Mitey Mites
The Morgan Hill Raiders moved to Hollister Sunday after the Live Oak field was unavailable and recorded a shutout.
On the opening drive, Jerry Jacobs had a 25-yard punt, and Steven Villarreal laid down a solid hit. Jerardo Caro got the defense fired up all day with consistent tackles. Tyler Lerma received the kick on the run at the Viking 35-yard line, but his touchdown run was negated after a clip.
Derick Taylor went off tackle then bumped outside and ran untouched for 25 yards. With a block by Lorenzo Aguayo, Jerry Jacobs got around the right corner for the first down.
Jacobs found Aguayo wide open for a six-yard touchdown on a fourth down. Lerma recovering a fumble, and the line of Tyler Pederson and Tyler Tobia helped Nathaniel Batad and Joey Chapa keep the chains moving.
Defensively, Mitch Crowley came up with a big helmet-to-helmet stop and stuffed the run for no gain. On the fourth down try, Andrew Knight made a shoe string tackle at the line to stop the Viking threat.
Superb pass blocking by Andrew Martinez, Austin Tobia, Anthony Surber and Tyler Pederson allowed Jacobs to complete passes to Jonah Guary and Derick Taylor as time ran out in the first half.
Anthony Villarreal opened the second half with a bone chilling hit on the kick off return then shut down a third-down run with another nice tackle. After trading punts, the Raiders Guary recovered a fumble on a punt deep in Vikings territory. Guary took the next hand off and hammered down to the 8-yard line. But the Raiders fumbled on the two.
After a 48-yard kickoff return by the Vikings, the defense needed a stop. Rising to the occasion, Anthony Surber stopped a sweep for a 2-yard loss. On fourth down, Clayton Howard rolled off the left end blocker and stood up the sweep with help from Lerma and hauled down the Vikings running back. Howard was injured after his wrist was bent back but was able to finish the game.
Midway into the final quarter, the Raiders marched down the field and wore off the clock. On a third and long, Jacobs found Aguayo on a 20-yard touchdown off a tight end slant similar to the one that got the first quarter touchdown.
Junior Pee Wee (Silver)
BaySide 32, Raiders 25
The Jr. Pee Wee (Silver) Raiders were in a shootout with the Bayside Broncos, but fell short 32-25 in a heart breaking affair. The game was a back and forth competition with many exciting plays.
Bayside jumped out to a 13-0 lead midway through the second quarter before the Raiders started to fight back. After Bayside’s second score Kyle Lappano took the ensuing kick off and returned it 70 yards for the Raider’s first Touchdown of the day. Quarterback Rhett Ramirez then powered two yards in for the extra point to make the score 13-7 at half-time.
The Raiders then exploded for three scores in the third quarter to take the lead 25-19. Tailbacks Kyle Lappano and Ricky Clift provided the big plays. Lappano scored on two 60 yard TD runs. And Clift rambled for a 70 yard TD run to give the Raiders the lead.
However, Bayside answered back with two scores in the fourth quarter to retake the lead 32-25. With two and half minutes remaining, Lappano took the Bayside kick off and almost broke it again, returning the ball 65 yards, but was caught at the Bayside 20 yard line with the game in the balance. Morgan Hill was unable to gain a first down on a fourth and 6 play, and the Bayside defense preserved the game.
Offensively for the Raiders, Lappno gained 131 yards rushing with two Touchdowns and also had 135 return yards with another TD, for 266 combined total yards and three Touchdowns. Clift gained 81 yards rushing with a nice long TD run. And Ramirez rushed for 31 yards, scored an extra point, and had a 20 yard kick off return. Ramirez also completed a pass to Flanker Alec Mainland.
defensively, Middle Linebacker Jonathan Molina recorded 11 tackles with one for a loss of yardage. Strong Safety Rhett Ramirez made 9 stops. Linebacker Jacob Martin and defensive End Ricky Clift had 8 tackles each. defensive Linemen Kyle Lappano and Taylor Ricketts each recorded 7 stops. Patrick Hanne, Brett Jackson, and Alec Mainland all made 4 tackles apiece. Dylan Glines had 3 tackles. And Ryan Clare and Brian Celestino each made two stops. Celestino also recovered a fumble.
The Raiders had lost their previous game 26-0 to Hollister.
Junior Pee Wee (Black)
Vikings 22, Raiders 0
The Hollister Vikings scored an early touchdown against the Morgan Hill Raiders Sunday in Hollister. Jack Bourgeois was able to hold the Hollister running game several times with solid tackles. Jon Stensheol sacked the quarterback on a fourth down to give the Raiders the good field position. But the Viking defense held the Raiders, forcing Mike Singleton to punt.
The punt was deep, and Patrick Baccarelli pummeled the receiver to the ground the moment the ball was caught. Several downs later, Baccarelli caused a fumble with a hit heard throughout the parking lot. However, the ball was ruled to be down by contact.
In the third quarter, Singleton ran for a nice gain up the middle.
