night in a Trans-Valley League game against the Crusaders (1-7, 1-5). Hilmar closes out the regular season at Riverbank (0-8, 0-5) next Friday.
Big Valley Christian 27, Stone Ridge Christian 20: The host Lions won their second straight game to improve to 3-6 on the season. They close out the regular season next week on Saturday against Delta Charter.
Livingston 56, Riverbank 0: The host Wolves (6-3, 3-2) rolled to victory against the winless Bruins (0-8) ahead of their regular-season finale against Escalon. Livingston lost to Hilmar (3-2) by just four points and Ripon (4-1) by 13 and looks to dash Escalon’s hope of an outright TVL title.
Patterson 51, Buhach Colony 20: The Tigers’ march to the Central California Conference championship concluded with a big win over the Thunder. Patterson (8-2, 6-0) have scored 50-plus six times this season.
Merced 54, Central Valley 6: The Bears (6-3, 4-1 CCC) led 48-0 at halftime en route to the easy win. Central Valley fell to 3-6, 0-5.
Mariposa 36, Waterford 35: Waterford’s first loss of the season came in stunning fashion. The Wildcats (8-1, 5-1 Southern League) took a 35-14 lead with 6 minutes, 17 seconds left in the game, and Waterford took over the ball with the same lead with 4:34 to play after intercepting a Mariposa pass.
But Mariposa rallied for three touchdowns, converted two onside kicks, and scored the game-winning 2-point conversion with 28 seconds left in the game.
Sonora 28, Argonaut 21: The host Wildcats (5-3, 3-0) clinched at least a share of the Mother Lode League title by beating the Mustangs (6-3, 2-1). Sonora ends the regular season Friday against Summerville (4-3, 2-1)
Ripon Christian 24, Gustine 7: The visiting Knights (6-3, 3-2 Southern Athletic League) trailed at halftime 7-3 before rallying to beat the Reds (3-5, 3-3). RC took a 9-7 lead in the third quarter on a blocked punt return for a touchdown and extended the margin with an interception return for a touchdown to make it 17-7.
Orestimba 39, Denair 0: The host Warriors (5-4, 3-3) shut out the Coyotes (0-8, 0-6) and look to clinch a winning season next week against Gustine (3-5, 3-3).
This story was originally published October 23, 2021 at 1:28 AM.
