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2006 Grossmont Conference

Prep Football Week 1 Report

New-look Braves win in a rout, 41-0

NATIONAL CITY, Sept. 1, 2006 -- Huddled in the visitors’ end zone prior to kick off, El Cajon Valley head coach Jason Texler had one message to deliver in his inspirational pre-game pep talk to a team that been virtually rebuilt in its entirety since reaching the finals of last year’s San Diego Section Division II championship game.

“We want to show every team we play, starting with Sweetwater, that we're here to play football,” Texler told his squad.

The new-look Braves went out and did just that.

Keying revamped El Cajon Valley’s offensive surge was quarterback Kianie Brooks, who passed for passed for three touchdowns while rushing for two more. Brooks passed to three different receivers for touchdowns in the Braves’ five-wide offensive scheme: Jon Sablan (13 yards), Kevin Kelly (six yards) and LeRoy McGee (46 yards). Brooks scampered into the end zone on runs of one-yard and three yards in the third quarter.

Brad Meyers returned an intercepted pass 66 yards midway through the second quarter. The Braves defense stood tall on the evening with five interceptions and two fumble recoveries. Sweetwater fumbled five times in all.

Brooks finished the memorable night with 230 yards in total offense in taking over for departed CIF Player of the Year Abraham Muheize (now at Grossmont College). Brooks passed for 175 yards, completing 16 of 28 passes, while rushing nine times for 55 yards.

As a receiver last year, Brooks caught 29 passes for 264 yards.

The Red Devils positioned the Braves for two short scoring drives on bad snaps. The first bad snap went over the head of the punter to place the ball at the six-yard line (whereupon Brooks promptly hit Kelly for a score). The second bad snap was low and put the ball also near the SuHi goal line when the punter’s knee touched the turf in trying to field the ball.

McGee led ECV with four catches for 74 yards while Kelly had four receptions for 49 yards and Sablan had four catches for 25 yards. Jon Bermudes had one kick-off return for 28 yards. Besides Meyers, Ricky Gilbert, Neiko Alexis, Cameron Laudermilk and McGee also picked off passes.

The final point-spread against the Braves might have been different if Sweetwater had not been penalized on two long runs into El Cajon Valley territory before the East County visitors eventually got on a roll and put the game out of reach. The Braves led 28-0 at halftime after the teams played to a scoreless opening quarter. The teams also went scoreless in the final quarter.

Grossmont 31, Horizon 0
The defending Grossmont North League champion Foothillers recorded the spirited win against the visiting Panthers as Augie Williams and Alton Berry each scored two rushing touchdowns and Marcus Flores added seven kicking points on four point-after-touchdown conversions and a field goal. Berry accounted for 179 all-purpose yards, including 114 rushing yards. His second touchdown came on an 82-yard run from scrimmage. Flores had seven kicking points in the game.

Grossmont, which led 17-0 at halftime, scored a touchdown in every quarter. Jvone Taylor had four rushes for 92 yards while Williams touched the ball four times, gaining 40 yards for a 10.0 average. Charlie Piro completed five of 12 passes for 62 yards.

El Capitan 49, Serra 14
Quarterback Ryan Lindley completed 24 of 36 passes for 366 yards and a school record five touchdowns as the host Vaqueros made their 2006 season debut with a bang. Michael Holz caught six passes for 115 yards for two scores while Ben Noy (six catches, 68 yards) also caught two touchdown passes and A.J. Conti had five catches for 54 yards and one score. Contil also kicked seven point-after-touchdown conversions.

Backup quarterback Tanner Rust completed a 47-yard scoring pass to Anthony Lybarger to round out the El Capitan aerial attack. The Vaqueros, who led 28-7 at halftime, also added a one-yard rushing touchdown by Adam Denick.

Garrett Jarvis and Taelor Worrell both recorded interceptions in the game for the victors.

Valhalla 66, San Ysidro 0
Spencer Myers proved to be a one-man wrecking crew against the visiting Cougars by kicking extra point conversions on all nine Valhalla touchdowns while adding a 30-yard field goal and scoring two of those touchdowns on runs of five and 17 yards. The Norsemen led 49-0 at halftime.

Tomas Karagianes threw two touchdown passes – 19 yards to Kevin Kriebel and 37 yards to Derek White. Also scoring on touchdown runs were Jonathan Murray (35 yards), Zack Romero (27 yards), Dylan Mitchell (five yards) and Zack Cordell-Robbins (seven yards). James Richardson recovered a fumble in the end zone to contribute to the victory.

Myers, who accounted for 24 of his team’s 66 points, carried the ball 13 times for 140 yards, including a longest run of 27 yards to average 10.8 yards per carry. Romero averaged 21.4 yards per carry with five rushes for 107 yards while Josh Quejo had four carries for 70 yards.

Karagianes completed four of six passes for 67 yards while also making an interception on defense. Kriebel had three catches for 26 yards.

Valhalla racked up 452 yards in total offense. San Ysidro was held to just eight yards in total offense in the first half against the Norsemen’s starters. Jon Parks highlighted the Valhalla defense with two sacks while teammates Tanner Hitt, Chris Wright and Hagen Ho also were credited with sacks in the game.

Valhalla led 28-0 after the first quarter.

West Hills 26, Coronado 6
The host Wolf Pack scored 26 unanswered points, including all 20 points in the second half, to wear down the Islanders. Coronado went up 6-0 on a nine-yard run by Ray Sangiovanni in the second quarter but the score at halftime was tied 6-6 thanks to a 14-yard touchdown run by Raleigh Sevier. The extra-point attempts on both opening touchdowns failed.

The second half was all West Hills on the scoreboard. Trevor Kolocheski scored on a 53-yard pass from quarterback Eric Fiege in the third quarter for a 12-6 lead and Andrew Delgadillo tacked on a 25-yard scoring run to jump-start scoring in the final quarter. Kolocheski caught a two-point conversion attempt by Fiege to up the Wolf Pack lead to 20-6. Sevier scored his second touchdown of the game on an eight-yard run to cap scoring in the contest.

Sevier had 11 rushes for 47 yards while Delgadillo had four carries for 45 yards. Joseph Hutchings rushed five times for 47 yards for West Hills, which received 142 passing yards from Fiege (seven completions in 13 attempts). Kolocheski had four receptions for 74 yards. Naiuli Lepisi had one interception for the West Hills defense that forced three turnovers overall.

Ricardo Oberwager rushed 25 times for 77 yards to lead Coronado.

Elsewhere:
Steele Canyon 20, Cathedral Catholic 13
Santana 35, Patrick Henry 21
Granite Hills 33, Clairemont 21
Christian 42, Vincent Memorial 0