GAME 2
OVERTIME THRILLER IN HOME OPENER
VARSITY
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | F
VC 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 20
Tracy 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 21
Note: My editing and upload of all the pictures from both games will be somewhat delayed as I've got to catch an early Saturday morning flight. Look for photos and video to slowly populate over the next 3-4 days.
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The Bulldogs are quickly 2-0 to start the 2026 season as they played an intense game full of passion, heart, and toughness vs a physical Valley Christian (VC) team on Friday night.
Valley Christian scored first in this game on a 40 yard touchdown pass with 4:22 left in the first quarter. Tracy responded at the 2:42 mark when David Grisham would get Tracy on the board in the first quarter on a 51 yard run. The extra point by Miguel Pena made it 7-6 Tracy.
Disaster struck Tracy with 9:44 left in the half when the Dogs fumbled deep in Warriors territory and the ball was scooped and scored to put VC up 14-7
With 43 seconds left in the half, Tracy responded again with a Grisham 1 yard run. The Conner Giulliaci extra point tied the game to enter the half.
Tracy responded with an intense defense to start the 2nd half and shut down the first Warrior drive. Tracy got things rolling and had plenty of momentum on a nice drive but a Brady Brown pass was intercepted near the goal line and VC took back the momentum.
With the game locked in a defensive battle, Tracy had a thrilling tipped pass that turned into an interception and the Dogs were back in business at their own 23 yard line. Defense still remained king in this game and the Dogs could not get in the end zone as they had pushed the ball all the way down to the 1 inch line of VC. The Dogs lined up for 23 yard field goal but it was blocked with 2:02 left to play.
The Tracy defense held on to take the game to overtime which would start on the 25 yard line.
Brady Brown pushed his way into the end zone from 6 yards out. The critical extra point by Pena was good to make it 21-14.
The Warriors wasted no time finding the end zone on a pass over the middle and now the extra point was all they needed to take the game to another possession for Tracy. The Bulldogs special teams got the victory as Max Moore put a hand on the ball sending Tracy to celebrate!
GAME 1
NEVER IN DOUBT
VARSITY
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | F
Tracy 28 | 21 | 6 | 14 | 69
West 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7
On Friday night the High School football season started, and the Bulldogs collected the 21st Tracy High win in the 31 year series with West. It was also a record setting night as the 69 points was the most in this series which started back in 1996.
The Bulldogs wasted no time letting West know who was #1 in town. On the first play from scrimmage at the Tracy 36, Brady Brown launched a deep pass down the West sidelines to Maddix Severson who was wide open and walked into the end zone. The point after by Miguel Pena made it 7-0.
With just 2 minutes ticked off the clock, West fumbled deep in their territory and the ball was recovered by AJ Byrd for the 2nd Tracy score. The Conner Giulliaci point after made it 14-0.
In the next West drive, Ryan Foster would make a beautiful lunging interception to give Tracy the ball back at the West 45, but the next offensive drive would be intercepted by West. Tracy would play spirited defense to push West out of the red zone and ultimately give Tracy the ball back.
David Grisham would get his first rushing touchdown of the year next on a 71 yard burst right up the middle with 5:25 left in the quarter. Pena got the point after (21-0).
With 3:58 left in the quarter, Kaedan Gulko would intercept a pass on the West sidelines at their 40 to put the ball back in Brady's hands. Brown would then throw another deep pass that was hauled in by Jayden Ballard McClellan over the middle and taken to the 2 yard line. With 2:18 left, Brown would race after a bad snap on the ground, buy time scrambling and eventually find Severson for his 2nd touchdown. The point after by Giulliaci made it 28-0
Grisham would make 34-0 with 6:10 left in the 2nd quarter with a 15 yard rushing touchdown up the middle. The point after by Pena made it 35-0.
Gulko would haul in his 2nd interception of the first half with a pick at the Tracy 23 which setup a 63 yard run by Ahmad into the red zone. Liam Young would get the score on a 4 yard run with 2:21 left in the half
Xavier Davenport would join the party with a pick six late in the first half as he rushed the quarterback and threw up his hands to haul in the ball at the 25 and then score. The Pena extra point was good.
49-0 halftime.
The 2nd half would not start well for West as they fumbled on the first play and then Brown would bully his way into the end zone from 22 yards out to put Tracy up 55-0.
In the 4th quarter with a running clock, Arjun Kalirai threw a 3 yard touchdown pass to Jordan Alvarado to make it 62-0 with the point after by Pena.
West would get on the board with 9 minutes left in the game on a kickoff return to place the score at 62-7.
With 5:57 left in the game, the final Tracy touchdown would come on a 80 yard rush from Liam Young to finish the game at 69-7.
Stats:
Brown 5 of 9 for 156 yard and 2 touchdowns
Grisham 8 carries for 118 yards and 2 touchdowns
Young 3 carries for 96 yards and 2 touchdowns.
Ahmad 1 carry for 62 yards
Brown 4 carries for 58 yards
Palumbo 2 carries for 40 yards
Severson 2 receptions (both touchdowns), 77 receiving yards.
DEFENSE:
Total tackles Navas and Hernandez 6. Moore 5, Ahmad 4, Davenport, Foster, Borges 3, Shadrick-Brice, Palumbo, Bunch 2.
Sacks: Ahmand, Shadrick Brice, Borges, Navas,1 each.
Gulko 2 INTs, Foster 1 INT, Davenport 1 INT for a return
Regional Scores
West Valley 55 - Kimball 7
Jesuit 33 - Lincoln 14
Edison 39 - Elk Grove 20
St. Mary's 27 - Bishop Manogue 7
Tokay defeated Lodi
Our future opponents:
Valley Christian (our next opponent) 42 - Wilcox 13
Golden Valley 23 - Lathrop (future opponent) 6
Ripon 27 (future opponent) - Livermore 24
Rocklin 46 - Turlock 7