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             1 | 2  |  3 |  4  |  F

Turlock 0 |  0  |  0  | 7  |  7

Tracy    0 | 21 | 7  | 14 | 42

Photos here postgame

Video From Halftime Performances

The Bulldogs dominated Turlock Friday night, rolling to a 42-7 victory behind a strong rushing attack and a defense that held Turlock scoreless through 99 percent of the game.

The game was scoreless after the opening quarter, but Tracy broke through early in the second quarter and never looked back.  Ramsey Ahmad opened the scoring with a 9-yard touchdown run with 11:02 remaining in the second quarter.   The extra point by Miguel Pena gave Tracy a 7-0 lead.

With 4:36 left in the half, David Grisham scored on a 10-yard run. The point after by Conner Giulliaci was good, pushing Tracy's advantage to 14-0.

Tracy added one more touchdown before halftime when Brady Brown scored from 3 yards out with 1:10 remaining in the second quarter. Tracy took a commanding 21-0 lead into the locker room for an extended halftime.

Tracy continued to control the game in the third quarter. Grisham scored his second touchdown of the night on a 13-yard run with 7:12 remaining in the quarter to put Tracy up 28-0 on the point after.

Tracy added two more touchdowns in the fourth quarter. With 11:55 remaining, Santino Sandoval punched the ball into the end zone from 2 yards out making it 35-0.  AJ Saenz then scored on a 13-yard touchdown run with 4:50 remaining. 

Turlock ruined the shutout for Tracy with approximately two minutes remaining when it connected on a long touchdown pass (42-7 final).

SCORES FROM PAST AND FUTURE OPPONENTS

West finished the first half 3-2 with a 43-6 win over Weston Ranch

Valley Christian improved to 3-1 with a 7-3 win over Archbishop Mitty

Lathrop (1-3) lost to Johansen 24-7

Ripon (2-3) lost to Hilmar 28-14

Edison is 3-1 on a bye

Lodi is 2-3 after defeating Buhach Colony 43-25

Lincoln is 3-2 after defeating Downey 42-36

St. Mary's (1-4) lost to Archbishop Mitty on Saturday 21-7

Kimball finished the first half of their season 0-5 with a 48-14 loss to Golden Valley

Coach Oh was all smiles with his team and coaches after the big win on Friday night.  "It's another week of me feeling some kind of weird out of body experience as this all unfolds," said Johnnie Oh who has led the team the last two plus weeks of the season as the interim coach.  "The support of the coaches has been so valuable through all this.  They are second to none and they are all working so hard to do their jobs and that is a recipe to success."

While the players were celebrating their 5-0 start just behind Coach Oh's press conference, Coach Oh knew there was going to be one significant issue to correct heading into league.  "Penalties, penalties, penalties.  That's the biggest stat that pops right off the page.  It's frustrating.  To be honest, penalties are a reflection of the coaching, not the kids.  We are going to have to do a better job in preparation.  I think we did better than the Ripon game, but there is significant room for improvement."

Coach Oh stressed to his team that things change now as the Bulldogs enter their TCAL play in league starting October 9th at home vs Edison.  "The speed and intensity of our games will increase and we have got to get ready for what's coming."

I asked Coach Oh about the selection of the traditional Green and Gold uniforms for Friday's game.  "It was absolutely a selection made to honor the tradition of the school.  Homecoming is Homecoming and its a special night and game.  The new black uniforms are great, the players love them and the colors pop, but we made a decision to have a traditional look Friday and it worked out great."