EDISON
EDISON TAKES OVER GAME LATE FOR WIN
FRESHMEN
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | F
Edison 0 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 22
Tracy 0 |14 | 6 | 0 | 20
Once the 2nd quarter started, it looked like Tracy was in the drivers seat and had answers to stopping Edison from scoring, but as the game evolved, slowly but surely Edison was able to turn things around and eventually take the lead late to walk away with a win.
As the Bulldog defense held the Vikings scoreless, Dimitri Wilson would break free for a 73 yard touchdown run with seven minutes remaining in the half to put Tracy up 6-0 (extra point no good).
Late in the 2nd quarter, Kayson Deperalta recovered a fumble and the offense went back to work with Jalen Davis finding Aiden Gonzalez on a long pass down to the 1 yard line. Davis would run it in to put Tracy up 12-0. The 2 point conversion to Gonzalez made it 14-0.
With time winding down towards half, Edison connected on a 21 yard touchdown pass to the North endzone. John Ramsey blocked the extra point attempt to take the teams in the locker room at 14-6.
In the 3rd, Tracy scored quickly when Davis found Wilson on a 40 yard touchdown pass to give Tracy a semi comfortable 20-6 lead.
Later in the 3rd, Tracy attempted a halfback pass but it was intercepted near midfield. Edison then scored from 38 yards out with 1:16 left to pull closer at 20-14.
Tracy put together a promising 4th quarter drive but it stalled at the Edison 17 yard line and then the Vikings made Tracy pay. The Vikes hit on a slant pass for a long touchdown plus the 2 point conversion to take the lead with 4:34 left.
The Tracy offense could not do anything on their final drive of the game and Edison walked away with the victory to start the first of 3 games this Thurs/Friday.
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FRESHMEN WITH HARD FOUGHT WIN
"We did a great job of committing to the run on Thursday night and executing our assignments," said Coach Shelton after watching his team get their 2nd victory of the season. "We have to keep improving our fundamentals and executing the right way, but I'm very proud of our effort and commitment."
The Bulldogs quickly found themselves in a spirited contest with another Central Valley opponent and the two defenses showed they came to play as the first quarter ended with no score. The Bulldogs found the end zone with 7:28 left in the 2nd quarter on a 8 yard touchdown pass from Jalen Davis to Aiden Gonzalez. The kick was no good. 6-0.
Los Banos had a gut wrenching play with 48 seconds left in the half when they completed a deep pass and were headed for a score, but the tackle by Tracy dislodged the ball and the Bulldogs were able to take over deep in their own territory. On the next play, Tracy found gold on a long pass from Jalen Davis to Dezi Gama for an 80+ yard touchdown. The conversion by Aiden Gonzalez made it 14-0 at the half.
Q3 - Los Banos cut the deficit to 14-8 on a 20 yard quarterback keeper.
Q4, 4:00 - Davis kept the ball from 5 yards out 20-8.
FRESHMEN GAME 3
NOT AN IMPRESSIVE HOME OPENER
FRESHMEN
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | F
Ripon 8 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 36
Tracy 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8
The Ripon Indians defeated Tracy 36-8 on Thursday with strong defensive play, an effective run game and the ability to capitalize on numerous Tracy mistakes and turnovers.
The Bulldogs struggled with ball security throughout the first half and could never get a lot of positive yardage on offense as the score was all Ripon 28-0 at the half. Aiden Gonzalez did break free for some long runs in the game as well as spirited running by Xander Gargan.
Tracy had a nice sustained drive to open the 2nd half but it eventually stalled. The defense eventually stopped a Ripon drive midway through the 3rd quarter and added another bright spot with an interception at the goal line.
In the 4th quarter Tracy was able to put some things together on offense and scored on a 13 yard run by Dimitri Wilson. Greyson Tujague made a great snag in the end zone on the 2 point pass from Benjamin Nguyen.
The Bulldogs (1-2) will now take on a good Turlock Bulldogs team next Thursday.
GAME 2
FRESHMEN DOGS GET THE WIN AT LATHROP
FRESHMAN
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | F
Tracy 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13
Lathrop 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6
Coaches Comments:
"We played great in the first half. We made some mistakes in the 2nd half and had to overcome various penalties, but our defense stood tall and tackled well to close it out."
"I was very proud of the boys and our improvement in the areas and goals we set out to improve on as a unit," said Coach Shelton.
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As the 3rd week of High School football started, it seemed like forever since the Freshmen had taken the field. Looking to even up 1-1 on their season, the Dogs would hit the grass at Lathrop High and play solid defense the first three quarters. The only positive yardage the Spartans would make was through the many Bulldog penalties in the game.
Offensively the Bulldogs struck paydirt on the first play of the 2nd quarter when Jalen Davis connected with Dimitri Wilson for a 30 yard touchdown pass. Lucas Infante-Rosario made the point after to put the score at 7-0.
With 5:30 left in the half, the Tracy defense joined the scoring party when John Ramsey laid a huge hit on a Spartan receiver and the ball was dislodged immediately into the hands of Joshua Cox who ran it back 40 yards to put the Dogs up 13-0. With the momentum fully in the Bulldogs favor,no one would have thought that the Tracy scoring was done for the night at that point.
The Bulldogs special teams executed an onside kick and recovered the ball with 5+ minutes left in the half, but the Tracy drive would stall. The Dogs got one more opportunity with time expiring when Benjamin Nguyen intercepted near midfield and ran the ball close to the end zone, but the field goal try with 1 second left was no good to enter the half.
The 2nd half was just full of penalties that disrupted a smooth flow of the game and halted any Tracy production.
The Spartans would get on the board once with their first play of the 4th quarter on a 29 yard touchdown strike.