Bear River JV quarterback Joe Levelle (5) gets off a pass despite a heavy rush from a Calaveras defender last Friday night. The visiting Redskins from San Andreas handed the Bruins JVs a 13-6 setback. Bear River, 1-1, plays at Woodcreek Friday night. See the JV Roundup below for details of last week's games.( obfoto.com )
Sept. 22, 2008
JV Roundup : Potent Ground Attack Lifts Miners
A potent ground game laid down the framework for the Nevada Union JV football team to notch a 24-12 win over Rocklin last Friday at Hooper Stadium.
The Miners, led by Robin Callas, Nick Reyes and Josh Cena who each tallied touchdowns, grinded out over 350 yards rushing in the win against the Thunder of the Sierra Foothill League.
Now 2-0 on the season, the Miners also received pass interceptions from Cena and Jake Tilley.
The Miners will host Caesar Chavez of Stockton Friday at 5:30 p.m.
Truckee 42 Colfax JVs 14 - Colfax fell to 0-2 in the non-league loss at home against the Wolverines.
“We made some mistakes and they were quick to capitalize,” said Colfax coach Rob Hitchcock whose Falcons were tied at 14-14 in the first quarter and trailed just 21-14 at halftime.
While Colfax had some blocking and protection woes that allowed the visitors to time after time put the Falcons into long yardage situations, the Wolverines were also following a superlative effort from running back Mitch Nelson.
Nelson personally accounted for 31 of Truckee’s points as he tallied four touchdowns and was perfect on all seven of his extra point kicks.
The Falcons were led by running back Josh Moreno who totaled 123 yards on 13 carries. Moreno also scored on a 35-yard touchdown run and caught a two-point conversion pass from Avery Baccala.
A 20-yard scoring pass from Baccala to Tyler Ingram accounted for Colfax’s other touchdown in the contest.
Baccala was 8 for 13 passing for 84 yards in the game with the one touchdown and one interception.
Top defensive players for the Falcons were Tyler Bourget and Kyle Kotey.
The Falcons travel to Diamond Springs Friday to play an undefeated Union Mine (2-0) team at 5:30 p.m.
Calaveras JV 13 Bear River 6 – In a game in which all of the scoring came in the second half, Calaveras of San Andreas used two short second half touchdown runs to squeeze past the Bruins (1-1).
Bear River’s touchdown came on a one-yard plunge with 9:19 left in the game by Sean O’Brien. O’Brien led Bear River’s rushers with 56 yards on 15 carries while Sam Houston added 41 yards on seven trips.
Joe Levelle was 9 of 20 passing for 65 yards. O’Brien caught three passes while Houston and Chris Talbot added two passes apiece.
O’Brien was in on seven tackles for the Bruins including one stop for a loss while Michael Wirth, Joey Reina and Chris Carcido also played well. Houston came up with a pass interception while Nikolas Delgado recovered a fumble.
Bear River plays at Woodcreek in Roseville on Friday at 5:30 p.m.
Del Oro 30 Cardinal Newman 8 - Cody O'Sullivan scored two first half touchdowns and Brandon Acuna added another on a pass interception return as the Golde Eagles JVs improved to 2-0 with the non-league win over the Santa Rosa catholic school.
Max Magleby added a second half field goal and Kenny Andri contributed another pass interception for the Golden Eagles who are now 2-0 on the season.
Woodcreek 35 Placer 16 - The Hillmen fell behind 35-0 to the Timberwolves of the Sierra Foothill League. Placer scored both its touchdowns in the fourth quarter, one on a three-yard scamper by quarterback Colin Burnett and another on a 60-yard scoring pass from Burnett to Josh Chase.