Bear River JV defenders, cardinal jerseys, defend a pass attemp for Colfax's Kyle Bryant, far right. Action came from last Friday's Pioneer Valley League game won by the Falcons, 28-7.

Nov. 7, 2011

Colfax, Del Oro JVs Lay Claim to League Crowns

As successful as the Colfax High football program has been over the past 15 seasons, it’s been awhile since a Falcons’ JV team has hung up a championship banner.

That changed, however, last Friday night at Lake of the Pines.

Playing an undefeated Bear River team that hadn’t lost a league JV game since the 2008 season, the Colfax JVs answered when push came to shove and emerged with a convincing 28-7 victory over the Bruins.

The win capped an outstanding 9-1 overall season for the Falcons and wrapped up the outright Pioneer Valley League crown for Colfax with a perfect 5-0 mark in league.

The PVL title for the Falcons is believed to be only the second league crown won by a Colfax JV team since 2000. Colfax had won three straight Golden Empire League JV crowns (1996-97-98) under coach Rob Hitchcock and then added another in 2004.

For Colfax, the Falcons went into halftime leading just 7-0 after a 17-yard touchdown run by Tanner Kane with 4:58 to play in the first quarter accounted for the lone scoring in the opening two quarters.

But if the Falcons were looking for a kick-start to begin the third quarter, they received it when Tim Rawlins took the Bruins’ second half kickoff at his own 14-yard line, cut to his left and then darted untouched up the sideline to complete an 86-yard scoring play.  Michael Wilson’s extra point boot pushed the Falcons into a 14-0 advantage.

Following Rawlins’ score, the Falcons picked up fine defensive work by Jonathan Walker, Mason Banish, Wes Woodward and Mario Margherita to force the Bruins into a three and out.

On Colfax’s ensuing possession following the Bruins punt, the Falcons covered 52 yards in eight plays capped by  Wilson finding Woodward who went up high to nab a nine yard scoring pass and put the Falcons up, 21-0. The big plays in the scoring march was a 15-yard run by Jake Medeiros and a 17-yard pass from Wilson to Kyle Bryant.

Bear River then countered Colfax’s score with their lone touchdown of the evening when Caleb Johnson broke off a 39-yard scoring run to cut the lead to 21-7 . However, the Falcons then put the game out of reach when Kane busted free on a 41-yard touchdown jaunt with 1:43 to play in the third that made the count, 28-7, Falcons.

In the fourth quarter, Colfax kept the Bruins in check with Alex Nevarez coming up with an interception and Medeiros and Jack Baldoni each adding sacks.

Wilson finished the game 13 of 22 passing for 134 yards and one touchdown. Bryant had three catches for 41 yards while Woodward hauled in a pair for 22 yards and Medeiros two for 19 yards. Rawlins, Chris Harshman and Bailey Bean all had one catch apiece. Kane was the leading rusher for Colfax with 106 yards on 11 carries and two touchdowns.  

Del Oro JVs Grab Piece of SFL Crown

A week after a disappointing effort in a loss to Roseville, the Del Oro JV football team checked in with the type of performance that Golden Eagle fans and followers have become accustomed to this season.

Getting back on track last Friday in a big way, the Golden Eagles built a huge 35-0 lead over Woodcreek by halftime before coasting home to a season ending 35-19 rout over the Timberwolves.

The win capped a fine 9-1 year for the Golden Eagles and allows Del Oro to share the SFL championship with Roseville, both with 4-1 records. Roseville ended its season with a 21-7 win over Granite Bay.

Del Oro quarterback Michael Moore fired two first quarter touchdown passes to Danile Becker and another to Kyle Moore from 40 yards out as the Golden Eagles jumped to a quick 21-0 lead.

Jahann Nargussi then added another score on a 45-yard run out of the wildcat formation before Dylan Kainrath broke off  Del Oro’s final touchdown just before halftime on another long run. Mason Humes was a perfect 5x5 in the game on extra point boots.

Leading the defensive play in the win for Del Oro were Jake Noah, Brandon Johnson, Santino Garcia, Shane Peterson and Duncan Small.

Placer 34, Foothill 24 — Placer’s JV squad beat Foothill 34-24 as Cameron Scott and Zach Phillips ran for two touchdowns apiece. The Hillmen finished 4-6 overall and 2-3 in the PVL.

Rocklin 19 Nevada Union 14 - Gareth Noxon and Jake Berger each scored TDs but it wasn't enough as the host Thunder took the season finale from the Miners. Jason Murray led all NU ball carriers with 71 yards on 17 carries. Defensive standouts were Noxon, Jakob Freele with a pass interception and Taylor Hart with six tackles. NU ended the season with a 6-4 record.

Frosh

Colfax Frosh 18 Bear River 0 - Logan Hurst ran for two touchdowns and tossed another TD pass to Cameron Howes as the Falcons blanked the Bruins to finish a solid 8-2 season.

Ryan Roblez, Brian Little and Alex Tobiasz were the defensive standouts for the Falcons who led 6-0 at halftime. Bear River finished the season with a 5-5 record.

DO Frosh End With Winning SFL Record- Trailing 13-12 at halftime, the Del Oro frosh football team played a strong second half to emerge with a 26-19 win at Woodcreek last Thursday.

The victory for the Golden Eagles enabled DO to finish Sierra Foothill League play in third place with a record of 3-2. Overall on the season, the Golden Eagles were 4-6.

Leading the way for Del Oro in last week’s win were Tanner Robison who had scoring runs of three and 19 yards, Ben Hart who added a big 64-yard TD effort and Dustin Edwards who scored on a 27-yard tally.

sacks. Bryant also came up with another pass interception in the game for the Falcons.

Wilson finished the game 13 of 22 passing for 134 yards and one touchdown. Bryant had three catches for 41 yards while Woodward hauled in a pair for 22 yards and Medeiros two for 19 yards. Rawlins, Chris Harshman and Bailey Bean all had one catch apiece. Kane was the leading rusher for Colfax with 106 yards on 11 carries and two touchdowns.  

Placer 41, Mesa Verde 20 — The Hillmen wrapped up their season with a big win Thursday in Citrus Heights as Frankie O’Neal led the charge with three touchdowns. Joshua Sweat, Logan Markstein and Tyler Gums added one TD apiece as Placer finished the season 6-4 overall and 3-2 in the PVL.

Rocklin 40 Nevada Union 30 - Mo Nieves piled up 200 rushing yards and scored three touchdowns but it wasn't enough in the loss to the Thunder. Joe Ten Eyck and Josh Belendez led the defense while tight end Brock Grininger had a big game with 100 plus yards in receptions.  The frosh Miners concluded a 5-5 season.