MORE TO COME
COVERAGE OF SPORTS CONTINUES
Although the games are done, keep checking back on this website as I'll have announcements about:
1) Varsity All League (once all the TCAL teams have concluded their playoff run),
2) The team award winners at all three levels when they hold their banquets
3) I'll also have some videos coming out. In December I will premiere the Varsity Season in Review Movie. In March I will produce a Cheer and Dance video.
Thank you for all the visitors to this page this year (approximately 30,000 front page hits since August 1). I hope you have enjoyed my coverage of Tracy High Football. There are about 20,000 photos of this season in my photo library for your viewing pleasure.
Next up is my coverage of the Winter Sports at TracyHighSports.com and on Instagram, X, and Facebook.
TRACY AT KIMBALL
DOGS UNABLE TO FIND THE END ZONE IN SEASON ENDING LOSS
Friday, November 1, 2024
Varsity 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | F
Tracy Bulldogs 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6
Kimball Jaguars 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21
Tracy Press coverage here
The two win season came to an end this evening as Tracy saw Kimball collect their 3rd ever win vs the Bulldogs in the 14 year history of the series. The Bulldogs were fired up for this game but the air was partially sucked out of the balloon immediately after kickoff as the Jaguars returned the opening kick for a quick 7-0 lead.
Tracy would struggle to get the offense down the field, but the defense pitched a shutout for the entire first half preventing any strong threats by the Jags. Tracy finally looked like they were going to tie the game going into halftime, but an extremely unfortunate fumble at the goal line kept the game at 7-0 at the half.
Tracy would only get 6 points in the 2nd half thanks to the strong leg of Giovanni Martinez who kicked a 3rd and 4th quarter field goal from 33 and 41 yards.
Kimball would get their first offensive touchdown with 3:45 left in the 3rd and another to seal the victory with 4:03 left in the 4th.
In his postgame remarks, Coach Pribble asked his players to find the bigger picture in the struggles of the season and turn any adversity they may have encountered into a positive on and off the field in the future. He went on the praise his senior class and the support structure that makes the Bulldog Football program run. Pribble also complimented the first year head coach of the Jaguars LeConte Vaughn for implementing a sound program in his opening season. The Jaguars (7-3) now wait for the playoff brackets that will be released this weekend.
History note from Historian Michael Banner: The last time the Tracy Bulldogs went winless in league play was back in 1999 when they started a rebuilding program. That season the Dogs were 0-7 in the VOL and 0-9-1 overall.
REGIONAL SCORES
St. Mary's finished the regular season 8-2 /5-0 with a 35-7 win over Lincoln (4-6 / 2-3)
Edison defeated Lodi 42-6
Franklin defeated West 31-14
Tokay defeated Weston Ranch 29-8 and game was called in the 3rd quarter after a brawl.
Turlock went 5-0 in league defeating Enochs 51-7
East Union defeated Mountain House 48-19
JV CRUSH JAGS 66-0
Friday, November 1, 2024
JV 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | F
Tracy Bulldogs 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66
Kimball Jaguars 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Congratulations to our JV team who had an outstanding year going 7-3 overall and 4-1 in league.
Scoring Summary:
The Tracy action started quickly in this game as Ryan Foster picked off a Jaguar pass on the first series with 9:16 on the clock near midfield. Tracy got creative and threw a halfback pass to Jayden Ballard-McClellan down to the 20. From there David Grisham scored from 20 yards out and AJ Saenz ran it in for the 2 point conversion. 8-0.
The Tracy defense was tenacious on their pass rush all evening and with 3:22 left in the quarter they generated a fumble that was returned to the 10 yard line. Xavier Davenport then had a 10 yard rushing touchdown with 3:19 left Ramsey Ahmad scored on a 2 point conversion to make it 16-0.
End of Q1 16-0.
Q2
On the first play of quarter Kaeden Gulko found Maddix Severson on a 20 yard touchdown pass. The point after by Kevin Barbosa made it 23-0.
With the defense not giving an inch, the Dogs got the ball back and with 6:39 left in the half Gulko scored from 8 yards out. Gulko would keep the ball for the 2 point conversion to go up 31-0.
Late in the first half Jacob Palumbo would have an approx 25 yard rushing touchdown. The Barbosa point after put Tracy up 38-0.
The last play of the half was an interception by Logan Contreras at the goal line to keep the Jaguars off the scoreboard.
Q3
3:20 - Palumbo found Phoenix Alcantar on a 20 yard touchdown pass. A 2 point pass attempt was no good. 44-0.
Q4 -
5:55 - Noah Crivello scored on a short yardage run and the point after made it 51-0.
3:54 Derek Mendez scored to make it 58-0 with the point after.
With 3:30 left, Jordan Alvarado scooped up a loose ball on a kickoff and scored. The 2 point conversion run by TJ Fonua ended the scoring barrage at 66-0.