2023 FROSH/SOPH TEAM PAGE

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As the players met pre-game in the North end zone with Coach Guillen, they thought they had two games left in their season.  Just before kickoff word broke that Mountain House had officially cancelled for next Thursday making this game the last for the Frosh/Soph in the 2022 season.  

The Bulldogs were unable to break many big plays against the disciplined Lodi defense and the Flames kept bringing the heat offensively and took the lead in the 2nd half to serve Tracy a loss.  Brian Lindt would score both Tracy touchdowns from 2 and 44 yards out.

Q1  - The Lodi opening drive was promising but at 6:57 in the quarter, they fumble giving the Dogs the ball at the Tracy 39.  

There would be no scoring in the quarter.

Q2 - 6:40 mark, Lodi aired the ball out for a 65 yard score.  The kick was no good.  Lodi 6 - Tracy 0

Late in the first half Tracy worked their way down the field culminating in a Brian Lindt score from 2 yards out.  The kick by Matthew Lavelle was good to make it Lodi 6 - Tracy 7

HALFTIME  Lodi 6 - Tracy 7

Q3 Tracy receives the ball for the 2nd half kickoff.  They are able to find the end zone on a 44 yard run by Lindt with 8:59 remaining in the quarter.  Lodi 6 - Tracy 14

6:27 mark, Tracy fumbles on their own 27 yard line.  Lodi capitalizes on the mistake and scores a few plays later at the 5:18 mark on a 4 yard run.  The 2 point conversion is no good due to a good tackle by Niko Hamilton.  Lodi 12 - Tracy 14.

Malachi Bartholomew is finding holes in the Lodi defense gaining yardage for the Dogs as time ticks down in the quarter.

End of Q3 Lodi 12 - Tracy 14.

Q4 - Tracy fumbles at the Lodi 14 early in the 4th quarter

6:59 left, the Flames connect on a 48 yard touchdown pass.  The  2 point reception is good.  Lodi 20 - Tracy 14

With time ticking through the 6 minute mark of the game, Tracy is unable to do much with their next possession having to punt at their own 31.  

Starting at midfield, Lodi burns a lot of time off the clock as they march into the red zone.  The Tracy defense is able to make a final stand with 36 seconds left at their own 4 yard line  to get a turn over on  downs.  

Tracy generates some positive yardage but there is not enough time left as the clock and the season expires.

The Frosh/Soph finished 5-3 on the season.

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On one of the most perfect weather nights of the season, the Frosh/Soph were solid all the way around and able to blank Tokay in league play.  

Q1 - The Tracy defense holds on the first series and then the offense goes quickly to work culminating in a 48 yard TD run by Brian Lindt.  The extra point by Matthew Lavelle makes it 7-0 with 6:15 left in the quarter.

Tokay puts a promising drive together well into Tracy territory but it is intercepted by #85 Emilio Chavez at the Tracy 19 yard line with 3 minutes left in the quarter.

End of quarter : Tokay 0 - Tracy 7

Q2  With  6:51 left  Elijah Castanon has a determined 14 yard touchdown run fighting through the Tigers defense and nearly going down at one point.   The extra point by Lavelle is good.  14-0.

The Tracy defense holds the remainder of the half  Tokay 0 - Tracy 14.

Q3  Tokay finds a spark securing their onside kick to start the 2nd half at midfield but the Bulldog defense will not allow a comeback to occur.  With 7:50 left in the quarter, the Dogs get the ball.    

Lindt scores from 37 yards out to make it 21-0 with the extra point by Lavelle. 4:24 left in the quarter.

Q4:  The Tracy defense comes up big in the beginning of the 4th quarter on an interception by #42 Justice Lawhorn at the goal line.

#20 Niko Hamilton finishes the scoring with a 36 yard run.   Lavelle kicks his 4th and final extra point of the evening.  Tokay 0 - Tracy 28.

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In the most competitive game of the year for the Frosh/Soph, Downey came back from a 14-0 deficit to give Tracy their toughest test yet this year.  After losing the lead in the 2nd half, Tracy would come back late in the 4th quarter to take the lead on three scores by Brian Lindt.  The defense held off a last ditch onslaught by the Knights with good play in the secondary to disrupt several pass plays deep in Tracy territory.  Hats off to our fans who came to life with 3 minutes left in the game and really made a difference in elevating the play on the field.

Q1 - Tracy started strong on their opening drive getting the ball down to the Downey 5 yard line, but the Knights defense plays solid red zone defense and stalls the drive.  With Tracy defense looking very solid in early play and holding Downey at their own 2 yard line, the punt gives Tracy good starting field position at the Downey 35.  A few plays later Brian Lindt scores from two yards out.   The kick is wide left keeping it at 6-0 with just over a minute left in the first quarter.

The Tracy defense does not allow the Knights to get past their own 35 on the next possession and the quarter comes to a close.

Q2  7:57  - Tracy starts the 2nd quarter with some solid running  by Victor Lozano and he is rewarded later in the drive with a 7 yard carry up the middle. With the Tracy offensive line spread way out, Victor Lozano scores up the middle from 6 yards out.  He gets the ball again on a 2 point conversion to make it 14-0.

4:36  The Tracy defense begins to really put the clamps on Downey and it looks like the Knights are beginning to fade, but then they find some openings in the Tracy defense and score to pull within 7 at 14-7.

Late in the half Tracy is marching down the field to the four yeard line and preparing to score.  A pass towards the middle of the end zone is picked off by the safety and the half ends with the Downey possession.

HALFTIME:   DOWNEY 7 - TRACY 14

Q3 - Downey seizes the momentum early in the 2nd half on a 57 yard run from scrimmage to tie the game at 14.

2:37 - Downey stays focused on the run and strings together a long drive to score again and take the lead 21-14 at the end of the 3rd quarter

Q4  8:20 - Lindt scores from 7 yards out and the 2 point conversion is good  even though Tracy fumbles the ball at the goal line.  The Bulldogs take the lead 22-21.

8:02 - On the first play from the Downey 37 yard line, the Knights gets the Tracy defense to bite on play action and a lone receiver slips through the Tracy secondary and is left all alone for a 63 yard touchdown to go ahead 27--22.  The 2 point pass attempt is broken up.  Downey 27 - Tracy 22

4:37 - Lindt scores again from 3 yards out on a keeper to take the lead 28-27.  The 2 point conversion by Lindt is unsuccessful.

With 3:30 left in the game, the intensity of the game cranks up, the crowd comes alive waking up the East side of the town and the players respond.  At midfield Tracy strips the ball from a Downey receiver putting the dogs in an excellent position to win the game starting at their own 48.  A 33 yard run up the middle by Malachi Bartholomew sets up Lindt to score from 19 yards out on a run he breaks out to the left to put the Dogs up 34-27.  The 2 point conversion is pushed way back due to taunting and Tracy is unable to expand the lead.

With the game on the line, Downey begins their all out passing attack and the Bulldog secondary responds with great defense, however the Knights are eventually able to move the ball well into Tracy territory at the 25 yard line with  20+ seconds left.  With Downey facing 4th and 10 and only 18 seconds left, the ball is snapped high and the quarterback can only fall on the ball sealing the win for the Bulldogs.

With a great 4-0 start, the Bulldogs got a taste of what league play will be like with many of their TCAL opponents.  Action starts in two weeks on Thursday September 29 at Lincoln High.

A more detailed game summary will come after review of the game film.

                                1 | 2 |  3  |  4 |  Final  

Tracy Bulldogs      12 | 0 | 23 |  0 | 35

Lathrop Spartans    0 | 8 |  0  |  0 |  8

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Coach Guillen was upset (to put it mildly) at halftime after he watched his team generate only 12 first half points and let a Lathrop team feel like they had all the momentum.   He challenged his team to shutout their opponents in the 2nd half.  At the time it appeared to be a tall task, but as the 3rd quarter got started, the offense went on a roll and the defense played lights out to generate a jubilant 35-8 victory and get that 2nd half shutout.  Hundreds of photos coming

The first quarter got started with Brian Lindt keeping the ball for a very long 50 yard (estimated) touchdown run but the extra point was no good.  Lindt would score again on a similar play later int eh first quarter to make it 12-0 and there would be no further scoring in the quarter.

Q2 - Lathrop had a rushing touchdown early in the 2nd quarter to close to within 12-6.   A 2point conversion was good and the momentum seemed to be shifting.

With 3:30 left in the 2nd quarter, Tracy was marching to the 33 yard line of Lathrop when they fumbled to kill a drive.   

With 22 seconds left and Lathrop edging towards the end zone, Tracy came up with a key interception by Emilio Chavez to stall the scoring drive and put Tracy into halftime with a fragile 12-8 lead.

At halftime, Coach Guillen was upset that his team seemed flat and had let Lathrop limit the offensive firepower of his team.  He challenged his team to pitch a shutout in the 2nd half and turn on the gas offensively.  The players would respond quickly.

Q3 - Lindt had his 3rd touchdown on the day with a 13 yard run at the 7:10 mark of the quarter to make it 18-8.  Malachi Bartholomew scored the 2 point conversion on the run to make it 20-8.

With 3:19 left in the quarter, Tracy took a commanding lead on a 60 yard breakaway run by Bartholomew to make it 26-8.   Victor Lozano caught a 2 point conversion pass to make it 28-8.

With 27 seconds left in the quarter, Tracy generated their biggest pass play of the game when Lindt found Joshua Verduzco on a 63 yard pass and run to make it 34-8.  The kick was good to make it 35-8 and close out the quarter.

Q4 - No further scoring.